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Friday, July 30, 2010
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week end what to do, hear, see, watch, read, listen to, visit and eat in Gwinnett and Atlanta Maya Fresh Grill serves Mexican and American dishes ..............................................................Pg. 4
Staff Photo: Jonathan Phillips
Maya serves the kukulkan fruit temple with cinnamon-sugar flour shells topped with Georgia peaches, strawberries, whipped cream, honey and dulche de leche.
Art Beat ....................................................................Pg. 8 Movies.................................................................Pg. 10-17 Showtimes ............................................................Pg. 14 Local Event.......................................................Pg. 18,19 By Venue ................................................................Pg. 21 Gwinnett Calendar ............................................Pg. 22 Metro Calendar....................................................Pg. 23 The “Weekend” arts and entertainment guide includes select events in the coming week. To be considered for a listing, send a fact sheet to: Weekend, Features Department, Gwinnett Daily Post, 725 Old Norcross Road, Lawrenceville, GA 30045; or call 770-963-9205, e-mail features@gwinnettdailypost.com or fax 770-339-8081. Weekend cover: Nicole Puckett
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Weekend design: Corinne Nicholson
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THE DISH
Maya Fresh Grill
960 Pleasant Hill Road,
Suite A, Lawrenceville 770-279-3748
www.mayafreshgrill.com
BY DEANNA ALLEN STAFF WRITER deanna.allen @gwinnettdailypost.com
Open since: Last week Location: Maya Fresh Grill the corner business in a shopping center is off Pleasant Hill Road near its intersection with Cruse Road. Hours: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to sunset Friday and sunset to 2 a.m. Saturdays Owners: Maya Fresh Grill is a partnership between Guillermo Gonzalez-Patron, Josafat Alvarado Zemleduch and Jaroslav Kosut. Atmosphere: Industrial chic with a contemporary feel meets Mayan-inspired decor inside Maya Fresh Grill. Regular tables are scattered throughout the restaurant, along with a pair of high-top tables near one entrance. Partial booths paired with a trio of chairs each line the wall to the right. Above the wooden benches is a partially complete mural depicting the Mesoamerican deity Nahuatl. Mayan carvings imported from a small town in the Yucatan Peninsula rest midway down on pillars that divide the expanse of windows that stretches across the front of the restaurant and part of the left wall. Ceremonial masks imported from that same town are used to decorate a wall at the rear of the restaurant. Menu: Gonzalez-Patron calls the cuisine offered by
ONTHEMENU • The Maya — A hot-offthe grill ground beef burger with melted white cheese, turkey ham, beef salami, fresh lettuce and tomatoes, mayo-mustard and fresh avocado served with a side of charro beans or French fries, $6 • Skirt-steak takkos — Moist, thin and flavorful grilled skirt steak with cilantro and onions stuffed in three corn or flour tortillas and served with a side of spicy salsas, lime and charro beans, $6.75 • Crispy flutes — Three flute-shaped crispy tacos filled with shredded beef covered with Mexican cream, queso fresco, lettuce and tomatoes served with a side of avocado sauce, $6 • Tropical rainforest salad — Fresh romaine and mixed greens, raspberry dressing, lime, caramelized pecans and grilled pineapple, $7 • Kukulkan fruit temple — Crispy flour shells mixed in cinnamon sugar topped with sweet Georgia peaches, strawberries, whipped cream, honey and dulce de leche (milk caramel), $2.99
Maya Fresh Grill a north and south Latin fusion. The restaurant’s menu is a combination of Mexican dishes — tacos (listed on the menu as takkos), burritos and quesadillas — and American selections — burgers with a Latin flavor, hot wings with a twist. The menu was influenced by Gonzalez-Patron’s parent-
Staff Photos: Jonathan Phillips
Maya serves up the chicken flutes with pico de gallo, onions and salsa. Also served is the maya burger with ground beef, melted white cheese, turkey ham, beef salami, lettuce, tomato, mayomustard and avocado. Maya is located at 960 Pleasant Hill Road in Lawrenceville and offers patrons booth and table seating with an assortment of authentic southern mexican inspired dishes.
age — his mother is from the southern part of Mexico, where food is flavorful, bold and spicy, while his father hails from the north, where the cuisine is more tame, often served plain and grilled. Combining the two — grilled selections with flavor — Maya Fresh Grill offers the best of both worlds in its burgers,
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grilled potatoes, takkos, burritos, quesadillas, hot wings and soups and salads. Gonzalez-Patron hopes to roll out vegetarian selections soon. Customers can wash down their fusion dishes with sodas, fruit punch, lemonade and coffee, as well as the highly recom-
mended raspberry tea. Things you might not know: Gonzalez-Patron and Zemleduch designed the logo for Maya Fresh Grill. The duo met while
working as graphic designers for two different companies and started talking more than two-and-a-half years ago about opening a restaurant together.
