Christopher Cardinale, an alumnus of the leftist comic magazine World War 3 Illustrated, is coming to town to discuss his adaptation of Luis Alberto Urrea's magical realist story, Mr. Mendoza's Paintbrush (Cinco Puntos Press, $17.95). Cardinale's stylized art, designed to look like traditional woodcuts, adds an enjoyable new dimension to the tale. He explained [...]

Fresh off a well-reviewed performance at NEARfest, the most prestigious progressive rock festival in the United States (don't laugh), Mexican instrumental trio Cabezas de Cera are playing two dates this week in D.C. plus one in Baltimore. Cabezas de Cera aren't your typical bombastic prog band; rather, they combine folk, prog, free improv and a [...]