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5 things to do: Saturday

Amanda Peterson — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:45:56 +0000

1) The Gallery at East Atlanta Tattoo hosts an opening reception for 4 on the Floor. 2) Elevation performs at Vinyl with Mike Dunn and Kings of New England. 3) Laughing Matters Improv Company reunites at Academy Theatre. 4) Eagle Eye Book Shop hosts Southern Authors Day with Josh Batchelder and Thomas Huynh. 5) New Black, an exhibition [...]

Judah Friedlander: OK, so, no to NYU, then?

David Lee Simmons — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:42:17 +0000

You know why Judah Friedlander (whose four-night stand at The Punchline continues through Sunday) is wicked funny? Because he made me laugh within the dreaded cone of pain: the 24 Mengelesque hours following the belated removal of my wisdom teeth. I was in so much pain — OK, severe annoyance — I even forgot to [...]

Billionaires for Coal

Andisheh Nouraee — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:14:27 +0000

YOUTH ACTIVISTS CALLING THEMSELVES BILLIONAIRES FOR COAL PROTEST A PROPOSED COAL POWER PLANT BY PRETENDING TO SUPPORT IT: You can tell she’s a fake billionaire because a real billionaire would never that hat with pearls. (Photo by Joeff Davis) Bookmark It

4 on the Floor: Think locally, too

David Lee Simmons — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:07:25 +0000

I solicited a Culture Surfing survey in this week’s issue from incoming artist Dave MacDowell, whose pop-surrealism will join three other artists (natch) for the 4 on the Floor exhibit at The Gallery at East Atlanta Tattoo. The gallery’s exhibits have become increasingly popular since its opening last fall, and I can’t watch to check [...]

Move over Dark Knight, here comes Watchmen

Curt Holman — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:04:37 +0000

Since The Dark Knight is finally in theaters (and apparently already broke records for midnight shows last night), it’s high time to get all obsessed and bent out of shape over the next geeky superhero adaptation: Watchmen. The adaptation of the landmark graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, Watchmen will open on March [...]

New Atlanta library money passes hurdle

Ken Edelstein — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:06:13 +0000

Fulton County commissioners have approved a $275 bond referendum that would pay among other things for a new downtown library — a development that seems to have escaped the attention of most Atlanta media. According to a press release sent out by Commissioner Robb Pitts, the main advocate for replacing the downtown library: If approved, the bonds [...]

DOT road work from Hell happening again

Thomas Wheatley — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:45:04 +0000

As is the custom on Fridays here, we remind you that the DOT will resume its weekend resurfacing project on I-75/85 between 10th Street and University Avenue. This weekend the agency will close several northbound and southbound lanes, as well as exits in between. If it rains, we’re granted a reprieve, but that’ll be another [...]

Chris Kayser plays a Shylock for the ages

Curt Holman — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:41:07 +0000

In my story this week about Georgia Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice (which I review alongside Essential Theatre’s Valhalla), I praise Chris Kayser’s acting as Shylock, the play’s despised, sadistic moneylender. I wanted to double-down on that commentary by saying not only does Kayser (left) give a great performance in one of Shakespeare’s most problematic [...]

Summer reading for the well-read

Helen Herbst — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:56:03 +0000

The Fulton County High School summer reading list is 18 pages long (already about 15 more pages than the average Atlanta-area high-schooler cares to make time for, I reckon), and if you’re looking for a great young adult novel, or you haven’t read Barbara Kingsolver’s The Bean Trees* yet, that list is a great place [...]

Atlanta blogs today

Scott Freeman — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:53:04 +0000

— Is the clock ticking on Glenn Richardson’s reign as House Speaker? Jason Pye says some key Republican legislators have come out publicly in support of a challenge by state Rep. David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge. — What’s life without DriftGrift’s “Morning Wooten?” — Reporter-Cub recounts a jarring election day conversation he had with a tech at his [...]