Inside
Reviving downtown Bryan
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Downtown Bryan was dead on most of our arrivals here in Bryan-Coliege
Station but with the help of local merchants, it’s slowly being revived.
Writer-editor Bill Hughes examines the problems Bryan has experienced
and talks to the people bringing it back to life.
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The Studio: a struggle to survive
Artists in Bryan? As Bohemian as it sounds, an artists’ community, called
The Studio, has been thriving in a rebuilt bank building in the reviving
downtown area. But the future of the community is threatened unless The
Studio’s artists can raise the money to buy the building. Bill Hughes talks to
the artists about the growth of The Studio and their hopes for the future.
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Art exhibit
Who says art doesn’t exist in Bryan-College Station? In a special showing,
the works of local artist Margit Ilika will be on display from Dec. 15-21.
Staff writer Jay Blinderman talks to Ilika, who denies she is a victim of
hazing.
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Movie Review
In “White Nights,” the audience enters every defector’s nightmare. The
film stars Mikhail Baryshinikov in a could-be-autobiographical role, as well
as dancer Gregory Hines and model-turned-actress Isabella Rossellini. It’s
the story of a Russian defector whose plane crashes, you guessed it, back in
Russia. See Baryshnikov and Hines try to dance their way out of political
intrigue and the cold, white nights of Siberia, in a review by Molly Pepper.
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Record Reviews
If you’re looking for an album as a stocking stuffer, Karl Pallmeyer can
help you out. He reviews “Mad Not Mad” by Madness, “Frank Zappa Meets
the Mothers of Prevention,” oddly enough, by Frank Zappa, and “ I he
Rhythmatist,”by Stewart Copeland (who cares if its been out a year), and
tells which are worth the vinyl they’re printed on.
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At Ease
Co-editors
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