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INSIDE THE PERIMETER
Furry broadway staple pounces on Fox Theatre BY DEANNA ALLEN STAFF WRITER deanna.allen @gwinnettdailypost.com
To get into character for his current role, Adam Steiner looked to a fourlegged creature for guidance. The Michigan native rocks out as the wildmaned rebel feline Rum Tum Tugger in the national tour of the musical “CATS.” “He’s definitely a rock star in the tribe and has kind of been considered a mix between Mick Jagger and Elvis,” Steiner said. “He really kind of just likes to show up on stage and show everybody up. I get to pretend I’m Mick Jagger every night.” To portray a feline version of The Rolling Stones frontman, Steiner studied YouTube videos of cats,
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paying attention to their movements and habits. “I think that there’s so much stillness to the way that a cat moves,” Steiner said, “and just the animal quality, (the fact) that a cat’s reaction comes from the center of their back and that’s just so unhuman. “Now it’s just something that I can click into,” he said. “It’s completely a thing that just happens for me now.” The award-winning
musical, composed by ple who truly, truly let the journey with us there’s the most incredible, upliftAndrew Lloyd Webber, is themselves go might take no way you won’t leave ing and engaging stories based on T. S. Eliot’s “Old away. If you really go on thinking that was one of you’ve ever seen.” Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” and follows the Jellicle tribe as they celebrate the Jellicle Ball after which one cat is chosen to be reborn into a new life. Atlanta’s Theater of the Stars is bringing the show to the Fox Theatre for a five-day run of shows beginning Wednesday, complete with a stunning set and incredible costuming in an authentic reproduction of the Broadway experience. Steiner invites Atlanta audiences along for the ride. “I think the most important thing is for people to really step out of themselves and connect with what we’re doing,” Steiner said. “I feel there’s so much to the show that peo-
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ARTS Tannery Row looking for artists while Suwanee rocks ‘Footloose’ The Tannery Row Artist Colony is asking artists to submit work for a new exhibition to be held Oct. 16 through Dec. 4 at the facility at 554 W. Main St. in Buford. The exhibition is titled “The Music in Me,” and it will be juried by Angela Nichols, director of education and public programming for the Hudgens Center for the Arts. Entry deadline is Sept. 24, and the artwork has very specific guidelines. The theme, “The Music in Me,” must be the artist’s interpretation of a favorite song. “This idea was spawned by the nostalgia around old album covers and CD covers, and how some of them truly are works of art,” Tannery Row spokesperson Judy Isaak said. There is a nonrefundable $25 entry fee, with a maximum of two pieces per artist. Also very important: the entries must be square. The maximum size accepted is 36 inches high by 36 inches wide. Also important, all artwork must have been created within the last six months. Artwork must be two-dimensional work on canvas and gallery wrap/back stapled. Work should be submitted to Tannery Row. Photography, “crafts,” Giclee or other reproduced work, computer, digital images and video are not accepted. Notification of acceptance will be sent by email or phone on Oct. 12. There will be an
“We are thrilled to be presenting ‘Footloose’ for our fourth ‘Broadway in the Park’ event,” said Patty Etherton, co-founder and CEO of Suwanee Performing Arts. “As in past years, we have assembled some of the best performers, directors, choreographers and musicians in Gwinnett County and North Georgia, and we opening reception at Tan- anticipate another fantasnery Row from 6 to 9 p.m. tic weekend of shows to benefit our arts programs.” Oct. 16. In addition to “FootCash prizes and ribbons loose,” the first half of the awarded. For a prospectus show will offer vocal or to ask more questions, selections from “Sounds call Christine Canova at 678-520-6418 or Jim Kip- of Suwanee” and “Fancy Free,” an original musical pel at 770-845-6827. set to 1980s tunes. ■■■ This annual event supMaking music of another sort are the young per- ports a number of Suwanee Performing Arts formers from Suwanee efforts, from Youth Ballet Performing Arts. This nonprofit community arts and Sounds of Suwanee Jazz Ensemble to needorganization will present based scholarships. its fourth annual BroadThe audience is encourway in the Park event at 7 p.m. today and again Sat- aged to buy a table and bring a picnic. Tables for urday at the same time. The performance will take eight are $90 and for four are $45. These up-front place at Suwanee Town tables will allow the audiCenter Park on the ence to experience the amphitheatre stage. show as they enjoy their The performance will be “Footloose,” a musical own food and beverages. There is also space behind re-telling of the hit 1984 these tables for people to movie starring Kevin enjoy the show at no cost. Bacon. The musical tells the story of a teenage boy But bring a blanket to sit on. For more information, who moves back to a small farming town where call 678-910-7184 or visit he finds a ban on dancing, the web site at www.suwaneeperformingarts.org. among other antiquated Holley Calmes is a freelocal laws. The story is lance writer and public appealing on many emorelations consultant spetional levels, and the cializing in the arts. E-mail music garnered both her at hcalmes@mindOscar and Tony nominaspring.com. tions.
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‘Pelada’ made for hard-core soccer fans Pelada (NR) ★★★ ★★ BY MICHAEL CLARK Movie Critic
Within 10 minutes after it starts, this featherweight documentary from Georgia native and Chamblee High School graduate Ryan White tells us (without intent) that soccer is the most popular team sport in the world, but not so much in the U.S. For anyone who has even just a fleeting interest in sports, this isn’t exactly news and for soccer lovers in this country, it’s just one more indicator that professional U.S. soccer is living on borrowed time. Rather than belabor that
Photo: Tripod Media
Pelada follows amateurs Luke Boughen and Gwendolyn Oxenham on a globetrotting road trip connecting with people who also share their passion.
