Culture and A&E Features
Speakeasy with - Blake Dalton Article
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.</
How did...
Is it art? August 17 2005 Article
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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| more...Culture Surfing - Jasson Minadakis’ Top 5 Article
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 — “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...
| more...Speakeasy with - Maia Nkenge WILSON Article
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...
| more...Is it art? August 10 2005 Article
“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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| more...Culture Surfing - Lotus Speaks’ Top Five Article
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...
Speakeasy with - Helena Reckitt Article
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...
| more...Is it art? August 03 2005 Article
Speakeasy with - Andy Runton Article
Driven to Abstraction Article
Indie Craft Article
Stars and Bars Article
A Gay Old Time Article
Southern Progress Article
Cash and Check Article
Average José Article
Object of My Perception Article
Art Gone Wild Article
Design Intentions Article
Keeper of the Quilt Article
NBAF: Color of Culture Article
NBAF: Other recommended NBAF events Article
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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