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Exhibition: Fri, Sep 25, 6:30pm - 10pm
Continuing our overwhelmingly successful tradition, ACP proudly presents our 4th annual photography auction. Denise Bethel, Director of the Photographs Department of Sotheby's New York, will return as our delightful auctioneer. The evening will begin with a reception and silent auction, followed by a seated dinner and live auction. The silent auction will be filled with great photography books and other small treasures. The live auction will feature a dazzling array of photographers including Danny Lyon, Christopher Bucklow, Angela West, Susan Derges, Birney Imes, Vee Speers, Danny Clinch, Lucinda Bunnen, Chip Simone, Todd Murphy, Richard Pare, Peter Bahouth, Bob Kolbrener, Jody Fausett and others. The quality of photography available at this auction is unprecedented, as many internationally known photographers have donated work to benefit ACP. Atlanta's premier fine art framer Myott studios has donated the framing. The event will be held at King Plow Arts Center and will be catered by Bold American Catering.
Purchase tickets and preview a PDF of the auction catalog.
King Plow Arts Center
877 W. Marietta St. NW
Atlanta, GA 30318 [map: Google Maps]
p: (404) 815-1178
web: http://acpinfo.org/programs/photography_auction.shtml
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/358
ACP Listing #: 001
Exhibition: Fri, Oct 2, 7pm - 12am
Organized by Cathy Byrd and Stuart Keeler
Once a year, Paris lights up the city with art for Nuit Blanche. Toronto does the same with all night art revelry. In Santa Monica, Glow transforms the pier, the beach and Palisades Park for art encounters from dusk to dawn.
For the second year in a row, Le Flash Atlanta will feature over 40 projects in Castleberry Hill's streets and galleries, vacant lots and windows, warehouses and rooftops.
Fantastical art and creative events will again fill a night out in the neighborhood. Atlanta will be showered with the light and sound of installations, performance art, poetry readings, music, video projections ands other lens-based projects, an iron pour and art happenings of all sorts.
The event will illuminate the district from dusk to midnight, creating a unique cultural experience, and leaving a trace of magic and mystery in the minds of those who see it.
This event is free and open to the public.
Castleberry Hill District
Walker and Peters Streets
Atlanta, GA 30313 [map: Google Maps]
web: http://leflash-atlanta.com
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/359
ACP Listing #: 002
Exhibition: Thu, Oct 1, 12am 12am
ACP is pleased to announce that Atlanta-based photographer and artist Beth Lilly has been selected by a panel of jurors to create ACP's Public Art Project for ACP 11. Her project, "Gifted", will engage the public and transform Atlanta through the gift of 1,200 limited-edition, fine art photographs which will be distributed to the public for free during the month of October.
Beth Lilly has curated a collection of twelve photographs from participating local photographers and with oversight from the artists, created limited-edition prints (100 of each photograph, totaling 1200 prints). These artworks will be handed out free, as gifts to the public, throughout the Atlanta metro region during the ACP festival in October, in unexpected places, at unannounced times. The dates and locations for obtaining a free print will not be disclosed in advance (but you may want to keep an eye on twitter to find out when the Gifted team hits the street).
Selected from a competitive open call for proposals, Beth Lilly's project was most suited to ACP's public art mission, to infuse Atlanta with photography in an exciting, unpredictable way that directly impacts Atlantans within the flow of their daily lives. Lilly's project is also an attempt to find and cultivate new appreciators of photography and the photographic print, by providing a professionally-printed "starter print" for a potential collector. The exchange will promote local photographers while encouraging a rich dialogue about the act of gifting valuable art for free, as well as an oblique commentary on the current economy.
Photographers participating in this project include: Corinne Adams, David Walter Banks, William Boling, John Bohannon, Christian Bradley West, Diane Kirkland, Kathryn Kolb, Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier, Pam Moxley, Laura Noel, Dorothy O' Connor, & Michael West.
To follow the progress and results of ACP 11's Pubic Art Project, please visit gifted.acpinfo.org. ACP's Public Art project will also be featured in "Spotlight on Local Talent: Beth Lilly.
Special Thanks to John Dean.
The ACP panel of public art jurors included Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the High Museum, Jeffrey Grove, independent curator Lisa Kurzner; current ACP Board President Louis Corrigan; Art Papers Board President, Peter Bahouth, and Executive Director of ACP, Amy Miller.
Various Locations
Atlanta, GA [map: Google Maps]
web: http://acpinfo.org/programs/public_art.shtml
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/360
ACP Listing #: 003
Exhibition: Sat, Oct 3, 9am - 1pm
Hang Your Work: 10/03/2009, 9am - 1pm
Exhibition: 10/10/2009, 9am - 1pm
Exhibition: 10/17/2009, 9am - 1pm
Exhibition: 10/24/2009, 9am - 1pm
The general public, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, High Schools and Senior Centers are encouraged to participate. Prizes are awarded in nine different categories:
Critic's Choice
Viewer's Choice
Best Use of Color
Best Use of Black and White
Best High School
Youth under 12 (1st, 2nd and 3rd place)
Teen 13 -18 (1st, 2nd and 3rd place)
Adult (1st, 2nd and 3rd place)
Senior (1st, 2nd and 3rd place)
Photographs must be hung on Saturday October 3rd between 9am and 1pm, and must be picked up on Saturday October 24th between 9am and 1pm. Please bring photographs 11 x 14 or smaller. Framed photographs are not allowed. On October 17th, My Atlanta will also feature a photobook fair.
Sponsored by the Piedmont Park Conservancy, Showcase Photographics, The showcase School, the Atlanta Convention and Visitor's Bureau, and the City of Altanta Department of Parks and Recreation.
This year's Judge is Jerry Cullum, Independent Critic, and Editor at Large, Art Papers.
Piedmont Park Community Center
1071 Piedmont Avenue
(Park Entrance at 12th St.)
Atlanta, GA 30309 [map: Google Maps]
hours: Sat: 9am - 1pm
web: http://acpinfo.org/programs/my_atlanta.shtml
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/361
ACP Listing #: 004
: Wed, Oct 7, 7pm - 9pm
At the age of 34, Vincent Laforet's work has been published in most major publications around the world and he has been sent on assignment by Vanity Fair, The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Sports Illustrated, Time, Newsweek, and Life Magazine.

Vincent's fine art prints are exhibited in galleries internationally including the International Center of Photography in New York City, and Visa Pour L'Image in Perpignan, and are part of numerous private collections. His approach to aerial photography has been singled out as one of the most unique and interpretive amongst photographers today.

Vincent was recognized as one of the "100 Most Influential People in Photography" by American Photo Magazine in 2005 and was named one of the "30 photographers to watch under 30" by PDN in 2002. He and four other photographers were awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography for their post-9/11 coverage overseas in 2002. Vincent is a Canon Explorer of Light and Canon Printmaster and serves as consultant to companies such as Apple, Bogen, Lexar, and X-Rite. He and his work have been profiled on CNN and Good Morning America.
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Laforet has been invited as a keynote speaker by a variety of organizations and universities from around the world. He has served as an adjunct professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, and the International Center of Photography. Vincent is represented by the Stockland Martel Agency. He resides in Manhattan Beach, CA, with his wife, Amber, son, Noah, and daughter Eliana.
Vincent Laforet's lecture coincides with an exhibition of his work at Matre Gallery which opens on Thursday October 8th at 6:30pm. Presented with Matre Gallery and SCAD- Atlanta.
This event is free and open to the public.
