Azziz Does His Best Scrooge McDuck

Posted on April 24, 2013 by metrospirit

What do you call a rich man who carts out-of-town wedding guests back and forth between a luxury hotel and his multimillion dollar mansion on a glorified college school bus, all for free (or so he thought)? You call him…

All in a Day’s Work

Posted on April 24, 2013 by metrospirit

Quidam performer is almost a world champion jump roper Amy Christian Cirque du Soleil’s Quidam, which visits the James Brown Arena Tuesday and Wednesday, tells the story of a young girl who, feeling ignored by her parents, escapes into an…

Nerd Alert!

Posted on April 24, 2013 by metrospirit

Suspend disbelief for this hilarious farce Valerie Emerick There’s an old adage that states, “Houseguests — like fish — begin to smell after three days.” The comedy, “The Nerd,” directed by Dave Howard of the Aiken Community Playhouse, takes an…

Mudfest

Posted on April 17, 2013 by metrospirit

Decision to race leaves mountain bike trails rutted and in need of repairs Eric Johnson By all accounts, the XTERRA Hickory Knob Triathlon held on the weekend of March 23 and 24 was a wet one, and while the rain…

Progressive Paddling

Posted on April 17, 2013 by metrospirit

Kayaking’s popularity expanding activity in the canal and the Savannah River Kristin Hawkins The sport of kayaking has increased in popularity so much locally that kayak rentals and sales are growing along with new business opportunities to capitalize on the…

An Incredible Little Storefront

Posted on April 17, 2013 by metrospirit

Program uses history and archeology to help veterans transition to the workplace Eric Johnson It’s easy to overlook the Veterans Curation Program office in Martinez, nestled as it is next to an H&R Block office in the West Town Shopping…

Bridging the Future

Posted on April 17, 2013 by metrospirit

Dramatic canal bridges top list of new, exciting changes for Augusta’s most identifiable resource Eric Johnson The view along Riverwatch Parkway is about to change dramatically with the addition of a small but impressive stretch of the Augusta Canal Trail.…

Safe Harbor?

Posted on April 17, 2013 by metrospirit

Though it might seem as if all the momentum has gone out of the move to kick Sentinel Offender Services out of the local probation business — and resolve the issues regarding the constitutionality of private probation and answer the…

Retreating Before the Retreat

Posted on April 17, 2013 by metrospirit

With the April 24 commission retreat on the horizon, a motion at Tuesday’s meeting by Commissioner Donnie Smith managed to postpone what might have been a complicating factor — a commission discussion regarding changing the ordinance dealing with conflicts of…

Fictional Reenactment

Posted on April 17, 2013 by metrospirit

What we can learn from a novelist about emphathy Over the past two weeks or so, I’ve been reading Nick Flynn’s new memoir “The Reenactments.” It’s his third, and at this point — about 200 pages in — I can’t…