After delivering a one-two punch with “The Seducers Club” and “Stay Low” in the spring with City Arts Center, local filmmaker Mickey Reece returns with a third: “Punch Cowboy.” The feature debuts Saturday night, with The Workweek’s Carly Gwin performing beforehand as a musical guest. While Reece’s movies jump from genre to genre — sometimes […]
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Trick eye
Mary Ann Prior, executive director, described Stark’s creative process as mathematically precise, noting that the artist’s only tools are an X-ACTO knife, glue and paper, with which she makes intricate, colorful and dizzying shapes that ultimately comprise quite the optical illusion. “It’s very hypnotic,” Prior said. While the piece “Cosmological Constant” is two-dimensional, it conveys […]
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Roll call
Many organizations are hosting camps throughout the summer, so finding one that meets your summer schedule is as easy as A-B-C. Here is a sampling: HEY, Y NOT? The YMCA hosts both summer day camps, as well as specialty camps for families searching for either full-day, all-summer solutions or week-long camps. This year’s theme is […]
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We Live in Public
Josh Harris is “the greatest Internet pioneer you’ve never heard of.” That’s true, despite the sheer amount of press he received in all his ventures, both online and off. That says a lot about how fleeting fame can be when tied to the Web, and the 2009 documentary “We Live in Public” — showing Wednesday […]
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A moonlit scurry through the fairgrounds promotes health while raising money for City Arts Center’s free programming
K at midnight. Center spokeswoman Kristin Richter said that the timing of the event gives runners an opportunity to hit the town afterward with fellow competitors. “Running at night presents a little bit of a different challenge, but it’s on a Saturday, so it’s not like they’ve been working all day and now have to […]