Live music returns to the ballet
Two years ago, the Atlanta Ballet‘s Board of Directors voted to switch from live music accompaniment to digital music tracks as a cost-saving measure. On Sept. 22, the ballet announced …
Read MoreMonth: September 2008
The ASO season opens with 'spoonfuls of honey'
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra promised sparks flying on their opening night, Sept. 25, and they didn’t disappoint. ASO President and CEO Allison Vulgamore addressed a small pre-show gathering at Gallery …
Read MoreGoing to be in Athens this weekend?
The UGA Music Business Program and Loco’s is presenting a free concert on Saturday, Sept. 27 at 4 p.m., before the UGA/Alabama football game. Randall Bramblett will perform on the …
Read MoreLewis Black
Angry political satirist Lewis Black tours in support of his new CD, Anticipation.
Read MoreSolar motion
By Taylor Dahl EMotion Solar Media Player by Media Street ($169) lets you watch music videos, read your favorite book, listen to mp3s and play Super Mario. The twist is: …
Read MoreThe animal and the machine
By Kristi Casey Sanders
Les Misérables changed Robert Evan’s life. In 1989, the University of Georgia football player took a date to see the musical at The Fox Theatre. “I didn’t know what I was going to see, and it floored me emotionally,” Evan remembers. At that moment, the business major decided he needed to be on stage. Within a year, he was performing with Chris Manos’ Theater of the Stars and had earned his Actor’s Equity card. Three months after moving to New York in 1992, he made his Broadway debut — as one of Les Misérables’ students on the barricade. He is excited to return to the Fox Theatre as Jean Valjean, the musical’s heroic lead…
Read More'Jersey Boys' launch party
The Fox Theatre hosted a Jersey Boys sneak preview party on Monday, Sept. 8. Local TV and radio personality Holly Firfer hosted the event and led a Q&A with current …
Read MoreMobile art
By Kelundra Smith The Atlanta Botanical Garden’s “Sculpture in Motion: Art Choreographed by Nature” exhibit features kinetic art that moves through interaction with people, wind, water or solar energy. Inspired …
Read MoreTyler Perry's The Marriage Counselor
When asked what Tyler Perry’s The Marriage Counselor is about, Palmer Williams Jr., says it’s an instruction manual about how to live a better life. “It’s a relationship story about good and evil. It’s about a hard-working accountant who is married to a marriage counselor who feels neglected.”…
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