Yes Weekly - Visions http://www.yesweekly.com/articles.sec-236-1-visions.html <![CDATA[press release]]> The Save the Arts Awards show is a red carpet event that will be held on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Carolina Theatre in Greensboro. Save the Arts Inc. ]]> <![CDATA[Save the Arts celebrates and rewards the artistic impulse]]> "DWe didn't get a chance to walk on the stage and get that Grammy," he said. "So I know what it feels like to do all that work and not get credit for it." ]]> <![CDATA[Embodiment transcends physical form]]> The human body is a physical form, easily identifiable and able to be classified according to its corporeal components. But the body is also the vessel for the soul, the home of character, a receptacle for fears and dreams and hopes. ]]> <![CDATA[first friday calendar]]> <![CDATA[Sight and sound]]> Unfortunately, Byrne wasn't as interesting as I had hoped. He came off like just another pretentious conceptual artist who thought that being confusing and weird was really hip and deep. ]]> <![CDATA[Triad 8-ball team takes tourney, $10 grand]]> Pool Hall Junkies, an 8-ball pool, team playing out of Tailgators Bar Billiards in Winston-Salem, took home a first-place trophy in the Fall 2009 8-Ball Express tournament in Matthews after a 14-week journey that saw them defeat 17 division champions. ]]> <![CDATA[Greensboro's Elizabeth Johnston competing in Hooters Dream Girl contest]]> The Hooters girl that receives the most online votes and makes it through every elimination period of the Dream Girl Challenge will be featured on the cover of Hooters magazine and be named 2010 Hooters Dream Girl and take home a $10,000 cash prize.. ]]> <![CDATA[Downtown Goes Big Time with ]]> <![CDATA['Dear Dad,' opens 2010 Carolina Film and Video Festival]]> The magic of documentary film comes from the simple fact that it%uFFFDs unscripted. A documentary filmmaker may begin a project with a clear vision of what he or she hopes to accomplish, but that vision quickly begins to evolve as they delve deep into their subject matter. ]]> <![CDATA[Modern Blues Maestros Eric Bibb and Ruthie Foster to Appear at High Point Theatre]]> Blues aficionados would take to the highway just about anywhere to catch a solo performance by either Eric Bibb or Ruthie Foster. But on Saturday, Feb. 27, Triad area residents get an opportunity to see both of these well-seasoned and highly successful musicians together, on the same stage, at the High Point Theatre. ]]> <![CDATA[Eros 6 at Lyndon Street Artworks]]> I catch up with my pal Erik Beerbower as he%uFFFDs making his paces down the hallway at Lyndon Street Artworks, the downtown creative collective he oversees from a double-sized studio back in the corner. ]]> <![CDATA[Triad Twosome Returns Home With Colorful Victory]]> <![CDATA[A cinematic rebellion]]> Early on, it became clear the prefix %uFFFDRE%uFFFD would be the motif of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Sundance Institute founder Robert Redford called for the festival to return to its roots as a platform for the world%uFFFDs top emerging filmmakers. ]]> <![CDATA[first friday calendar]]> <![CDATA[Hopping and crawling]]> A lot has changed in the Triad since 1997. I don%uFFFDt remember if there were any historic or defining events during the year, but I can say with uncommon certainty that something significant happened in my own life. ]]> <![CDATA[A powerful tale distilled for young readers]]> "Okay Daddy," she says. "We must meet hate with love," I began, those famous words uttered by the slain hero she had never heard of before, the first sentence of this remarkable children's book by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney that takes a... ]]> <![CDATA[Often Awesome, the web series]]> He was diagnosed with ALS - better known as Lou Gehrig's disease - back in October, and now the disease is not so slowly robbing him of his physical presence, his ease in articulating his limbs, his ambulatory power. Eventually it will take away his ability to breathe. ]]> <![CDATA[A/perture Cinema enjoys successful opening]]> A cursory glance at the Facebook page dedicated to A/perture Cinema, the new 160-seat art-house theater located off 4 th Street in downtown Winston- Salem, offers insight into the public's reaction to the venue's grand opening on Jan. 10. ]]> <![CDATA[With Figure Me Out, young artists introspect]]> If art represents a way of working through our collective thoughts and emotions, Lena Jones and Anastassiya Popova have discovered the best way to channel that seemingly ininite energy source. Jones, a native of Kropotkin, Russia, recently moved into a new place and been forced to cope with living alone for the irst time. ]]> <![CDATA[First Friday kicks off on New Year's Day]]> A bit of advice for New Year's Eve revelers: If you're a weary from watching non-stop college football bowl games and you're not too terribly hung over, check out the First Friday arts celebrations in both Greensboro and Winston-Salem on Jan. 1. ]]>