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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, Film

IN SHORT, PART 2: ‘Whirligigs at Night’ screens Wednesday with Tarheel Shorties

  Folk artist Vollis Simpson’s kinetic sculptures called “whirligigs” in Wilson, North Carolina, are the subject of William “Bill” Howard’s documentary short “Whirligigs at Night.” Part of Cucalorus’s virtual Tarheel Shorties Film Festival this week, August 25-27, “Whirligigs at Night” will screen in Wednesday’s Playing with Portraits block starting at 8 p.m. According to the filmmaker, Wilson Whirligigs are now calling cards of sorts for … Continue reading IN SHORT, PART 2: ‘Whirligigs at Night’ screens Wednesday with Tarheel Shorties

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, Film

IN SHORT, PART 1: Wilmington filmmaker’s short will screen at Tarheel Shorties Film Festival

  Filmed at an old-timey barbershop in Elizabethtown, North Carolina, “Long Drive to Yadkin” is familiar to me in many ways. I’m originally from Mount Airy, NC and this barbershop and town are both very reminiscent of the timeless Main Street and Floyd’s Barbershop I know. “I am well aware of Floyd’s Barbershop up there [in Mount Airy] and even thought of that as a … Continue reading IN SHORT, PART 1: Wilmington filmmaker’s short will screen at Tarheel Shorties Film Festival

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, Film, Music

VISUAL POETICS: G Yamazawa joins Shirlette Ammons and Kid Ethnic for Cucalorus’ Visual/Sound/Walls

“I actually came up and was raised by the poetry community in Durham and North Carolina,” says poet and emcee George Masao Yamazawa Jr., a.k.a. G Yamazawa. “So I can kind of speak a little bit more toward  that community, as opposed to the music community. There’s a lot of intersections but it’s just a very tight-knit, family-oriented experience.” Now living in Los Angeles, Yamazawa … Continue reading VISUAL POETICS: G Yamazawa joins Shirlette Ammons and Kid Ethnic for Cucalorus’ Visual/Sound/Walls

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, Theater

WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE: (Dis)connect with ‘OK GURGLE’ at Cucalorus 25

“Just like Ariel [from ‘The Little Mermaid’], we all wanna be where the people are,” artist Alexis Powell says. She’s talking about connectivity—especially between artists, musicians and working creatives in the digital age. “Big tech knows that and uses it to its advantage.” “I love the internet,” Candace B. Thompson adds. “I was an early smart-phone adopter, and I use Instagram constantly in my work … Continue reading WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE: (Dis)connect with ‘OK GURGLE’ at Cucalorus 25

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