When you hold a spoon to a light, it won’t cast the shadow of a fork. Intuitively, we know that a shadow is supposed to take the shape of its “owner.” John Muntean’s Magic Angle Sculptures seem to break that rule. The Riverside resident’s unique shadow-casting sculptures will make their debut at the Riverside Arts Center, 32 E. Quincy Road, during an exhibition from Aug. 29 to Oct. 10. The opening reception will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29, in the center’s Freeark Gallery.

Outkast and the Goodie MOb got me into Southern rap music in the mid-‘90s. I’ll even admit that there are a few guilty pleasures on Master P’s gloriously-awful "Ghetto Dope." But I just can’t get into the whole Southern-bounce thing, and its biggest star, Young Jeezy, embodies everything that makes the genre forgettable and indistinct on "The Recession."

Leave it to Kid Rock to sum up the summer of 2008. His massive hit, “All Summer Long,” about summertime in Michigan has listeners singing along, including folks around the world. The song recently topped the U.K. charts for one week.

Everyone has a friend he can’t reach until it’s too late — one in a relationship built on false promises, at whom you shake your head over countless wasted hours of emotional investment. That’s right. There is no crueler mistress than network TV.

Another September, another month that’s increasingly hard to disregard at the multiplex. This year, there are new titles from filmmakers like the Coen Brothers, Spike Lee and Fernando Meirelles, as well as stars such as George Clooney, Kate Hudson, Brad Pitt, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino.

Fast doesn’t do it justice. For those familiar with DragonForce’s previous releases, you know what you’re in for and the boys from London don’t disappoint on "Ultra Beatdown." (Think Journey meets speed metal.)

If there was ever time I needed to learn to stop getting excited about side projects from bands I love, that time is now. Scars on Broadway, which features two members of System of a Down, is scattered, unnecessarily vulgar, and incredibly uninspired for something being marketed as “progressive” metal.

The new movie 'Traitor' goes behind the lines of the war on terror and yields a surprising amount of intelligence.

Antiques columnist Dawn Waxon addresses questions and comments in this week's blog.

How can I pass up the chance to review an album by someone who calls herself Divine Brown, a name she unfortunately shares with the hooker caught in actor Hugh Grant’s car in 1995 on the Sunset Strip in L.A.? But OK, she’s from Canada, so maybe she missed that issue of Entertainment Weekly. 

The Fox Valley Folklore Society and Geneva Park District present the 32nd annual Fox Valley Folk Music and Storytelling Festival on Sunday and Labor Day Monday, Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, preceded Saturday, Aug. 30, by master classes, an open mike and live concert on WFMT-FM radio.

During his precious little time as one of hip-hop’s most creative producers, the late J. Dilla crafted future-soul beats with their roots firmly planted in the Motown sound of his Detroit hometown. His "Champion Sound" collaboration with West Coast beatsmith Madlib is an overlooked gem in both of their catalogs, so it’s fitting that the fifth installment in Madlib’s Beat Konducta instrumental series would be a soul-infused tribute to a fellow creative spirit.

This week, the Wrestling Genius tackles women in pro wrestling.

The DuPage Symphony Orchestra concludes its summer concert series at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, at Cantigny Park in Wheaton.

The Broadway musical “Les Misérables” will be presented by a cast of young adults from across the region.