The Whole Package
A grocery store is a grocery store, right? Well, not exactly. Take Whole Foods, for instance. Open since last September, the chain prides itself of being “America’s healthiest grocery store.” That, says Marketing Team Leader Melissa Brown, tends to scare some shoppers. “I think a lot of people don’t realize how important it is to […]
Connecting Ideas
The nonprofit TED has been holding conferences for 26 years and has given speakers of all kinds and from all fields a chance to give “the talk of their lives” in 18 minutes or less. In recent years, these TEDTalks have become increasing popular, so, naturally, the community was more than a little impressed when […]
Food Stuff
A grocery store is a grocery store, right? Well, not exactly. Take Whole Foods, for instance. Open since last September, the chain prides itself of being “America’s healthiest grocery store.” That, says Marketing Team Leader Melissa Brown, tends to scare some shoppers. “I think a lot of people don’t realize how important it is to […]
Our Twisted Town
To Brandon Brune, artistic director of Les Chatons Noir young actors collective, “Book of Days” by Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Lanford Wilson reminds him of another classic play… in an evil doppelganger sort of way. “In a lot of ways it’s similar to the classic ‘Our Town’ in that you have an ensemble cast and they’re […]
Food Stuff
“I’ve got some good news for you, and I’ve got some bad news for you. Which do you want to hear first?” We’ve all had someone say that to us before, and hopefully it hasn’t been in a doctor’s office. Well, the first month of 2015 has sort of turned into a good news/bad news […]
Books as Art
If you ask North Carolina’s Lauren Faulkenberry how she would describe herself and her work, the owner of Firebrand Press would have a difficult time choosing between author, artist or artisan. “I do feel like I’m kind of a mishmash of a lot of things, but I guess primarily I’d say artist or book artist […]
The Year in Food
It’s been an eventful year for food in Augusta. Beloved, long-standing restaurants have closed and new contenders have made a name for themselves. All this change may be highly stressful for restaurant owners. For those who love to eat out and try anything new, however, it’s been a great year, full of surprises, wishes fulfilled […]
Happy Holidays!
“Traditional” has never been a word that’s been used to describe Le Chat Noir, Augusta’s “off Broad Street theatre,” so it should come as no surprise that they aren’t staging a sweet play or musical centered around the season. “Most holiday shows are sickeningly saccharine,” said LCN’s Executive Director Krys Bailey. “When we do a […]
FLIP, Empire State South and Gunshow
I am an insufferable snob when it comes to food. It’s not exactly that I want everything to be fancy; after all, I count Totino’s pizza rolls as one of my favorite indulgences (thank God for my 14-year-old, so I don’t have to admit to buying them for myself). No, it’s that I want what […]
Kickstarter campaign helps fund local Messiah performances
It is one of the most famous pieces of music ever composed and it is also one of the most notoriously difficult to perform. It is George Frideric Handel’s Messiah, best known for containing the Hallelujah Chorus. (That chorus is not technically part of the Christmas portion of the three-part oratorio, nor did Handel create […]