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May 1st, 2012 |
By Lilly Nelson
ShareTweetAfter a nearly sleepless night between Allen (my co-star), and Leigh (the friend I brought with me) and Nikita (my dog) we get up at 6 am for another day of shooting. Oddly enough, sleeping in a bed with strangers is not a new thing to me. You get used to it after a while
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Tags: art, greensboro, Is This It?, Lilly Nelson
Apr 9th, 2012 |
By Lilly Nelson
ShareTweetI am an actor. I am well versed in the art of actoring. I must be okay at it, otherwise I suppose people wouldn’t pay me to do it. Two weekends ago I started work on a project in Wilmington, NC. Is This It? I won’t ruin it for you but it should be a
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Tags: art, Is This It?, Lilly Nelson, Shodan Productions, Wilmington
Feb 7th, 2012 |
By Lilly Nelson
ShareTweetI am in fairly good shape. I have never been even slightly overweight. I recently started running in the mornings. I go to the gym three times a week. Most of this is to counter the fact I sit at my regular nine-to-five. I dance, I teach CPR. So you know something big happened when
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Posted in Entertainment |
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Tags: Fringe Festival, Greensboro Fringe, Nikki Craven, pole dancing, Purrrlesque
Jan 30th, 2012 |
By Lilly Nelson
ShareTweet2. Rayne peeked through her mess of blonde hair at her bloodshot blue eyes. She hadn’t been feeling well at all today. The blistering headache had forced her out of work for a second day in a row. Not that it was going to be a big deal; who was going to work in this
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Posted in Fiction |
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Tags: apocalypse, Greensboro fiction, Lilly, local, Moses-Cone
Jan 23rd, 2012 |
By Lilly Nelson
ShareTweetThis year marks the 10th annual Greensboro Fringe Festival, two weeks of music, dance, and theater in the heart of downtown. Performers from all over host workshops and perform for a wide array of audiences. To celebrate the 10 year anniversary all shows are free with a suggested donation of $10 to the artists. All
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Tags: acting, Greensboro Fringe, local Greensboro music, music, performance
Jan 23rd, 2012 |
By Lilly Nelson
ShareTweetEpilogue It was too late already. In a small wooded area, below the fall leaves, the air itself began to slowly thicken into a faint cellophane. The coagulate spread out in a lethargic sheet towards the sky and crept unhurriedly towards the atmosphere, it’s edges curving in a wide arc to the south. The initiating
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Tags: Apocalypse Live, Greensboro fiction, Lilly Nelson, The Green Bean
Dec 19th, 2011 |
By Lilly Nelson
ShareTweetI’m rehearsing a show, Dead, and we were performing an acting exercise in the graveyard. Welcome to the world of theater, where nothing is too weird. No need for specifics, just six people amongst the tired resting souls of Greensboro. Walking through the rich history and crunching the leaves underfoot. While most people cringe at the
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Posted in Entertainment, Misc, Sights |
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Tags: ghost story, greensboro, haunted, local, Lydias Bridge
Nov 19th, 2011 |
By Lilly Nelson
ShareTweetLast weekend I helped a co-worker of mine redecorate her pottery shop for Christmas. “It’s not really my thing,” she said, handing me plastic balls, lights, and two nutcrackers. I laughed, because not 4 days before, on Halloween, I had walked through the shops while Christmas merchandise was being frantically thrown on the shelves, thinking
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Posted in News, Sights |
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Tags: date night, downtown, ghosts, greensboro