Ricky Montgomery wants to ‘Talk To You’: singer describes path to sold-out Atlanta show
On the fifth night of his sold-out “Back in Business” tour, singer Ricky Montgomery swept the front row wi...
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Irises looking at irises: Illuminarium’s O’Keeffe One Hundred Flowers experience
The first article I ever wrote for the Emory Wheel’s queer column was about Georgia O’Keeffe, the iconic m...
‘All the Old Knives’ is a slow burn with a heart-wrenching ending
This article contains spoilers. Most movies about plane hijacking are action-packed, such as “Air Force One” (1997), “Non-stop” (2014) and “United 93” (2006). “All the Old Knives” takes a calmer, more dramatic approach that leaves audience members feeling the suspense throughout the entire film. The movie, which was released on Amazon Prime Video April 8, [...]
‘Cody Simpson’ represents new wave of his life and sound
Imagine a perfect summer day coming to an end. You are sitting on a beach next to a bonfire, surrounded by all your loved ones. That is what listening to Cody Simpson’s new self-titled album feels like: beachy and peaceful. Released April 8, “Cody Simpson” is the first album Simpson has put out since “B-Sides” [...]
‘Fun Home:’ Love, Loss and Legacy
This review contains mentions of suicide, grooming, pedophilia and domestic violence. As the music begins, I watch a graphic novel come to life as characters begin to draw books and picture frames on the walls of the set. With a few pieces of chalk, a cast of talented actors and a live orchestra, Ad Hoc’s [...]
Emory’s musical equinox: a new golden age
If a stage is merely its core components — the performer, the music, the stage lights and the speakers — the foyer of the house at 1152 Houston Mill Road was one. I felt Atlanta shifting, settled dust kicking up, cowboy boots stomping on hardwood and thrumming speakers. Shouting. Movement. This was Emory Musician Network’s [...]
‘Melt My Eyez See Your Future’ is a hip-hop collage
When J. Cole claimed the title of hip-hop’s “middle child” on his 2019 single, he meant that he felt stuck between two generations of hip-hop artists. Denzel Curry is also a middle child of hip-hop, but for different reasons. Now on his fifth project, Curry is 10 years younger than Cole and has differentiated himself [...]
Holmes girl bossed too close to sun in ‘The Dropout’
This review contains spoilers and mentions of sexual assault and suicide. Hulu’s “The Dropout” presents viewers with the image of Elizabeth Holmes as a disgraced girlboss. Once an acclaimed title given solely to inspiring and confident female leaders, the term is now also used to describe women who exploit and bully others for profit. The [...]
Atlanta artist Charmaine Minniefield’s talks reclaiming Black narratives in ‘Indigo Prayers’
“I searched for traces of me and for memories in front of me through Indigo, through dance, through food and through familiar spaces and faces. I landed in a village of women who were keeping Indigo in The Gambia. And they looked like me.” Atlanta-based artist Charmaine Minniefield offered the audience a behind-the-scenes look at [...]
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ is a frenetic, hallucinatory masterpiece
Courtesy of AGBO. Evelyn Wang’s (Michelle Yeoh) life is falling apart. She is the middle-aged proprietress of a southern California laundromat under audit by the IRS. Her family in China disowned her for running away to the U.S. with her husband, Waymond (Ke Huy Quan), who is now filing for divorce. She feels incapable of [...]
The “Jeen-Yuhs” of Kanye West
The first two parts to “Jeen-Yuhs,” the new Netflix documentary that follows Ye’s, formerly known as Kanye West, rise to fame, were finished more than 15 years ago. Since his emergence as a producer, West had sought to shape his public image through careful marketing of his personal brand. The film was only released two [...]
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Ricky Montgomery wants to ‘Talk To You’: singer describes path to sold-out Atlanta show
On the fifth night of his sold-out “Back in Business” tour, singer Ricky Montgomery swept the front row with high fives. As he sang his 2021 single “Talk to You,” he posed with items from the crowd: a teddy bear, a plush hat shaped like a shark, a handheld Pride flag. The Loft had heated [...]
Irises looking at irises: Illuminarium’s O’Keeffe One Hundred Flowers experience
The first article I ever wrote for the Emory Wheel’s queer column was about Georgia O’Keeffe, the iconic modernist painter who forever transformed American art with her exploration of color, scale, ambiguity and abstraction. For those unfamiliar with her name, you will likely recognize her famous flower paintings; she created about 200 large, vibrant, carefully [...]
Backstage with Maude Latour: New York artist reflects on debut tour, platonic love
Friends are underappreciated — at least, in Maude Latour’s opinion. The New York singer’s discography offers a fresh perspective on love — the platonic, the romantic, the romantically platonic — that emerges at a moment when love, in all its forms, needs a revolution. Latour traveled south for the final weekend of her debut tour, [...]
Clairo wraps ‘Sling’ tour in Atlanta with mesmerizing show
On the stage of the Tabernacle, Claire Cottrill, better known by her stage name Clairo, was wrapped in light. Her mostly teenaged audience gathered under the painted eaves of the concert hall, some shouting “I love you” and others waving handmade signs. Cottrill concluded her “Sling” tour in Atlanta on April 16 and 17. I [...]
As the war in Ukraine rages on, the artistic response rages louder
After her home was torn apart by a Russian bomb, professional pianist Irina Maniukina sat down at her piano to play one last song. A video of her last performance, heart-wrenching and beautiful, went viral soon after. The visual sent a strong and vocal message to the world about the atrocities committed in Ukraine and [...]
‘All the Old Knives’ is a slow burn with a heart-wrenching ending
This article contains spoilers. Most movies about plane hijacking are action-packed, such as “Air Force One” (1997), “Non-stop” (2014) and “United 93” (2006). “All the Old Knives” takes a calmer, more dramatic approach that leaves audience members feeling the suspense throughout the entire film. The movie, which was released on Amazon Prime Video April 8, [...]
‘Cody Simpson’ represents new wave of his life and sound
Imagine a perfect summer day coming to an end. You are sitting on a beach next to a bonfire, surrounded by all your loved ones. That is what listening to Cody Simpson’s new self-titled album feels like: beachy and peaceful. Released April 8, “Cody Simpson” is the first album Simpson has put out since “B-Sides” [...]
‘Fun Home:’ Love, Loss and Legacy
This review contains mentions of suicide, grooming, pedophilia and domestic violence. As the music begins, I watch a graphic novel come to life as characters begin to draw books and picture frames on the walls of the set. With a few pieces of chalk, a cast of talented actors and a live orchestra, Ad Hoc’s [...]
Emory’s musical equinox: a new golden age
If a stage is merely its core components — the performer, the music, the stage lights and the speakers — the foyer of the house at 1152 Houston Mill Road was one. I felt Atlanta shifting, settled dust kicking up, cowboy boots stomping on hardwood and thrumming speakers. Shouting. Movement. This was Emory Musician Network’s [...]
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