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Metro Beat The Future of First Friday ............................................11
Arts
“Carmen” Features Wild Gypsy Women and Doomed Lovers ............................................................................23 Three Mo’ Tenors and Then Some .............................24 Street Dance and More at Hispanic Festival .............25 “Carmen” this weekend.................23
Cinema
Celebrate Sin With Reverend Horton Heat .................35 Music By Turner ............................................................36 Athens-bred Elf Power Brings Otherworldly Sound to Augusta .........................................................................37 Nightlife ........................................................................ 38
Stuff Food: Charlie B’s ..........................................................21 Food: Fox’s Lair ............................................................22 News of the Weird .......................................................40 Brezsny's Free Will Astrology .....................................41 New York Times Crossword Puzzle ............................41 Classifieds ....................................................................42 Amy Alkon: The Advice Goddess ................................42 Date Maker ...................................................................44 Automotive Classifieds ................................................46
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EDITOR & PUBLISHER David Vantrease ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Rhonda Jones STAFF WRITERS Stacey Eidson, Brian Neill ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER Joe White ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Kriste Lindler, Jennifer Hughes PRODUCTION MANAGER Joe Smith GR APHIC ARTISTS Stephanie Carroll, Natalie Holle ASSISTANT TO THE PUBLISHER Meli Gurley RECEPTIONIST/CLASSIFIED COORDINATOR Sharon King ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ASSISTANT Lisa Jordan CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Meli Gurley SENIOR MUSIC CONTRIBUTOR Ed Turner CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Chuck Shepherd, Rob Brezsny, Austin Rhodes, Amy Alkon, Rachel Deahl CARTOONISTS Tom Tomorrow, Julie Larson
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Movie Listings .............................................................26 Review: “Knockaround Guys” ....................................28 Movie Clock/Close-Up: Michelle Pfeiffer ...................29
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Y E A R - E N D
Whine Line ......................................................................4 Words ..............................................................................4 Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down ..........................................4 This Modern World ........................................................4 Suburban Torture ...........................................................6 Austin Rhodes ................................................................8 Insider ...........................................................................10
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FEATURE
Amanda America Dickson: Challenging a Nation By Stacey Eidson....................16
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