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Now that I’ve got your attention … If you’re in dire need of visual stimulation tonight or this weekend, I suggest hitting up 7 Stages Theater in Little Five Points to catch a performance of Dirty Pretty. Modern dance company Zoetic Dance Ensemble has outdone themselves with a multimedia show that goes far beyond traditional stage dance into the realm of the future. Well, the highly technological present. Material hanging from the ceiling does double duty as set pieces and film screens. A bathtub replete with a soaking wet dancer makes an appearance. The music perfectly accompanies beautiful choreography that wavers effortlessly between moving and amusing.

I caught the open dress rehearsal and will definitely be going back for a second helping this weekend. Check out the photos from the preview show and go see it for yourself at 7 Stages Theater running from Oct. 30-Nov. 1 at 8 p.m. each evening.

(Photo by Tara-Lynne Pixley)

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This past Saturday the BET Awards saw a bevy of well-dressed men and women swarm the Atlanta Civic Center. Fancy pants as so many of these people were, every non-celebrity had to walk through the metal detectors. Which is not so fancy. This man was waiting his turn as, right out of the frame, another guy was getting yelled at by several guards for trying and nearly succeeding to slip a camera past them.

(Photo by Tara-Lynne Pixley)

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Thanks to my spousal equivalent, I attend all sorts of racing events that I would never even know existed otherwise. Though I’ve learned to differentiate the sounds of revving engines, get excited about F1 qualifying and understand the varying specifics of stock classes in autocrossing, I’m still not quite on board with the cycling. Being a rather unsuccessful cyclist myself, I fail to see the draw of riding, much less racing, a bike for hours.

This past weekend I went to the Festival of Speed at the Dick Lane Velodrome in East Point. It was hours of different ages, genders, races and nationalities riding around and around, fast, slow and in-between. There were odd games and rules, races with funny names and through it all a cheering, smiling crowd.

I almost get it now. I think. Sometimes all it takes to appreciate something is to surround yourself with people who are insanely jazzed about said thing. Unless it’s politics — that’s a whole other story.

(Photo by Tara-Lynne S. Pixley)

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CL spent a day at Con with Casey Campbell and several of her friends, interviewing and photographing them as they got ready for a night out in costumed glory.

For more photos of Dragon*Con 2008, click here.

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CL got a chance to walk around building 3 at AmericasMart and see behind-the-scenes of the recent August Apparel Market. Out of the many designers and vendors that exhibit, there are local success stories like Pecan Pie Couture, whose chief designer Clint Zeagler won best local clothing designer in Best of Atlanta 2007.

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While on assignment for Best of Atlanta, I got harassed by an unreasonably incensed and idiotically aggressive someone claiming to be the owner of a nearby bar. Apparently, taking photos on a rooftop is a crime against humanity.

This was the last photo I took of the night, after deciding that DJ Asagi’s spinning abilities and the laid-back vibe of Cenci was too cool not to take advantage of.

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