A summit (at NYU’s Skirball Center) devoted to hip-hop aims to deconstruct the genre with—lucky for you—a series of live performances.

This week, Antonio Banderas hot-trots his way into cinemas in Take the Lead, playing real-life ballroom-dancing legend Pierre Dulaine, who teaches inner-city teenagers the joys of waltzing—and coached Banderas for the film. Sara Cardace spoke with them.

To make their new concert film, Awesome; I Fuckin’ Shot That!, the Beastie Boys handed out 50 cameras to members of the audience at a Madison Square Garden show in 2004. Sara Cardace spoke to four of the “directors” about their fandom.

A cast of collaborators plays the music of hip-hop-rock supergroup Gorillaz for five nights.

Female memoirists take center stage in the final week of Women’s History Month.

Despite cold, dreary weather, the twentieth South by Southwest festival drew record numbers to Austin, Texas. What were the trends and hot tickets, and how did New York bands weather the storm?

Yes! It’s actually warm enough to have fun outdoors!

Two electronic acts that have made their mark on the mainstream play smallish local venues.

Two divergent points of view mark the third anniversary of the Iraq war’s start.

Two monsters of Deep South classic rock come to the big bad city.