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		<title>New Play About Culture of Fear</title>
		<link>http://culturegrits.com/backstory/2008/04/15/new-play-about-culture-of-fear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Devin</dc:creator>
		
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The name Boris Vian doesn’t ring many bells in the new millennium, but in 1950’s France, Vian had his day. Something of a Renaissance man, he wrote novels, plays, essays, translations and even jazz music making him one of the more prolific writers in wartime Paris. Sadly, many of his works sold poorly, discouraging publishers. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unique Boutique</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peggy Rowland</dc:creator>
		
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Immediately after graduate school, Peria Gober, at age 24, returned to the Midtown Memphis of her childhood to make a long-held dream of opening her namesake business a reality. Located at 1680 Union Avenue, Peria, an upscale shoe and accessory boutique, is situated just a few blocks from where Gober grew up.
While pronouncing the store’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Painting Emotional Games</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Devin</dc:creator>
		
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Artists are familiar with risk-taking, an essential skill in developing something with visual and aesthetic appeal.  Whether it’s expressing an unpopular theme, or experimenting with technique, artists create their own artistic voices when they try something they’ve never done before.  One Memphis artist-on-the-rise, Kiersten N. Williams, can tell you that life, like her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NewVo Blues</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary K. Levie</dc:creator>
		
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What began as a hobby a year and a half ago has evolved into a passion and business for Sarah Beth Larson, co-founder of NewVo Blues, a Memphis blues dancing group. Blues dancing is a root form of dance that grew out of the jazz and blues of the African-American community, evolving and fusing with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Business of Relaxation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2007 22:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Devin</dc:creator>
		
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Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukah, or Kwanzaa, most people spell the Holidays, S-T-R-E-S-S. Shopping mall crowds, traffic, and the looming visit of in-laws all grate on the nerves like fingernails on a chalkboard. But a new business in the heart of Midtown offers a moment of calm, right before the holidays and throughout the year. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flowery Language</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Devin</dc:creator>
		
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Artists know well there are many forms of language other than the spoken word. Symbols, behaviors, and even things from the natural world have been interwoven into the fabric of human communication. Memphis photographer Teresa Franks spent years studying the “language of flowers,” only to find that even her contemporary version of it is subject [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Passion for Languages Fuels Bruneau Academy</title>
		<link>http://culturegrits.com/backstory/2007/11/09/passion-for-languages-fuels-bruneau-academy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Devin</dc:creator>
		
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Wie learnt Mann Deutsch oder andere Sprache hier in Amerika, wann Sie diese Kulture night verstanden? (How can you learn German or other languages here in America when you don’t anything about their cultures?)
Ludovic Bruneau and Katie Jordan Bruneau, owners and operators of the Bruneau Academy in Midtown believe that learning a new language is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lulalyn Offers Unique Concept</title>
		<link>http://culturegrits.com/backstory/2007/10/19/lulalyn-offers-unique-concept/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peggy Rowland</dc:creator>
		
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Entering Lulalyn Gallery, Gifts and Interiors is like walking into an eclectic art lover&#8217;s home, except guests are encouraged to stroll around and leave with a unique gift for someone special, a perfect accent piece or even original art off the wall.
Many of the items inside Lulalyn, located at 1859 Madison beside Fino&#8217;s, are as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tear It Up Boutique</title>
		<link>http://culturegrits.com/backstory/2007/09/05/tear-it-up-boutique/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Devin</dc:creator>
		
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“There’s a big difference between vintage and retro,” says Adrienne Klein, owner of Tear It Up, a rock-n-roll boutique in Midtown.  Her wares - music-themed T-shirts and 50’s flavored clothes for men and women - fill a niche in the Memphis market, just as her business fills a niche in a quaint Victorian house on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kelley Anderson - Empowering the Spirit and Mind of Young Girls</title>
		<link>http://culturegrits.com/backstory/2007/08/03/kelley-anderson-empowering-the-spirit-and-mind-of-young-girls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenifer Prather</dc:creator>
		
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The beginning of this summer was filled with anticipation and excitement. This is the first summer that I, my husband and step-daughter would spend separated from our immediate relatives. It may not sound like a big deal to most, but to us it was a very crucial time in our all of our lives. You [...]]]></description>
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