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Monthly Archives: April, 2012

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Runway’s Edge

SAIC's 78th Annual Fashion Show offers a lush visual experience.

The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses

The Stone Roses' pop classique aesthetic stuck itself firmly in the 60s/90s paradigm.

A Public Reckoning

Artists seek justice for victims of police torture.

F Studio Visits: Amanda VanValkenburg

F Newsmagazine visits SAIC MFA FVNMA candidate Amanda VanValkenburg.

Haunted Florida and the Paranormal Ghost Society

Adventure, Friendship, Truth

Live at Schubas: Bear in Heaven

John Philpot looks like a mix between Carlton and Thom Yorke.

Review—“Jeff, Who Lives at Home.”

“Segel, Helms and Sarandon excel at their improvised characterizations...”

The Dark Imaginings of Childhood at Play—“Secret Society” and “Field Dressing” at Packer Schopf Gallery

The dreams and imaginings of childhood were identified, tagged, executed and resurrected all in the course of the March exhibition at Packer Schopf Gallery.

Review—“Cabin in the Woods.”

“Whedon’s preternatural gift for compelling world-building is on full display.”

Undocumented and Alien

A comic by Eric J. Garcia.

12th Annual Spring Art Sale

F Newsmagazine visits the 2012 Spring Art Sale at SAIC and talks to some of its vendors about what they're selling and how they made it.

Live at Double Door: Daniel Knox

Knox got his start sneaking into the ballrooms of old hotels and tinkering with the pianos there.

Wax on/Wax off

Don't forget to breathe, very important. Life lessons à la Karate Kid.