| 'Yoo-Hoo Mrs. Goldberg' set sitcom foundation |
Gertrude Berg was the Jewish Oprah of her generation. At least that's what a documentary film of her life, titled Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg states. Berg was a pioneer in her day, writing and acting in her radio show "Meet the Goldbergs," and later in her television series "The Goldbergs."...
Thursday, August 19, 2010
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| Slotins host 17th annual Folk Fest in Atlanta |
When Steve Slotin was asked how he got into collecting folk art, he chuckled slightly and began his story. “Let’s go way back,” he said...
Sunday, August 15, 2010
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| Mayor Galambos 'not enamored with Washington' |
Since Sandy Springs was incorporated into a city in December of 2005, Eva Galambos has served as the town’s mayor. In 2009, she was re-elected as mayor with a whopping 84 percent of the vote. Prior to being elected mayor, Galambos was the president of the Committee for Sandy Springs from 1975-2005, which lobbied to incorporate the city...
Sunday, August 15, 2010
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| Behind the Music: The Tichel Cuties |
The night before the bomb that is Chagaga was dropped on the Internet (the evening of May 26, 2010, actually that of Yeshiva Atlanta’s graduation ceremony), rising junior Alexa Ratner didn’t even know what was coming. And she was one of the music video’s stars.
Sunday, August 08, 2010
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| Alterman's jazz is for everyone |
When Joe Alterman was 12 years old he talked his piano teacher into letting him play the “Boogie Woogie Blues” at the European School of Music. Alterman nailed the performance. He received a standing ovation from the crowd – a great feeling for any performer at any age...
Friday, July 09, 2010
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| Hadassah Director General visits Emory |
Emory University received an Israeli visitor this past weekend when Hadassah Medical Organization Director General Shlomo Mor-Yosef came to help pursue a working partnership...
Saturday, June 26, 2010
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| Izmaylov takes home Author of the Year Award |
While attending the Georgia Author of the Year Awards, 13-year-old Nicole Izmaylov was looking at a table displaying not only her book, “Ronnie and BB,” but the other books up for Best Picture Book...
Saturday, June 26, 2010
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| Hoffman to perform at MJCCA's Center Theater |
Avi Hoffman always knew there would be a third installment in his "Too Jewish" theater series.
It was just a matter of time before he came up with a concept...
Monday, June 07, 2010
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| Lessons and light-heartedness in 'This is Not Profanity' |
Recent Emerson College grad and Pope High School alum Matt DeFaveri’s book, “This is Not Profanity,” collects some of his most humorous memories as an elementary schooler with Tourette’s syndrome. His favorite anecdote in the book, however, has nothing to do with his condition...
Sunday, May 23, 2010
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| The four-piece approach to Shabbat |
For those to whom the title seems like an oxymoron, Shabbat Rocks might just be the perfect religious wake-up call...
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
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| Chrysalis: Learning through living |
When Chrysalis Experiential School director Richard Becker finished reading "My Orange Duffel Bag" by Sam Bracken, he knew he had to incorporate it into his students' curriculum...
Friday, April 09, 2010
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| Bet Haverim music: More to say |
The Threshing Floor is more than a recording. This second CD from Congregation Bet Haverim’s music program is also a snapshot of the synagogue and its members at this point in time...
Thursday, April 01, 2010
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| "Lots of Fun": Must-have for families |
The music that Gregory Roth performs as “Mr. Greg” does not start out like typical children’s music. Roth was raised on good tunes, studied with legendary jazz drummer Max Roach, opened for the Ramones and filled in for Harry Connick Jr. with his a cappella group...
Friday, March 26, 2010
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| State prosecutor pens book about legendary coach's speech |
Since he was an adolescent, Justin Spizman has been infatuated with the speech former North Carolina State basketball coach Jim Valvano gave at ESPN's first annual ESPY Awards in 1993...
Friday, March 19, 2010
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| Q&A with comedian Richard Lewis |
Richard Lewis, comedian, actor and author, is known for more than just standup these days. Roles like Prince John in Mel Brooks’ Robin Hood: Men in Tights, the rabbi in TV’s 7th Heaven and himself in HBO’s wildly popular Curb Your Enthusiasm have made him a household name, and he’s featured in a new book on the “golden age” of comedy, “I’m Dying Up Here."...