point like the far more interesting “Once in a Lifetime” from 2006 did, White avoids the issue altogether
and instead turns his film into a globetrotting road trip for two very lucky and talented amateurs (Luke
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Boughen and Gwendolyn Oxenham). For the better part of a year, the romantically involved Boughen and Oxenham solicited funds from those who share their passion for the game and eventually collected enough coin to visit every continent in the world (except Antarctica) and connect with people of every conceivable race and creed who also share their passion. Unless you live and breathe soccer, “Pelada” (Portuguese for football) is a colossally redundant snorer saved just slightly by exactly one scene that puts Boughen and especially Oxenham in quasi-bodily danger. Without giving much away, it takes place in
(surprise) a Middle-Eastern Arab country. Both almost good enough to have played professionally, Boughen and Oxenham’s sole mission is to hit as many places as their budget will allow in order to participate in street/pick-up games. Along the way they encounter many just like them, which is very nice in a kumbaya sort of way but comes off static and inert on screen. It’s the same feeling non-fans of baseball or golf have — playing it might be fun, but watching it is a crushing bore. The rather simple but encouraging message the movie delivers is that soccer is the athletic elixir or salve capable of, however temporarily, soothing the differ-
ences of natural sworn enemies. If it can keep opposing teams of Arabs and Jews playing a night game in Jerusalem or hardened criminals in a prison courtyard on an even keel, it must be have some sort of universally mystical quality, right? If you’re a soccer mom or dad and you think this could be something your children might like, you should know going in that roughly 75 percent of the dialogue is in languages other than English. While subtitles might help you understand what’s going on, they will likely perplex and confound anyone under the age of 10, no matter how much they love the game. (Tripod Media)
Fur flies with the jokes in ‘Cats & Dogs’ Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (PG) ★★★★ ★ BY CHRISTY LEMIRE AP Movie Critic
Dogs and cats, living together ... mass hysteria? Maybe not so much. While these animals were resourceful and wellequipped enemies in the original “Cats & Dogs” from 2001, now they’re forced to band together to fight a common foe in the sequel “Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore.” As you can tell from the name, this is a spy send-up,
specifically of James Bond movies — the opening titles alone are super clever, an indication of the kind of eye for detail that’s in store throughout — and from there, the jokes fly fast and furious along with the fur. Surprisingly, most of them work in the script from Ron J. Friedman and Steve Bencich. But as directed by Brad Peyton, the sequel is a mix of live action, puppetry and computer animation, and the jumbled look is its chief weakness: The animals are cute and all, but the visual effects that suggest they’re talking too often look jumpy and fake. You want your talkinganimal movies to be realistic, don’t you? That’s not too much to ask.
And of course, because it’s a family film coming out this summer, it’s in 3-D. It probably didn’t need to be — it never needs to be — but at least the effects are more convincing than they were in, say, a lousy conversion from 2-D like “The Last Airbender.” They’re even more effective in the cartoon that precedes “Cats & Dogs,” a new Looney Tunes offering that’s oldschool in spirit, featuring Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner. You could probably watch those guys go at it for an hour and a half and be totally satisfied. Still, it’s a delightful idea that cats and dogs not only enjoy a rich interior life while adults are away, but also function as highly
trained super spies, complete with elaborate gadgetry. You know you’ve wondered this yourself about your own furry friends at home. So you may find yourself laughing the whole way through, even at a take-off on “The Silence of the Lambs,” a film that’s been parodied ad infinitum. Still, when it’s the fluffy, white feline Mr. Tinkles strapped up in a cell, wearing that infamous mask — and voiced again by Sean Hayes — it adds another layer to the joke that’s at once twisted and kinda sweet. This time, the self-styled uber-villain is Kitty Galore, whose hairless appearance is frightening enough. As voiced with campy menace
by the great Bette Midler — who really should do more of this sort of thing — she’s an over-the-top, diabolical drama queen. But in a good way. Kitty has a plan to enslave dogs around the world and make cats the true rulers. The secret agents of DOG — led by Lou the beagle (Neil Patrick Harris) and Butch the Anatolian shepherd (Nick Nolte) — recruit the overeager German shepherd Diggs (James Marsden), who’s been cast off the San Francisco police force for his inability to follow orders, to stop her. But they soon realize they have to team up with the underground cat group MEOWS, led by Catherine (Christina Applegate) and her boss, the
tuxedoed Tab Lazenby (Roger Moore, a nice touch). Both teams get help, sort of, from the scatterbrained, fast-talking pigeon Seamus (Katt Williams). Among the people who populate “Cats & Dogs,” Chris O’Donnell plays Diggs’ former police partner and Jack McBrayer gets some reliable laughs doing a version of his guileless doofus character — this time, a magician who’s Kitty Galore’s unsuspecting human companion, who insists on dressing her in humiliating costumes as part of his act. But for grown-ups, kids, dogs, cats — whoever’s watching, there’s enough here to keep them entertained.
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Steve Carell, left, plays Barry and Paul Rudd plays Tim in “Dinner for Schmucks.”
