Art Talk
Some people live for art, others live to understand it; others just want to understand their own existence a bit better, and art helps them along the way.
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This little fluff post was prompted by a video I saw of the ninetieth celebration of Dick Van Dike, the veteran, actor, comedian, writer, singer, dancer, and producer on December 13.
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The Turnage Theater was one of two movie theaters in downtown Washington when I was a child. The other was the Meritta on the south side of West Main Street.
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Yes, it is a Syndrome, and it influences what passes for art in our world growing smaller.
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Tonight is Oscar Night. Many of you are watching some are not, but not to worry if you can't get that French production designer's name just right.
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The local mullet wrapper is pushing the Turnage again. It recently published an article about the bank putting the building on the market for sale.
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Governor Pat McCrory has announced that five North Carolinians from diverse artistic traditions will be awarded the state's Heritage Awards, May 20, 2014 at the A.J. Fletcher Opera House in the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh.
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Ava Lavinia Gardner was born on December 24, 1922, in Grabtown, a small rural community in Johnston County, North Carolina.
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Andrew S. Griffith was born on June 1, 1926, in Mount Airy, North Carolina.
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It was the late 1970's and America needed a booster shot. After the underwhelming presidency of Jimmy Carter and the American military's extended occupancy in Vietnam, some felt that a more conservative revolution was in order.
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