Entertainment

The play offers a necessary conversation about the beautiful and ugly parts of what women and their vaginas go through. By Sarah Farley

Beyoncé, as a black, female, feminist artist, is our time’s most groundbreaking — even without the best album Grammy. By Lauren Arnold

The latest AFI release sticks to the band’s formula of identical song structures well, but a bit too much at times. By Alvaro Sanchez

Bronx-bred DJ group the Martinez Brothers brought an impeccable show to Denver’s Club Vinyl. By Robert Hylton

CUI Arts writer Ben Vernon has some choice words for the latest Empire of the Sun album. Words like “Not good.”

Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge team up to make a beast of an album. By Benjamin Vernon

Rap-rock collaboration Banks & Steelz — RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan and Paul Banks of Interpol — delivered a mixed performance. By Gabe Kelly

A review of clipping.’s new record “Splendor and Misery,” a sci-fi hip-hop trek through madness and struggle. By Thomas Roller

Here’s a playlist to get your weekend started early. By Jake Shapiro