Video: Camp Broadway Atlanta
August 4, 2009 at 7:17 pm by Web EditorKids gather at the Fox Theatre in Midtown Atlanta for a week-long camp on acting, dancing, performance and theater.
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CL TV: Spike Lee at the Fox Theatre
July 15, 2009 at 11:41 am by TL PixleyNoted filmmaker Spike Lee held a media roundtable prior to and a question/answer period for audience members following the 20th anniversary showing of his film Do the Right Thing. The movie was show at the Fox Theatre in conjunction with the Coca-Cola Summer Film Festival and the Atlanta Film Festival. Check out photos from Lee’s talk on July 11 and see the video below.
Do the Right Thing still provokes at 20th anniversary
July 9, 2009 at 9:50 am by Curt Holman
THE CHOICE IS YOURS: Spike Lee as Mookie
“Wake up!” The first words of director Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing echo the last lines of his previous film, School Daze. Most aspects of Do the Right Thing — celebrating its 20th anniversary with a Fox Theatre screening July 11 — emphasize Lee’s sensibility as a cinematic provocateur. With the urgency and energy of an alarm clock, Lee tried to rouse movie-goers from their complacency and urge them to look around, register to vote and “Fight the Power,” to quote the Public Enemy song that recurs 15 times throughout the film.
In his early 30s at the time, Lee celebrated vitality over subtlety at nearly every chance in Do the Right Thing. Rosie Perez’s pugnacious dance moves during the opening credits’ rendition of “Fight the Power” sets a tone of confrontational pride and high-spirited indignation. Lee’s camera hungrily seeks and reveals information of the cultural cross-section in a block of Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in the midst of a heat wave.
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5 things to do: Tuesday
April 21, 2009 at 8:25 am by Amber Robinson
1) Evolution: Five Decades of Printmaking by David C. Driskell opens at the High Museum of Art.
2) Kevin Wilson discusses Tunneling to the Center of the Earth at Decatur Library.
3) The Atlanta Film Festival continues with That Evening Sun at Landmark Midtown Art Cinema.
5 things to do: Sunday
April 19, 2009 at 9:04 am by Amber Robinson
1) Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris continues at Alliance Theatre.
2) Candler Park hosts day 2 of the Sweetwater 420 Fest.
3) The Fox Theatre screens Gone with the Wind for a 70th anniversary celebration.
It’s business time: Flight of the Conchords’ five best videos
April 7, 2009 at 10:18 pm by Curt HolmanWho likes to the rock the party? Apparently plenty of Atlantans do, as we’ve sold out Flight of the Conchords’ comedy concert at the Fox Theatre on Saturday, April 11. Initially billed in the U.S. as “New Zealand’s fourth most popular folk parody duo,” the musical comedy team of Jemaine Clement (the taller, bespectacled one) and Bret McKenzie (the shorter, shaggier one) have become cult sensations thanks to their eponymous HBO sitcom, which recently finished its sophomore season. The snappy music video segments of each episode, ready-made for viral sharing, no doubt built up the twosome’s popularity, and here’s a totally subjective, NSFW suggestion of Flight of the Conchords five funniest, catchiest clips.
1. “Business Time.”
The Conchords have songs and videos that I enjoy more, but this is the one I use to introduce Bret and Jemaine to the uninitiated. It’s a hilarious showcase for many of their strengths, including Jemaine’s faux Barry White, ridiculous-yet-somehow-cool soul crooning and the way their lyrics’ embrace of mundane realities take the piss out of the sexual aggrandizement of R&B.
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Tut lecture with Zahi Hawass postponed
March 18, 2009 at 11:48 am by Debbie MichaudZahi Hawass, the secretary general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, has discovered and dusted off some of Egypt’s, and mankind’s for that matter, most significant archaeological treasures: the Valley of the Golden Mummies, the pyramid at Saqqra, to name a few. Hawass was originally scheduled to present the lecture “Mysteries of Tutankhamun Revealed,” and sign books this Thursday. We just got word the the lecture’s been postponed until next Thurs., March 26, 7:30 p.m. at the Fox.
From the press release:
Due to an unforeseen obligation in Egypt in his official capacity as Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Dr. Zahi Hawass’ “Mysteries of Tutankhamun Revealed” lecture has been moved from March 19 to Thursday, March 26 at the Fox Theatre.
Current ticketholders for the March 19 Civic Center presentation will be able to redeem their original tickets at the Fox Theatre on March 26. No exchanges necessary. For those unable to attend the new date, refunds will be available through the end of Wednesday, March 25, 2009. Customers should contact their original point of purchase to initiate a refund. If purchased through Ticketmaster, customers can call 1-800-653-8000.
Robin Williams cancels tonight’s show
March 12, 2009 at 9:59 am by Chante LaGon
Robin Williams was scheduled to perform at the Fox Theatre tonight, but according to the Fox’s website, he’s postponing the remainder of the Weapons of Self-Destruction Tour to “undergo surgery for an aortic valve replacement.” The tour is expected to resume in the fall, the site states, and ticketholders can expect their tickets to be honored once new dates are set.
“I’m so touched by everyone’s support and well wishes,” a quote from Williams said on the Fox site. “This tour has been amazing fun and I can’t wait to get back out on the road after a little tune-up.”
(Photo by Perry Julien)
