12/07/08 Gingerbread

Practice photoshoot
Kids and Gingerbread

MOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWS

MOVIE NEWS - Netflix browsing...I just happened across two scifi posters that seemed..well...simliar: -dustin-

...so, figuring that wasn't a unique case, I looked for some more: -heston-

But those are old movies...let's look to this week's new releases! They include "The Day the Earth Stood Still"... a remake ... of an old movie. Sigh. I guess the release of this scifi classic redo is a big deal, but look for "The Day Jeff Stood Still"; now THAT would be something...

...that Metropolites just might see that at tonight's "Movie and a Buffet" in Club M at 8:00. Bring a dish to share (and your place setting) and settle in to watch "Love, Actually" with your neighbors.

ART NEWS - 12/9, 7:30 PM, Outwrite - Sports author Bill Konigsberg -outwrite-

12/9, 6:30, Margaret Mitchel House - "Story Corps" - "...the most ambitious oral history project in American history, has collected the memories of more than 20,000 people from all 50 states and every imaginable walk of life, background, identity group, age and state of mind. Now some of these remarkable stories have been gathered into one exemplary volume, Listening is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps Project, by Dave Isay" -mmh-

12/10, 7:00 PM - Goethe Zentrum shows "Die Gustloff" - auf Deutsch. -gz-

12/11, 6:30, Margaret Mitchel House - Terry Kay "...and the Atlanta Public Schools Elementary Honors Chorus to the Margaret Mitchell House again this year for a festive holiday tradition. Kay will read excerpts from his universal holiday classic To Whom the Angel Spoke." -mmh-

12/13, 8:00 PM, Robert Ferst Center for the Arts - "A Peter White Christmas" - a merry evening of smooth holiday jazz. -ferst-

12/13, 8:30 PM, Variety Playhouse - Don't miss "Kingsized Holiday Show" at the Variety Playhouse...seriously...best Lounge/Elvis/Tiki/Pirate performer out there. -variety-

LOCAL NEWS - 12/12, 6:30, Woodruff Park - Courteous Mass, the law-abiding bicycle ride through town. Take to your bikes...please. -atlbike-

U.S. NEWS - Bailout - of the mortgage giants, of the auto industry, of a military jet, when will the madness stop? -nyt-

FRENCH NEWS - Sarkozy wants to allow (non-cultural or sports-related) businesses to open on Sundays. Retail has been closed on Sundays since the law was passed in 1906 to allow families time together during the Industrial Revolution. What's the real impetus? More time to spend more money? Isn't that how we got into this mess in the first place? -npr- -other Sunday laws in Europe-

WEB NEWS - There are some cyber-shopping pointers on time.com