Friday, February 3, 2012
weekend arts agenda Weekend Arts Agenda: Another Green World
Posted by Henry Samuels on Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 3:32 PM
- Matt Relkin
- "In Dark Trees"-Matt Relkin
Jennifer Schwartz gallery hosts two openings, Kai Lin gallery features Terra: Natural Organic Beauty, and Another Green World at Beep Beep Gallery during Ponce Crush.
Visual Arts Spruill Gallery's got the goods
Posted by Henry Samuels on Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 2:27 PM
To start 2012 off right, Spruill Gallery is putting together a show titled The Goods.
- Elyse Defoor
- Hide Diptych: Mixed Media on 300lb. watercolor paper pin mounted to wall surface
A pin-up style show, The Goods will feature a variety of work by emerging and established Atlanta artists. All the art is relatively small and reasonably priced. Spruill has received submissions from Laura Noel, Michael David Murphy, Teresa Sims, Curtis Ames, Corrine Adams, Hollis Hildebrand-Mills, Elyse Defoor (her work is pictured above), Mary O'Horo among many others.
The show is primarily a fundraiser for Spruill — at least half of all money generated from the sale of artwork will be given directly back to the gallery.
There is an opening reception on Thursday, Feb. 9, and the show will run through March 10.
Spruill is still accepting entries for the show, and will be up until Monday (Feb. 6) of next week. For submissions and inquires, contact the gallery at 770-394-4019 or email at jprice@spruillarts.org
Music Europa Galante brings "gutsy" sound to Atlanta
Posted by Andrew Alexander on Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 9:32 AM
5 things to do 5 things today: Precious Things, Ani Difranco
Posted by Wyatt Williams on Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 7:00 AM
- COURTESY JENNIFER SCHWARTZ
- Jefferson Hayman
1. Jennifer Schwartz exhibits Precious Things
2. Ani Difranco plays Variety
3. Rickolus plays Masquerade
4. Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Plaza
5. DILLIGAF, Swervocity, and CMFTBLVN at the Music Room
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Visual Arts Be a blood brother with Nathan Sharratt
Posted by Wyatt Williams on Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:23 PM
Be My Blood Brother from Nathan Sharratt on Vimeo.
Local artist Nathan Sharratt has posted this video of his performance earlier this year at Elevate: Art Above Underground, "Be My Blood Brother." If you're squeamish around blood, I'd suggest sitting down before watching the thing. His "constructed, non-biological" version of blood-swapping resembles the real thing to a stomach-churning degree. Sharratt has been archiving the participants in the performance, what you might call his "constructed family," at We Are Blood Brothers.
theater Theatre in the Square keeps lights on, comes to Jesus
Posted by Curt Holman on Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:12 PM
- Theatre in the Square
- OUTSTANDING IN HIS FIELD: Brad Sherrill
The company has a goal to raise an additional $400,000 by June 30, the end of its fiscal year. According to the playhouse's press release:
Since the start of the recession, the Theatre has cut its budget by a third, had two rounds of layoffs, and, in September, implemented staff-wide pay cuts which remain in effect. According to Board Chair Mike Russell, “Theatre in the Square’s Board has been working on improving the company’s revenue throughout this recession. We are invested in and committed to saving this valuable organization; in fact, in the last 18 months, the Board of Directors has personally given over $186,000."
Theatre in the Square's light-hearted comedy The Ladies Man plays on the Main Stage through Feb. 26, and on Feb. 8 its Alley Stage opens the world premiere of Red Letter Jesus. Actor Brad Sherrill has performed a one-man version of The Gospel of John for more than a decade, and by 2010 had delivered nearly 600 performances. Directed by Vincent Murphy, Red Letter Jesus draws on Matthew, Mark and Luke for his newest take on the New Testament. One hopes that the playhouse can do for its donations what Jesus did with the loaves and the fishes.
Dance Joe Goode Performance Group brings "The Rambler" to town
Posted by Andrew Alexander on Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 10:20 AM
The show involves lots of dance vignettes, focusing both on the rambler and—as Goode puts it—"on the people who have been rambled." The rambler from the show is depicted as a sort of cross between Clint Eastwood and Siddhartha: a truth-seeker and a renegade. "It's a complex puzzle," he says, "the damage he does as he moves in and out of people's lives."
graphic novels DC Comics plans 'Before Watchmen' prequel comics
Posted by Curt Holman on Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 9:14 AM
RORSCHACH (4 issues) — Writer: Brian Azzarello. Artist: Lee Bermejo
MINUTEMEN (6 issues) — Writer/Artist: Darwyn Cooke
COMEDIAN (6 issues) — Writer: Brian Azzarello. Artist: J.G. Jones
DR. MANHATTAN (4 issues) — Writer: J. Michael Straczynski. Artist: Adam Hughes
NITE OWL (4 issues) — Writer: J. Michael Straczynski. Artists: Andy and Joe Kubert
OZYMANDIAS (6 issues) — Writer: Len Wein. Artist: Jae Lee
SILK SPECTRE (4 issues) — Writer: Darwyn Cooke. Artist: Amanda Conner
Original Watchmen writer Alan Moore has been quite vocal in his disenchantment with DC Comics, even having his name removed from big-screen adaptations of his work. Straczynski, who has an Oscar nomination for his screenplay for Clint Eastwood's Changeling and impeccable geek credentials as the creator of "Babylon 5," provided for the Hollywood Reporter a persuasive argument that in favor of other people making more stories about Moore's characters:
The perception that these characters shouldn’t be touched by anyone other than Alan is both absolutely understandable and deeply flawed. As good as these characters are — and they are very good indeed — one could make the argument, based on durability and recognition, that Superman is the greatest comics character ever created. But I don’t hear Alan or anyone else suggesting that no one other than Shuster and Siegel should have been allowed to write Superman. Certainly Alan himself did this when he was brought on to write Swamp Thing, a seminal comics character created by Len Wein.
5 things to do 5 things today: Juicy J, Liturgy
Posted by Wyatt Williams on Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 7:00 AM
1. Juicy J, Freddie Gibbs, and Dom Kennedy play the Quad
2. Liturgy plays Masquerade
3. WonderRoot returns with the Generally Local, Mostly Independent Filmmaker's Night at the Plaza
4. Kevin Smith gets Live From Behind in theaters
5. Gods of Carnage continues at the Alliance
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
5 things to do 5 things today: Jeff Mangum, Bosco
Posted by Wyatt Williams on Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 7:00 AM
1. Jeff Mangum occupies Variety Playhouse (good luck finding a ticket)
2. Bosco and others play "Not Just Another Hip Hop Night" at Noni's
3. The Kills play Masquerade
4. Besharat Gallery exhibits Best of Atlanta
5. Audition night and open mic at The Punchline
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