September 2009
68 posts
Official Dancing with the Athens Stars lineup...
Don’t have all the details, but this is what I’ve just received:
1. Dylan Brooks (Madison County high school studio and super volunteer) with Christie Moody, private instructor
2. Charlotte House (Artist and teacher) with Heather Hogan
3. Jim Vanden Berg (CEO of the Georgia Club) with Michelle Collin 4. Kelly Girtz (ACC Commissioner) with Tenisha Cole, Program Specialist, East...
RiotGrrls on the Other Side of the World →
igather:
Can you imagine what blogs would have been like if zines had never existed? I can’t. So imagine young women in Cambodia who are just starting to find their voices. Local writer, activist, mover-and-shaker-upper Anne Elizabeth Moore has been working with these young women and helping them find their voices with zines. She documented her time with 32 women in the only college dormitory in...
ID confirmed on Jon Guthrie as wreck victim →
He died on Sunday night in a single car accident on Beaverdam Road. I know it’s all over Facebook and other internet sources, but the newspaper has to wait for ID confirmation to publish. At any rate, we’re saddened by the news. Guthrie, a musician from a fine lineage in Athens (he played with his dad and uncle in the Michael Guthrie Band), was just 26.
Great editorial by Leonard Pitts today addressing... →
Sojourners are addressing the issues from inside their own party. Pray for Glenn Beck, they say. Yeah, I’ll pray for him.
Happy Birthday, Shel Silverstein!
msannethrope:
And a reminder of how cool my Nana could be, on the occasions that she was cool during my childhood. I remember her gifting me with Uncle Shelby’s ABZ Book when I was about 8 or 9, a choice that was either quite subversive with an understanding that I would “get” the humor, or frighteningly reckless.
Here, some excerpts from that book that I pulled from the Amazon link:
Chapter...
Rowlett at Ciné
athensview:
As I made my way from the Ciné entrance to our jam session in the Ciné Lab last night, my eye was drawn to newly-hung paintings on the walls of the entrance corridor. To my unschooled eye, the technical skill of the artist seemed exceptional to me, and the juxtaposition of visual elements transfixing. The works begged to be decoded, and the messages within — some of them yielding...
“Any time you were with Fred, it would be like the sun coming out. He would...”
– Joe Alessi, principal trombonist with the New York Philharmonic, speaking Sunday about the late, world-famous trumpet player Fred Mills, on why he chose to play a piece called “Daybreak” at Mills’ memorial service.
Mills, 74, died Sept. 7 in a single-car accident, on his way home...
Take Avid Bookshop's survey →
Avid Bookshop is coming to Athens soon (plan is next summer according to Flagpole), and I think we all can agree Athens needs a great independent book store downtown like nobody’s business — this is a college town after all. (Barnett’s News Stand, R.I.P.)
So take the survey — you want your favorite zines? Books by your favorite writers? Coffee, tea, a cafe, comfy...
Really want to see Paper Heart at Cine →
Andrew Shearer gave us a lovely review today.
Rebuilt Georgia Theatre plans rooftop bar and... →
I’ll take it!
“The U.S. Department of Agriculture is launching a campaign to encourage schools,...”
– NPR: Morning Edition
In all the frustration over lack of progress on some of the big, controversial issues, it’s very easy to miss small but very significant changes coming out of the Obama administration. The potential savings in fossil fuel consumption from decreasing the distance we transport...
“He is a child murderer! I think that’s worth a Tweet.”
– just overheard in the newsroom
Watchsunyata: Nana Grizol_ Blackbox
These cool cats are playing a really fun show at Orange Twin coming up Friday, October 9, sharing the bill with Neil Hamburger, Vic Chesnutt, Elf Power, and Scott E. Spillane EXP.
Tickets are $12 and can be purchased at Wuxtry and Schoolkids records, as well as Orange Twin’s own website www.orangetwin.com.
To round out the weekend, the following evening, Faust...
Unattended children will be given espresso and...
— the sign on the door at Junkman’s. (I love that place and all its surly notes to dumb customers, the kinds of notes big corporate stores would never let you post, but the stores’ staffs are always silently thinking as they smile at you and nod.)
Wish I had a camera, tumblr’s the next best thing.
Joe Wilson is Your Pre-Existing Condition →
ryanetics: I haven’t laughed this hard since I saw anchorman. I am literally in pain.
Indeed, just gave the ABH newsies their laugh o’ the week.
