Culture and A&E Features
Pop Smart - See & Do: Theater: Power Plays Festival Article
Culture Surfing - Fiona Zedde gets bi Article
Speakeasy with - Elizabeth Labbe-Webb Article
Pulled Quote July 02 2008 Article
Pop Smart - Poet Shannon Leigh dies Article
image-1Local poet and member of the Atlanta Art Amok! Slam Team, Shannon Leigh, died yesterday, having been in critical condition for more than two weeks following a cave-diving accident June 14. She was 20 years old.
She had gotten trapped in an underwater cavern at Ginnie Springs in High Springs, Fla., when her breathing apparatus came out. It’s unknown how long she was underwater before...
| more...Pop Smart - Air Loaf: Urinetown: The Musical Article
Today’s Air Loaf features CL’s Chanté LaGon and Curt Holman discussin OnStage Atlanta’s production of Urinetown: The Musical. (Through July 12.)
Air Loaf is broadcast weekdays on 1690 WMLB-AM at approximately 8:10 a.m., 12:20 p.m. and 6:20 p.m.
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| more...Pop Smart - See & Do: Music: Lyfe Jennings Article
Pop Smart - 5 things to do: Tuesday June 17 2008 Article
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1) New Exhibits continues at ART Station Contemporary Arts Center.
2) Barbara Ann’s features Blues Jam Session with Frankie Lee Robinson.
3) Lyfe Jennings plays at Center Stage.
4) DJ Romeo Cologne hosts Funk Disco at Star Bar.
5) Summer Slaughter Tour 2008 comes to the Masquerade.
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| more...Pop Smart - Essential Theatre launches 10th season with plays, clips Article
Pop Smart - Shakespeare Tavern to stage 15 plays next season Article
image-1 In a display of ambition that seems positively, well, Shakespearean, The New American Shakespeare Tavern has announced that it will stage 15 plays between this August and next June for its 2008-2009 season. That’s a staggeringly busy schedule for a company that has no second stage, requiring constant performance.
In prior years the Tavern has staged “August Three-peat” repertory...
| more...Pop Smart - Free passes to tonight’s screening of Gonzo Article
Pop Smart - See & Do: Music: Silver Apples Article
Pop Smart - See & Do: Special event: Concrete Pandemonium Article
Pop Smart - Georgia Author Book Bash: Summer readings Article
Pop Smart - Additional viewing for WALL-E’s Andrew Stanton Article
Pop Smart - Silver Scream Spook Show: Forbidden Planet Article
Pop Smart - Save the date: Film Love flirts with ‘Disaster’ on July 25 Article
We all love Film Love, the ongoing cinematic series from Andy Ditzler’s Frequent Small Meals that looks into the nooks and crannies of more independently minded movie-making in a way that’s both entertaining and informative.
The Film Love blisses out on July 25 at Eyedrum with a twofer titled “The Trick of Disaster,” which looks at the domino effect of destruction. Showtime is 8 p.m....
| more...Pop Smart - See & Do: Music: Emmylou Harris Article
Pop Smart - Hats Off is off the table Article
Pop Smart - Wanted: Graphic novel vs. movie Article
image-1I want to clarify a little something I wrote in my review of the new Angelina Jolie shoot-em-up, Wanted, which is based on a graphic novel series by Mark Millar, J.G. Jones and Paul Mounts. I remarked that the film’s hyper-stylish portrayal of magical hitmen “proves that graphic novels don’t have to be about superheroes to provide material for silly movies.”
I read the Wanted...
| more...Pop Smart - New on DVD: Definitely, Maybe; The Furies, and more Article
image-1In this week’s “View from the Couch” DVD column, Charlotte’s Creative Loafing film critic Matt Brunson spans the spectrum of new releases. He takes on new films Definitely, Maybe as well as The Spiderwick Chronicles, Be Kind Rewind and 10,000 B.C., but also has takes on releases of older films such as The Furies and Xanadu.
For me, the most intriguing of the releases is the...
| more...Pop Smart - See & Do: Theater: The Merchant of Venice Article
Pop Smart - Why Hedwig rocks the hardest Article
Pop Smart - Air Loaf: Hedwig and the Angry Inch Article
Today’s Air Loaf features CL’s Chanté LaGon and David Lee Simmons discussing Hedwig and the Angry Inch playing tonight and through the weekend at Actor’s Express.
Air Loaf is broadcast weekdays on 1690 WMLB-AM at approximately 8:10 a.m., 12:20 p.m. and 6:20 p.m.
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