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    Macon Film Guild brings great films to Macon

    Published December 12, 2012 by

    Sunday was a warm day, even for Georgia, but especially for December. I spent the morning listening to beautiful music, the afternoon judging the annual Christmas parade, and the evening at a film screening of “Robot and Frank” hosted by the Macon Film Guild at the Douglass Theatre. [caption id="attachment_49128"...
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    Looking back at the Basel that was

    Published December 11, 2012 by

    Iván Navarro and Courtney Smith, "Street Lamp," 2012, Paul Kasmin Gallery. Good, quality art made a come-back at this year’s Art Basel Miami Beach. That may seem a simple statement, but for several years now, and after the onset of the recession, the fairs have felt...
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    Borscht 8 is coming

    Published December 10, 2012 by

    Explore a new vision of Miami as Borscht 8 film festival arrives in town Dec 15. The "quasi yearly" film festival features Miami stories made by local and visiting filmmakers. 14 shorts, all made in Miami, will debut at the Adrienne Arsht Center. Get a sneak peek at the festival...
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    Knight bids farewell to board member and journalist Rolfe Neill

    Published December 10, 2012 by

    Video produced by March Blake Media.  Knight Foundation is bidding farewell to longtime board member Rolfe Neill, and honoring his legacy with a $50,000 grant to the Salvation Army of Greater Charlotte. Neill, a former chairman and publisher of The Charlotte Observer, served 22 years on Knight Foundation’s board. During that time, he served as chair of the Governance Committee and as a member of the Nominating Committee. “It’s hard to imagine Knight Foundation without Rolfe Neill,” said Alberto Ibargüen, president of Knight Foundation. “He inspired me as a publisher. The inspiration came from the proof that you could live a life of values and succeed in business.” Several former board members, including Dr. Gerald Austen, who was Knight’s board chairman from 1996-2010 and a friend of founders John S. and James L. Knight, attended Neill’s farewell dinner. Neill nonetheless told the gathering that he thought the current board was the best in the history of Knight. Neill originally joined Knight Newspapers as a member of The Charlotte Observer staff in 1957, then moved to Miami in 1961 to operate papers there. In 1965, he became assistant to the publisher at the New York Daily News and later held several newsroom assignments. He rejoined Knight Newspapers in 1970 when it purchased The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News.  Neill was editor of the Daily News and a vice president and director of Philadelphia Newspapers Inc.
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    “Andreas Bechtler, the Artist”

    Published December 10, 2012 by

    "Andreas Bechtler, the Artist" at UNCC Projective Eye Gallery. In Charlotte, Andreas Bechtler is well known as the art collector, the philanthropist, and even the entrepreneur, but his role as the artist is perhaps lesser known. University of North Carolina Charlotte’s Projective Eye Gallery presents “Andreas...
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    Where have all the antiheroes gone?

    Published December 8, 2012 by

    To Mahagonny, of course. The Antiheroes Project presents “Mahagonny,” a multi-layered multi-disciplinary performance project adapted from the satirical libretto "Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny" by German writer Bertolt Brecht. The performance, devised by José Manuel Domínguez in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team, is criminal. [caption id="attachment_48988" align="aligncenter"...