- John Stoehr
Arts Editor
There's more to art than you think. It's not just theater, paintings, books and dance. It's the enterprise of human creativity and it takes vastly different shapes and forms. Here you'll find my thoughts about the arts in Charleston and beyond. Neither of us knows what to expect.
Author Archives: Patrick Sharbaugh
City of Glass
April 19, 2007 – 12:05 pm
If you’re a Charleston resident and you’re not sure what pioneering minimalist composer and prolific film scorer Philip Glass looks like, don’t worry — you’re about to become extremely familiar with his face.
It was already going to be the year of Philip Glass at Spoleto Festival USA 2007 before this. Last year’s festival began with [...]
Support the Troops: Send +4 Longswords
April 18, 2007 – 11:07 pm
Some folks are worried that U.S. troops in Iraq don’t have enough heavy armor and equipment. Others worry that there aren’t enough polyhedral dice, graph paper, and little lead figurines to outfit a good game of Dungeons & Dragons. Yep, G.I.’s across Iraqalacky are apparently waiting with baited breath for Ziggurat Con, a D&D convention [...]
Yes, Virginia, there is a God
April 18, 2007 – 3:24 pm
Thirty-two dead in Blacksburg. One hundred and eighty-three massacred in Baghdad. Overdosing on tragedy coverage? Turn that frown upside down: the ten worst album covers of all time. (You’re welcome.) —PS
Talk About Your Misunderstood Artist…
April 18, 2007 – 11:38 am
In the mountain of coverage following Cho Seung-Hui’s deadly rampage on the Va. Tech campus Monday, many commentators have observed that he took a playwriting class at the university last fall. The short plays Cho turned in for the class have been described as disturbing, profane, violent, and — in another bad sign for Cho’s [...]
Footlight Theatre’s Talk
April 18, 2007 – 10:13 am
The 75-year-old Footlight Players are not known best for riding the bleeding edge of contemporary theatre. Charleston’s oldest theatre company, like the bulk of its patrons, has typically been about as edgy and au courant as a watermelon. During her brief stint as artistic director in 2002-03, Sheri Grace Wenger tried to drag the community [...]
Dons and Ho’s
April 17, 2007 – 8:42 am
Let me get this straight: Don Imus drops a comment about the Rutgers women’s basketball team being a bunch of “nappy-headed ho’s,” and the mediasphere goes nuts.
But Don Ho dies, and you can almost hear crickets chirping out there. Coincidence or conspiracy? Discuss. —PS
