James S. Polanco
decatur, ga
- Gender: Male
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- Member since: 2007-02-27 00:00:00
- Last log-in: 2007-08-20 00:00:00
- Events: 17
Events:
Riot In Belgium @ Decatur Social Club
Where: Azul
Date: 2007-08-24 23:00:00
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More info to come on this epic event...
Tin Cup Prophette & more! Benefit Concert for the American F...
Where: Eddie's Attic
Date: 2007-04-29 18:00:00
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doors @ 5, show @ 6, $20 This fundraiser for the Atlanta Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is an Acoustic Evening & Silent Art Auction. Come see a lineup of 8 acts including: Expect intense and creative violin-based looping with an organic songwriting style from Amanda Kapausouz, also known as TIN CUP PROPHETTE. She's touring in support of her latest CD "Liar and The Thief." Athens-based ADAM KLEIN delivers alt-country songs with a hint of Appalachia that fans of Kevn Kinney and Josh Ritter should enjoy. ANGELA MOTTER is known for her gritty and humorous lyrics, sensual vocals, and quality musicianship. It's bluesy folk rock that fans of Joan Osborne and Melissa Etheridge will enjoy. The complete lineup is as follows: Steve Reynolds (opens the show) Nutria Buck Buckley Band Wesley Cook Earnest Quarles Angela Motter Adam Klein Tin Cup Prophette
Tina Brooks McKinney Book Signing - "Lawd, Mo' Drama"
Where: Wordsmiths Books
Date: 2007-10-13 19:30:00
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Lawd, Mo' Drama by Georgia author Tina Brooks McKinney is the sequel to All That Drama. The new book finds mother of three Leah struggling with her husband's wandering eye, her child's autism, and a downturn in her finances, circumstances that force her to turn for support to Sammie, who continues to mourn Marie and looks for love in all the wrong places.
Owen's Summer Tour for How Best to Avoid Dying
Where: Indie Coffee and Books
Date: 2007-07-11 19:30:00
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Dalton Publishing announces the release of Owen Egerton’s first collection of short stories How Best to Avoid Dying. "If Franz Kafka had lived in central Texas and seen too many midnight movies, he would have been Owen Egerton. This is a divinely weird collection." -- Neal Pollack As the reputation of the Austin literary scene continues to grow, Owen Egerton’s work rockets through the forefront. Austin author and comic performer Owen Egerton (the Sinus Show, Plays Well with Others) has crafted a collection of dark, heartbreaking, and often laugh-out-loud stories exploring death and its slippery when wet loopholes. Egerton’s writing harvests the comic energy and imagination he brings to the stage and film and lets the bounty pour forth on the open landscape of his rich fiction. Spelling bees turn deadly; Lazarus is living in modern day America and begging Jesus to reverse his miracle; a novelist becomes a celebrity not for writing, but for emptying his bowels on his worst critic’s waterbed. His writing style sizzles with sharp humor and musical sentences, which reward the reader with revealing meditations on life’s ending chapter. And if this is the last thing you read, this is truly as satisfying a last meal as any mortal might request.
KISSatlanta.com / Decatur Social Club 4 Year Anniversary
Where: Azul
Date: 2007-06-01 23:00:00
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Info coming... moonwalk, sno-cones, pro-wrestlers, go-go dancers, snow... this is going to be insane.
Poetry Atlanta Presents Thomas Lux, Travis Wayne Denton, & T...
Where: Wordsmiths Books
Date: 2007-10-27 14:00:00
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Join us as Poetry Atlanta presents three distinguished poets performing on the Wordsmiths Books stage. Thomas Lux has written several books of poetry, including The Cradle Place and The Streets of Clocks. A finalist for The Los Angeles Times Book Award in Poetry and a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts grants and a Guggenheim Fellowship, Lux is now the director of Poetry at Tech at Georgia Tech. Travis Wayne Denton lives in Atlanta where he is the associate director of Poetry at Tech and editor of Terminus Magazine. His poems have appeared in The Greensboro Review, Rattle, The South Carolina Review, and The Baltimore Review. Tania Rochelle is the poetry editor for The Chattahoochee Review. Her poems have appeared in The Atlanta Review, The Cortland Review, Iris, Rattle, and New York Quarterly, and her first book, Karaoke Funeral, was winner of the 2003 Violet Reed Haas Prize.
