Sonic Generator at the High

I was so happy when, earlier in the week, I got an email from the High about their First Friday event for September that said that Sonic Generator would be performing. Their website was taken down from the GA Tech servers some time ago, the FB group for them was renamed to “Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology,” and they’ve only performed a few times since the Sherwoods left for Cleveland, so I figured that they were no more. But, yes, they are still more! I didn’t see Jason Freeman there, so I’m assuming that they’re continuing with just the remainder of the ensemble and are no longer affiliated with Tech, but I’m perfectly happy with that as long as I get to hear them play now and then. I do hope that they develop some kind of way to let people know of their concerts, though: I very nearly missed this one.
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Michael C. Carlos Museum: African Gallery

I went to a preview of the remodeled African gallery at the Carlos this evening and I have to say that it is a big step backward from what they had before. Stylistically, they went with a 50’s modernist/futurist design, with the walls on one side painted purple and gray on the opposite. It’s a design scheme that came back into fashion several years back but is already on its way out and will look extremely dated in a few years.
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