http://chronicle.augusta.com/applause/ Local entertainment news from The Augusta Chronicle. en-us Copyright (c) 2009 The Augusta Chronicle. All rights reserved. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 03:30:09 -0500 5 http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/05/mov_554502.shtml A fun tone is undermined by disjointed storytelling in George Clooney's The Men Who Stare at Goats , and it all starts with the disclaimer that opens the movie: "More of this is true than what you might imagine." http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/05/mov_554502.shtml Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:51:05 -0500 http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/05/mov_554504.shtml For an online film guide, see augustachronicle.com/movies: http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/05/mov_554504.shtml Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:51:05 -0500 http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/05/mus_554506.shtml For Steve Landes, a member of the touring Beatles tribute band Rain, being John Lennon is more than picking up a guitar and playing the band's songs. It is, he said, an act of transformation. http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/05/mus_554506.shtml Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:51:05 -0500 http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/05/mus_554508.shtml Not Gaddy is in the Sonic Spotlight. http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/05/mus_554508.shtml Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:51:06 -0500 http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/05/mus_554500.shtml The Zac Brown Band will perform November 12 at Bell Auditorium. http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/05/mus_554500.shtml Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:51:04 -0500 http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/05/mus_554642.shtml Harvard graduate and artist Ryan Leslie's album Transition, released on Universal Motown Records, provides a fresh and clean-cut sound for the latter part of the year. http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/05/mus_554642.shtml Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:09:13 -0500 http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/05/art_554510.shtml Carolyn Cope never met a period piece she didn't like. So it was no surprise when she chose the Depression-era comedy You Can't Take It With You as the theater department's fall production. What was surprising was her decision to update it. http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/05/art_554510.shtml Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:51:06 -0500 http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/05/art_554501.shtml Send listings to steven.uhles@augustachronicle.com, or to The Augusta Chronicle, P.O. Box 1928, Augusta, GA 30903-1928. http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/05/art_554501.shtml Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:51:04 -0500 http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/05/ent_554503.shtml We have a new option in our southside dining rotation: Roadrunner Cafe, at 2508 Peach Orchard Road. http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/05/ent_554503.shtml Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:51:05 -0500 http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/05/ent_554511.shtml Spanish wine seminar with distributor Avant Partir's Michael Hirsch, Vineyard Wine Market, 7 p.m. http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/05/ent_554511.shtml Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:51:06 -0500 http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/05/ent_554497.shtml Plantation Blood continues this weekend in Grovetown. http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/05/ent_554497.shtml Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:51:04 -0500 http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/05/ent_554499.shtml Send club listings by 4 p.m. Monday to jonathan.overstreet@augustachronicle.com. http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/05/ent_554499.shtml Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:51:04 -0500 http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/05/uhl_554505.shtml Steve Hall is probably the most successful independent promoter working in Augusta today -- and he doesn't even live here. Mr. Hall, of Alabama, is responsible for most of the radio rock shows booked in clubs, pubs and other venues around town. http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/05/uhl_554505.shtml Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:51:05 -0500 http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/05/rho_554507.shtml Gardeners know Steve Azar as the smooth-voiced singer who opens P. Allen Smith's Garden Home series on PBS each week, singing the program's theme song, I Can't Help but Smile. Country music fans know Mr. Azar from his hits, including I Don't Have to Be Me ('Til Monday). http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/05/rho_554507.shtml Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:51:06 -0500