Fonzworth Bentley Book Signing - "Advance Your Swagger"
Where: Wordsmiths Books
Date: 2007-09-28 19:30:00
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Manners + Confidence + Style = Swagger. And swagger describes the suave and stylish Fonzworth Bentley. The hip hop artist, entertainer, fashion designer, and former personal assistant to Sean "Diddy" Combs shares his surefire strategies for success in Advance Your Swagger. Bentley has transformed himself into an icon of unflappable grace, elegance, and good manners--and now he's on a mission to help you step up your game, advance your swagger, and live out your dreams. Filled with photographs to illustrate his lessons, Advance Your Swagger is an entertaining and personable lifestyle book for anyone who desires to make the best of impressions. He's taken care of his world--now let Mr. Bentley whip yours into style.
Breather Design Conference Presents Alan Messer
Where: Wordsmiths Books
Date: 2007-08-31 10:00:00
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Wordsmiths Books is pleased to participate in the first ever annual Breather Design Conference, an interdisciplinary creative conference in Decatur. Breather brings together artists, architects, interior designers, graphic designers, landscape architects, and other professionals concerned with design and its effects. As part of the Breather Conference, Wordsmiths Books will host a special slide presentation and anecdote-peppered discussion featuring the work of music photographer Alan Messer. Wordsmiths Books will gladly offer a 10% discount on all in-store purchases made on August 31st to all Breather Conference participants. For further information on Breather, or to register for the conference, please visit www.breather.org.
Stuart Woods Book Signing - "Shoot Him If He Runs"
Where: Wordsmiths Books
Date: 2007-09-25 19:30:00
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In Shoot Him If He Runs, the newest addition to Stuart Woods' bestselling series, Stone Barrington and Holly Barker pursue a master spy and murderer in a tropical paradise where very little is as it seems. Teddy Fay, a rogue agent last seen escaping an imploding building in Iron Orchid, has been considered dead for some time now. But President Will Lee thinks Teddy may still be alive. In a top-secret Oval Office meeting, Stone learns that he and his cohorts, Holly Barker and Dino Baldachetti, are being sent to the beautiful Caribbean island of St. Marks, courtesy of the CIA, to track down Teddy once and for all. St. Marks is a vacationer's paradise, but its luxurious beach clubs and secluded mountain villas are home to corrupt local politicians and more than a few American ex-pats with murky personal histories. Stone and Holly soon discover that in St. Marks, everyone is hiding something, and Teddy Fay may just be hiding in plain sight. Join Wordsmiths Books on September 25th, the release date of the book, for Stuart Woods' first Atlanta book signing for Shoot Him If He Runs.
Hal Edward Runkel Book Signing - "Screamfree Parenting"
Where: Wordsmiths Books
Date: 2007-11-17 14:00:00
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Family therapist Hal Edward Runkel discusses and signs his parenting book, Screamfree Parenting. Hal Edward Runkel, a family therapist and the father of two, takes an entertaining yet profound look at today's anxiety-driven, child-focused approach to parenting in Screamfree Parenting, and argues that parents must stop centering their lives around their children--and focus instead on themselves. Event submitted by Eventful.com on behalf of wordsmithsbooks.
Willy Porter
Where: Eddie's Attic
Date: 2008-02-24 21:00:00
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A phenomenal live performer and an Attic favorite, Milwaukee's WILLY PORTER returns to the Attic tonight. This acclaimed and respected guitarist and songwriter delivers solid, crisp pop with a moody baritone that fans of Leo Kottke, Richard Thompson, Lindsay Buckingham, Ed Roland, David Berkeley, and John Mayer will enjoy. He's toured with a number of legends, including Paul Simon, Sting, Jeff Beck, and Jethro Tull. Willy is currently touring in support of his 6th CD entitled "Available Light," which is getting great reviews (especially by our customers who've been listening to it before shows the past couple of weeks).
Wolfy - An opera in three acts based on Wolfgang Amadeus Moz...