Savannah College of Art and Design - Atlanta
4C Event Space
1600 Peachtree St., NW
Atlanta, GA 30309 [map: Google Maps]
web: http://acpinfo.org/programs/lecture_series.shtml
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/362
ACP Listing #: 005
: Thu, Oct 15, 7pm - 9pm
Gregory Crewdson received a B.A. from the State University of New York at Purchase in 1985, and an M.F.A. in photography from Yale in 1988. Crewdson's work has been included in many public collections, most notably the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He has received numerous awards including the Skowhegan Medal for Photography, the National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Fellowship and the Aaron Siskind Fellowship.
Crewdson has published several books of his photographs including Hover with ArtSpace Books, Dream of Life with the University of Salamanca, Spain, and Twilight with Abram. Most recently, Hatje Cantz published a book of his work entitled Gregory Crewdson from 1985 to 2005. Crewdson is Senior Critic in Graduate Photography at the Yale University School of Art.
Presented in conjunction with the Society for Photographic Education's Southeast Regional Conference (SPE se), and GSU's Rialto Center for the Arts.
This event is free and open to the public.
Georgia State University's Rialto Center for the Arts
80 Forsyth St., NW
Atlanta, GA 30303 [map: Google Maps]
p: (404) 413-9800
web: http://www.rialtocenter.org
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/363
ACP Listing #: 006
: Thu, Oct 29, 7pm - 9pm
As part of Atlanta Celebrates Photography's annual lecture series, The High Museum presents a lecture by acclaimed, native Atlantan photographer, Tierney Gearon, in The Hill Auditorium on Thursday, October 29 at 7:00 PM. Tierney's lecture will encompass the entire span of her career as a photographer - beginning with her first portraits of her family, her early commercial work as a fashion photographer in Europe, her discovery by Charles Saatchi, subsequent shows at The Gagosian Gallery, The Mother Project, and her newest series, EXPLOSURE.
Tierney Gearon was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1963 and attended the University of Utah. Gearon is best known for her highly acclaimed and publicized work I am a Camera, shown at the Saatchi Gallery in 2001, followed by an early summer show at The Gagosian Gallery in New York. In 2006, her second major body of work, The Mother Project became the subject of a documentary film. A book of the exhibition, Daddy, where are you? was published later that year.
This lecture, presented with the High Museum of Art, is in conjunction with an exhibition of Ms. Gearon's work on view at Jackson Fine Art, which opens Friday October 30th at 6pm.
This program is free, however seating is limited and must be reserved. Tickets are available through the Woodruff Arts Center Box Office at 404-733-5000 and online at www.high.org. Tickets to the Museum are sold separately.
High Museum of Art - Hill Auditorium
1280 Peachtree St., NE
Atlanta, GA 30309 [map: Google Maps]
p: (404) 733-4200
web: http://high.org
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/364
ACP Listing #: 007
Workshop: Sat, Oct 10, 8am - 5pm
Through a juried review of nearly one hundred submissions, 52 photographers were selected to participate. These photographers will display their portfolios to a distinguished panel of reviewers to get expert opinions, advice and guidance. This portion of the event is closed to the public.
This year's distinguished panel of reviewers includes:
o Andy Adams - Editor, Flak Photo  Â
o Julian Cox - Curator of Photography, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
o Ellen Fleurov – Executive Director, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PAÂ
o Sylvie Fortin - Editor, Art Papers, Atlanta, GA
o Hannah Freiser – Director, Light Work, Syracuse, NY
o Stuart Horodner – Curator, The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
o Jason Houston – Editor, Orion Magazine
o Lisa Kurzner – Independent Curator, Cleveland, OH
o Michelle Dunn Marsh – Aperture, NYC
o Andrea Meislin – Owner, Andrea Meislin Gallery, NYC, NY
o Michele Mosko- owner, Michele Mosko Fine Art, Denver, CO
o Charlie Stainback – Curator of Photography, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
o Susan Todd-Raque – Independent Curator and Photography Dealer, Atlanta, GA
o Anna Walker-Skillman – Owner, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
o April Watson – Associate Curator of Photography, Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO
o Sasha Wolf – Owner, Sasha Wolf Gallery, NYC, NY
Grady High School
929 Charles Allen Drive, NE
Atlanta, GA 30309 [map: Google Maps]
web: http://www.acpinfo.org/programs/portfolio_review.shtml
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/365
ACP Listing #: 008
: Sat, Oct 10, 5pm - 6pm
The publishing world has changed more in the last five years than in the previous five centuries; what does this mean to the segment that is photo book publishing? Michelle Dunn Marsh will discuss some of the joys and challenges in the process of making art books today, including insights on the investment publishers and museums make in each book, the importance in considering what makes a great book, not just a portfolio of photographs, the evolutionary stages from a few prints to a finished book and the years in between, the new opportunities in self-producing books, and most important, the eternal joy and critical importance of experiencing photography in book form. Â Examples from a variety of books will be shown, and questions are most welcome.
Michelle Dunn Marsh is an advocate for photography and design. Affiliated with the Aperture Foundation since 1996, she currently serves as co-publisher of Aperture magazine, and develops photo-based book projects for other institutions and private clients as an award-winning book designer and as editor-at-large for Chronicle Books.
She has worked in publishing for 15 years in a variety of capacities, and has lectured nationally on art book design and publishing. Key books include a recent survey of rock and roll photographs selected by Graham Nash, and monographs by Catherine Chalmers, Carrie Mae Weems, Jock Sturges, Paul Strand, and Lino Tagliapietra, among many others. She holds an MS in Publishing from Pace University, and is on the advisory board to the Palm Springs Photo Festival and the Board of Governors for Bard College, where she received her bachelor's degree.
Grady High School
929 Charles Allen Drive, NE
Atlanta, GA 30309 [map: Google Maps]
web: http://www.acpinfo.org/programs/portfolio_review.shtml
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/366
ACP Listing #: 009
Exhibition: Sat, Oct 10, 6pm - 8pm
The public is invited to view the work of the photographers who participated in the Portfolio Review and to meet the distinguished panel of reviewers. Participating photographers come from 17 states. This event will give you the rare opportunity to view, discuss and perhaps even purchase photographic works directly from this diverse group of talented artists. Collectors, Gallery Directors, Curators and Art Consultants, take note!
This event is free and open to the public.
Grady High School
929 Charles Allen Drive, NE
Atlanta, GA 30309 [map: Google Maps]
web: http://www.acpinfo.org/programs/portfolio_review.shtml
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/367
ACP Listing #: 010
Exhibition: Sat, Oct 17, 9am - 1pm
One of the many effects of photography's rising popularity has been a boom in photographic publishing. Photo-books, and ways to make them, are proliferating, now that the tools to make your own have moved to the desktop (or laptop!) ACP thought it would be great to provide an opportunity for photographers who have published books (on their own, or with publishers) to present their books for sale at a small photo book fair at Piedmont Park's Community Center, in conjunction with the My Atlanta Exhibit. A portion of the proceeds of this event will go to the Piedmont Park Conservancy.
If you'd like to participate in the My Atlanta Book Fair, please sign-up!
Piedmont Park Communty Center
1071 Piedmont Ave
(Park Entrance at 12th St.)
Atlanta, GA 30309 [map: Google Maps]
p: (404) 876-4024
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/368
ACP Listing #: 011
Workshop: Sun, Oct 18, 10:30am - 12:30pm
FINDING YOUR AUDIENCE: Â An Introduction to Marketing Your Photographs
In this seminar, marketing consultant/educator Mary Virginia Swanson discusses the path toward connecting your work with your desired community. Â
One of the most gratifying experiences for an artist is presenting their work to an appreciative audience.
