Yes Weekly - Visions http://www.yesweekly.com/articles.sec-236-1-visions.html <![CDATA[UNCSA's Picnic captures essence of Inge's classic drama]]> "What do you do with the love you feel?" Madge Owens, played by UNC School of the Arts senior Ali Bill, asks her mother, Flo, in William Inge's play, Picnic. Madge's question to Flo, played by Rebecca Wolf, gets at the very heart of the conflict in the 1953 Broadway hit play currently being revived by UNCSA's production at the Catawba Theatre at Performance Place. ]]> <![CDATA[Revolve film festival digs up 'dirt' for its November screening]]> The Revolve Film and Music Festival and the Weatherspoon Art Museum have teamed up to present the North Carolina premiere of the critically acclaimed environmental documentary Dirt! ]]> <![CDATA[Jose Rivera's Sonnets soars to new heights in Wake Forest production]]> If the purpose of drama is to invoke a sense of wonder in the viewer - to pitch us out from the comfort of our everyday mundane world and pull us, like a tractor beam, into unknown territory - then Wake Forest University Theatre's production of Jose Rivera's Sonnets for an Old Century. ]]> <![CDATA[The journey of Wesley comes home to Winston-Salem]]> The independent feature film Wesley, a biographical drama tracing the life of clergyman John Wesley (1703-1791), the architect of the Methodist movement, will enjoy its Winston-Salem premiere this Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Stevens Center (405 W. 4 th St.). Much of the cast and crew will be on hand to greet the audience and discuss the production following the screening. ]]> <![CDATA[Reynolda House Museum of American Art]]> As you approach the Reynolda House along its winding and wooded driveway, with the botanical garden set below the main house and an expansive front yard in the foreground, you can feel the splendor coming from the stonework. ]]> <![CDATA[Lion roars in Winston-Salem, Vanya opens in Greensboro]]> The Stained Glass Playhouse's production of James Goldman's acclaimed, award-winning historical drama The Lion in Winter will open this Friday at 4401 Indiana Ave., Winston-Salem. ]]> <![CDATA[Triad Stage's Oleanna does justice to Mamet's vision]]> The tile-covered walls deep inside Triad Stage reverberated with the voices of men who had been unnerved by what they had just witnessed. Opening night of David Mamet's Oleanna sparked a vigorous postmortem in the men's room. ]]> <![CDATA[Upcoming children's television series has a home-town feel]]> You may not know "The Rusty Bucket Kids Club," but soon enough you might. With so many small-screen franchises devoted to kids, teens and tweens, it's no surprise that a local production would seek to make its own mark in the marketplace. ]]> <![CDATA[Wedding Singer an awesome trip down memory lane]]> Director M. Seth Reines should be commended for casting the husband-and-wife team of Jillian Nyhan Zygo and J. Michael Zygo in the lead roles of Robbie Hart and Julia Sullivan. Reines has worked with the Zygos on separate occasions, directing Jillian in the touring company production of Funny Girl. ]]> <![CDATA[UNCSA School of Drama opens season with August Wilson's Fences]]> The School of Drama at UNC School of the Arts will open its 2009-10 performance season with August Wilson's acclaimed Fences, which will open on Oct. 29 at the Catawba Theatre, located in Performance Place on the UNCSA main campus (1533 S. Main St., Winston-Salem). ]]> <![CDATA[The legacy of Matthew Shepard]]> The Paper Lantern Theatre Company%uFFFDs production of The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later, a cross between a stage play and a documentary about the aftermath of Matthew Shepard%uFFFDs death, was performed Monday at the Arts Council Theatre in Winston-Salem. The performance represented one of more than 150 staged readings held around the world on Oct. ]]> <![CDATA[Little Shoppe of Horrors: Still the same home of Hammer horror]]> The British studio, which specialized in Gothic horror and science-fiction from the 1950s through the 1970s, left in its wake a cinematic legacy that may never be equaled, much less surpassed. Just ask its fans. Just take a look at Curse of Frankenstein, Horror of Dracula, Quatermass and the Pit, Brides of Dracula, The Gorgon. ]]> <![CDATA[David Joy: Rocking and rolling in Winston-Salem]]> David Joy is one of the more versatile and prolific actors in the Piedmont Triad. He doesn't necessarily think so, but more about that later. ]]> <![CDATA[Downtown glassworks hits the bricks]]> Glass is a fascinating medium," says Avery Shaffer from his downtown Greensboro studio and gallery, Ellenburg Shaffer. "It's pure color because light passes through it. And we as humans kind of respond to it because of its watery nature, its illusory qualities. " ]]> <![CDATA[The horrors of Halloween hit Greensboro's Carousel Cinemas]]> <![CDATA[Where's Warhol? Pop-artist spotted in Greensboro]]> Andy Warhol cruised downtown Greensboro last week, his trademark platinum fop a source of illumination as he trod up and down Elm Street. It caused something of a stir, as Warhol has been dead since 1987. ]]> <![CDATA[Phi Slamma Jamma]]> During the Bookmarks 2009 Festival of Books being held this Saturday in Winston-Salem, there will be a workshop that focuses not solely on the written word, but the transformation that occurs when words are spoken. "Slam Poetry: From Written to Spoken Word" will be held at 3:30 p. ]]> <![CDATA[50 years after a revolution, a celebration of Cuban art]]> Lauren Gray, a 2009 Wake Forest graduate, helped assemble the exhibit. Gray said the team divided up the myriad tasks necessary to pull the everything together. Some students would translate Spanish books into English, while others would transcribe interviews of Cuban artists.]]> <![CDATA[An idiot’s delight in Greensboro, Mayberry daze in Mt. Airy]]> <![CDATA[50 years after a revolution, a celebration of Cuban art]]> Lauren Gray, a 2009 Wake Forest graduate, helped assemble the exhibit. Gray said the team divided up the myriad tasks necessary to pull the everything together. Some students would translate Spanish books into English, while others would transcribe interviews of Cuban artists. ]]>