http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:27:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/04/watchmen-overreaches-but-keeps-on-ticking/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/04/watchmen-overreaches-but-keeps-on-ticking/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:45:40 +0000 Curt Holman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=16454 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/04/watchmen-overreaches-but-keeps-on-ticking/feed/ 0 '300' director Zack Snyder proves faithful to a fault with his fascinating, flawed adaptation of Alan Moore's and Dave Gibbons' classic graphic novel from the 1980s. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/02/speakeasy-with-outkasts-andre-benjamin/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/02/speakeasy-with-outkasts-andre-benjamin/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:08:55 +0000 Curt Holman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=15856 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/02/speakeasy-with-outkasts-andre-benjamin/feed/ 0 The musician talks about his animated kids' show "Class of 3000" and its transition to a stage play at the Alliance Children's Theatre. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/27/elizabeth-hartley-winthrop-takes-a-vow-of-silence-in-december/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/27/elizabeth-hartley-winthrop-takes-a-vow-of-silence-in-december/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:57:04 +0000 John Stoehr http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=15891 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/27/elizabeth-hartley-winthrop-takes-a-vow-of-silence-in-december/feed/ 0 The author tip-toes around the notion of something all humans share — a crisis of being (talking, sound, words) versus the threat of nonbeing (silence, death). http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/24/its-the-little-things-in-the-dalton-gallerys-all-small-redux/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/24/its-the-little-things-in-the-dalton-gallerys-all-small-redux/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:23:16 +0000 Cinque Hicks http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=15399 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/24/its-the-little-things-in-the-dalton-gallerys-all-small-redux/feed/ 0 Honey, I shrunk the art. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/19/speakeasy-with-la-inks-kat-von-d/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/19/speakeasy-with-la-inks-kat-von-d/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:03:34 +0000 C. Moon Reed http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=15298 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/19/speakeasy-with-la-inks-kat-von-d/feed/ 3 The tattoo artist, who recently published 'High Voltage Tattoo,' appears at the Buckhead Barnes and Noble Mon., Feb. 23. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/19/animation-puts-live-action-in-the-shade-at-oscar-shorts-program/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/19/animation-puts-live-action-in-the-shade-at-oscar-shorts-program/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:25:12 +0000 Curt Holman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=14737 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/19/animation-puts-live-action-in-the-shade-at-oscar-shorts-program/feed/ 0 The cartoons trump the live-action films in 'The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2009.' http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/16/speakeasy-with-judith-jamison-artistic-director-for-alvin-ailey-american-dance-theater/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/16/speakeasy-with-judith-jamison-artistic-director-for-alvin-ailey-american-dance-theater/#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:35:53 +0000 Debbie Michaud http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=14973 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/16/speakeasy-with-judith-jamison-artistic-director-for-alvin-ailey-american-dance-theater/feed/ 1 Jamison has worked off and on (mostly on) with the company since 1965, when she joined as a dancer, and was hand-picked by Ailey and appointed as the company's artistic director shortly after Ailey's death in 1989. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/11/the-internationals-financial-espionage-deals-in-toxic-assets/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/11/the-internationals-financial-espionage-deals-in-toxic-assets/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:00:01 +0000 Curt Holman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=13988 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/11/the-internationals-financial-espionage-deals-in-toxic-assets/feed/ 1 Clive Owen's and Naomi Watts' espionage-style thriller 'The International' enjoys lucky timing by making a villain of an evil international bank in the midst of a global financial crisis. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/09/speakeasy-with-aaron-glantz-author-of-the-war-comes-home/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/09/speakeasy-with-aaron-glantz-author-of-the-war-comes-home/#comments Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:00:08 +0000 Wyatt Williams http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=14114 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/09/speakeasy-with-aaron-glantz-author-of-the-war-comes-home/feed/ 1 Glantz reports on the crisis of neglect that soldiers returning from Iraq and Afganistan are facing. He leads a panel discussion at the Carter Presidential Library auditorium on Tues., Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/04/scintillating-coraline-opens-a-case-of-curious-buttons/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/04/scintillating-coraline-opens-a-case-of-curious-buttons/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:00:06 +0000 Curt Holman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/04/scintillating-coraline-opens-a-case-of-curious-buttons/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/04/scintillating-coraline-opens-a-case-of-curious-buttons/feed/ 0 The eerie, magical fantasy film 'Coraline' offers a superb fusion of delicate stop-motion animation and splashy 3-D gimmickry.