Whether you wish to share your work with your local and regional communities, or take on the challenge of marketing at the national level, artists need to understand the most effective path to that audience. Â Â
Swanson will discuss effective research to determine who will be receptive audiences and how to initiate and maintain a dialogue with those individuals to whom you wish to introduce your work. Participants will learn how to effectively communicate their work in one-on-one meetings, appropriate industry gatherings, portfolio reviews and other events. She will explain the importance of presenting a strong and consistent brand, having a presence in both print and online environments (including multimedia), and maintaining awareness of industry trends and market challenges for all audiences you wish to reach. Â
This seminar is geared towards both to photographers who are beginning to promote their work, or those who are considering broadening their marketing to include new audiences for their photographs.
This event is free and open to the public.
Presented with SPE and SCAD.
Savannah College of Art and Design - Atlanta
4C Event Space
1600 Peachtree Street. NW
Atlanta, GA 30309 [map: Google Maps]
web: http://www.acpinfo.org/programs/knowledge_series.shtml
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/369
ACP Listing #: 012
: Wed, Oct 21, 6:30pm - 8pm
ACP's Public Art Project "Gifted" will engage the public and transform Atlanta through the gift of 1,200 limited-edition, fine art photographs which will be distributed for free to the public during the month of October. Beth Lilly, the project's curator and organizer will discuss the project "Gifted", and how this project is infusing Atlanta with photography in an exciting, unpredictable way that directly impacts Atlantans within the flow of their daily lives. Lilly will discuss how exchange promotes local photographers while encouraging a rich dialogue about the act of giving valuable art for free as well as an oblique commentary on the current economy.
Beth will be joined by some of Gifted's participating photographers in this discussion:
Corinne Adams
David Walter Banks
William Boling
John Bohannon
Christian Bradley West
Diane Kirkland
Kathryn Kolb
Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier
Pam Moxley
Laura Noel
Dorothy O' Connor
Michael West
This event is free and open to the public.
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia
75 Bennett St. NW
Atlanta, GA 30309 [map: Google Maps]
web: http://www.acpinfo.org/programs/public_art.shtml
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/370
ACP Listing #: 013
Film Screening: Fri, Oct 23, 7pm - 9:30pm
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (directed by Chantal Akerman, 1975), 35mm, 201 minutes Curated by Andy Ditzler
Jeanne Dielman has long been recognized as a landmark work. Yet three decades after its release it has only now become available on DVD in America, and screenings in its original film format have been rare. As part of ACP 11, the Film Love series is proud to present a new 35mm print of this classic film that continues to surprise and haunt audiences today.
Brussels, 1975: a twenty-five-year-old director, a legendary actress, and a mostly female film crew produce a movie in five weeks at a miniscule cost. Its title consists only of the protagonist's name and street address. Almost every scene breaks cardinal rules of commercial cinema. Yet the enigmatic film has a powerful effect on audiences, and the rarity of its screenings only add to its mystique. Three decades later, Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles is considered by many to be a masterpiece of world cinema and is voted one of the top twenty films of the twentieth century by the Village Voice.
Rarely has there been a movie harder to describe than Jeanne Dielman, for the film's emotional power and psychological depth are ingeniously achieved through minimal onscreen action. For almost the entirety of this three-hour movie, a middle-aged housewife goes about her daily routine: shopping, cooking, cleaning, and once each afternoon meeting her daily client for sex. All of these activities take place in real time – in one notorious scene, the camera stays with Jeanne for many minutes as she peels potatoes for her son's dinner.
Over the course of three days, as the details of Jeanne's routines accumulate, the film draws us into an intense examination of her inner life – helped along by the brilliant cinematography of Babette Mangolte, the subtle clues in director Chantal Akerman's script, and a mesmerizing lead performance by Delphine Seyrig. But gradually, we see Jeanne's compulsively regular routine begin to break down, leading to a shocking conclusion.
JEANNE DIELMAN is a Film Love event. The Film Love series provides access to rare but important films, and seeks to increase awareness of the rich history of experimental and avant-garde film. The series is curated and hosted by Andy Ditzler for Frequent Small Meals.
Presented with Frequent Small Meals and the Departments of Film Studies and Women's Studies at Emory University.
This event is free and open to the public.
Emory University - White Hall, Room 205
208 Dowman Drive
Atlanta, GA 30322 [map: Google Maps]
web: http://www.acpinfo.org/programs/film_series.shtml
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/371
ACP Listing #: 014
: Thu, Sep 17, 7pm - 9pm
Film and Panel Discussion - Great Women In Photography: Dorothea Lange...The Person and Her Impact
The program features a "sneak preview" from "Child of Giants," a new documentary by noted filmmaker, Tom Ropelewski. The film centers on Dorothea Lange and her impact on American Society, as seen through the eyes of her son, Daniel Dixon. Segments also include photographers Rondal Partridge and Christina Gardner. Ropelewski will introduce the film and offer insights on Daniel Dixon's relationship with this icon of photography.
A panel discussion will follow with John Dixon (Lange's son), Meg Partridge (Partridge's daughter) and Tom Ropelewski.
This event is a collaboration between ACP, Lumiere and the High Museum of Art and is in conjunction with an exhibition of the work of Dorothea Lange at Lumière that opens on Friday September 18th from 6:30 - 8:30pm.
High Museum of Art - Hill Auditorium
1280 Peachtree St.
Atlanta, GA 30309 [map: Google Maps]
web: http://www.acpinfo.org/programs/collaborations.shtml
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/372
ACP Listing #: 015
: Fri, Nov 20, 7pm - 8:30pm
Artists Talk and Panel Discussion with Harry Shearer
Harry Shearer is one of America's most prominent satirists, and during a stint as a writer and cast member on Saturday Night Live in the 1980s, he discovered satellite news feeds. His The Silent Echo Chamber videos feature media and political personalities in the awkward moments before "going live," prompting dialogue about trust, privacy, celebrity, and technology.
Please join Harry in a discussion about his work. Also joining in the discussion are panelists Jim Clancy, Anchor/Correspondent, CNN International, and Michael David Murphy, Program Manager for Atlanta Celebrates Photography. The panel will be moderated by Stuart Horodner, Curator for the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center.
This event will coincide with an ongoing exhibition of Mr. Shearer's work at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center and is collaboration between ACP, The Contemporary and the High Museum of Art.
This program is free, however seating is limited and must be reserved. Tickets are available through the Woodruff Arts Center Box Office at 404-733-5000 and online at www.high.org. Tickets to the Museum are sold separately.
High Museum of Art - Hill Auditorium
1280 Peachtree St.
Atlanta, GA 30309 [map: Google Maps]
web: http://www.acpinfo.org/programs/collaborations.shtml
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/373
ACP Listing #: 016
: Thu, Oct 22, 7pm - 8:30pm
Renée Cox (b. 1960), a Jamaica-born, New York-based artist, is widely acclaimed for her photographic series that provoke, question, and challenge the multi-layered impact of sexism and racial prejudice. Cox, who was initially a fashion photographer, began garnering international attention in the mid-1990s when she began using her own body as the central figure in her work. Her large-format series often feature one of her alter-egos: Rajé, the larger than life superhero wearing a skintight costume with the colors of the Jamaican flag, or Mama, the nude central figure in the Yo Mama series. Through these bold protagonists she heightens the multiple dimensions of black womanhood. Additionally, she articulates her disdain for the ways that black people have traditionally been written out of art history and articulates her deep concern and sometimes outrage for societal injustices.
