Achy Obejas

For Goat Island, our town's most enduring and perhaps most enigmatic performance art troupe, its current show began with a simple story told by one of its members. "Brian (Saner)...

Man, is Miss Midori one sassy gal. Just listen in on her CD when she's bragging about, "Oh lordy, lordy, I'm evil . . ." You know exactly what she...

Okay, I'm strapped in (this means I've knotted the belt on my bathrobe). I've got before me the entire Stars Wars banquet - the souped-up Special Edition, because the originals...

There is something eerie in Oumou Sangare's sound: A religiosity, perhaps, in the single notes from the kamalengoni, a traditional Mali harp, a sense of constant movement in the circular...

Mike Ervin's new play, "The History of Bowling," isn't about bowling at all. "No! Exactly! It's about discrimination! And pain!" shouts out Lou, who tries to get out of a...

Aterciopelados Caribe Atomico (BMG/Latin) Mana may be touring the globe heralding rock en Espanol from Mexico, but it's Colombia that's breeding the most interesting stuff. Besides last year's debut LP...

Cesar Rosas calls "Soul Disguise," his debut solo disc, "vou-dou/gris-gris/soul" -- in other words, pure roots music, funky and hot, from Los Angeles' multicultural stew. It's a danceable concoction, full...

The Sun Cafe is an oasis. Way out west on Montrose, where only the occasional strip mall or solitary family business breaks up the view of sturdy homes on residential...

Outlandos d'Americas: A Rock en Espanol Tribute to the Police (Ark 21) The Police may seem like an unlikely influence in Latin America -- why not Santana or Los Lobos?...

Family life in America at the dawn of the new millennium is immensely more complex than it was in the 1950s. Back then, the nuclear family had emerged as the...