“I’m a big believer in treating the audience like another actor, hopping off the edge of the stage, interacting with…
Beg, Borrow and Make…and buy if you absolutely have to: The Life of Props Master Vicky Moody
“The actors had to actually eat a meal onstage. Most of the time in a show it can be worked…
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The (real) Wedding Singer
“I just love performing. I’d play polka music if that’s what it took to entertain 300 drunk Germans.” – Dan…
The Old Man and the Middle C, by David Noah
I recently started taking piano lessons. I’m 68. At one time in my life I thought a lot about teaching…
Didi Dunphy’s Magical Mystery Tour
AU visited with curator extraordinaire Didi Dunphy at the opening of the Magical Mystery Tour show at the Hotel Indigo’s…
No Arms, but Plenty of Talent and a Generous Portion of Strength: the Michael Davenport Story
The Classic City of Athens, Georgia has a handful of landmarks, places and people you can’t miss. The Arch. That cannon downtown. Ort. The…
Pop Provocateur: Pip the Pansy
Pip the Pansy (Erin Burchfield) (fka Wrenn, 25) was born in Syracuse, New York, moving to Woodstock, Georgia when she…
Ancient Whales Q & A
The Ancient Whales most recent record, Vestiges of Tails Appear in All of Us, is a mighty wall of introspective,…
Coloring the Whole Damn World: Gunnar Tarsa
No one ever said saving the world would be easy…but local artist and recent Lamar Dodd graduate, Gunnar Tarsa, makes…
Liam Parke performing at Café Apollinaire, Cine Athens
A Tourist in the Land of Rock ‘n’ Roll: Vanessa Briscoe Hay
Vanessa Briscoe Hay, 62, lead singer of the seminal Athens’ art/post-punk band, Pylon, has ridden quite the wave from her…
Hey Somalia, Log On
One, exactly one, Malaysian person has visited athensuncharted. To that end, I’d like to thank you, Mister Malaysian. Dear Malaysian…
Invisible Orientation
It wasn’t that you couldn’t get the girl; it was that you couldn’t even get her in your own head.…
Portraits – Cameron Bliss
AU spoke with artist Cameron Bliss, 47, at the studio she shares with her husband – musician and Winterville, Georgia…
Art, Faith & Spirit: William Bray pt. 1 – The Untold Story of How William Bray Saved John Waters’ Ass
Sometimes you need to stretch out, and this is what AU is doing for our ongoing conversations with long-time Athen’s…
Beckoning Worlds – the art of Lisa Freeman
Eons ago at a housesitting gig in the East Village for art critic Dore Ashton (author of A Joseph Cornell Album) there…
Miniature Ministry
Nine-tenths of a tiny, yellow wooden beach house sits on display in the lobby of the Lanier Gardens assisted living…
Athventure
Welcome to Athventure! AU first ran into artist Will Eskridge at the Bulldog Inn Art Show in 2015, where he…
Mrs. Creatinomics to the World
INIMITABLE, PRIMARY, BEAUTIFLORAL, AND UNLIKE ANYTHING YOU’VE EVER SEEN: A DAY IN SARAH CARNES’ IMAGINARIUM “The doctor who delivered me,…
