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New York-based photographer and TV host Andrew Einhorn's new book
"Naked Happy Girls" has just come out on Goliath.

Also, he has some photo exhibits/book signings coming up in
New York and Los Angeles:

NYC Exhibit:
-  12/6/03:  Solo show @ LESX (Lower East Side Artisan Exchange) Gallery

LA Events/Exhibits:
-  12/6/03:  Create:Fixate group show (location TBA)
-  12/13/03:  Featured artist at DCA Fine Art's "Live Draw" series plus solo exhibit through 12/21/03

Andrew's web site here: http://www.andreweinhorn.com


REVIEW:
DragonCon 2003
by Jonathan Shepherd


It has been nearly 10 years since I’ve been to a Science Fiction Convention, and this year I went to DragonCon 2003. I have fond memories from my late teens of spending the weekend with several hundred people with similar interests. I remember crashing on the floor in a tiny room with 12 other people, showering maybe once, eating junk food and drinking soda, looking on at aging stars with awe, and roaming around nice hotels at three-o-clock in the morning trying to get laid.
Not much has changed, except that now I’m in my early thirties, wouldn’t dream of sleeping on a floor, drank Maker’s Mark instead of soda, and not being single, settled with a new-found interest in Storm Troopers.
If you’ve never been to a Convention like this (con for short), the one thing I stress more than any other is that the real stars are the fans. I know that sounds really cheesy, but this year going back to a con and seeing people I hadn’t seen since before the 90s made me realize that it was the idea of having fun with like-minded people that was so alluring. Geeks, freaks and nerds were everywhere, just like in the old days… but science fiction has gotten even cooler nowadays. Since White Wolf games took off through the 90s and the hip vampire goth scene merged with the role-players of D&D fantasy we’ve come to realize a whole slew of new conventioneers we might have otherwise never run into. Even without the Buffy the Vampire slayer fandom, which was thankfully present, we still see a huge insurgence of colorful characters from all kinds of new comic books, movies, and other fantasy lore. I found that the most fun I had all weekend was buying a little disposable camera and getting my picture taken with people who were dressed like characters from my favorite comics or movies. My significant other was sadly absent, and had never been to a con, so getting as many cool pics of things I knew he’d like to see became a drunken mission on Saturday.
Needless to say, I also saw several famous people up close and personal. I remember standing outside of the hotel one night smoking a cigarette, when my friend nudged my shoulder and pointed out that we were standing a couple of yards away from David Carradine, who, ever so human, was also smoking. That’s the good stuff I remember from my con days, and Dragon Con truly put out.
There were more people. That much is for sure. And every man and woman was a star. All you have to do is throw together a costume (or in some cases, work on it for months until you look really bad-ass) and everybody wants your picture! I was just a normal guy in a green-lantern t-shirt (I think the whole corps was there because there sure were a lot of us), but it didn’t matter. I made new friends and ran into old ones. I drank like a fish and gallivanted around like I had never stopped going to cons. I slipped into the dealer’s room and bought souvenirs for my friends and myself. I even fell asleep in a room watching Japanese animation (in Japanese). All I remember about that night was a strange dream with too many tentacles.
The point is this: Dragon Con is awesome. It is reported to have the biggest draw of nearly any convention in the world, if I remember correctly. Yet I still felt like I was just hanging out with thousands of friends. I was able to be myself and still be cool… which is decidedly rare these days. I wanted to write about what all there is to do and see if you go next year, but hell, there isn’t room. Quite frankly, I only stepped in to see maybe two things that were actually on the program. I had more fun just hanging out and seeing the costumes. So instead, what I’m doing here is letting you know that even if you’re just the occasional watcher of Buffy or Star Trek, you’ll find something at this con to suit you. And if you don’t believe me, visit their website: www.dragoncon.org . There you’ll find lists of famous people who were there and pictures from previous years. Hopefully you’ll make the journey some time- I’ll probably see you there, because I don’t plan to miss it any time soon.



EVENTS

Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art
“Celebrating Post-World War II Art:
Highlights from Permanent Collection”
thru November 13


J. Johnson Gallery
Yayoi Kusama, painting
Sept. 6 – Oct. 31


The Florida Theatre
Summer Movie Classic Series
June 29 – August 31
Every Sunday at 2 p.m.
See Schedule at: www.floridatheatre.com 


Spiller Vincenty
“Emblems”, Dennis Campay
Sept. 19 – Oct. 25









 

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