This program is organized by the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art in partnership with Atlanta Celebrates Photography, the Spelman College Women's Research and Resource Center, and the High Museum of Art. It coincides with an ongoing exhibition "Undercover" at the Spelman College Museum of Art that includes the work of Renée Cox (through Dec. 5, 2009).
This program is free, however seating is limited and must be reserved. Tickets are available through the Woodruff Arts Center Box Office at 404-733-5000 and online at high.org. Tickets to the Museum are sold separately.
An ACP Collaboration with Spelman College Museum of Art and the High Museum of Art.
High Museum of Art - Hill Auditorium
1280 Peachtree St.
Atlanta, GA 30309 [map: Google Maps]
p: (404) 733-4400
web: http://www.acpinfo.org/programs/collaborations.shtml
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/374
ACP Listing #: 017
Exhibition: Sat, Aug 8, to Sun, Jan 3 2010
This exhibition of photographs by the Minnesota-based artist Alec Soth (American, born 1969) is the latest in the High Museum's Picturing the South photography series. For this distinctive initiative the High commissions established and emerging photographers to produce new work inspired by the American South. Past participants include Dawoud Bey, Emmet Gowin, Sally Mann, Richard Misrach and Alex Webb, whose commissions have all been added to the High's steadily growing permanent collection.
Exploring spiritual and hermetic life in the rural South, Soth traveled extensively throughout the region, capturing an unusual cast of characters living outside mainstream society. These photographs center on the landscape, flora, and fauna of the Deep South, and the people who choose to live on the margins (hermits, monks, campers and survivalists) in an array of manmade structures. The project was inspired by the writings of Flannery O'Connor, the Georgian writer whose Southern Gothic style explored social issues and revealed the cultural character of the American South. Like O'Connor's stories, Soth's photographs combine warmth and insight with narrative elements that convey the unique spirit of the region.
"F.P., Resaca, Georgia, 2006"
Inkjet print
Commissioned with funds from Photo Forum and the Friends of Photography
High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree St.
Atlanta, GA 30338 [map: Google Maps]
hours: Mon: 10am - 10pm
Tue: 11am - 10pm
Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat: 11pm - 10pm
web: http://high.org
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/163
ACP Listing #: 018
Exhibition: Thu, Aug 13, to Sat, Oct 10 2009
With over sixty years of commitment to the North Georgia region and a mission to further the Visual Arts: Create, Exhibit, Collect, Learn, Gainesville's premier arts organization proudly presents a special exhibition this fall to highlight the photographic works created by nine Georgia artists. Atlanta artists featured are Debra Frieden with her body of work entitled "Chiaroscuro" and returning favorite Jack Lawing with his "Wanderings."Athens artists O.C. Carlisle showing "Buds & Bolts in ¾ Time" and Stefan Eberhard with a selection of works called "A Journey Through Landscapes, Crystalscapes & Waterscapes."
Featured North Georgia artists include Hewett Beasley of Cleveland, Fox Gradin of Gainesville with her whimsical show "Youth and Flight," Jennifer Julian of Dahlonega showing "Dualities," and Stan Susky of Lawrenceville "I Dream of Trains." We are welcoming Cumming artist and Brenau alumnus Lee Anne White and her series "The Mutable Sea."
Quinlan Visual Arts Center
514 Green Street, N.E.
Gainesville, GA 30501 [map: Google Maps]
hours: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri: 9am - 5pm
Sat: 10am - 4pm
p: (770) 536-2575
web: http://www.quinlanartscenter.org
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/277
ACP Listing #: 019
Exhibition: Sat, Aug 15, to Sun, Jan 10 2010
Mined from the High's Permanent Collection, this exhibition investigates the intersection between reality and fiction within a photograph, through images created to subvert the viewer's expectations. Photographers make numerous decisions when constructing a picture, utilizing the camera frame, the darkroom, light, shadows, focus, and motion to create an image that conveys complex ideas or emotions—a statement about who we are and how we live.
The unique vision of innovators like Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Diane Arbus, and William Eggleston opened up new realms of possibilities for photography as a medium of expression. Combining the inherently technical nature of photography with a spirit of experimentation, the artists featured in this exhibition have created pictures that challenge the conventional idea that photographs are straightforward purveyors of truth. Viewers are invited to unravel the complexities behind each image, and encouraged to take the time to "look again."
Ilse Bing
American, born Germany, 1899–1998
Self-portrait in Mirrors, Paris, 1931; printed ca. 1941
Gelatin silver print
Purchase with funds from Georgia-Pacific Corporation, 1987.143
High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree St.
Atlanta, GA 30338 [map: Google Maps]
hours: Mon: 10am - 10pm
Tue: 11am - 10pm
Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat: 11pm - 10pm
web: http://high.org
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/164
ACP Listing #: 020


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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
7 comments:
- Barbara Martin said...
Thanks for the heads-up. The premise sounds interesting.
- December 16, 2008 at 9:09 PM
- kyodnb said...
ooo..another Beowulf :)
really? if i say something there he will send me the book here in Romania? and signed:)..this is interesting...
- December 17, 2008 at 12:49 AM
- Dark Wolf said...
Barbara, the premise sounds interesting also the historical location :)
Kyo, you should sign up for the book, maybe you'll win it :)
Good luck to both of you if you sign for the contest :)
- December 17, 2008 at 1:22 PM
- Maria said...
I really like that cover!!!
- December 20, 2008 at 4:50 PM
- Dark Wolf said...
Maria, I like the background and the wolf :)
- December 22, 2008 at 11:28 AM
- R. Scot Johns said...
Maria, thanks for the compliment. I did the cover using Corel Painter for the most part, plus Adobe Photoshop for layout and titles. It's the first piece of completely digital artwork I've ever done (not counting the concept sketches I did in pencil first).
Kyodnb - I'll be more than happy to send it to Romania if you win!
Stop by my blog or website to read excerpts from the book and see more artwork.
- December 24, 2008 at 12:30 AM
- Dark Wolf said...
Scot, thank you very much for all the information :)
- December 24, 2008 at 1:37 PM

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My favourite time of the week is here - Five-For-Friday-Time!
First, let me just say - you MUST hop over to Kacey's blog to see her post full of adorable photos this week and of course, check out all the other linked-up posts.
So, random things from my week....
As always this post is mostly about me. I use my blog as a place to share and discuss my teaching ideas and the printable teaching resources I design.
I would simply love to share with you some photos of things that happen in my classroom - and perhaps one day soon I will be able to - on a totally separate and employer-approved classroom blog. A blog that has absolutely no connection to my privately run business.
That is what I am conformable with - for MY blog - so I apologise if any of my posts come across a little self-centred. It is indeed, not at all how I truly am as a person.
I don't want any of my content to infringe on the rights or intellectual property of any other person, colleague or student - now or in the future - so keeping the content mostly with a focus on "me" is the best way for me to express myself at this stage.
Let's get to it.
1. Planning
Today I made a 'work planner' to try to get a little more organized. I have tried quite a few different systems over the last few years. I am hoping this one will nail it.
2. We played. A lot.
I take my little man to a play group each week. Here he is making a beautiful painting/collage.
3. More play
We did lots of Lego this week. Here is a Duplo house we made.
4. A new book
I found a new 'Wombat' book! Loving that this one may fit in well with a nursery rhyme unit (Hey Diddle Diddle).
