I’m not angry enough about SOPA to suit some of my friends, but I’m plenty concerned about it. I’m also concerned about the problems that the poorly designed and overreaching Stop Online Piracy Act (plus the less discussed Protect IP…
As corny as this idea is, I found it quite moving. Once you get past the quick interviews, kids take the podium one at a time to recite the speech:
Watch In Smaller Voices, ‘I Have a Dream’ Echoes Again Over National Mall on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour.
Psychotronic Film Night at The Sentient Bean on Wed., Jan. 11 features a restored version of the 1977 TV film of The Hobbit. There’s lots more information about the 8 p.m. screening here.
Here’s a homemade trailer by a fan:
Click on the post to see another homemade trailer pairing images from the animated 1977 version with Peter Jackson’s film scheduled to be released in 2012.
A few details here, more in the post:
Joan Didion reads from her new book “Blue Nights”:
Watch Joan Didion Reads From ‘Blue Nights’ on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour.
Open the post to listen to an interview.
Some major reorganization of Georgia’s state universities and colleges has been in the offing for a long time. In the AJC today, Chancellor: Proposed consolidations are right approach, details the four proposed mergers: — Augusta State University and Georgia Health…
Spoleto USA in Charleston now has its 2012 program live on its website. Or go here for a digital, downloadable brochure. It’s a great lineup I think — probably a little more interesting to me than last year. (I only…
This video speaks for itself. I suggest going full screen:
If you’re interested in “slow food”, “farm to table”, “eating local”, or any of the other relatively recent efforts to bring back old ways of thinking about food production, purchase, and consumption — or if you are just interested in…
A few days ago, I posted the first trailer for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit, which comes out in December 2012. I finally got around to watching the trailer of another highly anticipated 2012 release. Here’s the trailer for The Dark…
Let’s get right to the action: The Hobbit will be released in December 2012. I’m so glad that Peter Jackson (who made at least one really great movie not based on the work of J.R.R. Tolkien — Heavenly Creatures) has…
Congratulations to my former students — and to all the students — who just graduated from Armstrong Atlantic State University. I’ve been teaching part-time or full-time at Armstrong since 2000. I just came from the ceremony in the arena —…
Because of out-of-town family commitments, I had to miss the sold-out Savannah appearance earlier this year of The Unchained Tour, a storytelling project that traveled throughout Georgia in support of independent bookstores. But that local gig was obviously a big…
