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Weekend event honors local culture Kick-off held in art garden By CRISSINDA PONDER The Rki> & Buck Athens’ local art, food and style culture fuses together to celebrate the city that nurtures them and the heritage that makes the town unique as part of Blvd. Magazine’s “A Weekend Fashion Affair” this weekend. The event kicking off this artistic celebration is “Blvd.’s House of Fashion,” a fashion show featuring summer looks from several local boutiques. “The majority of the boutiques are doing trunk shows to sell their mer chandise," said Carly Dennis, a senior fashion merchandising major from Alpharetta and events director of Blvd. Magazine. Before and during the show, refreshments from local restaurants, including Speakeasy, will be served while local jazz group The Big Fundamentals and D J Winston Parker perform. The event will be held at the Stan Mullins Art Garden, located off Pulaski Street. Mullins is a world renowned artist who. according to the Blvd. staff, has had a lasting impres sion on the Athens commu nity. The Art Garden is decorated with paintings and sculpture by Mullins, all in varying degrees of completion. “The venue is going to be a nice big draw." said Katie Hart, a senior public DOC: Film reveals band’s artistic duality ► From Page 1 hours on his bus that has no shower, you can’t take a shit on the bus, you have to stop at these weird places, [and] there’s ferry rides, so there’s not very much sleep." Barnes deepens the intimacy of the film by alternating between intel lectual monologues and athletically pumping out push-ups. The rest of the band buzzes around his queenly rpTTitsf | places MWfrgiSgSMBB | pOLAUNCHA m \*£L In PSPS; ’ * Hi bMs jjppy ~ '••'•' ; ' jmir I W j|p. ' .... 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Barnes' artistry stitches together an aesthetic that Simrill calls an “Apollonian/Dionysian duality." Dionysus, as the Greek god of wine, chaos and community historically contrasts Apollo, the god of light, order and individuality. "True art is when you have a fusion of those opposites,” Simrill NEWS & VARIETY A WEEKEND FASHION AFFAIR Blvd.’s House of Fashion When: Tonight, doors open at 6. show starts at 8. Where: Stan Mullins Art Garden Price: $8 upon and improve what’s already here.” The entire weekend is dedicated to recognizing and preserving Athens’ unique culture. “There’s no other city said. “And from an artistic stand point, their art is musical, it is theat rical, it’s visual. I think their music really achieves an awesome fusion of that synthesis, not only in content, but also in form.” Simrill plans to premiere “Family Nouveau” at the AthFest Film Fest in June and promises viewers a surprise event at the screening that will com plement the film's special mix of fam ily bonds and zany antics. Material World: Art Meets the Runway Whan: Friday, 7-11 p.m. Where: Hotel Indigo Price: Free that has so many types of people and appearances living in one area,” Rachels said “It’s a city where any one from a working woman to a hipster music junkie can shop and thrive.” Thb Rbd a Buck | Thuksdav, April 8, aoio THEFT: Cutting hours may be the solution ► From Pago 1 charcoal and materials was taken from my lock er,” said Leigh Oliver, a freshman art was worth about SIOO. Nobody keeps a lock on their locker, really. We’re like a community. We trust each other and respect each other's things.” Other students lost art they had planned to include in the portfolios they would use to apply for art schools in the future. Although students may have felt safe in the art school building before, Oliver said that for many, that is no lon ger the case. “It’s kind of scary for me. I’m always in there alone at night,” she said. ■ LILY PRICE j Tu Rid * Black A University art student Colin Tom thought his stolen work would never be recovered until a friend found it in a nearby trash bin. “Basically anyone can get in if they Just knock on the window. What sucks is art students kind of always look sus picious, so we can never tell.” According to police, there were no signs of forced entry when the pieces were originally discovered to be miss ing. Despite the security breach, Oliver said she has not yet noticed any major security changes. One idea that has been proposed, however, would be to shorten the time the building is open to students. “My teacher thought hours might be cut down,” Oliver said. “But as undergraduates, we need that time in the studios.” 7