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Books: Beyond Piss Christ by Michael Sims Bill Ivey shines a helpful spotlight into murky issues in his new book, Arts, Inc.: How Greed and Neglect Have Destroyed Our Cultural Rights.

Comedy: Funny Faces by Tracy Moore Beloved comedy troupe Kids in the Hall may not be in their 20s anymore, but their timeless sketches have aged remarkably well.

Music: Global Citizens by Jewly Hight If Béla Fleck says something hasn’t been done before, then it probably hasn’t.

Film: Harmonic Convergence by Jim Ridley In conjunction with the run of Mister Lonely, the Belcourt is showing a retrospective of Harmony Korine’s first two films, Gummo and Julien Donkey-Boy along with a making-of documentary on his current film.

Film: Lonely Are the Brave by Jim Ridley A recap, for those keeping score of outré elements of Mister Lonely, the third feature by Harmony Korine: Michael Jackson costume. Clown bike. Monkey puppet. The Polish Prince.

Film: Narnia Business by Ella Taylor The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is fairly good fun, and I’m trying to decide whether it was the capable swordplay or Ben Barnes’ bedroom eyes that prompted a significant shift in brand loyalty on the part of my 10-year-old.

Our Critics Picks: Our Critics' Picks Will Kimbrough, 2008 Merrell Crawfish Boil, Twelfth Night, Liam Finn, Ordinary People, Patricia Schultz, East Nashville Farmer’s Market, The Heroine Sheiks and more

Books: Puttering About the Past by Michael Ray Taylor After a chance visit to Plymouth Rock, Tony Horwitz realizes that, despite being college history major and the celebrated author of historical travel books, he has only “a third-grader’s grasp of early America.”

The Spin Friday night, The Cannery gave us all a little more bang for our buck than usual.

Music: Tick Tick Tick by Saby Reyes-Kulkarni Even when parodying themselves, it seems The Hives never lose sight of their hype-mongering mission.

Music: True Believer by Michael McCall Matthew Ryan’s songs almost always deal with conflict—often without resolution.

Episode 131
by Collin Wade Monk
To celebrate the day dedicated to our birth-givers, Scenecast Episode 131 has a real mother for you, with Rooney, De Novo Dahl, The Moaners, Mr. Gnome, The Bravery, The Sword, DeVotchKa, Basia Bulat, Rachael Sage, John Prine, Sierra Hull and sounds from the Ice Cold hip-hop night at The Rutledge.

Our Critics' Picks
Rooney, De Novo Dahl, Tiffany by Design, Nashville Zombie Walk, The Bravery, DeVotchKa, John Prine, and more

Daily Dose
by Jack Silverman
When you ask Jon Stewart about The Daily Show, he goes to great lengths to emphasize that it's a comedy program, and not intended to be taken seriously as a source of news commentary.

Nifty Knickers
by Martin Brady
Tennessee Repertory Theatre’s current mounting of The Underpants, Steve Martin’s adaptation of German playwright Carl Sternheim’s 1910 farce, shows just how far production values can go in goosing the entertainment factor.

Catchy, Even if It Doesn’t Rhyme
by Maria Browning
These stories mostly stick to well-worn themes of family drama and love gone wrong, with occasional forays into white trash looniness and the trials of the music business.