5. I added a new craft to my paper craft collection - Little Square Bunny - a twist on one of my first craftivities - Little Green Frog!
Thank you so much for stopping by! Please head over to Doodle Bugs to find more Friday-randomness!


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May 16, 2013
Budget forums open to all faculty and staff
Budget forums will be held in May to discuss the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2013. The forums have been scheduled for today, Thursday, May 16, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., and Friday, May 24, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., both in the Conference Center Ballroom (WD).
You do not need to preregister to attend one of the forums. Everyone is welcome to attend, and each forum will conclude with a question-and-answer session. The forums will also be live streamed at www.LiveStream.com/ColumbusState. You will be prompted to enter a password, which is: cougars. You can also ask questions via the live stream, by creating a Live Stream account or logging on through social media.
2013 Quality Award nominations complete
An amazing 13 teams are in the running for Gold and Silver Team Awards this year, which will divide a total of $8,000 in prizes to the winners. The three winning teams (Two Silver and one Gold winner) will be announced at the June 20 luncheon along with the winners of the Distinguished Teaching Awards, The Distinguished Full Professor Awards, and the Staff Employee of the Year! Members of the Gold Continuous Quality Improvement team will split $4,000, while the two runner-up teams will share $2,000 each. Teams are required to have at least three members to nominate their team project.
This year's nominees and team leaders are:
Holiday Cost Savings Team, Terri Gehr
Office Supply Vendor Change Over, Darrin Albaugh
Paper Savings in TL 116, Rhonda Gurio
The Future Scientists of Ohio, Adam Keller
Title III – Strengthening Institutions, Teddi Lewis-Hotopp
Online Safety Training Team, Lori Thomas
Basic English Curriculum Project, Tara Narcross
CCSSE Proctor Recruitment, Greg Goodhart
College-wide Testing Initiative, Jason Woltja
Course Evaluation System, Heather Crites
Male Access Network Initiative, Kimberly Brazwell
Africentric Early College COMPASS Bootcamp, Shawn Casey
Tuition Payment Plan, Lisa Carpenter
Judging the team projects this year are: Bradley Beck, Bruce Massis, Antoinette Perkins, Todd Taylor, Bradley Trimble and Darla Vanhorn. Details on the nominated teams are available online here.
High school is in session this summer!
Columbus State's pre-college TRiO programs (Upward Bound and Educational Talent Search) are preparing to host students for another year of summer enrichment programs, starting June 10.
About 40 Upward Bound students from area high schools will participate in a six-week academic enrichment program, taking high school classes, participating in a learning project, and taking part in social and cultural activities. Recent graduates will even take Psychology 1100 for college credit. The summer program will be capped off by an out-of-state college tour for the participants.
And thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Gap Foundation, 30 Educational Talent Search students will participate in the fourth year of the GAP MEE (Getting Ahead Professionally: Mentoring for Excellence in Employment) summer program. This three-week program gives students the opportunity to complete a career interest inventory and career action plan, create a resume and cover letter, develop a presentation, hone interview and networking skills, and spend a week participating in service learning opportunities at The Dowd Center (part of Homeless Families Foundation).
Reynoldsburg Center makes Governor's newsletter
The recent Open House at the Reynoldsburg Learning Center was noted in the Governor's Office of Workforce Transformation News: Reynoldsburg to Show Off New Partnership with Columbus State Community College
District leaders plan to integrate Columbus State classes into their high-school students' schedules as early as the ninth grade, to give them a head-start on college. The new Columbus State Community College regional learning center is housed at the Reynoldsburg High School Livingston Campus.
Student accompanies Museum director to Washington to accept national award
Columbus State student and former ArtLab teen Jeffrey Tucker, left, and Columbus Museum of Art Executive Director Nannette Maciejunes, center, accept the National Medal for Museum and Library Service from First Lady Michelle Obama in a ceremony at the White House May 8.
The 2013 National Medal for Museum and Library Service was awarded to ten institutions from across the country that have made a difference for individuals, families, and communities, including three institutions—the Boston Children's Museum, the Columbus Museum of Art and the Discovery Science Center — that participate in the Let's Move! Museums and Gardens initiative, which encourages families to eat healthier and get active through interactive exhibits, outdoor spaces, gardens and programs.
Tucker is also a member of the MAN Initiative at Columbus State, mentored by Vanessa Cummings, supervisor of Traffic and Parking.
Columbus State and Ohio State joint Open House to be held May 28
Columbus State and OSU-Marion will hold a special Open House on Tuesday, May 28, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Delaware Campus. The event is designed to promote the options that the shared campus provides to students, such as the Preferred Pathway program, which lets students complete the first two years of a bachelor's degree with Columbus State, and guarantees acceptance and transfer to Ohio State to finish. The event is free and open to the public.
Fiscal Year 2013 purchases near deadline
In an effort to allow as much time as possible for the expenditure of Fiscal Year 2013 funds, Columbus State will retain a June cut-off date for purchases. The last day to purchase goods and services for the year ending June 30, 2013 will be June 7, 2013.
While the budget for capital equipment was significantly reduced for FY 2013, some mission-critical items were approved. If these items have not yet been ordered and are still essential, please contact Jim Wyant in the Budget Office to confirm the budget and pertinent due dates for requisitions, payments and potential carryovers.
Additional deadlines:
Thursday, June 6
Last day to create requisitions.
Friday, June 7
Last day to place orders with vendors. Exceptions must be approved by your Cabinet member and Darrin Albaugh, Purchasing Supervisor.
Friday, June 21
Last day to place office supply orders with OfficeMax.
Friday, June 28
Date by which all goods and services must be received in order to be charged to FY 2013 budget.
Wednesday, July 31
Date by which invoices must be received in Accounts Payable to be paid out of FY 2013 budget. Invoices received after July 31st will be charged to FY 2014 budget.
Grant accounts will follow the same deadline as the College. The only exception to the purchase order deadline is if the Grant does not end on June 30th. Please contact your Grant Accounting representative if you have questions or require additional processing time for grant invoices.
Payments: Please continue to process (approve for payment) invoices received from vendors. Do not hold invoices received during June or those received in July for goods received or services rendered on or before June 30, 2013, in anticipation that they will be paid from next year's budget. Please continue to receive goods using PORC in Colleague.
Travel-related reimbursement requests must be submitted pursuant to College procedure within 30 days upon return from travel, or by July 30th, if travel occurs in late June. Tuition reimbursement payments are not subject to this deadline and can be processed per guidelines established by Human Resources.
Remember the expense for goods or services is charged to the year the goods are received and/or the services are rendered. Goods received or services rendered on or before June 30, 2013 are charged to the FY 2013 budget. Goods received or services rendered in July 2013 or after will be charged to the FY 2014 budget.
Your full cooperation is essential to continuing a June cut-off date. Please follow-up with vendors to ensure goods and/or services will be received by June 30, 2013. Also, please be prompt in receiving goods in Colleague. This will allow the proper recording of expenses in the appropriate year's budget and in the correct period for audit reporting purposes. Please share this memo/information with others in your department who may assist you in requisitioning and/or receiving goods and services.
Please contact the Purchasing Office at ext. 2641, 5600, or 2443 if you need assistance expediting the delivery of any goods or services ordered.
Fitness Center and locker room posts summer hours
The Fitness Center will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday – Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Friday, and closed on the weekends during Summer Semester. Call ext. 5918 for more information.


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David Anthony Flores said money from a court settlement over his sister's death in the Lenawee County Jail is behind crimes that put him back in prison.
