Author Marie Montgomery

When you think of jazz, the violin, viola or cello probably won't come to mind. But the Turtle Island Quartet is out to change the way you think about jazz. The group, which won a Grammy for Best Classical Crossover Album in 2006, plays jazz as a traditional string quartet.

Two chairs, one bench and an extraordinary story is all it took for Paul Rajeckas to win over audiences at the Quick Center this past weekend. Rajeckas's "Notes to the Motherland" is a complex narrative about family, legacy and humanity. In this one-man show, Rajeckas chronicles his childhood as a first-generation Lithuanian immigrant, then explores his family's history.

When we sat down with the upcoming rock band Talking to Walls last year, the members had just gotten their first rock van and were headed down the road to fame. Since then the group, half of which is made up of Fairfield alums Brian Kelly and Matt Krupa, has toured the Northeast.

During the Holocaust, many people found themselves in a difficult moral situation: To allow the Nazis to try to live out their regime or oppose them and risk death. There was no black-and-white answer to this situation. Everyone had to decide for themselves which choice to make.

We have all heard the slogan, "So easy a caveman could do it," but no one ever imagined that Geico's popular 30-second commercials would be turned into a full-length sitcom. "Cavemen" the television show premiered on ABC Tuesday, earning second in the ratings race and last in critics' hearts.

Sparks fly as machetes clash. Two rival ranchers battle over a young Indian girl during her wedding celebration. Eventually the rival rancher who disturbed the wedding meets his death. This scene, which could be a finale to a movie, took place in the "Wedding in the Huasteca," one of the 10 dances performed by Ballet Folklorico de Mexico on Friday night at the Kelley Theater in the Quick Center.

With a weathered voice that has been tattered by time, Arlo Guthrie took the stage at the Quick Center Saturday night to a full house for his "Solo Reunion Tour." Now, 60 years old, Guthrie has been touring for almost 40 years. With long white hair and a lower voice, Guthrie brings an air of wisdom to his performance and remains the ideal symbol of an optimistic, peace-loving hippie.

When most movies combine jaw dropping action and a political message, they end up with a movie-mush that is neither politically correct nor action packed. Few succeed at a political action film. Take, for example, another horrible venture into the genre, 2000's "Rules of Engagement.

There is this irony right away, that a photograph is flat [but] you are looking at stunning sculpture, archeological sites, ancient temples, all of these things which occupy space and are three dimensional, said Katherine Schwab, art history professor and organizer of the "Creative Photograph in Archaeology" exhibit. The exhibit opens today at the Walsh Gallery in the Quick Center and features 76 black and white photographs depicting Greek antiquities that have been produced from high resolution scans of the original negatives.

America was filled with skepticism during the 1960s as there was a questionable war being fought and protests for equality breaking out all over the country. This was a time when folk music rose to popularity; much of these common themes still resonate today. This weekend brings two of these folk legends to the Fairfield area: Arlo Guthrie, who will perform his "Solo Reunion Tour" this Saturday at the Quick Center, and Bob Dylan, who will perform at the arena at Harbor Yard on Sunday.