Where: Theatre Decatur
Date: 2008-02-16 20:00:00
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THE NEW OPERA presents WOLFY An opera in three short acts by Misha V. Stefanuk with words by Evan Marie Dozier-Stefanuk Tickets are $15.00 for adults and $10.00 for students and seniors. THEATRE DECATUR: Thursday, February 14, 2008 – 8:00 PM Friday, February 15, 2008 – 8:00 PM Saturday, February 16, 2008 – 8:00 PM Sunday, February 17, 2008 – 2:00 PM Please visit www.TheNewOpera.com for more information including sound recordings. About the show: Wolfy is a 90-minute opera about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, focusing on some of the poignant moments in his life and his relationships with individuals who were close to him. It is full of beautiful melodies that you will go home humming. Even if you know practically nothing of Mozart, you will thoroughly enjoy Wolfy. Audience members will become acquainted with the person Mozart was and feel a closer connection to the musical genius through his charming personality and charisma as presented in this captivating production. Wolfy opens with scenes from Mozart’s childhood, revealing his great love for his mother and sister and his need to please his father who has significant plans for the musical prodigy. After a very brief interlude and address from the narrator, bringing the audience up to speed, we see Mozart’s relationship with his first love, his heartbreak at his mother’s death and his marriage to Constanze Weber. The opera closes with a beautiful and touching ensemble of the women who loved Wolfy, each expressing her own feelings for him. Theatre Decatur 430 W. Trinity Place Decatur, GA 30030 404-373-5311 About the show: Wolfy is a 90-minute opera about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, focusing on some of the poignant moments in his life and his relationships with individuals who were close to him. It is full of beautiful melodies that you will go home humming. Even if you know practically nothing of Mozart, you will thoroughly enjoy Wolfy. Audience members will become acquainted with the person Mozart was and feel a closer connection to the musical genius through his charming personality and charisma as presented in this captivating production. Wolfy opens with scenes from Mozart’s childhood, revealing his great love for his mother and sister and his need to please his father who has significant plans for the musical prodigy. After a very brief interlude and address from the narrator, bringing the audience up to speed, we see Mozart’s relationship with his first love, his heartbreak at his mother’s death and his marriage to Constanze Weber. The opera closes with a beautiful and touching ensemble of the women who loved Wolfy, each expressing her own feelings for him. About THE NEW OPERA: Founded at the beginning of 2007, we are a group of Atlanta-based singers and musicians with the goal of bringing opera to a wider audience, ensuring the continuing legacy of an art form that we love and cherish. We are opera for the 21st century and beyond, a fresh new approach to a 400-year-old artistic medium. Our shows, by award-winning Russian-American composer, Misha V. Stefanuk, include original music and texts in English, written specifically to please our audiences. So, will you like us? Well, do you like opera? Then, yes! Do you like musical theater, dramatic theater, concerts and other live performances? If so, then you will love us! "But I don't really care for opera...," you say? Well just wait, we will show you a new approach that will pull you in! And, no, we will not make you sit for 3 to 4 hours and listen to us! We strive for beauty and excellence with a side of brevity!
Rising Appalachia
Where: Eddie's Attic
Date: 2008-03-26 20:00:00
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Rising Appalachia are two sisters playin' old-time funky fiddle/banjo music. Armed with an electric violin, a ukulele and a bass guitar, Bitch (formerly of Bitch and Animal), takes the stage with her band The Exciting Conclusion, featuring 'The L Word's' Daniela Sea. Both an entertainer and songwriter she has pulled audiences to their feet worldwide with her politically charged and personally wrenched lyrics, her atypical instrumentation, minimalist sound and wildly dramatic stage persona. Bitch and the Exciting Conclusion are continuing the Bitch and Animal tradition of making music that is symphonic, beatworthy, break your heart balladry, and raise the roof revolutionary.
Laura Meyer
Where: Eddie's Attic
Date: 2008-05-12 21:00:00
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www.laurameyer.netEvent submitted by Eventful.com on behalf of LauraMeyer.
Ellis Nassour
Where: Decatur CD
Date: 2008-06-20 19:00:00
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Music industry veteran Ellis Nassour will discuss and sign copies of his new edition of Honky Tonk Angel: The Intimate Story of Patsy Cline at Decatur CD on Friday, June 20 beginning at 7 p.m. Local, Patsy-inspired singer Caroline Engel will perform for what should be another fun-filled collaboration with our pal Warren Hudson at his downtown Decatur music emporium. The event is free.