Arts

H.O.R.D.E. displays diverse, better-than-average lineup

The acronym H.O.R.D.E. stands for Horizons of Rock Developing Everywhere. As Sunday's H.O.R.D.E. show at Pine Knob demonstrated, those horizons are developing in some strange and intriguing directions.

Ska, hardcore bands abundant at 'Warped'

Nowadays there are a million summer festivals to choose from. There are always the sucky radio festivals with your favorite ho-hum alternative bands, the chick festival, and that festival that the remaining ghosts of the Grateful Dead host.

The Artist wows Pine Knob with emotional concert

Remember when the Purple One used to proudly proclaim his risqué identity to a perennially appalled and intrigued world, dancing in panties and platforms around scantily clad protegées and singing, "My name is Prince and I am funky?"

Detroit Institute of Arts hosts stunning Egyptian exhibit

For many connoisseurs of the arts, particularly those who admire the sometimes complex societal structures of ancient civilizations, the daily life of pharaohs as well as common people of the Nile Delta hold a special fascination. Whether it is the ancient Egyptians' concern with the afterlife (and the subsequent elaborate architecture of pyramids), or their concern with beauty, or even their scholarly and administrative advances, these concepts hold the modern world of archaeologists and scholars captive.

07-30-97

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