1) The Plaza Theatre screens indie flick Skiptracers, followed by a Langhorne Slim performance at the Earl.
2) Laurie Halse Anderson discusses Wintergirls at Decatur Library.
3) Happy Days opens at the Fox Theatre.
4) Aurora Theatre hosts Homegrown Authors’ Night with Elliott Brack, Tom Stratton and David Leon Brown.
5) Jerkagram and Duet for Theremin & Lapsteel play Eyedrum.
(Photo © Skiptracers Company)
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We’re pleased to announce more reasons for folks to come check out our annual Fiction Contest party at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, at Eyedrum. Not only were we blessed with a record number of submissions this year, but we’ve also got some cool sponsors (Café Intermezzo, Chattahoochee Review) and cool judges (David Fulmer, Joshilyn Jackson, Fiona Zedde).
Now we’re a bit geeked to have confirmed one of the more mood-enhancing musical acts in town in the form of Duet for Theremin and Lap Steel. Featuring Scott Burland (pictured, at right) on theremin and Frank Schultz on lap steel, this duet is often described as experimental, ambient and minimalist — their music seems to come more in surges and streaks, strains and swoops, with stops and starts thrown in for good measure. You might call it sonic! It’s intoxicating stuff that stands on its own or as a heady soundtrack behind the winning entries, which will be read by the winners at the end of the evening.
Check out this U.K. appearance …
Last Friday night at Manuel’s, Tom Webb had the microphone in the back room, exhorting the crowd to draft Al Gore for president in 2008.
"He’s the perfect candidate," Webb told an emptying barroom of patrons.
"You know Al Gore is the best-qualified person to be president," he added.
There was no objection to the statement, but neither was there a sense anyone took it seriously. Still, there was no rallying cry for "Hillary" or "Dodd" from the drooped heads up at the bar.
Between guitar and singing acts, Webb was a little more impassioned even as the crowd was a little smaller and a little more unimpassioned — or disoriented.
