Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part Two
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 *** Right out of the gate, let’s make it known that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 doesn’t suffer a precipitous fall as many final chapters are wont to do. Nobody exiting the theater will be recalling sour memories of, say, The Matrix…
Who dat say New Orleans ain’t back?
I don’t know who these people are that believe people in New Orleans are just sittin’ on their butts. They’re clearly people sittin’ on their butts watching the news and they’ve never been down here seeing people work every day. — Vera Triplett, Gentilly Civic Improvement Association, as quoted in The Big Uneasy I HAD…
Exhibits & openings this week
Cash for Clunkers – A ceramics exhibit by artist Julia Licht whose work is inspired by abandoned cars in grass lots. S.P.A.C.E. Gallery , 9 W. Henry St. , http://www.savannahga.gov/arts Judith Godwin: Early Abstractions – Work by Godwin from the early 1950s. Jepson Center, 207 W. York St. , http://www.telfair.org/ Kia Ora, NZ – A…
The ‘paperless office?’ Are we closer?
Are we, as a nation, using significantly less paper than, say, 20 years ago? The obvious answer, to me, is yes, but then I think of all the reams of paper around offices and I wonder. -Thom Riley All I can say is, be prepared for a shock. First the back story. Perhaps the best-known…
Storm watch
Pop quiz: Which of the following is true about Harry Shearer? 1. He voices more than a dozen characters on The Simpsons, including C. Montgomery Burns, Ned Flanders, Wayland Smithers, Dr. Hibbert, Otto and Principal Skinner. 2. He is the co–author of most of Spinal Tap’s greatest “hits,” including “Hell Hole,” “Stonehenge” and “Big Bottom.”…
Struggling nonprofits need creative fundraising
Things are looking up slightly for the economy, but many nonprofits remain in danger. They’ve already implemented cost cutting wherever possible. Competition for funding is still at a peak. At this stage of the recovery, nonprofits must jump into creative problem solving mode to stay ahead of the financial instability that still threatens them. Media…
Review: ‘The Manchurian Candidate’
According to Hollywood legend, Frank Sinatra was so shattered by the assassination of President Kennedy, he had his film The Manchurian Candidate – which deals with political murder at the hands of sinister Communist operatives – yanked from distribution and shelved for 25 years. It’s a great story, and it nestles nicely inside the web…
Cusses’ summer adventure
CUSSES With Bronzed Chorus and Eszett At 10 p.m. Saturday, July 16 The Jinx, 127 W. Congress St. It would behoove loyal fans of Cusses to catch this show, as it will be the high energy band’s last in town until September. “We just have a really big summer ahead of us,” singer Angel Bond…
‘A really strong sense of place’
Corey Smith is the most famous musician you’ve probably never heard of. The native and resident of little ol’ Jefferson, Ga. – a stone’s throw from Athens – has sold more than 200,000 CDs, and close to one million single–song downloads, all without the benefit of a major label, significant radio play or one iota…
A review: Bay Street’s ‘Cabaret’
A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, Mary Poppins advised the annoying little twerps in her charge. Substitute “music” for sugar, and “politics” for medicine, and you’ve got Cabaret. This time, the little twerps are Nazis – as opposed to whiny schoolchildren – and they are – of course – more than annoying.…
