Describing her style as “free-spirited, festival-inspired boho chic,” Elle Erickson hunts thrift stores and yard sales for eclectic, unique wares and has been known to purge her own closet to keep Urban Gypsy’s inventory fresh.
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Book Fest: ‘Love can change the world’
Often revisiting and reimagining the themes of fairy tales and female identity, Hoffman continues to bring unique, accessible stories to the modern American canon. Her latest novel is The Museum of Extraordinary Things, a winding, redemptive romance set against the backdrop of a New York City on the verge of social revolution.
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Mr. Rock ‘n’ Roll
At the time, rock bands could play at country clubs—the social centers of the local universe—and at teen dances, usually held on Friday nights after junior high or high school football games.
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Book Fest: The acts you’ve known for all these years
“The Beatles were experimenting with some bizarre instruments that you didn’t really hear in pop music, like the sitar. And then the Stones did that.”
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There’s something about Flannery
Diving deep into O’Connor’s Complete Stories for inspiration, these artists explore themes of racism, rural life, spirituality, unexpected beauty and more in “Southern Discomfort 2,” an art exhibit on display all this week at ThincSavannah.
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All aboard the Velvet Caravan
More than just a carbon-copy of the gypsy jazz laid down by Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, Acoustic in Nature is wild, swinging and more fun than any of us really deserve.
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La Boheme 2014
“In opera, they say A, B, C: Aida, Boheme, Carmen,” Peter Shannon enthuses. “It’s one of the most amazing pieces of operatic music.”
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PULSE’s Mark Dixon: ‘There’s a serious lack of control in this stuff’
At this year’s PULSE, Dixon brings a two-pronged performance: creating a drum machine/turntable of sorts (“Rhythm 1001”) using only analog/mechanical technology, and “Elsewhere’s Roof,” which incorporates and amplifies the totally random sounds of dripping water.
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PULSE’s Rafaël Rozendaal is master of his domain
“There’s a whole market for moving images, for video installations. The thing that I do different is, I want it to be public as well.”
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PULSE: Gabe’s clock of the heart
“It seems like so much new media nowadays involves lasers and stuff from Tron [laughs].”
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PULSE: Adam Matta IS the beat
“I’m always coming from a more melodic place. Even if it’s just percussion, there’s a tone going on inside of me.”
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Oscars: The Academy rewards
Fine films lead the Oscar slate, although Inside Llewyn Davis is left outside When the nominations for the 86th Annual Academy Awards were announced last week, the results were, for […]