Arts

Artifice

  • An Unexpected Homecoming

    March 09, 2010

    Frye Gaillard has defied Thomas Wolfe, the North Carolina author who famously coined the phrase, “You can’t go home again” and ironically, it was Gaillard’s time in the Tarheel State that paved the way for that rebuke.

  • Sipping Revelation at Bernheim

    February 23, 2010

    Bravery comes in many forms and sometimes in ways that counter cultural stereotypes.

  • Big Shoes to Fill

    February 09, 2010

    A giant still strides the landscape and at the end of the month one local will try to conjure him. …

  • A Native Son Returns

    January 26, 2010

    When a native son returns bearing gifts, the best response is gratitude and open arms.

  • ‘This Is It, the Night of Nights…’

    January 12, 2010

    Artifice was scarcely settled into our seats in historic Murphy High Auditorium before a familiar face appeared next to us. …

  • Why We ‘Aught-a…’

    December 29, 2009

    Turn around and wave bye-bye to the Aughts, kids. …

  • A Charlie Brown Christmas in Mobile

    December 15, 2009

    There’s nothing more American than grabbing an idea from afar and putting your own spin on it. …

  • The Kids Are Alright

    December 01, 2009

    It’s unclear whether Mobile’s arts future is “writ large,” but it will certainly be displayed “far and wide” during the month of December. …

  • USA Archives Filled With Hidden Jewels

    November 17, 2009

    In Mobile, memory is more than mere recollection. …

  • ‘Tis the Season…

    October 20, 2009

    Great art resonates, across genre and form, locale and era. …