[singlepic=41,100,100,,left]Have you ever watched professional ice-skaters in intense competition? As I drove away from the triple-header event, hosted by Society Promotions at Vineyard of Gainesville, featuring the haunting stylistics of Ricky Kendall and The Spooky Divide, a jam-packed art show featuring the art of Evan McIntyre, Mike McVicar, Ricky Kendall and Delmaris Villafane, and the final performance of a Gainesville favorite, Officer Flossie, I was reminded of Ice-skating competitions I had seen in the Winter Olympics a few years ago.

Gene Weingarten got his Pulitzer Prize, by being so original. So should he now turn his prize back in?  …read more

Society Promotions is presenting an exhibit of the works of Evan McIntyre (also featured on our website) at VOLTA coffee shop on August 29th, 2008 as part of Gainesville’s “Art Walk”

We invite you to come join us for refreshments, VOLTA’s espresso and coffee (best in Gainesville), Live music by The Aphids and to take in the wonders of Evan’s work, as well as visiting the other exhibits along the Art Walk

John McWhorter: the most unpopular black man in America?….Political
rappers recycle clichés about ‘the ghetto’ and fail black aspirations,
says John McWhorter, but is the American academic overlooking the rise of the bling thing?

Poetry has vanished as a cultural force in America. If poets venture outside their confined world, they can work to make it essential once more …read more

Hearing is Believing: The Vanished Glories of Spoken-word Recordings …read more

Most texts which accompany contemporary art production are so twisted and woolly that they could easily pass for self-parody. Christian Demand takes up a three hundred year old lament.

The final show for Officer Flossie with special guest Ricky Kendall. $5 admission at the door, Saturday Aug.23 – 9pm (doors open at 8pm) at Vineyard of Gainesville

Beautiful Losers

Explores the spirit behind an influential cultural movement of a generation. In the early 1990′s a loose-knit group of likeminded outsiders found common ground at a little NYC storefront gallery. Rooted in the DIY (do-it-yourself) subcultures of skateboarding, surf, punk, hip hop and graffiti, they made art that reflected the lifestyles [...]

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