Music can be just as good in another language — just ask, say, Skid Row fans in Moscow. The same is true for Bonde do Role’s shows in the States. The trio from Curitiba in southern Brazil sing mostly in Portuguese, and while the meaning of the lyrics doesn’t come across, the band’s booming beats, goofy samples, and high energy stage antics (dancing, writhing, humping each other) make for a sweaty, ridiculous time. The group,…

When Ruth Duckworth titles her work—a rare occurrence—she uses large names: The Guardian (1992), The Spirit of Survival (1996), The Creation (1984). The other 79 pieces in the show, Ruth Duckworth, Modernist Sculptor, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Renwick Gallery are untitled, suggesting that Duckworth is chasing after something unutterable. When she first went to school as a teenager, she announced her desire “to paint like Rembrandt, draw like Dürer, and sculpt like Michelangelo—pretty…

Did you get caught on Connecticut Avenue near the Uptown Theatre last night? Were you blinded by the sight of limos and more barricades than you can shake a stick at? We were. And, boy, was traffic, both of the automobile and pedestrian sort, a riot. Looks like it was all courtesy of the premiere of the movie The Guardian, starring Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher and Sela Ward. We didn’t spot any stars, but, according…

Photo by Keith Tagg/Adam Stacey via Flickr We woke up this morning and heard the grim news from London of what appears to be a shocking coordinated attack on the city’s transportation system during the morning rush hour. According to the BBC, there have been explosions near three Underground stations — Edgware Road, Aldgate, and the massive King’s Cross station — and on one double-decker bus near Tavistock Square. The city’s transportation system has…