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Risque play takes on controversial issues

Despite the sex, drugs, nudity and violence, “Shopping and F**king” is about more than just shocking its audience. “I hope to attract an audience that is going to be accepting of all of the visual extremes required by the play and that is willing to look at it as a piece of literature and a [...]

New clubs challenge 24-hour arty people

Given a surprise assignment, random team members and a small time frame, how creative could you be? 24 HOUR CLUBS  24 Hour Music Club Information Session When: 7 p.m. today Where: Tate Center Room 143 Meeting When: 7 p.m. Friday Where: Tate Center Room 141  24 Hour Film Club Meeting When: 6:30 p.m. [...]

Another Pollack the star of different homecoming

David Pollack will be having an eventful homecoming this weekend, but it will have nothing to do with football. “The Homecoming,” a dark, absurdist play that explores family relationships, opens today and features a cast of six University students, including Pollack, a graduate student from Charlotte with no relation to the Georgia football standout. The [...]

All-female ‘Fefu’ cast shows universal themes

The all-female cast of “Fefu and Her Friends” wants to talk, and they’re speaking a language both genders can understand, said the directors of the new Thalian Blackfriars production. “I didn’t pick up the play and say, ‘This is all about women,’” said co-director Joshua Waterstone, a senior from Kennesaw. “It’s about human beings. Whether [...]

Hilfiger to search for stars of a new reality show

CBS is holding an open casting call in Atlanta to search for stylist standouts for its upcoming reality show “The Cut.” “We just want great people that love fashion,” said Jeff Ross, a casting producer who will be at the Oct. 16 casting call. “We want to find Suzie homemaker and the hip, young, smoking-hot [...]

Hurricane blows off class

University students and faculty got an early start to their weekends with the University’s cancellation of Friday classes due to the weather conditions caused by Hurricane Ivan. The effects of Ivan gave some University students cause for celebration. “What do you think I did? I got wasted,” said Nic Sallis, a junior from Marietta, of [...]

Science, art merge at museum

Most people wouldn’t expect to find a science lab in an art museum. But that’s what some surprised visitors have already discovered at “The Xerces Society, Installment VI: Sir Samuel Cropia’s Public Laboratory,” a new performance exhibit at the Georgia Museum of Art. “I think it’s very different from what people expect from a museum,” [...]

‘Paradise’ gets some play downtown

It’s not all about sex — but almost. Sexuality, libido, spirituality and love are the themes that drive the avant garde play “Paradise Hotel,” opening downtown on Thursday, said director Joshua Waterstone. “Sexuality is such a big thing. It’s a part of our daily life,” said Waterstone, a senior from Kennesaw. “I think the play [...]

Profs, journalists to discuss war coverage

Learning about America’s military operations is as simple as grabbing a remote, mouse or paper in today’s mass media world. But are Americans getting the full story? Two documentary screenings Tuesday and a panel discussion held Wednesday will take a look at the news and other questions about coverage of the current military operations in [...]

Record-A-Thon assists blind, dyslexic readers

Brian Oglesbee, who became fully blind 11 years ago, is the studio assistant for the Athens unit of Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, the organization that helped him. “With outreach, I’m actually able to tell people that need our services about how they’ve worked for me,” said Oglesbee. The service provides recorded reading material [...]

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