Broad comedic appeal is both strength and weakness of film Dinner for Schmucks (PG-13) ★★★ ★★
to the rest of the world in 1998, it was rechristened with the lukewarm and MICHAEL CLARK yawn-inducing title “The Dinner Game.” Given your own understanding of the word, “schmucks” could also be Given the premise, shocking and profane and in source material and colleccontext, still carries an equal tive talent involved, it would level of insulting offensivebe nearly impossible to ness. The “schmucks” in make it through “Dinner for this movie aren’t mentally Schmucks” without laughdisabled but are odd, eccening hard at least a couple of tric and socially inept. For times. Even a broken clock the most part they’re safe is correct twice a day. tion on “The Cable Guy” and innocuous, but you can Rarely has a movie been than the French film (“Le be sure some fringe group able to appeal in some way Diner de Cons”) from to every comedic taste which it was adapted, “Din- somewhere will scream foul under the sun — which is ner for Schmucks” has been citing political incorrectness and/or minority insensitivity the film’s only strength and getting less attention for sometime before the weekits ultimate downfall. It content than its title. There end is over. wants to be everything to are nearly a dozen English The principal schmuck is everybody and as a result, translations for the French Barry (Steve Carell), an IRS its hits are less frequent than word “cons” and none of employee who spends every its misses. them are printable here. Feeling more like a varia- When the film was exported second of his free time cre-
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ating painstakingly detailed dioramas featuring dead, stuffed mice dressed as humans. While bending over in a busy street to retrieve a freshly deceased vermin, Barry is hit by a car driven by Tim (Paul Rudd), an up-and-comer at an investment firm whose top brass hosts a weekly dinner party specifically designed to make fun of people like Barry. In no time, Tim realizes Barry would make the perfect dinner guest — something that would ensure him a place within a most pathetic inner circle of wealthy cretins. There’s just once catch: Tim’s classy, art curator girlfriend Julie (Stephanie Szostak) rightfully finds the whole fratboy practice deplorable and threatens to leave him if he
goes through with it. With about 15 minutes of perfect setup under their belts, director Jay Roach (the “Meet the Parents” and “Austin Powers” franchises) and screenwriters David Guion and Michael Handelman spend the better part of the next hour on largely unrelated possible love triangle subplots involving Tim, Julie, Barry, a self-absorbed primitive artist, a female stalker, Barry’s power-mad co-worker and someone’s ex-spouse. Also in the mix is a filthy rich art collector from an unspecified European country who appears to have something funny to say but never delivers. A few viewers will appreciate Carell here because Barry is a near carbon-copy of his Michael Scott character from “The
Office.” Clueless, abrasive, backslapping and lacking a brain-to-mouth filter, Barry is essentially Michael’s shut-in, underachieving brother. Rudd is good and even better when doing physical sight gags but he has shown brighter in other movies and is left holding the largely thankless, straight-man bag. Far more comfortable with broad and mainstream, Roach occasionally dips his toe into the bleak, edgy end of the humor pool but quickly withdraws it every time. He should have done the whole movie like “Meet the Parents” or passed altogether. This material is highly flexible in nature but can only rendered loud and obvious or squirmy and dark. There is no workable middle ground. (Paramount)
Photo: Universal
Charlie Tahan, left, plays Sam and Zac Efron plays his brother Charlie in the romantic drama “Charlie St. Cloud.”
Efron plays a personality-challenged anti-hero in forgettable ‘Charlie St. Cloud’ might never be able to clear. In “17 Again,” he starred as a high-school heartthrob which was essentially a recycled “HSM.” In the superb art-film “Me and Orson Welles,” he played a BY MICHAEL CLARK Movie Critic high-school thespian upstaged by his entire supporting cast. In “Charlie St. This is what happens when a performer becomes Cloud,” Efron’s title character starts out in 2005 as a defined by a single, highrecent high school graduate profile role — audiences but it only lasts for about find it difficult to see them 10 minutes. For the rest of in any other light. For Zac the movie (set in 2010), he Efron — now almost 25 plays a downbeat and years old — shaking the sullen graveyard caretaker teen-idol image that folriddled with misplaced lowed in the wake of the guilt. Some might consider three enormously popular this career move an exam“High School Musical” flicks has proven to be high- ple of extreme artistic overly problematic and presents compensation. Imagine a Nicholas Sparks a professional hurdle he
Charlie St. Cloud (PG-13) ★★★ ★★
adaptation cross-pollinated with “The Sixth Sense” by way of a made-for-TV Hallmark weeper and you’ll get the thrust of “Charlie St. Cloud.” After almost dying in a car crash that wasn’t his fault yet claimed the life of his younger brother Sam (Charlie Tahan), Charlie defers his Stanford scholarship, takes the creepy caretaker job and essentially throws in the towel on life. Charlie is anchored in his New England home because of a posthumous promise he made to his brother on the day Sam was buried. Every day at sunset, the two meet in the woods and toss around a baseball. No matter what he’s doing or who he’s with, Charlie drops every-
thing and races to the forest to chew the fat and play catch with a ghost. Everyone in town thinks he’s crazy and an early scene featuring Charlie and an Iraq War veteran friend strongly supports their position. Because it’s been firmly established that Sam is indeed dead and Charlie is very much alive, any measure of tension or mystery for this main plot — such as the one in “The Sixth Sense” — is absent and acts mostly as a laborious time killer. Things start looking up somewhat at the film’s midway point with the full-time presence of Tess (Amanda Crew), a girl who has had a crush on Charlie forever
and shares his passion for sailing. The glint returns to Charlie’s eye, he starts smiling, considers missing meetings with Sam and — to the giddy delight of every swooning Efron fan — he finally removes his shirt. This minor positive upswing is short-lived once the third acts kicks in when it is revealed that not only can Charlie converse with the dead, he’s also clairvoyant and can “read” shooting stars. It is also suggested that the mere touch of Charlie’s chest can prevent death. However inane and far-fetched this may be, there’s probably more than a few teen girls who would enthusiastically volunteer to test this theory.
With a maudlin tone not all that different from the Nicholas Sparks-Miley Cyrus downer “The Last Song” from earlier this year, director Burr Steers’ adaptation of the similarly titled Ben Sherwood novel takes a bouncy, fresh-faced brand name and turns them into a morose, personalitychallenged anti-hero. Considering “The Last Song” was the poorest-performing movie of Cyrus’ young career and Efron (not including the ensemble “HSM” franchise) has yet to make any kind of tangible dent at the box-office, expect the audience-repelling “Charlie St. Cloud” to dissipate like morning cumulus. (Universal)
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For movie showtimes for Saturday and Sunday, visit the theater websites.
