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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Midwinter Madness, Part 11: Gruv Fashion Party
In the year since Fabric became Gruv, the smallish, modish club on Fifth Street has developed quite a following, mostly young, snappy dressers who ate up the Soigne and Slate’s Beauty and the Beat fashion show Friday. (Sorry about the late report, but those 12 parties really backed up the blogging time.) Owner Donny Dadda was wise to leave the tripartite space with the glowing bar pretty much alone. Funny thing, the crowd looked even more fashion-forward — lots of fake fur — than the runway models. We spoke to Chantal, the “America’s Next Top Model” finalist, who told me about her pending move to Los Angeles to nurture her career. She appears incredibly sweet and encouraged all her colleagues within our hearing.
Whitney Erxleben, Trent Erxleben, Chantal Jones
Eric Nguyen, Rose Tran
Kent Wang, Rachel Youens
Jessica Johnson, Keir Simon
Kyle Hayungs, Jena Stotts
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Midwinter Madness, Part 10: ‘Porgy’ Party
Despite the dreadful sound problems during the sold-out show, the “Porgy and Bess” opening night party on Saturday rattled with the excitement of a cultural breakthrough at the Austin Music Hall. Dave Steakley’s jazzy, gospely version of the Gershwin classic, deepened by Hurricane Katrina implications, had cast, crew and well-wishers on a heady high. One visitor from Memphis insisted that Broadway was in the production’s future. Perhaps it could be restaged first in an acoustically generous house like the Paramount Theatre. And for doubters and AMH boosters, check out the sound yourself for just a few minutes, as I did, and tell me I’m wrong. Will see the whole show and its fabulous cast on Sunday.
The talented Marc Pouhe, not in this show, with cast member Forest van Dyke
Fans Tina Womack and Vilma Merrill
Deborah Duncan, Eva Lindsey
Samuel Ross, Susan Blankenship (to be married in June!)
Visitor Joey Beckford and cast member George Powell
