Best Bets
Film New this week: 56 Up (**** out of four stars). The eighth installment in the extraordinary doc series that began with Seven Up, profiling a group of British 7-year-olds, and revisiting them every seven years since. Although the respective stories are different, ultimately what is so compelling is the universality of the experiences. We were all once children. And we all will die. And in between, there is everything else. No MPAA rating (adult themes).
Film
New this week: 56 Up (**** out of four stars). The eighth installment in the extraordinary doc series that began with Seven Up, profiling a group of British 7-year-olds, and revisiting them every seven years since. Although the respective stories are different, ultimately what is so compelling is the universality of the experiences. We were all once children. And we all will die. And in between, there is everything else. No MPAA rating (adult themes).
- Steven Rea
Music
Sweet Honey in the Rock. Since 1973, Sweet Honey has crisscrossed the world, with song-and-dance performances that combine musical journey, dance, spoken-word, political statement, and ecstatic exploration of the human voice. Inclusion, glorious worldwide inclusion, of music and stories, is the nectar of Sweet Honey in the Rock.
- John Timpane
Family
Celebrate Horace Pippin. On Sunday, kids can celebrate artist Horace Pippin during a read-aloud workshop, art activity, and book signing at the Brandywine River Museum. Local author Jen Bryant will read her new picture book illustrated by Melissa Sweet, A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin.
- Monica Peters