MOVIE TIMES FOR FRIDAY, JULY 30
BUFORD
REGAL CINEMAS, MALL OF GEORGIA 20
Knight and Day (PG-13)
11:30, 4:45, 7:25 Predators (R)
2:05, 10:05 The Last Airbender (PG)
9:25, 12:45, 3:25, 6:05, 8:50
3333 Buford Drive 678-482-9263 www.regalcinemas.com
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (PG)
10:15, 1:05, 3:40, 6:20, 9:05 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (PG-13)
9:40, 12:25, 3:20, 6:05, 8:50
Cats & Dogs: Revenge of Kitty Galore 3-D (PG)
Toy Story 3 (G)
10:00, 12:35, 3:05, 5:50, 8:40
11:30, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:15, 11:30 Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (PG)
GEORGIA THEATRE CO., TOWN CENTER VALUE
Charlie St. Cloud (PG-13) 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00, 12:30 Ramona and Beezus (G)
700 Gwinnett Drive, No. 216 678-985-2222 www.georgiatheatrecompany.com
11:15 1:55, 2:35, 5:05, 7:05, 10:15
Shrek Forever After (PG)
Dinner for Schmucks (PG-13)
11:00, 1:40, 4:20, 7:30, 10:10 Ramona and Beezus (G) (With Open Captions and Descriptive Audio)
12:30, 1:30, 3:05, 4:30, 5:15, 7:25, 8:25, 9:35 The A-Team (PG-13)
2:00, 5:00, 8:00
11:50, 7:45
Jonah Hex (PG-13)
Salt (PG-13)
12:45, 7:30
10:10, 10:50, 11:50, 12:40, 1:30, 2:25, 3:15, 4:00, 4:50, 5:40, 6:45, 7:25, 8:05, 9:10, 9:50, 10:30, 11:35, 12:15 Inception (PG-13)
10:00, 12:45, 1:40, 4:10, 4:55, 7:25, 8:10, 10:40, 11:30 The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (PG)
Killers (PG-13) Charlie St. Cloud (PG-13)
11:45, 2:10, 4:35, 7:10, 9:40
11:50, 2:00, 4:20, 6:50, 9:00
11:40, 2:30, 5:20, 8:10, 10:55
Killers (PG-13)
11:45, 2:20, 4:50, 7:15, 9:50
How to Train Your Dragon (PG)
The Last Airbender [CC and Descriptive Audio] (PG)
1:05, 4:30, 7:00, 9:15
1:05, 3:35, 6:40, 12:15
12:05, 12:30, 2:30, 2:55, 5:10, 5:30, 7:35, 8:15, 10:10, 10:45
Death at a Funeral (R)
The Last Airbender (PG)
11:25, 2:10, 4:45, 7:45, 10:15 Despicable Me (PG)
12:20, 2:30, 4:50, 7:20, 9:25
Despicable Me 3-D (PG)
11:10, 1:30, 3:50, 7:10, 9:30, 11:50 The Kids Are All Right (R)
11:20, 2:05, 4:40, 7:40, 10:20 Predators (R)
4:35, 9:35, 12:10 The Last Airbender 3-D (PG)
Despicable Me 3-D (PG)
11:00, 1:30, 4:05, 6:30, 8:55
Despicable Me (PG)
11:25, 1:50, 4:25, 6:55
Charlie St. Cloud (PG-13)
11:40, 2:10, 4:30, 7:10, 9:35
Dinner for Schmucks (PG-13)
11:30, 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:15
11:40, 2:15, 5:15, 7:55, 10:30
Salt (PG-13)
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (PG-13)
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All it takes is a bit of earth. In New London Theatre’s latest production, a young girl awakens a long-dead garden and thaws the cold, hardened hearts of her new family. Frances Hodgson Burnett’s children’s story “The Secret Garden,” an inspirational tale of forgiveness and renewal, is set to music in a stage adaptation that gar-
nered three Tony Awards following its Broadway run. An orphan following the death of her parents, 11-yearold Mary Lennox, played by Chelsea Belcastro on the NLT stage, travels from her home in India to live with her reclusive uncle Archibald and his invalid son Colin in England. Haunted by the ghosts of those she has lost and largely ignored by her Photo: David McGregor uncle, Mary seeks refuge in a Chelsea Belcastro (Mary Lennox), from left, secret garden once cared for Kevin Lewis (Major Shelley) and Nikki Heraghty by her dead aunt. (Mrs. Shelley) act out a scene of “The Secret Garden” at the New London Theatre in Snellville. •See Garden, Page 19 The play runs through Aug. 8.
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LOCAL EVENT Garden •From Page 18 The show is directed by Scott Rousseau, who has seen the production on Broadway. “The effect of this show on me is tremendous,” he said. “I lost my mother about eight years ago. That created a great deal of anger in me. I feel she left me too soon. This show has helped me to realize that just because she’s passed, doesn’t mean she will ever be gone. I found great solace in that message.” For John Berlo, the show’s producer, the story in “The Secret Garden” is one of hope.
