The Met Goes Punk, Retired Fairy Tale Characters, The Week In Photos... And More

March 29, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Groundbreaking Punk Exhibition Is Coming To The Met "We wanted to strip everything down further, away from the showbiz theatricality of the glitter bands, and away from bluesiness and boogie. We wanted to be stark and hard and torn up, the way the world was," Richard Hell writes in his recent raw autobiography, "I Dreamed I Was A Very Clean Tramp." At the Metropolitan Museums of Art's upcoming exhibit, "Punk: Chaos and Couture," Hell is the first of seven "punk heroes" with a gallery showcasing their impact on the fashion world.  Continue reading... 'The Love Child Of Robert Mapplethorpe And Georgia O'Keeffe' Fairy Tale Characters, Post-Retirement Moving Image: Our Week In Photos Photographer's Time Travel Series Will Amaze You 6-Year-Old Drumming Prodigy Performs 'Hot For Teacher' A Pink Floyd Play To Celebrate 40 Years Of 'Dark Side' Artist Lives Without Money For Years Groundbreaking Punk Exhibition Is Coming To The Met 6-Year-Old Drumming Prodigy Performs 'Hot For Teacher' Photographer's Time Travel Series Will Amaze You Led Zeppelin's 'Houses Of The Holy' Turns 40 YOANI SANCHEZ Black Tears: A Loving Goodbye to Bebo Valdes The sad history of Bebo Valdés is that during his entire time as an émigré, he was erased from the repertoire of Cuban culture in the national media -- until the worldwide success of Lagrimas Negras, a record the Cuban musical censors could not bury. Continue reading... MICHAL SHAPIRO Violeta Went to Heaven: The Mother of Nuevo Cancion Has a Film at Last (VIDEO) We can listen to a song and think we know the singer. And in the case of Violeta Parra (1917-1967) perhaps this is so. Continue reading... ANNETTE INSDORF 'Snow White,' Spanish Style Blancanieves is Pablo Berger's magical Spanish transposition of the Snow White myth into the thrilling arena of bullfighting and flamenco. Continue reading... REX REED Hands on a Hardbody Don't go to Hands on a Hardbody, the new musical at the Brooks Atkinson imported from a critically praised run in California, expecting titillation (the hardbody is a red pickup truck) or a revelation in contemporary musical scoring. Continue reading... DAVE ASTOR The Silver Linings in Literature's Bad Marriages Spring is here, which means the start of the wedding season. So there's no better time to discuss literature that features... bad marriages! Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003