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Wednesday August 24, 2005 12:04 AM EDT

Dancer Blake Dalton performs with Several Dancers Core, Beacon Dance, Gardenhouse Dance and other modern dance companies around town. When not dancing, he works as a barista at Decatur’s Java Monkey ... mostly for the free espresso. He is currently at work on “Finding Clear,” a multimedia piece. To see him in action, check out www.orangemancreative.com/video/html/throatsinging.html.</
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Wednesday August 17, 2005 12:04 AM EDT
Orange Hill Art celebrates the bravado of sideshows and freaks | more...

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Wednesday August 17, 2005 12:04 AM EDT

This plaintive piece of guerrilla art cropped up at the corner of Edgewood Avenue and Krog Street last year. A tag nearby indicates that it may be the work of artists from Workhorse Studio, an art collective in San Francisco that had a show at Young Blood Gallery.

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Wednesday August 17, 2005 12:04 AM EDT

Jasson Minadakis is artistic director of Actor’s Express and director of Bug, Tracy Letts’ thriller about a pair of star-crossed lovers and a bug invasion in an Oklahoma City motel. It opens Sept. 15.

1) The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks &mdash; “It’s a fascinating fantasy novel about a nearly exterminated group of ‘prophets’ who can move between the various realms of the universe.”

2) Old...

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Wednesday August 17, 2005 12:04 AM EDT

Menopause the Musical and The Color Purple have just two things in common: a pro-sisterhood message and Maia Nkenge Wilson.

Having just finished her two-week stint at the 14th Street Playhouse’s long-running, feather-light Menopause the Musical, the actress/singer and former Austell resident prepares to reprise her Alliance Theatre role as one of the gossipy, scene-stealing Church Ladies in...

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Wednesday August 10, 2005 12:04 AM EDT

“Feather Enso,” a 14-by-14-inch silver gelatin print by Brook Reynolds. It can be seen through Sept. 2 in Emerging Visions 2005, an exhibition at Atlanta Photography Group gallery in the Tula Art Center, 75 Bennett St. The image is part of a series inspired by Soto Zen Buddhism. It was created by using traditional photographic processes, slow exposures and silver printing.

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Wednesday August 10, 2005 12:04 AM EDT

Spoken word artist Lotus Speaks, who recently released a new CD called Voice of Reason, counts down her current top five favorite cultural obsessions.</
1. “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” (Cartoon Network): “It’s a really thin line between hilarity and disturbing.”</
2. “The Sims: Bustin’ Out” (EA Games): “They dance and go crazy... It’s like an alternative world, like fantasyland. You can do whatever...

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Wednesday August 10, 2005 12:04 AM EDT

After seven years exhibiting a mix of prestigious international artists and upstart locals at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Director of Exhibitions and Education Helena Reckitt has left for the bright lights of Toronto. But her influence on the arts scene will undoubtedly be felt long after her departure.

If you were setting the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center up for a date, how would...

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Wednesday August 3, 2005 12:04 AM EDT
Canadian performance artist Astrid Bin passed through town last week on her year-long art project that focuses on money and the quest to get some. She chronicles her exploits at www.mymilliondollaryear.net and is making a documentary about her experiences. If you want to help her cause, you can pay her to mail you a postcard, chat with you on the phone, or send you her personal hate mail.... | more...

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Wednesday August 3, 2005 12:04 AM EDT
In an era of brooding superheroes and adults-only graphic novels, Andy Runton’s Owly takes pride in being wholesome. Runton writes and illustrates the warm-hearted, nearly wordless tales of huggable Owly and his fine feathered friends. Marietta’s Top Shelf Productions publishes his third graphic novel, Owly: Flying Lessons, in September. From his home in Lilburn, Runton describes how he... | more...

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Wednesday June 22, 2005 12:04 AM EDT
Self-taught artist finds inspiration in nature | more...

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Wednesday June 15, 2005 12:04 AM EDT
New generation brings punk-rock attitude to the granny arts | more...

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Wednesday June 8, 2005 12:04 AM EDT
Hazard County confronts Southern images | more...

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Wednesday June 8, 2005 12:04 AM EDT
A happy version of Atlanta’s gay history | more...

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Wednesday May 25, 2005 12:04 AM EDT
20 questions for artist Scott Belville | more...

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Wednesday May 25, 2005 12:04 AM EDT
Following the money given to theaters | more...

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Wednesday May 25, 2005 12:04 AM EDT
Jose throws fiesta for Latin music | more...

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Wednesday May 18, 2005 12:04 AM EDT
Tim Davis offers a fresh view of classic paintings | more...

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Wednesday April 27, 2005 12:04 AM EDT
Public artworks spend the summer at Freedom Park | more...

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Wednesday April 27, 2005 12:04 AM EDT
Minimalism goes domestic at the Museum of Design | more...

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Thursday January 20, 2005 12:04 AM EST
For seamstress Gert McMullin, home is where the AIDS Memorial Quilt is | more...

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Thursday July 15, 2004 12:04 AM EDT
National Black Arts Festival paints the town | more...

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Thursday July 15, 2004 12:04 AM EDT

Full Moon of Sonia

Live performance of poetry by

Sonia Sanchez with T.C. Carson,

William Hubbard, Theresa

Hightower, Kelly Rutherford and

Shelia Wheat

July 16, 8 p.m.

Alliance Theatre

Woodruff Arts Center

1280 Peachtree St.

$20-$75

Pan African Film Festival

Films from the African Diaspora

July 18-25

Rich Auditorium

Woodruff Arts Center

$5.50-$25

Reading by Edward. P. Jones...

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Thursday June 3, 2004 12:04 AM EDT
Myth mania comes to Atlanta for Joseph Campbell conference | more...

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Thursday April 8, 2004 12:04 AM EDT
The shows we’d stage at a Planet playhouse | more...