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“Even with the difficulties put in her path, Mary manages to not only make a home for herself,” he said, “but, with the help of
the other members of the healing come from the them to walk away with That kind of story that household, blooms the most unexpected places,” that glow you feel from a makes you not want it to lives of Colin (played by Rousseau added. “I want wonderful, heartfelt story. end.” Peter Nelson) and Archibald (played by Jesse Farmer).” It’s a story, Berlo said, that moves people emotionally. “Audience members can expect to leave with not only the satisfaction of seeing a top-notch performance, but also with the emotions within the story itself,” he said. “It is not unusual to see patrons leaving the auditorium wiping the tears from their eyes and having a big smile on their faces.” “I’m hoping people will understand that love and August 5-9
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For a second year in Gwinnett, the Asian Cultural Experience will celebrate the rich diversity of Asian cultures, inviting guests to immerse themselves in customs and traditions of Asian communities. The purpose of the twoday event, now in its 17th year, is to foster understanding and appreciation of Asian cultures. It is the largest Asian American cultural festival in Atlanta and is expected to draw more than 10,000 attendees to the Gwinnett Center this weekend, where volunteers and
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vendors will showcase the music, art, dance, crafts, food and fashion of Asian nations. The event will open at 11 a.m. Saturday with the traditional Chinese lion dance processing into the Perform-
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80 Forsyth St. N.W., Atlanta 404-651-4727 www.rialtocenter.org
AARON’S AMPHITHEATER AT LAKEWOOD
• Aug. 12-15: “Yeah! I Said It ...” • Aug. 22: “Pretty Women Never Get Married”
2002 Lakewood Way, Atlanta 404-443-5090 www.livenation.com/venue/ lakewood-amphitheater-tickets/
SMITH’S OLDE BAR 1578 Piedmont Ave., Atlanta 404-875-1522 www.smithsoldebar.com
• Sunday: Rockstar Mayhem Festival featuring KORN, Rob Zombie and more • Aug. 7: Flashback Festival • Aug. 20: Jack Johnson • Aug. 22: Brooks and Dunn with guest Miranda Lambert • Aug. 29: Creed with Skillet and Theft • Aug. 31: Kiss
• Today-Saturday: Rebirth Brass Band • Wednesday: Filligar, Smalltown Mayors and Wednesday If Not Before • Thursday: Blue Remedy THE TABERNACLE
ARENA AT GWINNETT CENTER
152 Luckie St., Atlanta 404-659-9022 www.livenation.com/venue/ getVenue/venueId/1294/
6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth 770-813-7500 www.gwinnettcenter.com
• Sunday: Crowded House • Aug. 19: Slightly Stoopid • Aug. 21: Patton Oswalt • Aug. 26: Michael Franti
• Sunday: “American Idol” LIVE! • Aug. 9: Justin Bieber • Aug. 13: Sean Hannity Freedom Concert • Aug. 14: The Wiggles (two shows) • Sept. 1: Paramore • Sept. 27: So You Think You Can Dance PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT GWINNETT CENTER 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth 770-813-7500 www.gwinnettcenter.com
• Nov. 26-28: Northeast Atlanta Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” • Dec. 4-5, 10-12, 17-19: Gwinnett Ballet Theatre’s “The Nutcracker” • March 18-20: Northeast Atlanta Ballet’s “Cinderella” • May 20-22: Northeast Atlanta Ballet’s “The Little Mermaid” ATLANTA CIVIC CENTER 395 Piedmont Ave. N.E., Atlanta 404-523-6275 www.atlantaciviccenter.com
• Friday: Beres Hammond and Friends • Aug. 7: Inspiration Live in Concert — Shankar, Ehsan, Loy, Shafqat Amanat Ali, Mahalaxmi Iyer and Richa Sharma CENTER STAGE 1374 W. Peachtree St. 404-885-1365 www.centerstage-atlanta.com
• Today: Carl Thomas, Silk and
VARIETY PLAYHOUSE 1099 Euclid Ave., Little Five Points 404-521-1786 www.variety-playhouse.com
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The ‘American Idol’ LIVE! 2010 tour will hit the Arena at Gwinnett Center on Sunday. Shai • Saturday: B.o.B. • Aug. 28: Who’s Bad • Aug. 30: Dir en Grey and Apocalyptica CHASTAIN PARK AMPHITHEATER 4469 Stella Drive N.W., Atlanta 404-233-2227 www.livenation.com
• Monday: Barenaked Ladies • Thursday: Sarah McLachlan • Aug. 12: Goo Goo Dolls • Aug. 15: Jackson Browne Classic Chastain • Today: Boyz II Men and En Vogue • Saturday: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s The Music of Queen, a Rock Symphonic Spectacular • Aug. 6: Cyndi Lauper with Sharon Jones and The DapKings and David Rhodes • Aug. 13: .38 Special with Drivin’ N Cryin’ and Sonia Leigh
• Aug. 14: Erykah Badu with Bilal COBB ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE
Larkin Poe
404-885-1365 www.theloft-atlanta.com
FERST CENTER FOR THE ARTS
• Aug. 14: Little Brother • Aug. 26: Tarrus Riley
2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway, Atlanta www.cobbenergycentre.com 770-916-2800
349 Ferst Drive, Georgia Tech campus 404-894-9600 www.ferstcenter.gatech.edu
• Aug. 21: Shen Yun Performing Arts • Aug. 27: Natalie Merchant • Aug. 31: Paul Mooney
• Sept. 11: Debbie Reynolds • Sept. 17: Break of Reality • Sept. 18: Homay and Mastan Ensemble • Oct. 1: David Sanborn Trio featuring Joey DeFrancesco • Oct. 3: Rockapella
EDDIE’S ATTIC 515-B N. McDonough St., Decatur 404-377-4976 www.eddiesattic.com
• Today: Mat Kearney & Jane Carrey • Saturday: Joe Gransden — “The Big Band” with Nicole Chillemi • Sunday: The Makepeace Brothers and Nora Jane Struthers • Tuesday: Freedy Johnston and Trey Rosenkampff • Thursday: Katie Herzig and
PHILIPS ARENA
FOX THEATRE 660 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta 404-881-2100 www.foxtheatre.org
• Wednesday-Aug. 8: “Cats” • Aug. 13: Trey Songz and Monica • Aug. 14: Kathy Griffin • Aug. 24-29: “The Sound of Music” THE LOFT 1374 W. Peachtree St., Atlanta
