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Treasured Torah

Synagogue safeguards sacred text orphaned by Holocaust

Metro Spirit | Stacey Hudson | 07-05-2007 | History

Tags: history

Firewater colors

Art and alcohol are old friends at this cheerful gathering of painters

Metro Spirit | Stacey Hudson | 07-05-2007 | Art

Tags: visual arts

Painting into a corner

Favorite Augusta painter Bea Kuhlke defected to Aiken two years ago with her husband and found heaven in a studio they converted from a small storage shed in their back yard.

Metro Spirit | Stacey Hudson | 07-05-2007 | Art

Tags: visual arts

Comprehending Einsteinnew

In the wake of administrative upheaval and claims of wrongdoing at Einstein Charter Elementary in Katrina-ravaged eastern New Orleans, parents wonder if their neighborhood school can be saved.

Gambit | Sam Winston | 07-05-2007 | Education

Tags: Education

New Book Whispers from the Past

We have all felt, at some point in our lives, the drawing; the subtle voice of the past that whispers in our ear and draws us back to a simpler place and time -- this prophetic voice echoes throughout Memory's Keep.

Metro Spirit | Tillman Russell | 07-05-2007 | Fiction

Tags: James Everett Kibler, Memory’s Keep, Fiction Reviews

The garden of unearthly delights

Ann Baker’s fluid and feminine forms fit in with the flowers

Metro Spirit | Stacey Hudson | 07-05-2007 | Art

Tags: visual arts

Coming Homenew

Essence Music Festival has joined the list of successful events, like Jazz Fest, Mardi Gras and the Saints home season, to return to New Orleans and help in the city's recovery.

Gambit | Alison Fensterstock | 07-05-2007 | Concerts

Tags: music, festival, concerts

Cars That Eat Peoplenew

What matters most about Transformers isn't subtext (this is Michael Bay after all), but what happens when big, loud, heavy things bang into other differently colored big, loud, heavy things.

Austin Chronicle | Marc Savlov | 07-03-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Michael Bay, Transformers