ShareTweetWhat I always loved about Cameron Crowe’s better movies was his ability to turn cheese into pizza. What I mean by this is that he takes highly emotional stories that would be terrible in the hands of other filmmakers, and with the right ingredients of great actors and essential truths, he manages to craft good
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ShareTweetSelf-described actor, writer, director, producer, musician, drummer, model, and artist Jaysen Buterin burst onto the Greensboro film scene in 2006 when he and co-conspirators James Evan Wade and Jennie Prince founded Mad Ones Films so they could compete in that year’s 48 Hour Film Project. The result of their collaboration was the gory and sweet
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ShareTweetThe Flatiron is a downtown dive bar on Summit Avenue. The atmosphere is inviting and welcoming, much like the regulars. On Tuesdays, it is home to an open mic night hosted by Matty Sheets, a bartender at the Flatiron and fellow Avant Greensboro writer. On weekends, you can catch a set by a local band
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ShareTweetThe experience of watching four Twilight movies can best be described as watching a young woman make a series of bad decisions. That young woman is Bella Swan played by Kristen Stewart, and her most recent bad decision in “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1” is to get married immediately after graduating from high
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ShareTweet Daniel Rhodes completed his Ph.D. in Cultural Studies with a graduate certificate in Women and Gender Studies from UNC-Greenboro in 2008. He completed his Masters in Social Work from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1996. During his career Daniel has served in different community based organizations working directly with various groups such as immigrants and refugees;
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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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ShareTweetOne of the cool things about Greensboro is the music scene. It is diverse and expansive, covering many genres. You can catch a good show nearly every weekend. This weekend was no exception, featuring a show at CFBG. Fake Mustache, The Raving Knaves, and The Old One-Two brought the weekend in with their upbeat songs.
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ShareTweetGreensboro houses many talented artists. There are countless original bands, photographers, visual artists, and film makers. One of these film makers, Harvey K. Robinson, has a message to go along with his films: Save the Monkeywhale. I first met Harvey when he was a bartender at the Flatiron, a local downtown dive. I was drinking.
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ShareTweet“We got sold out, they got bailed out!” exclaimed somewhere between 600 and 1000 protesters outside of Bank of America’s downtown Greensboro location on Saturday, October 15. These protesters were called to action by Occupy Greensboro, an organization set up in response and solidarity to Occupy Wall Street. The march began shortly after 3 pm
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