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		<title>Jon Ross reviews Monterey Jazz Festival, inspired collaborations at Ferst Center</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At their best, jazz festivals gather a roster of international talent for a weekend of musicmaking, creating a crucible for collaborations among musicians who don&#8217;t normally play together.
In this spirit, the Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech hosted mainstays from California&#8217;s Monterey Jazz Festival on Saturday night. As a touring group, they last stopped in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.artscriticatl.com/2010/03/jon-ross-reviews-monterey-jazz-festival-inspired-collaborations-at-the-ferst-center/</link>
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		<title>Breaking news: Atlanta artists in Québec City biennial</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Catastrophe is the theme of Manifestation internationale d&#8217;art de Québec, Manif d’art 5, Québec City&#8217;s upcoming art biennial. But the citywide exhibit is definitely a boon to Atlanta artists Sarah Emerson and Katherine Taylor. Curator Sylvie Fortin, the editor in chief of Atlanta-based Art Papers magazine, has included them in the event, which will run May 1 through June 15.


Fortin [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.artscriticatl.com/2010/03/breaking-news-atlanta-artists-in-toronto-biennial/</link>
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		<title>Opera review: Soprano Mary Elizabeth Williams sings (belatedly) her &#8220;Aida&#8221; debut with Atlanta Opera</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Billed as the star of the Atlanta Opera&#8217;s &#8220;Aida,&#8221; soprano Mary Elizabeth Williams was scheduled to make her debut in the title role Saturday, but had to cancel with a sinus infection. In her place, veteran Aida soprano Indra Thomas sang it opening night, which was reviewed here.
Williams received a doctor&#8217;s OK during the day Tuesday &#8212; &#8220;antibiotics [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.artscriticatl.com/2010/03/opera-review-soprano-mary-elizabeth-williams-sings-belatedly-her-aida-debut-with-atlanta-opera/</link>
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		<title>Breaking news: New Serenbe Photography Center has a unique printing studio and more</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Serenbe Photography Center, which launches with an open house on March 13, is more good news for metro Atlanta. The nonprofit center has a lab like no other in the Southeast, outside of academia, for traditional color and black-and-white printing as well as digital processing. It will also offer workshops and other programs. 




The core of the lab, which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.artscriticatl.com/2010/03/breaking-news-new-serenbe-photography-center-to-offer-the-only-lab-for-traditionaldigital-printing-in-the-southeast/</link>
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		<title>World premiere for Georgia Shakespeare: Brad Sherrill&#8217;s &#8220;Prophets&#8221;</title>
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Georgia Shakespeare&#8217;s 25th season will begin with a world premiere: &#8220;Prophets,&#8221; a multimedia work by longtime company member Brad Sherrill, which delves into the Old Testament texts of Isaiah and Jeremiah.


From March 24 through 28, Sherrill will perform &#8220;Prophets&#8221; in repertory with his first one-man Bible-based show, &#8220;The Gospel of John,&#8221;  which he has performed more than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.artscriticatl.com/2010/03/3297/</link>
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		<title>Breaking news: Shake at the Lake to bring free theater back to Piedmont Park</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a bit of a financial dry spell, Georgia Shakespeare&#8217;s Shake at the Lake is coming back to Atlanta&#8217;s Piedmont Park in May.
On the verge of opening its 25th season, the theater announced Wednesday that Bank of America has come through as sponsor of the evocative, al fresco happening. (After running for four years, the 2009 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.artscriticatl.com/2010/03/breaking-news-shake-at-the-lake-to-bring-free-theater-back-to-piedmont-park/</link>
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		<title>Who will sing Aida tonight? The Atlanta Opera has yet another acclaimed soprano waiting in the wings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 5:20: A spokeswoman for the Atlanta Opera just called to say Mary Elizabeth Williams WILL sing Aida tonight.
High drama continues for the Atlanta Opera&#8217;s &#8220;Aida.&#8221; Read ArtsCriticATL&#8217;s opening night review here.
The scheduled title character, soprano Mary Elizabeth Williams (top photo), is reportedly feeling better after a sinus infection forced her to cancel Saturday&#8217;s opening [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.artscriticatl.com/2010/03/who-will-sing-aida-tonight-the-atlanta-opera-has-yet-another-acclaimed-soprano-waiting-in-the-wings/</link>
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		<title>Dance review: Modern Atlanta Dance Festival, a showcase of local talent, energized in its 15th year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What’s surprising about the Atlanta dance scene is the number of choreographers who produce interesting, engaging contemporary work. On Saturday evening, the Modern Atlanta Dance Festival showcased seven of those voices in its annual concert at the Marcus Jewish Community Center.
It’s been 15 years since festival artistic director and curator Douglas Scott, seeing the demise of the juried Atlanta [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.artscriticatl.com/2010/03/dance-review-modern-atlanta-dance-festival-a-showcase-of-local-talent-energized-in-its-15th-year/</link>
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		<title>Opera review: Backstage drama and some real excitement in the Atlanta Opera&#8217;s &#8220;Aida&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Verdi&#8217;s &#8220;Aida,&#8221; oversized yet dramatically subtle, is always a good show &#8212; even when the title soprano cancels two hours before curtain, even when the rest of the cast sounds under the weather (with one notable exception), and even when the conductor paces the evening erratically.
The Atlanta Opera&#8217;s &#8220;Aida,&#8221; which opened Saturday at the Cobb [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.artscriticatl.com/2010/02/opera-review-backstage-drama-and-some-real-excitement-in-the-atlanta-operas-aida/</link>
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		<title>Film review: Andrea Arnold&#8217;s &#8220;Fish Tank,&#8221; diving into Britain&#8217;s bleak housing projects</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the sweetest emotional exchange in &#8220;Fish Tank,&#8221; a girl throws her arms around her big sister and sobs, “I hate you.”
“I hate you, too,” replies Mia (Katie Jarvis), with a fondness we haven’t heard from her before. A jaded 15-year-old, Mia is a foul-mouthed but open-hearted survivor of the rough coming-of-age trial that constitutes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.artscriticatl.com/2010/02/film-review-the-award-winning-fish-tank-a-dive-into-british-trailer-trash-life/</link>
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