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Puss will please charitable audiences

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After sitting through only a few minutes of Puss in Boots, anyone expecting it to be a recycled, and therefore, lack-luster, version of Shrek will find themselves mistaken. With the exception of borrowing a character, Puss in Boots stands on its own feet and does not waste time leaning on its cash cow of a cousin. Puss in Boots is a sufficiently entertaining romp through the nursery rhymes of childhood, with a little more adventure thrown in for excitement’s sake.

ASO features Coucheron in Rachmaninov & Scriabin

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As the holiday season approaches, one expects the average orchestra to begin winding down in preparation for holiday concerts and shows. However. the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) is not like other orchestras. In the past week alone they have released a new recording and performed a U.S. premiere of a new piece led by David Coucheron, who joined as concertmaster last year.

Battlefield 3 stresses teamwork in multiplayer

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On Tuesday, Oct. 25, Dice released Battlefield 3 (BF3), one of the season’s most hotly-anticipated first-person-shooters. The environments are vivid, the weapons sound crisp and the buildings shatter from rockets just as a civil engineer would imagine. Although there are some flaws, the game is definitely worth a look.

New Arkham installment impresses

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In 2009, Rocksteady Studios brought us Batman: Arkham Asylum, easily the best superhero game of all time; that same year, they announced the development of Batman: Arkham City. The highly-anticipated sequel hit the shelves last week, and it was well worth the wait.

High showcases modern works

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One of the largest displays of modern art to be exhibited in the Southeastern United States, “Picasso to Warhol,” can delight art experts and novices alike through its entrancing multimedia collection.

Dead balances gore, realism

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The television series The Walking Dead premiered its second season in all its nightmarish, blood-soaked glory this past Sunday, Oct. 16. Maintaining the same form as its inaugural season, the premier episode delivered tense horror in conjunction with well-developed characters and an engaging storyline.

Session contrasts humanistic values

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What words would have been exchanged if two of the most celebrated minds of the 21st century, psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and author C.S. Lewis, had ever met? Mark St. Germain’s response was Freud’s Last Session, the longest running Off-Broadway show and the Theatrical Outfit’s latest production.

Atlanta Ballet hosts Eden|Eden

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The Atlanta Ballet’s first performance of the season will leave you in awe. Eden|Eden, a contemporary ballet performance, is an edgy, avant garde work by the philosophically driven choreographer Wayne McGregor.

Visionary Arts Fair to wow West End

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This Friday and Saturday, October 15th, Atlanta’s West End Art District will be hosting the first Annual Visionary Arts Fair, a unique foray into a psychedelic dream world immersed in the fusion of art and music.
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