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Summer Arts in Atlanta

April 25, 2012 By Sara

Sideways Contemporary Dance Company

The newly blooming dogwoods are giving my allergies a kick in the pants, the loudly chirping birds are ensuring my afternoon nap doesn’t happen, and the school children are itching with excitement and annoying the crap out of their teachers as they get closer and closer to that taste of heaven known as summer vacation. Let’s face it, while summer has always been my favorite time of the year, there are a few things about it that put a sour taste in my mouth. Thankfully the arrival of summer arts … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Around the South, Arts

On library books

December 17, 2011 By Micah

There was an old house. No more than four blocks as the crow flies. Probably six as the fox. It was filled with books. It was also a library. The Houston Memorial Library. I don’t know what I was to memorialize there. Maybe a confederate general. They had book sales every now and then. Those sales felt the best when the fall light was coming in the windows. Cutting through the dust on the glass case. The case that had guns. Knives. A leather kidney-shaped canteen. We’d have walked over, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Around the South, Arts, Profiles Tagged With: Alabama, Athens, books, library

Charlotte Foster Dances Her Way to Success in the Atlanta Arts

June 20, 2011 By Kevin Ekmark

Charlotte Foster Atlanta Dance Central

A few months ago, I attended a showcase show at 7 Stages Theater in Little Five Points, a neighborhood in Atlanta.  Dance had been something that I had grown up around, but let's just say that this 6'4", 200 lbs guy found his home on the football field and not the stage.  Many of my friends in high school and college were involved in their dance programs, and I surprisingly enjoyed watching my friends perform their passions. During the showcase, I saw a handful of different companies … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts, Profiles Tagged With: 7 Stages, Art, Atlanta, Charlotte Foster, Contemporary Dance, Dance, Little Five Points, Performing Arts, Sideways Dance, Small Business, The Trot Line, Theater

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