"I love my father, but again, he mismanaged my money and that's why I did what I did," said Flores, 49, at his sentencing Thursday in Lenawee County
Circuit Court. He was convicted of forging checks drawn on his father's bank account and taking his car in October. He was discharged in May last year from a 14-year prison stay for a criminal sex conviction in 1999.
Flores told the court the forged checks and car theft resulted from a dispute with his father over his share of a settlement from a lawsuit over the 2006 death of Yolanda Dee Flores at the county jail.
Because he was in prison at the time, Flores said he left his $11,000 share of the settlement with his father. After his release in May, he said, he and his father argued over money Flores said he felt was his.
"One day I just decided since he got greedy with my money, I removed five checks from his checkbook, and did what I did," Flores said.
He forged checks for a total of $815 and took his father's 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt.
"I would never have done that if he had not mismanaged my money," Flores said.
When he was released from prison, Flores said, he had only $100. He collected scrap metal and returnable cans and bottles to support himself while living with his father, Flores said.
Judge Timothy P. Pickard said state sentencing guidelines required a minimum prison term between 14 and 29 months, primarily because of Flores' criminal past.
"You have a terrible record. That's something you accumulated," Pickard told him.
He handed down an 18-month to 14-year prison term for a forgery count Flores pleaded guilty to last month. He was given concurrent 16-month to two-year terms for unlawful use of a motor vehicle, attempted larceny and attempted sex offender registration violation. He was given credit for 101 days already served in jail.
Man headed back to prison in forgery case
David Anthony Flores said money from a court settlement over his sister's death in the Lenawee County Jail is behind crimes that put him back in prison.


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Yep - the plants were on "rock & roll" back then. We were pouring 2500 tons per day at Tonawanda MCP.
I've heard where '010' and other notations cast behind the timing chain and bellhousing areas referred to the metallurgy content of pour batches in that more Nickel and maybe Tin were introduced into the composition when pouring certain batches of blocks.
At Tonawanda we never alloyed production castings with nickel.
John, Was the metallurgy 'high nickel'? or not? I've read that in the car mags since the cars were new .....?Gary


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Same-sex marriage backers seek Obama endorsement
Gay rights supporters can't figure out President Obama.
He's done more for them than any president, his Justice Department wants to shred a federal ban on spousal benefits for same-sex couples, and last month he said, "Gay couples deserve the same rights as every couple in this country."
But Obama hasn't endorsed same-sex marriage himself, saying his views on marriage are "evolving." Last week at a White House reception for gay grassroots organizers, one activist wore a button that said, "Evolve already."
Obama's reticence, political experts say, is rooted in the political calculus of his re-election campaign. In what's expected to be a tight race, the calculation is that Obama can't afford to alienate any voters.
Five swing states that Obama won in 2008 - worth 75 electoral votes out of the 270 needed to win - have constitutional amendments prohibiting same-sex nuptials.
In addition, voters in New Hampshire, a state that Obama won handily, are likely to see a repeal of the state's same-sex marriage law on the ballot next year. In Minnesota, which Obama also won, voters will decide whether to approve a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. The two states together have another 14 electoral votes.
Conservative lawmakers in North Carolina, where Obama was the first Democrat to win since 1976, plan to put a ban on gay marriage before voters in the next year. Chalk up another 15 electoral votes.
That's 104 electoral votes, the thinking goes, that could be at lost should Obama give his full support to marriage.
Support increasing
But national and state polls say an increasing number of voters support same-sex marriage, including 59 percent of all-important independent voters, according to a Gallup Poll in May.
"If that's the political calculation, it's the wrong calculation," said Rick Jacobs, the leader of the gay rights Courage Campaign in Los Angeles. "People want to elect leaders. And leaders make decisions."
The fallout from Obama's reticence, said Jacobs and others, is that many in the LGBT community, which energetically supported Obama in 2008 with money and on-the-ground muscle, might not be as enthusiastic.
One harbinger: The president was heckled last month at a $1,250-a-plate "Gala With the Gay Community" fundraiser New York by people standing up and yelling, "marriage!"
Instead of being "worried about alienating voters," Obama's campaign "should be worried about energizing voters," said Evan Wolfson, president of Freedom to Marry, a national organization in favor of same-sex marriage.
Getting closer
California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has spearheaded some of Obama's fundraising efforts in the LGBT community, hasn't noticed a drop-off yet.
"He is clearly coming closer and closer to supporting marriage equality - but don't get me wrong, there is plenty of frustration out there," Newsom said. "You have every expectation that President Obama, in his second term, will most likely come onboard."
Other supporters, including Andrea Shorter, marriage and coalitions director for Equality California, the state's largest gay civil rights organization, wonder what Obama has to lose by "coming out of the closet" on marriage now.
"He's already done so much for LGBT rights, it's not like anybody who was going to vote for him is going to switch for that reason," Shorter said. "It's frustrating to a lot of people."
But conservative organizations that oppose same-sex marriage plan to spend millions on marriage issues in the presidential year.
Campaign money
The National Organization for Marriage, which led the opposition during New York's passage of legal same-sex marriage last month, expects to spend "at least $15 million" nationally, chairwoman Maggie Gallagher told The Chronicle.
And the Faith and Freedom Coalition, run by former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed, plans to spend a total of $18 million in as many as 30 states, executive director Gary Marx said.
"This is definitely going to be an election where the economy and jobs are the top issues," said Marx, the national conservative coalitions director for President George W. Bush's re-election campaign in 2004, when voters in 11 states voted down same-sex marriage.
"But for voters who are torn between the candidates," Marx said, "this could be a tiebreaker issue."
Marx said that could be particularly true among African American and Latino voters, which his organization plans to target as they tend to be more conservative on social issues such as marriage.
"That could only become an issue among African Americans if the Republicans make it one," said Gina McCauley, an Obama supporter who founded the Blogging While Brown conference. "Most people won't care. But they may be able to get some people to stay home in a place like North Carolina - and that might be all it takes, it's so close."
But Oakland pollster Amy Simon, who has polled nationally on LGBT issues, said there's "no way" that marriage is a tiebreaker issue.
"There's no inherent risk in Obama coming out on marriage," she said. "The risk is in how he does it."
Polls show that many Americans' views on marriage are evolving just like Obama's.
If the president approaches the issue through his Christian faith, Simon said, "and he's authentic about it, then he will have credibility on the issue. A lot of people are feeling the same way."
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The latest podcast features traditional Arab music performed by Rick and Mark Bateh from Jacksonville. Listen to the Bateh's explain styles, techniques, and rhythms used in Arab music and demonstrate their skills to the crowd at the 1982 Florida Folk Festival in White Springs.
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Go Home Cupcake, You're Drunk...Posted by Kristin on Wednesday, June 25, 2014.
The World of Pinterest is an ugly one. It is a world full of lies and deception and people with mad photoshop skills. One quick search of "cupcakes" and I was tangled in its wicked web...I drank the poison and for a moment forgot that I have no baking skills. Not only was I going to bake cupcakes, but I was going to bake them in ice cream cones and top them with three colors of homemade buttercream icing in such a beautiful way that I would be the envy of the party.
Who could resist the magic of these cupcakes? Not me...so I gathered all my ingredients and set to work.
1. Wrap cake cones in foil and carefully place them into muffin tins.
2. Fill about 1/2 full of cake batter (get whatever is on sale). When you have leftover batter, go through and even them all up. It just means more cake, right?