1 Philips Drive N.W., Atlanta 404-878-3000 www.philipsarena.com
• Aug. 11: Tom Petty with guest Crosby Stills and Nash • Sept. 16-19: Sesame Street Live presents “1-2-3 Imagine!” • Oct. 13-17: Disney on Ice presents “Toy Story 3” • Nov. 18: Roger Waters • Dec. 23: Justin Bieber RED LIGHT CAFE 553 Amsterdam Ave., Atlanta 404-874-7828 www.redlightcafe.com
• Today: Jesse Schwartz, Bellweather Station and Groundhawgs • Saturday: Carl Frazzano, Steve Stevens and Amnesty
• Aug. 13-14: Big Mike Geier’s Elvis Royale • Aug. 18: The Original Asia • Aug. 20: Dubconscious VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATER AT ENCORE PARK 2200 Encore Parkway, Alpharetta www.ticketmaster.com/ venue/115485
• Today: Steve Miller Band with guest Peter Frampton • Thursday: Sugarland • Aug. 7: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s “Disney in Concert” • Aug. 9: Green Day with guest AFI • Aug. 11: Arcade Fire with Spoon • Aug. 14: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s “The Wizard of Oz” • Aug. 15: O.A.R. WILD BILL’S 2075 Market St., Duluth 678-473-1000 www.wildbillsatlanta.com
• Today: Matt Stillwell with Andy Velo and Rachel Farley • Saturday: Dear Enemy, Dangerous New Machine and Subcam • Aug. 6: Cinderella
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GWINNETT CALENDAR Send items for Gwinnett Calendar to calendar@gwinnettdailypost.com or the Gwinnett Daily Post, P.O. Box 603, Lawrenceville, GA 30046. The fax number is 770-339-8081. Please include event name, time and date, location, with address, phone number and cost. Deadline is two weeks prior to the event.
Today Suwanee Town Center Park will host the Suwanee Performing Arts Presentation at 5 p.m. today and Saturday at 370 Buford Highway in Suwanee. For more information, visit www.suwanee.com/whatsnew.events.php. Suwanee Performing Arts presents “Footloose: The Musical” at 7 p.m. today and Saturday in Town Center Park, 70 Buford Highway N.W. in Suwanee.
Saturday Movie at the Rock presents “The Spy Next Door” at 8 p.m. Saturday at Rock Springs Park, 550 Rock Springs Road in Lawrenceville. Tickets are $5 and include festival games and movie. For more information, call 678-442-7283. Mall of Georgia’s movie under the Stars and Summer Concert Series will present the Drowning Creek Band at 6:30 p.m. followed by a presentation of “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel” on the Village Lawn. The Grayson Community Park will present “Pickin’” featuring local musicians starting at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at 1 Park Drive in Grayson. For more information, call 770-9638017. The 17th annual Asian Cultural Experience Festival will be held Saturday and Sunday in the Gwinnett Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth. Tickets are $8 for students and $12 for adults. For hours and
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Mall of Georgia’s movie under the Stars and Summer Concert Series will present the Drowning Creek Band at 6:30 p.m. Saturday followed by a presentation of “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel” on the Village Lawn. more information, call 770722-8486.
Upcoming/ongoing events The 2010 season of movies in Braselton Park, located off Harrison Street between Ga. Highway 124 and 53 in downtown Braselton, will be held select Saturdays through Sept. 18. For more information, call 706654-5551. Fine Art Exhibits presents Works by Tom Nakashima and The Augusta State Faculty Invitational through Sept. 25. The Hudgens Center for the Arts is located at 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Building 300. For more information, call 770-623-6002. New Dawn Theater Company will present “Cheaper By the Dozen” through Sunday at 3087 Main St. in Duluth. Tickets are $10 for students, $12 for seniors and $15 for adults. For more information, call 678-8875015.
Music at the Vines Mansion will continue select Fridays and Sundays through Sept. 19. Tickets are available by calling 678-6015900 or online at www.musicatthevinesmansion.com. The Hudgens Center for the Arts features the exhibit “In the Forest: Selected Works from the Hudgens Center’s Young Artists” through Aug. 14 in their student gallery, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth. For more information, call 770-623-6002. New London Theatre presents “The Secret Garden” through Aug. 8, 2485 E. Main St. in Snellville. For showtimes and more information, call 770-559-1484.
August The city of Lilburn and the Lilburn Woman’s Club presents the 7th annual singing competition “Lilburn Idol.” The grand finale performance begins at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 6. For more information, visit www.cityoflil-
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burn.com. Suwanee Town Center Park will host a Ying & Wing Festival and Concert at 3 p.m. Aug. 14 at 370 Buford Highway in Suwanee. For more information, visit www.suwanee.com/whatsnew.events.php. Suwanee Town Center Park will host B at the Movies at 8 p.m. Aug. 21 at 370 Buford Highway in Suwanee. For more information, visit www.suwanee.com/whatsnew.events.php. The Winder-Barrow Community Theatre will present “Bye Bye Birdie” Aug. 6 through Aug. 15 at 105 E. Athens St. in Winder. For more information, call 770-867-3106 or visit www.winderbarrowtheatre.or g. Gallery at St. Edward’s presents “Quartet Plus
2” through Aug. 20 in the chapel of the St. Edwards Episcopal Church, 737 Moon Road in Lawrenceville. For hours and more information, call 770-963-6128. Kudzu Art Zone presents the exhibit “Up Close and Personal” through Aug. 28 in the Norcross Art Gallery, 116 Carlyle St. in Norcross. For hours and more information, call 770-931-4474.
