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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
The Scene Photo of the Day
Posted By Kimberly Lawson on Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 2:58 PM
Yesterday's organized search party for missing 24-year-old Kyle Fleischmann
(Credit: Ashley Goodwin)
Arts A Sacred and Profane Saturday Night: Theater Reviews
Posted By Web Editor on Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 11:48 AM
By Perry Tannenbaum
The famed perpetrators of the Singing Christmas Tree, Carolina Voices, usually shuttle between Yuletide and Broadway fare. When they land on the sort of repertoire I'd really love to hear, previewing the programming they're planning to unveil at Piccolo Spoleto, Sue and I are already down in Charleston.
So I was excited to learn that Carolina Voices would be fluttering down from their tree as their Festival Singers presented one of the great masterworks of modern choral music, Duruflè's Requiem, at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church. The Afro megachurch on Beattie's Ford Road is home to a mighty organ — mightier than the beast that adorns the upstage wall at Belk Theater. Extra bonus: the Beattie's Ford instrument is fully functional — and it figures prominently in Duruflè's scoring.
That was enticement enough. But I also learned that, later on Saturday evening, the Queen City's queen of burlesque, Deana Pendragon, was marshalling an invasion of The Visulite Theatre. For a worthy cause: this would be Big Mamma D's House of Burlesque in a special breast cancer benefit edition. This combination of the sacred and the profane loomed as a potent temptation.
Film Best Of Fest
Posted By Matt Brunson on Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 10:09 AM
The fifth annual Asheville Film Festival is officially over, and the winners are cited below. For details on the festival and the winning titles, go to www.ashevillefilmfest.com. And be sure to check out next week's Creative Loafing for a look at the most noteworthy films I managed to catch during my days in attendance.
FEATURE
Winner - Year of the Fish
Runner-up - (tie) Blood Car, Randy and the Mob
Audience Award - Year of the Fish
War/Dance
DOCUMENTARY
Winner - War/Dance
Runner-up - Behind Forgotten Eyes
Audience Award - War/Dance
SHORT
Winner - Cabbie
Runner-up - Kilroy Was Here
Audience Award - Jonna's Body, Please Hold
STUDENT
Winner - The Little Gorilla
Runner-up - Rebel Song
Audience Award - The Little Gorilla
ANIMATION
Winner - When the World Goes Dark
Runner-up - Glimpse
Audience Award - Glimpse
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Arts The Kinsey Sicks' Video Clip
Posted By Web Editor on Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 3:37 PM
In this week's lead arts story, Perry Tannenbaum chats with Irwin Keller, one of the founders of the beautyshop quartet The Kinsey Sicks, who will be performing this Friday night at Booth Playhouse. Here's a sampling of what to expect.
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News Have You Seen This Man?
Posted By Karen Shugart on Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 2:36 PM
Kyle Fleischmann, 24, was last seen leaving Buckhead Saloon at 2:15 am Friday. Friends and family are meeting at the bar this afternoon at 4 p.m. to pass out fliers and search for him. They've set up a Web site and a Facebook page. I've heard his story is supposed to be on Nancy Grace's show tonight. If you have any information, contact police or call the number below.
The Scene Photo of the Day
Posted By Web Editor on Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 11:04 AM
From the NoDa Anti-Oktoberfest
(Photo by Ashley Goodwin)
Monday, November 12, 2007
News The King and I, Never Abdullah Moment
Posted By Web Editor on Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 5:15 PM
By Pope Benedict XVI
Very excited to have King Abdullah, ruler of Saudi Arabia in the house. Of course, this visit gives me a chance to cozy up with the Arabs I alienated last year, but my goal is more. It's an outside chance, but if, somewhere in between biscuits and tea and the Vatican tour, I could manage convert this guy, it would be the biggest get for Christianity since Constantine!
It doesn't seem like too much of a stretch. We both like robes. We both like funny hats. Our symbol is a guy being nailed to a cross, theirs is a guy blowing himself up. Big traditions of royal exploitation of religion for political gain. Neither group's too crazy about the Jews. It seems like a good fit.
My selling points: You can drink wine. Instead of five times a day, you pray once a week. Did I mention the drinking? Thank you, Jesus, for that water into wine miracle! Probably seemed pretty gratuitous at the time, but what foresight!
I've even come up with a format of worship more palatable to the Arab mindset: I call it Wahatholicism! I just have to slip this guy a pamphlet, and I can change the political dynamic of the world!
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The Scene Photo of the Day
Posted By Web Editor on Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 4:23 PM
(Credit: Ashley Goodwin)
News Striking Fear in the Hearts of Men
Posted By Web Editor on Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 3:54 PM
Cartoon by Jim Hunt
Friday, November 9, 2007
The Scene Photo of the Day
Posted By Kimberly Lawson on Fri, Nov 9, 2007 at 10:51 AM
(Credit: Ashley Goodwin)
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Question the Queen City: Who set fire to the nightlife? 3
From 1971 to 1976, 17 nightclubs in Charlotte burned to the ground. Who did it?
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Rango / Gnomeo & Juliet: Tale of two toons
Toon Western triggers a good time for all, but silly Shakespeare spin is solely for the kids.
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Question the Queen City: An unsolved double murder 5
Did they ever catch the killer from the Mulberry Church Road murders?