3. Bake as directed on box.
4. Continue to bake because your oven only works in the back.
5. Remove from oven and let cool.
6. Panic slightly because your full cones didn't mean bigger cupcakes, it meant cupcake volcanoes exploding with hot cupcake batter/lava, which melted the sides of the cones.
7. Cut the tops off of the cooled volcanoes in the hopes of salvaging some (and any other imperfections will be covered with icing of perfection).
8. Make frosting according to recipe found on random website. Yum, tastes like plain butter!
9. Divide into thirds. Add cocoa powder to one, leave one white, and add really old red food coloring to the rest (so old that it has congealed like blood at the tip, causing it to explode when you try to add 1 drop).
10. Start with chocolate. Place in ziploc baggie and start to pipe it around the edges. Put in stronger freezer bag when your sandwich baggie bursts open.
11. Briefly wonder why you have continued this far.
12. Fill new freezer bag with white (because you forgot that pink disguised as vampire red was next). Pipe it on top of chocolate.
13. Fill last bag with what was supposed to be pink. Dollop it in the center.
14. Why are you still doing this? Stop the madness!
15. Shake nonpareils on top vigorously. And all over kitchen in process.
16. Set out ant bait in anticipation of the ants that will soon be all over your nonpareiled kitchen.
17. On way to event, pick up chocolate pie from K & W and lie.
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Apologies for not updating the blog, but here's a post to push its revival into the New Year. Here I come, 2016! This week, I'll be posting a round-up of sorts on 2015 and noteworthy dishes at noteworthy restaurants.
In any case, feel free to catch up with a few of my freelance articles, and my comments forthwith, that I wrote for other online publications the latter half of 2015 here. Also, a plug to follow me on other social media channels, which I've been updating pretty regularly: Instagram, Twitter, and eventually Snapchat (@estar_la)!
- A personal essay I wrote for Eater National. It's crazy how ever since Fresh Off the Boat aired, we've gotten Dr. Ken and Netflix's Master of None as far as Asian American representation on TV. After a lifetime of not seeing hardly anyone who was even the same shade I am on TV, 2015 felt like jackpot:
- During Eater LA's Cheap Eats week, I culled a memory from my college days, commuting from Westwood to Alhambra just for boba milk tea and fried pork chop. For Cocktail Week, I rounded up some sherry-based cocktails as well as cocktai
- I did a few round-ups for Time Out Los Angeles, a couple of which were on the sandwich beat. We're talking extensive, exhaustive research, here. Let's put it this way: I haven't had a pastrami or banh mi for quite awhile. Dim Sum? Plenty.
- I did a couple stories for Thrillist Los Angeles on the illustrious L.A. Armenian chicken institution that is Zankou Chicken and a story about a whole bunch of Bloody Marys around the city:
How ABC's 'Fresh Off the Boat' Tells a Familiar First-Generation Story
The Fried Pork Chop at Old Country Cafe Taught Me to Embrace My Taiwanese Heritage
How L.A.'s Top Bars Are Using the Spice Trade to Their Cocktail Advantage
13 Fine Sherry-Based Cocktails in Los Angeles
The Best Pastrami Sandwiches in Los Angeles
The Best Dim Sum Restaurants in Los Angeles
The Best Banh Mi in Los Angeles
Fifteen Things You Didn't Know About Zankou Chicken
L.A.'s 12 Best Bloody Marys
Happy reading. I'll catch you guys with another 2015 update tomorrow.
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About nine years ago, we made a big deal about the health club industry entering the new millennium. We talked about the challenges of new technology in our future. Now, the industry faces challenges with and within a new generation.
As any good industry does after being in business for 25 or 30 years, we must look at the changes that occurred in our markets, our culture and the world, and we have to adjust how we communicate and deliver our product to the customers of today. In the first years of our industry, the majority of our market was between 18 and 24 years old. Anything we offered was new and exciting to our members. In the next decade or so, the majority of our members were well into their 30s, wanting beautiful bodies, six-pack abs and defined muscles. Intense, serious workouts left little time for fun and humor at the gym.
Today, Baby Boomers, along with seniors, have started a different fitness concept. They are telling us that fitness is about positive attitudes, self-esteem, a social environment, a mind and spirit fulfillment of health, and a fit body. This market today is — and will continue to be — healthier and more active than previous generations, and they understand the importance of fitness. However, we must be responsible for giving them the programs and classes that address their real lives today.
This market has told us that we need to make fitness fun. More and more research shows that humor that elicits laughter increases lung capacity, boosts mental clarity, promotes healthy digestion and, yes, even tones the abs.
The most successful health clubs today don't just have a few fit 60-year-olds working out with personal trainers. They have large classes with groups of 60- to 90-year-olds who come together regularly to engage in activity, camaraderie and a controlled exercise environment that lets them relax, release inhibitions, become playful (maybe even silly at times) and enjoy a sense of humor, often laughing at themselves.
What do these changes mean to our industry? New studies indicate that daily laughter reduces problems associated with high blood pressure, strokes, arthritis and ulcers. If we don't start including humor in clubs' classes and programs, our members may be forced to tell us that they no longer can afford to associate with us. We'll be bad for their health!
May 4 was World Laughter Day. How many clubs were innovative enough to form a program around that? How many participants would have come to an event that included dancing, singing and activities moving to the beat of tambourines, maracas and shaking pompoms? I'm willing to bet that a majority of your senior members would have come. They would have brought friends, and you would have sold memberships.
One more thought: The Boomers and seniors know they will age because aging is unavoidable. They are willing to embrace it with gusto and humor. Growing old is as distasteful to them as it was to the generations before them, but they have a realistic outlook on the challenges that they will face.
We must continue to educate ourselves on the real world needs and wants of our new generation of members for the next generation of our business. Baby Boomers and seniors have changed the course of our culture and society. It is our responsibility to change the course of action on how we can best serve them by giving them a quality of life that will encompass their whole being — mind, body, spirit and a healthy sense of humor.
Sandy Coffman is president of Programming For Profit in Bradenton, FL, and author of "Successful Programs for Fitness and Health Clubs: 101 Profitable Ideas." She can be reached at 941-756-6921 or at email@example.com.


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BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. – Chicago Fire midfielder Alex was content with his first start of his MLS career on Saturday night, a 71-minute performance in a 1-0 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps.
Still, there were a few times when he looked for his shot when teammates were free for a pass, and other times when a pass he would normally zip to the feet of his attacking partner wasn't quite on point.
When asked what he thinks what can improve, given a few more starts, Alex was quick with a short answer.
"Rhythm," the Brazilian told MLSsoccer.com through a translator.
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Even with Alex's desire for improvement, the flow of the Fire offense seemed to improve leaps and bounds from their first three games without their creative playmaker, Sebastian Grazzini.
With Alex filling Grazzini's role of facilitator and Chris Rolfe playing on the outside instead of the central position he's played for the last three games, the Fire held over 53 percent of possession despite playing with 10 men after the 69th minute.
Fire head coach Frank Klopas liked what he saw from the attacking midfield trio, which also included Patrick Nyarko.
"They're dynamic players, they're good on the ball," Klopas said. "They have the freedom to interchange with diagonal runs, with Chris sometimes in the middle, and Patrick on the outside."
In his only other three starts of the season, Rolfe had played the role of the central attacking midfielder, which Grazzini left open when he went back to Argentina last week.
After Sunday's 2-0 loss against the LA Galaxy, Rolfe said he was still getting used to playing the role of facilitator. On Saturday, he was able to play in a more comfortable spot on the outside with midfielder Marco Pappa out with an upper respiratory infection.
