The Arts
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Review: ‘She Said’ Gets Gendered Reporting Right
Media would be nothing without a good story to tell. Unfortunately, this need to entertain can sometimes manifest as the odd writer or director using women’s pain as a cheap tool to move audiences. In the wake of movies like “Blonde,” a semi-fictionalized account of Marilyn Monroe’s life, many of…
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Holiday Movie Offerings Range from ‘Must-Try’ to ‘Worth Skipping’
Holiday movies have dropped on streaming platforms, so here’s a look at two options, plus a seasonal classic. Review: ‘Spirited’ could be your new feel-good holiday favorite “Spirited” is a light holiday musical buoyed by charismatic performances and memorable music. Directed by Sean Anders, whose past work includes other comedies…
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Strong Black Female Cast Shines, Honors Late Leader In ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’
A “Black Panther 2” seemed out of the question when Chadwick Boseman unexpectedly died of colon cancer in August 2020. Boseman was more than just the center of the first film as King T’Challa, ruler of the fictional African nation of Wakanda. He symbolized the progression of Black actors and…
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Review: Sigma Delta Tau Successfully ‘Revives the Grind’
I’ve heard about Sigma Delta Tau’s Greek Grind and the chaos of the event every October since being admitted into the University of Georgia. Friends in various sororities have attempted to persuade me to purchase a ticket or join them at livestream watch parties because “it’s seriously so much fun!”…
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Review: Josh Bennett Band, Asymptomatics Show Local Music Scene is Still Flourishing
Tim Sommer, while working for MTV in the ’90s, once described Athens as “red clay, all night parties, loud bands and cheap, cheap rents.” While housing prices have since skyrocketed, the local bands have kept the spirit of its famous music scene alive and kicking through their idiosyncratic sounds and…
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Review: Jon Spencer’s Kinetic Energy Drives 40 Watt Club Show
Barrages of shrill tremolo ripped through the festooned orange string lights and faux cobwebs clinging to light fixtures of a Halloween-themed 40 Watt Club. The source of the barrage was Clay Reed, lead guitarist and singer of the Atlanta-based, glam rock trio Subsonics. While the sound blasting from the Subsonics’…
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home.made’s Brunch Returns with Fusion of Southern, Contemporary Influences
I expected home.made’s revival of its Sunday brunch to be the reflection of yet another minimalist, all-lowercase-name, lifeless restaurant. I was met with a delightful surprise that the chef and owner, Mimi Maumus, offers a pleasant hodgepodge of menu items that contain elements of Southern culinary style blended with their…
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Book Reviews: Three Takes on Crime Thriller ‘All the Broken Girls’
Broken girls blossom into warriors in ‘All the Broken Girls’ By Dania Kalaji Broken girls blossom into warriors — or crime reporters who seek justice for the unsolved murder of their mother. Eventually, those girls find themselves hungry for answers at the center of an eerie web of murders in…
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From TV to Thriller: Linda Hurtado Bond Uses Journalism Career to Write Latest Crime Novel
Linda Hurtado Bond adapts her skills as an award-winning news anchor of over 20 years to her work as a fiction writer. Her crime mystery “All the Broken Girls,” which was released in late August, allows the Tampa, Florida-based journalist to combine these writing styles and background knowledge from the…
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Porchfest Celebrates Live Music, Historic Neighborhoods in Record Numbers
Historic Athens Porchfest united the city’s music lovers with over 150 bands and musicians performing across six historic neighborhoods in Athens. Over 13,000 people — double the estimated amount of last year’s festival — attended Sunday to watch the performers, said Tommy Valentine, executive director of Historic Athens, a nonprofit that…