Sunday, February 12, 2012
5 things today: Willie Nelson, Twyla Tharp
Posted by Wyatt Williams on Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 7:00 AM
1. Willie Nelson plays Tabernacle
2. Twyla Tharp's The Princess and the Goblin at Cobb Energy
3. The Unchained Tour at Manuel's
4. ATL Soul Train line flash mob at Loca Luna
5. The Red Balloon continues at 7 Stages
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Comedy Top 5 Tweets from ATL Comics this week: For your ePad
Posted by Curt Holman on Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 9:47 AM
5 things to do 5 things today: A$AP Rocky, Art Papers
Posted by Wyatt Williams on Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 7:00 AM
1. A$AP Rocky plays Masquerade
2. The annual Art Papers auction and party returns to Mason Murer Fine Art
3. Never Fear (The Young Lovers) screens at the High
4. Get your bah-humbug anti-Valentines friends together at Atkins Park
5. Yonder Mountain String Band plays the Tabernacle
Friday, February 10, 2012
weekend arts agenda Weekend Arts Agenda: Art Papers Auction and Party
Posted by Wyatt Williams on Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 8:00 AM
- COURTESY ART PAPERS
- Greg Pond, "Untitled"
The annual Art Papers auction returns, feminist films at Beep Beep, and more. Details after the jump.
5 things to do 5 things today: Lust List, State of the Union
Posted by Wyatt Williams on Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 7:00 AM
1. Our annual Lust List party at CosmoLava
2. AJC columnist Jay Bookman and Americapedia author Andisheh Nouraee deliver a real State of the Union at 7 Stages
3. Handmade feminist films at Beep Beep Gallery
4. Polyphonic Spree plays Center Stage
5. The Intergalactic Love Affair at Jungle Club
Thursday, February 9, 2012
theater 'Fairytale Lives' could use less magic, more realism
Posted by Curt Holman on Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 3:43 PM
- Photo by Greg Mooney
- THE BETTER TO EAT YOU WITH: Sarah Elizabeth Wallis and Judy Leavell
For instance, the play opens with Masha (Diany Rodriguez), a profane hottie in a red hoodie, who talks about a trip into the woods to pick mushrooms and berries, which she describes as erotically as possible. Afterward, she finds a remote cottage where she makes herself at home, taking off her shirt to reveal a red lacy bra, before the arrival of its owner, a big, bad bear who wants to do more than just devour her. Miroshnik takes a magic realism approach to the play, which could use a little less magic and more realism.
Comedy Laughing Skull gets Emo — Philips, that is
Posted by Curt Holman on Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 11:57 AM
True story: When I was a college undergraduate, I received a review copy of Emo Philips' first comedy album, E=mo2, while working for the Vanderbilt Hustler. Given that the young Philips bore a faint resemblance to Paul Reubens, I wondered if Pee Wee Herman's alter ego was trying out another boyish comedic persona with an affected voice. After the years went by, I decided to give Philips the benefit of the doubt that he's a real person, and he can be seen in the flesh at the Laughing Skull Lounge from Feb. 9-12. I like the way his Wikipedia page says, "Much of his standup comedy stems from the use of paraprosdokians and garden path sentences," as if we know what those mean.
I discovered a fun bit of trivia about Philips: In 2005, a British website voted one of his jokes from E=mo2 as the best God joke ever, which is animated here. Here's another shorter bit about religion:
Visual Arts Finster's Paradise Gardens to be tended by Chattooga County
Posted by Wyatt Williams on Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 10:41 AM
This just in from the AP's Dorie Turner:
A northwestern Georgia county has bought the garden where folk artist Howard Finster held court for tourists and art lovers from around the world.The bicycle repairman and preacher turned to art to spread the word of God and was considered the grandfather of the American folk art movement.
More details at AJC.
Events Best bets for Black History Month in Atlanta
Posted by Wyatt Williams on Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 8:00 AM
- COURTESY HIGH MUSEUM
- Danny Lyon, "The March on Washington"
Celebrate Black History Month in Atlanta with Rev. Joseph Lowery, Fishbone, the first annual Black History Month Parade on Auburn Ave., and more. Details after the jump.
5 things to do 5 things today: Bill Burr, Steve Aoki
Posted by Wyatt Williams on Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 7:00 AM
1. Bill Burr performs at the Buckhead Theatre
2. Steve Aoki plays the Tabernacle
3. Padgett Powell and Ellen Bryant Voigt discuss their work at GSU
4. Boog Brown plays 529
5. The Goods opens at Spruill Gallery
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