Thursday, March 11, 2010
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| Defying description: A Brief History of Howard |
Being succinct while still doing justice to Robert “Bob” Levin’s first novel, A Brief History of Howard, is not the easiest task. The author’s wife, Iris Levin, read the book six times during the editing and printing processes and is still constantly adjusting her synopsis...
Thursday, March 11, 2010
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| Mouzza finds what's been there all along |
To hear Mouzza Publications co-founders Bob and Iris Levin talk about it, they never meant to have their own business.
“The whole company was accidental,” Bob, the author of Mouzza’s inaugural book A Brief History of Howard, laughed...
Thursday, March 11, 2010
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| Striking sound: What I Did Over My Summer Vacation |
The Amy Levin Quartet’s debut EP, What I Did Over My Summer Vacation, is not what the eponymous jazz vibes player originally intended it to be. In the summer of 2008, she went over to a friend’s house to record some tracks for a scholarship application...
Thursday, March 11, 2010
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| 13 year old up for Georgia author award |
One day in the backyard of her parents’ house, Nicole Izmaylov saw a group of bees attack a stray cat that was trying to catch a mouse. The bees flew around the cat and stung it, and the mouse was able to run away to safety.
The witnessed scene inspired Nicole, who was just 12 at the time. She went on to write “Ronnie and BB"...
Thursday, March 11, 2010
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| Former mayor's daughter in town for two shows |
About 19 years ago, Melanie Massell took a break from singing and ventured off to Australia for a six-month backpacking trip. At the time Massell, an Atlanta native, was singing in a band covering top 40 tunes. Burned out from belting radio hits, she took some time off with her parents thinking she might never return to the United States...
Thursday, February 25, 2010
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| Spotlight on Art: From 30 to 9,000 |
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Twenty-nine years ago, the Spotlight on Art Artists Market was an auction with only 30 pieces.
Fast-forward to 2010, and this year’s artists market is showing 9,000 works from 350 different local and national artists...
Thursday, February 18, 2010
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| Full circle for Luckman and AAADT |
Sharon Luckman first saw Alvin Ailey’s signature choreographic work, “Revelations,” when she was 16. She was studying for the summer at the American Dance Festival in Connecticut, and after weeks of learning from the best, she got to see the best perform his greatest piece...
Thursday, February 18, 2010
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| Twenty Years Later, Bonnie Arnold Produces The Last Station |
Bonnie Arnold has been busy.
Almost simultaneously, the Hollywood producer and DreamWorks employee worked on The Last Station, which opens Friday in Atlanta, and How to Teach Your Dragon, which opens March 26...
Thursday, February 11, 2010
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| Future Self makes 'epic folk rock' |
The members of Atlanta-based indie rock group Future Self don’t buy into the tense atmosphere that exists before shows with multiple bands. They acknowledge that it’s competitive in a not-entirely-positive way, bordering on the combative, but they don’t want to perpetuate that feeling...
Thursday, February 11, 2010
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| 'Jews and Baseball' packed with content |
The process of making the documentary Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story, the first film from producer Will Hechter’s Clear Lake Historical Productions, has been many things to the talented group of people working on the project. It has been rewarding, meaningful, personal and necessary...
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
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| 'Jewish Cowboy' Paints Western Life |
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In the center of a second-floor gallery in the Booth Western Art Museum in Cartersville sits a recreated studio, complete with a fallen pencil lying on the floor.
The detail included in Kenneth M. Freeman’s posthumous exhibit coincides with the detail Freeman sought with his art...
Monday, February 01, 2010
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| The Men of Mah Jongg (Theatre Review): An Enjoyable Roller-Coaster Ride |
Emotions swing like a pendulum in Georgia Ensemble Theatre’s The Men of Mah Jongg, but there’s also an element of consistency. From start to finish, this is a play that is both touching and thought-provoking...
Friday, January 15, 2010
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| Discussions Enhance Moviegoing Experience |
Since its premier in 2000, the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival has celebrated the best in Jewish-themed filmmaking. This year it also celebrates its 10th anniversary...
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
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| Concert Kicks Off 10th Atlanta Jewish Film Festival |
In celebration of its 10th anniversary, the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival is partnering with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra to present a Gala Concert that will be a feast for the eyes and for the ears...
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
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| Crystal's 700 Sundays Just "Mahvelous" |
Billy Crystal opened his one-man play 700 Sundays to a packed house at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on Dec. 16. The great turnout was hardly surprising...
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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