UP FRONT
Boom Boom's in town
Tony Hawk brings his Huckjam to the Q
By Chris Nixon
After six years of touring the states and spreading the gospel of skateboarding to all corners of the country, Tony Hawk's Boom Boom Huckjam continues to showcase the lighthearted side of skating, BMX and FMX (motocross) in a noncompetitive environment.
But what is this Boom Boom Huckjam, and how did it get its unusual name?
AT THE MOVIES
Cover band
Rainn Wilson's 'Rocker' plays with all the familiar comedy cliches
By George Varga
POP MUSIC CRITIC
The journey from “School of Rock” to “School of Schlock” took just four years, which is nearly as long some of the more interminable scenes in “The Rocker” seem to last.
VISUAL ARTS
Patterns of excellence
Karl Benjamin's works from 3 decades celebrate form and color
By Robert L. Pincus
ART CRITIC
Karl Benjamin is an artist who has deserved better in the story of recent American painting. And in the last three to four years, history has been fairer to him. It's not that geometric abstraction, his stock-in-trade, has been wholly out of favor during Benjamin's prime decades.