September Stone Mountain Park will host the Yellow Daisy Festival from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 9 through 12 in the Special Events Meadow. The park is at 1000 Robert E. Lee Blvd. in Stone Mountain. Admission is free. For more information, call 770-498-5690 or visit www.stonemoun-
tainpark.com. Suwanee Town Center Park will host Suwanee Day from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sept. 18 at 370 Buford Highway in Suwanee. For more information, visit www.suwanee.com/whatsnew.events.php. Suwanee Town Center Park will host the Second Annual Korean Festival at noon Sept. 25 and 26 at 370 Buford Highway in Suwanee. For more information, visit www.suwanee.com/whatsnew.events.php or call 770-203-1888. Lionheart Theatre will present “The Crucible” Sept. 3 through Sept. 19 at Norcross Community and Cultural Arts Center, 10 College St. in Norcross. For more information, call 770-885-0425 or visit www.lionhearttheatre.org.
METRO CALENDAR Today The 2010 Coca-Cola Summer Film Festival will present “Caddyshack” at 7:30 p.m. today at the Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. N.E. in Atlanta. For more information, visit www.FoxTheatre.org.
Saturday The 2010 Coca-Cola Summer Film Festival will present “How To Train Your Dragon” at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. N.E. in Atlanta. For more information, visit www.FoxTheatre.org. The 2010 Coca-Cola Summer Film Festival will present “Iron Man 2” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. N.E. in Atlanta. For more information, visit www.FoxTheatre.org.
Sunday The 2010 Coca-Cola Summer Film Festival presents “Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid” at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. N.E. in Atlanta. For more information, visit www.FoxTheatre.org.
Aug. 7 MudFire Gallery hosts the exhibit “Porcelain” from Aug. 7 to Sept. 25, 175 Laredo Drive in Decatur. For more information and hours, visit www.mudfire.com/porcelain.htm.
Aug. 10
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Mufire gallery will present this vase as part of the exhibit “Porcelain” from Aug. 7 to Sept. 25. The gallery is located at 175 Laredo Drive in Decatur. Aug. 21, and 4:30 p.m. Aug. 22 at 7004 Lake Sterling Blvd. in Flowery Branch. For more information, call 678357-7359.
Sept. 17
The 2010 Coca-Cola Summer Film Festival presents “The General” at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 10 at the Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. N.E. in Atlanta. For more information, visit www.FoxTheatre.org.
Atlanta Jazz hosts the third annual Atlanta Smooth Music show 8 p.m. Sept. 17 and 2 p.m. Sept 18 at the Mable House Barnes Amphitheatre, 5239 Floyd Road in Mableton. For tickets and more information, call 770-819-7765.
Aug. 21 and 22
Ongoing Events
Fifth Row Center presents “The Woods” outdoor theater at 7:30 p.m. on
Atlanta Shakespeare Company presents “Hamlet! The Musical!” through
Aug. 8 and at 6:30 p.m. Sundays at the Shakespeare Tavern, 499 Peachtree St. in Atlanta. For tickets or more information, call 404-874-5299 or visit www.shakespearetavern.co m. ART Station presents “Are We There Yet” through Sunday. The station is at 5384 Manor Drive in historic Stone Mountain Vil-
lage. Ticket prices are $27 for adults and $21 for seniors or students. For tickets and more information, call 770-469-1105. The Center for Puppetry Arts presents “Everybody Loves Pirates” through Sunday at 1404 Spring St. in Atlanta. Tickets are $9 for members and $16 for nonmembers. For tickets or more information, call 404873-3391 or visit www.puppet.org. Atlanta Lyric Company will present “Hairspray” through Aug. 8 at The Strand Theatre, 117 North Park Square N.E. in Marietta. For more information, call 404-377-9948 or visit www.atlantalyrictheatre.com . Whitespace is presenting the exhibit “Seepages” through Saturday at 814 Edgewood Ave. in Inman Park. For hours and more information, visit www.whitespace814.com. The Moon and Pluto presents Strange Daze Music and Arts Festival at 3 p.m. on Aug. 14 through 15. Cost is $10 and is located at The Masquerade, 695 North Ave. N.E., Atlanta. For more information call 404954-2615. Imagine It! The Children’s Museum of Atlanta presents Conservation Quest through Sept. 12 at 275 Centennial Olympic Park Drive in Atlanta. For more information, visit www.childrensmuseumatlanta.org. The High Museum of Art is presenting the exhibit “Dalí: The Late Work” through Jan. 9, 1280 Peachtree St. N.E. in Atlanta. The High Museum of Art is presenting the
exhibit “Signs of Life: Photographs by Peter Sekaer” through Jan. 11, 1280 Peachtree St. N.E. in Atlanta. The High Museum of Art is presenting the exhibit “European Design Since 1985: Shaping the New Century” through Aug. 29 1280 Peachtree St. N.E. in Atlanta. Whitespace presents the exhibit “Not
Biodegradable” from Aug. 6 to Sept. 4 at 814 Edgewood Ave., Inman Park. For hours and more information, call 404-688-1892 Jackson Fine Art Gallery is presenting an exhibit by Jeannette Montogomery Barron, “My Mother’s Clothes,” until Aug. 27, 3115 E. Shadowlawn Ave. NE in Atlanta. For more information, call 404-233-3739.
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