Books Without Borders
Combining her interests in handmade books, libraries, information exchange and social justice, Bridget Elmer produces works of art that go beyond the book —…
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The Lincoln Lawyer
Los Angeles criminal defense attorney Michael Haller (Matthew McConaughey) never met a criminal he didn’t like. He charges miscreants enormous fees and cleverly twists…
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Wake Up And Smell The Coffee
In October of 1955, newspaper readers came across a letter from someone signed “Non-Eligible Bachelor,” bemoaning his unmarried fate. The advice columnist to whom…
Read MoreHowl
He wore horn-rimmed eye glasses. When he performed in public he was outfitted in a jacket and tie. He was so normal looking for…
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Off Shoot
Joe Gemignani has spent three decades shooting high-end commercial assignments but had a late start. The Brooklyn native was 26 when he bought his…
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It’s 3:30 in the morning. An old man, hands shaking from liquor, dials the phone. He demands to talk to his wife, but the…
Read MoreThe Company Men
The Company Men is a solid drama that hardly anybody is going to pay to see on the big screen because it’s about something…
Read MoreThe Fighter
In the first few moments of The Fighter, you know you’re not stuck in another underdog vs. Goliath, albeit sorta true, sports drama. Beautiful…
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Square Roots
On the surface of it, the curving lines in Asheville artist Kenn Kotara’s paintings and sculptures are abstractions, lyrical studies in the division of…
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Odyssa Speaks
There are journeys outward and journeys inward. For Hendersonville-born author and hiker Jennifer Pharr Davis, the best of the former lead to the latter,…
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