But the rhythm of the offense, which was flowing in Grazzini's final two games, can still improve.
"A lot of combinations, picking up that extra pass [can improve]," Nyarko told MLSsoccer.com. "Sebastian, [forward Dominic Oduro] and myself, we read each other perfectly, with runs and where Sebastian likes to play the ball and all that stuff. Over the course of the year, that came to us naturally.
"That's where we need to improve," Nyarko added. "He can read our runs better and show us where he needs to place the ball and we'll read those runs for him. That's the next step."
But defensive midfielder Logan Pause knows that the synchronization in the Fire's attacking third will improve as they continue to jell together.
"The more time they get," Pause said, "the better they're going to be."


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Bridging Cultures: Toni Leigh
Toni believes all those in the modeling business should combine looks with brainpower: "The advantages are readily apparent. The more weapons in your arsenal, the deadlier you are.�
(Toni Leigh is driven and determined).
Where She's From: Twenty-three year old beauty Toni Leigh moved to New York from China at an early age. She then lived in Toronto, Canada, before returning to the Big Apple to attend high school and college. "Now I reside in sunny southern California,� she says, with pride. "My parents are very hard working. They've taught me that there is no such thing as a free lunch and your dreams can come true if you keep at it.� While still in college and working fulltime, Toni decided to take up modeling during her junior year, mainly as a hobby. "After I graduated I had more time to do more shoots, and it just went from there.� She earned a degree in economics so you can bet she'll take care of business.
Where She's At: "I still see my modeling and acting career as a hobby,� Toni notes. "I don't take all the negativity too seriously. If I'm appreciated - great! If not, oh, well, I tried.� Very nice philosophy.
Toni's numerous accomplishments include "Round Round" music video for Fast and Furious 3, the cover of Dsport, the cover of eGirlsNews, modeling for AXA awards, Alphadog.tv clothing campaign, Kungyo.com exercise DVD, and many others.
Where She's Heading: "I just want to enjoy what I do,� Toni says. "Of course, getting recognition can be a part of that. But mostly I want to be true to myself and be fulfilled on a grander scale.� Toni believes all in the modeling business should combine looks with brainpower: "The advantages are readily apparent. The more weapons in your arsenal, the deadlier you are.�
Toni's Words Of Wisdom: "Don't drink orange juice after you brush your teeth.�
Toni's Secrets Of Success: "Find something you love and do it well.�
Toni's Favorite All Time 3 Movies: Bladerunner, Ninja Scroll, Totoro
Toni's Favorite All Time 3 Books: 48 Laws of Power (Greene), Buffetology (Mary Buffet), and The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho).
For more information about Toni Leigh please visit www.tonileigh.com
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Gaius Iulius Caesar
Roman patrician, politician, writer, reformator, general, dictator and god
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Gaius Iulius Caesar (100-44 BCE) was a central figure of the last decades of the Roman Republic. He was an accomplished writer and orator, a brilliant politician and power-broker and an outstanding general, but he was also totally ruthless in the pursuit of his personal goals and ambitions, which included not only absolute power over the Roman empire, but also divine honours and recognition as a human god.
The Early Years
Caesar was born in 102 or 100 BCE into the ancient patrician family of the Iulii who claimed ancestry from Aeneas of Troy, one of the mythical founders of Rome, and the goddess Venus, but few members of the family had distinguished themselves in the previous generations. Caesar's father arrived at the praetor-ship, but never won the election for the consulship.
The years of his youth were dominated by the conflict between the factions of Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornilius Sulla in the conflict between the populares and the optimates. Caesar's family relations placed him on the side of the populares, since his aunt Julia was married to Marius. In 87, when Marius was elected consul with his ally Lucius Cornelius Cinna, this bond was further strengthened when Cinna gave his daughter Cornelia in marriage to Caesar.
Caesar was also appointed flamen dialis (the chief priest of Jupiter) by Cinna. The flamen dialis was submitted to a strict programme of religious duties, including a restriction on leaving Rome for more than one night in a row, which effectively prevented the flamen dialis from pursuing a normal political career. Maybe little was expected of Caesar due to the undistinguished recent history of his family.
Marius died in 86, and Cinna was deposed by supporters of Sulla, who took control of Rome. Sulla annulled most of the decisions of Marius and Cinna, including the nomination of Caesar as flamen dialis, but Caesar's life was spared, unlike many other supporters of Marius. Caesar never accepted the cancellation of his nomination as flamen dialis, and neither did he divorce Cornelia as a result of the changing political tides.
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Who was the first celebrity to bare almost-all on GQ magazine? Read on.
GQ, or Gentlemen's Quarterly magazine, used to be considerably more … well, gentlemanly. Today it's as if the staff has decided that, hey, we're not actually a quarterly anymore, let's just dispense with the being gentlemen part too while we're at it. Take a look at some recent articles, if you want evidence. "Supermodel Chanel Inman Knows Her Way Around a Stripper Pole" is a good start. "Are You the Office Sexist" is a good follow-up, especially as it's a humor piece. Sexism = hilarity. (And for the record, if you have to ask, it's you).
|GQ Magazine in more gentlemanly times.
|GQ today. Style alert: Popsicles and boobs are in fashion.
|Kate Upton's Bomb Pop was more outfit than Rihanna was given.
The earliest issues of GQ (which morphed out of Apparel Arts, a trade mag for fashion retailers) display a savoir-faire that evokes the charm of a lost era. While we know there was plenty of misogyny in the '50s and '60s, it was to be found at home (and in the office) rather than on the cover of the magazine, which was firmly committed to fashion and style. Though the male cover models or fashionable celebrities sometimes appeared with women who were clearly used as mere photo props, the ladies were always plenty clothed and never more sexualized than their male companions.
|"I'm grinning because I've seen the future, and it has more nekkid ladies."
|Looking good, taking care of his bitches.
|Imagine the difference if JFK had modeled in a Speedo with an ice cream cone.
|Cary Grant. Pure class. Even the font is to dig.
The first hint of a more blatant sexism came with the Winter '65-'66 edition of GQ. The image of a woman's face with a bow tied across her mouth and the words "Do Not Open Until Christmas" are jarring. The woman in question was Barbra Streisand, one of the first female celebrities to appear on the cover (though Carol Channing beat her to it), so while it's possible the cover designer may have meant to suggest that Streisand's voice is a gift, the overt imagery of a woman silenced is hard to ignore. (Don't open your mouth until Christmas, Babs. You get a ten-minute set, then shut your trap again.)
|And no talking during Hannukah, either.
It was a full year later that GQ featured a nude celebrity on its cover for the first time, and despite my aversion to some of the modern clothing-optional covers, I couldn't be more pleased. It's Phyllis, Phyllis Diller, wearing naught but a bow and a big grin. No one's telling this lady to keep it quiet till Christmas.
Diller herself used to quip: "I once wore a peekaboo blouse. People would peek and then they'd boo." In this case, I peeked, and then I cheered. Featuring the gawky body of a joyful comedienne is such a far cry from Kate Upton having her way with a Bomb Pop that I wish there were more covers like this. I know GQ won't be ditching the sleazy covers anytime soon, so I'd like to plead with them to add more non-traditional (in the cover model sense) body types to the mix. If Phyllis Diller's naked body sold magazines, anyone's can. I vote for Lisa Lampanelli.
Who would you like to see baring it all on the cover of GQ? With a Bomb Pop or a bow?