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Yoga retreat offers (rhymes with) rich material for comedy at TheatreWorks
Those who can tell a downward-facing dog from a baby cobra will likely identify with the title of Suzanne Morrison's one-woman comedy, running this weekend at TheatreWorks in Memphis. "Yoga Bitch," part of Playhouse on the Square's inaugural SoloWorks series, is the Seattle actress' autobiographical story of a nearly disastrous two-month yoga retreat. Her performance debuted in London in 2007. She is also turning the experience into a book.
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Music
Despite college degree, Andrew Bryant still the music man
Andrew Bryant has something to fall back on now. This spring the Mississippi singer-songwriter earned his degree in history from Ole Miss. With a wife and new child, Bryant is hoping the degree will lead to a teaching job, a more stable source of income than the life of a traveling troubadour and indie recording artist. But Bryant has no plans on giving up on music, just moving things around to accommodate it
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Movies
Film Review: Depp's Dillinger stands out in telling of criminal's love, death
Grounded by Johnny Depp's relatively restrained and sometimes humorous star turn as the eloquently plain-spoken and charismatic gangster, John Dillinger, "Public Enemies" is both mesmerizing and disappointing. loquently plain-spoken and charismatic gangster, John Dillinger, "Public Enemies" is both mesmerizing and disappointing. The more bloodthirsty fans of criminous cinema may be surprised that the expected violence is intermittent and -- to Mann's credit -- far from cathartic.
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Dining
Dining Spotlight: Wang's Mandarin House revisited
Food writer Jennifer Biggs and deputy metro editor Peggy Burch dine out often, and sometimes together. When they do, they talk about the food, the service and the atmosphere, dialogues we'll share in reviews of favorite old Memphis restaurants as well as restaurants just making their debuts. This week, they visit Wang's Mandarin House on Park Avenue near Ridgeway.
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Arts
Dixon exhibit explores American identity through Civil War art, prose
Opening Sunday at Dixon Gallery and Gardens, the exhibition "Bold, Cautious, True: Walt Whitman and American Art of the Civil War Era" explores the theme of American identity by juxtaposing a variety of art from the period -- portraits, landscapes and genre pictures, scenes of the battlefield -- with lines from some of Whitman's most thoughtful or popular poems, particularly those that deal with the death of Abraham Lincoln. The exhibition will be displayed at the Dixon through Oct. 2, after which it will travel to the Katonah Museum of Art in Katonah, N.Y.
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07.06.2009: Ozark Folk Center State Park: Old Time String Band Week. 1032 Park Avenue. 870-269-3851.
07.07.2009: Ozark Folk Center State Park: Old Time String Band Week. 1032 Park Avenue. 870-269-3851.
07.08.2009: Ozark Folk Center State Park: Old Time String Band Week. 1032 Park Avenue. 870-269-3851.
07.09.2009: Ozark Folk Center State Park: Old Time String Band Week. 1032 Park Avenue. 870-269-3851.
07.09.2009: Rizzi's Paradiso Pub: Twin Soul acoustic concert. 6230 Greenlee Street. 901-592-0344.
07.09.2009: Snowden Grove Amphitheater: Gavin DeGraw and Collective Soul.
07.09.2009: TheatreWorks: First Tennessee-First Bravo Solo Works Series. 2085 Monroe. 901-274-7139.
07.09.2009: The Cove: Artist Night: Drawing with Live Models. 2559 Broad Avenue. 901-730-0719.
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