By Gargoyle Staff | gargoyle@flagler.edu
From April 3 to 5, the Annual Rhythm and Ribs Festival will be held downtown.
Come out and see why it has been voted Best Festival for the last eight years. Lots of food, entertainment and arts and crafts will be provided all weekend. Dogs and other pets are not allowed.
By Gargoyle Staff | gargoyle@flagler.edu
From their first hit in 1974 through their heyday in the 1980s, Daryl Hall and John Oates’ smooth, catchy take on Philly soul brought them enormous commercial success.
By Gargoyle Staff | gargoyle@flagler.edu
From April 18 to 19, the Annual Spring Art and Craft Festival will be held at Francis Field on Castillo Drive.
During this two-day festival, more than 125 local artists will set up exhibits to show and sell a variety of media, including oil painting, watercolor, pottery, leather, photography, sculpture, jewelry, wood, textiles and more.
The Festival runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m on Saturday and Sunday. Admission for each day is $1, a donation that goes to the St. Augustine Art Association.
For more information, visit www.staaa.org.
By Emily Hoover | gargoyle@flagler.edu
“Slumdog Millionaire” doesn’t seem like a typical Best Picture winner on the surface. It follows a young, illiterate Indian “slumdog” who luckily wins the grand prize on the world-famous game show “Who Wants to be a Millionaire.” However, the movie is so much more than that. It is a violent, heartbreaking tragedy and a hopeful, captivating love story all at the same time.
By Emily Hoover | gargoyle@flagler.edu
As denizens of St. Augustine feel colder temperatures, the Flagler College Theatre Department is heating up for Spring. They will present “The Good Person of Sezuan.”
The play, written by world renowned German playwright Bertolt Brecht, adapted by Tony Kushner, and directed by Andrea McCook, promises to evoke a response from its audience. It centers on the duality of good and evil and challenges viewers to explore the relativity behind “being a good person.”
By Taylor Toothman | ttoothman@flagler.edu
Too often a band will start to get lazy once they realize they have a substantial fan base, then it will inevitably smudge slowly into the periphery of music history. Such is definitely not the case for Jacksonville band kLoB, whose relentless enthusiasm for performing tells us that not only do they love their jobs and their fans, but also that they’re not going anywhere. Anywhere but up.
By Gian Louis Thompson | gthompson@flagler.edu
The St. Augustine Sertoma Club is providing for the community yet again, this time by hosting an art exhibit Feb. 18 for Flagler College’s Sculpture I class. Titled “Touch Not the Cat,” the exhibit will be held at Sertoma’s Second Time Around Store.
The display will feature works of art created by students from various items throughout the thrift store.
By Gargoyle Staff | gargoyle@flagler.edu
The Harvest of Hope Foundation Music and Art Festival will be held March 6 to 8, 2009, at the St. Johns County Fair Grounds.
Several artists will perform for the cause, including Against Me!, The National, Girl Talk, Less Than Jake, Tilly & the Wall, The Gaslight Anthem, Black Kids, Ra Ra Riot, and Tokyo Police Club.
Advance tickets are $19.50 or $29.50. Tickets purchased at the Fest are $29.50 or $49.50.
The Fair Grounds are located on State Road 207, seven miles west of Interstate 95. For more information, visit www.harvestofhopefest.com.
By Emily Hoover | gargoyle@flagler.edu
In an age of cheap horror, action and jokes, a good film which mirrors the trials of everyday life is difficult to find. Clint Eastwood, who has made many successful films as an actor, continues to immortalize film as a director. Each film he makes is simple and insightful, raw and poignant. He follows “Changeling,” a beautiful and exciting adaptation of a true story, with “Gran Torino,” something completely fictional, yet could, and does, happen in real life.
Set in Detroit, once an industrial powerhouse and now a place of poverty, Eastwood’s idea epitomizes the American’s struggle.
By Holly Elliott | gargoyle@flagler.edu
When Valentine’s Day is mentioned, no doubt the idea of romance pops into your head.
The holiday as we know it is wrought with hearts, love-delivering cherubs and, of course, enough candy to feed a small village. However, the idealized day of love actually stems from far darker roots than most modern day couples would expect. Valentine’s Day wasn’t always a celebration of sexual chemistry and dinner at an expensive French restaurant.