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New local coffee shop serves
up free helpings of fame
By Erik Waters
Webmaster
erikwaters@bellsouth .net
With new restaurants
and stores popping up all
over the small neighboring
town of Bowdon, the most
fresh and exciting has to
be Coffee 101. This cozy
little coffee shop and cafe
sits right on the comer of
downtown Bowdon square
and is owned and operated
by Bowdon locals, Keith
and Pam Lipham.
“We are happy to
be open and serving the
West Georgia community.
Our intent is to introduce
the flavor of coffees from
around the world to our
town and to the surrounding
areas. And we strive to
create an open atmosphere
Childhood memories abound in
"What Are You Looking At?"
By Morgan Wenderoth
Guest Writer
mwenderl @nty.westgaedu
With every new month
in the semester there comes
new eye-candy to the
Humanities building's Main
Gallery. Atlanta artist Linda
Mitchell is this month’s
featured artist in the gallery.
Mitchell has been exhibiting
work for over 15 years both
locally and nationally.
While generally
influenced by the famous
Russian artist Marc Chagall,
this particular series on
exhibit shows traces of
contemporary Texas artist
Melissa Miller, who also
had some effect in Mitchell’s
work. The influence can be
seen through Miller’s use of
animals as a metaphor for
human’s troubles and follies,
while Mitchell uses stuffed
and imaginary animals as
a metaphor for children’s
troubles.
Linda Mitchell’s works
in painting and mixed media,
using just about everything
in her installations including
fabric, string, photographs,
wood, and glass to name
a few. Mitchell’s art is
subjective narrative, dealing
with private little worlds
and evoking childhood
memories and experiences.
Mitchell’s exhibition, ‘What
Are You Looking At?’ is not
just paintings that hang on
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where people from all
walks of life converge
for one thing: taste and
community,” explains
Keith Lipham.
Visitors and customers
alike will be pleasantly
surprised to find both the
exterior and interior of
Coffee 101 aesthetically
pleasing. Oversized
windows in the front of the
shop give off a big city vibe,
while the hardwood floor
and original tiled ceiling fill
the interior with a distinct
level of sophistication.
Once inside, a wide
array of specialty drinks
and food items are available
for purchase and, unlike
typical coffee spots, they
offer much more than just
the average cup of java and
bagels. Visitors passing
the wall in the gallery : they
are accompanied by soft,
sculptural stuffed animals
which the artist designs and
sews herself. At first glance
this work seems a little
disturbing, with a dark edge.
Eventually the art inspires the
viewers to remember their
own childhood experiences,
as an overwhelming feeling
of childhood familiarity
urges the viewers to take the
animals off of the wall and
cuddle with them.
These stuffed animals
are not only art objects, but
also a prop or subject for
the paintings, becoming a
portrait of the animal. Each
stuffed animal has its own
personality, which the artist
says she looks for in the
animal as inspiration for the
painting. Mitchell chooses
animals that are humble,
with a certain vulnerability
to them, like the elephant,
‘Mr. Chuckles,’ a cute
cuddly elephant made of
various fabric pieces and a
fuzzy trunk. This magical
appearance is what makes
these forms look as if they
just walked out of a child’s
imagination.
Linda Mitchell’s work
certainly produces in the
viewer the experience of
looking through a child’s
eyes when viewing her work.
So visit the gallery to decide
for yourself: are they cuddle
or disturbing?
by in the wee hours of the
morning can stop and sit
for a warm breakfast of
bacon and eggs with their
hot coffee, while others
looking for a spot for lunch
will find that their soups
of the day and croissant
sandwiches more than hit
the spot when chased with
one of their many types
of sm(X)thies or frozen
frappuccinos.
Yet, out of all these
delicious food items, the
one thing that Coffee 101
serves up best is the free
publicity for local singers,
songwriters, bands, poets
and anyone else searching
for their fifteen minutes of
fame.
Every Friday and
Saturday night, Coffee
101 plays host to patrons
Can Hannibal rise to the level of Silence of the Lambs ?
By Larry Peel
News Editor
larry@ioncinema.com
The problem that
besets any sequel (or in this
case prequel), is that the
audience already knows
the grander story and how
the story will resolve itself.
That being said, Hannibal
Rising is a rare find
in the Hollywood
franchise machine.
Gaspard Ulliel superbly
embodies the creature
that would eventual
come to torture Jodie
Foster and the rest of
us in his later years.
"Hannibal Rising” is a
mind twisting head-trip
that will surely entice
the followers of the
series, and may even
bring a bit of new meat
to the table.
In Eastern Europe,
near the end of World
War 11, a young
boy watches his parents
violently die, and then
sees his younger sister
gruesomely murdered
by marauding soldiers.
What he witnesses will
change him forever, and
the memory will haunt
him through the years as
he travels from a Soviet
orphanage to the streets of
Paris, always plagued by
nightmares. And when his
aptitude for science gets
wanting to perform on
their stage. Past performers
have played anything
from bluegrass music
to alternative rock with
anything in between. On top
of musical performances,
Coffee 101 occasionally
dedicates nights to poetry
and short fiction readings
while highly encouraging
all interested students from
the UWG campus to be
involved.
“Coffee 101 is a great
opportunity for aspiring
singers, writers, and poets
to share their work with
like-minded people,”
explains Nick Mcßae, a
University of West Georgia
student with an affinity for
poetry. "1 would definitely
suggest that everyone come
and check it out.”
him accepted into medical
school, he begins to hone
the skills that will allow
him to exact revenge upon
those whom destroyed his
family. Meet the young
Dr. Hannibal Lecter in
Hannibal Rising, the new
film based on the best
selling novel by Thomas
Harris (who also penned
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Unlike many prequels derived from well established trilogies, Hanni
bal Rising offers more to the mythology surrounding the legend of
Hannibal Lector.
the screenplay).
The plot isexactly as we
would expect from Harris,
with deep psychological
ploys and a tendency to
almost feel sorry for the
young Hannibal. The
major problem with this
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West Georgia student Nick Mcßae recites some of his writ
ten poetry at Coffee 101 in Bowdon, Ga.
For more information
on times of operation,
location, or scheduling for
performers, please contact
venture is that there is
so much time issuing
flashbacks and scene
wraps, and not nearly
enough time fleshing
out Hannibal. The story
strains at times to avoid
the normal happenings that
befall criminals in reality,
as well as to try to blend in
the horrors of German war
crimes.
Aside from Ulliel’s
superb portrayal of the
mastermind of human
delicacy, Gong Li gives an
impressive performance
as Hannibal’s aunt. Lady
Murasaki Shikibu. With
Keith or Pam Lipham at
770-258-1800 or visit
http://www.myspace.com/
latte 101.
nearly 30 films in her native
country of Japan, Li’s
American debut borders
on insulting to the highly
acclaimed Asian actress.
The plot stretches to give
power and knowledge
to a female lead whom,
in historical context,
could simply not exist. Li
however, works with what
, she has, and brings to
the screen a tension
and power that helps
drive the film and keep
the story alive. Ulliel,
an avant-garde veteran
of the French prime
program, also makes
his American debut,
but has a far better
storyline - obviously
- to work with than
his constituent.
All things
considered, Hannibal
Rising does manage
to rise to the level of
its predecessors. The
cinematography is
excellent, the locations are
believable, and to watch
Hannibal’s humanity
slowly die is worth the
price of admission. Anew
legend has completed his
saga. Dr. Hannibal Lecter
is now fully amassed.