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Word
Second Annual Spoken Word Festival promises to spit fire
Breaking news: One-night only art installation
people ± person, a one-night exhibition, is a collection of new works from emerging time-based media artists reflecting divergent positions on the topic of individual and collective identity. The exhibition includes work in video, film, sound and performance. Reception and exhibition May 26, 7:00PM-10:00PM. LOCATION 1014 Abercorn St (at Park…
Music Menu
A quick look at live shows around town this week
Connect Recommends
Our picks for the most noteworthy gigs this week
Fishman: Going to Phoenix for a Ford
The cheap ticket to Phoenix from Detroit (forget the return flight) is easy. Finding out about the car is not.
Letters to the Editor
Solitude standing Editor, After reading Jim Reed’s comments in “Standing on Principle,” I just wanted to say “Hear Hear!” My husband and I stopped going to large concerts a long time ago because (among other reasons) American audiences seem to have no concept of audience etiquette, i.e., staying seated until an appropriate time, not talking,…
News of the Weird
Too Much Mayoring Just after classes let out at Callaway High School in Jackson, Miss., on April 28, Mayor Frank Melton, riding down Interstate 220 with his police escort, motioned to the drivers of four school buses to pull off the road so that Melton could board the buses and shake hands with and hug…
Opinion: Why no recycling?
When people first come to this city, they are shocked to find recycling is not mandatory. Then, to their continuing dismay, they find recycling is also incredibly difficult to access. Why is that? After all, recycling is commonplace in most communities where educated and informed citizens live. Why not here? The reason is pretty simple.…
The Blotter
Police responded to an armed robbery call on Winter Drive. The victim told an officer he was standing on the corner of Winter Drive and Skidaway Road, where he was waiting for his cousin to be dropped off by a school bus. As he walked back to his house, he said he noticed a black…
Review: Bubba and Brenda’s Wedding
The concept behind Bubba and Brenda’s Wedding is a familiar one to anyone who’s attended one of Jack North’s Murder Afloat events on the Georgia Queen riverboat: Talented local actors improvise around a loose script using the boat itself as a stage, while the audience interacts — or just eats and drinks — as it…
Art Patrol
SCAD Gallery Hop — Friday, May 26, 5-7 p.m. Free and open to the public. Shuttles will run between the galleries and refreshments will be served. Participants may join the gallery hop at any of the featured stops. The May 26 gallery hop features:Vera Wang Exhibition. Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St.; Phil Anderson, Photography…
Featured Review: Da Vinci Code
First, Columbia Pictures decreed that no critic would see the movie until the last possible nanosecond, to better preserve its mysteries and wonders. Then, in a highly unusual move, they decided that the critics should be forbidden from seeing the film together; thus, they nationally arranged for daily newspaper reviewers in each city to see…
Yall arent through with me yet
Mayor Johnson to resume duties after 6-8 week rehab; will cut back hours, ceremonial appearances
Ray J keeps on pushin
Up-and-coming R&B star opens for Bow Wow at the Civic Center
