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Filename: K1-ARTS-AJCD0706-AJCD created: Jul 2 2008 Username: SPEED2 Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 ARTS 1 AJCD 1 Cyan Magenta Yellow Black 1 Cyan Magenta Yellow Black AJCD File name: K1-ARTS-AJCD0706-AJCD created: Jul 2 2008 Username: SPEED2 ARTS Sunday 1 2 3 4 5 ARTS On accessAtlanta.com/arts: Atlanta is ripe with arts news. Find out the latest buzz. Classy poster for classic Turner Classic Richard Steiner, who collects vintage posters, says he has a special for Night of the K8 INSIDE SUNDAY, JULY 6, 2008 Newsroom Customer Care 404-526-7003 Arts Books Move takes her from ight attendant to stage diva One in an occasional series. Meet the actress: The Columbus native was discovered by a casting agent while working as an Eastern Airlines attendant in the After a brief stint in New York, Biscoe moved to Atlanta in 1993, and has worked in theater, and TV ever since. She has a degree in education from Clark Atlanta University and runs a downtown Pilates studio, Total Training System.

Favorite roles: Getting to wear a sexy slip onstage as Katy Jume in Jim Stages, 1987). And playing former fashion model Peggy Clark in Charles-Randolph (Horizon Theatre, 2005). In was this crazy woman who was going around killing In her character puts her career on hold when she marries into a family of funeral directors. Least favorite role: Mahala in Tony Horizon Theatre, 2003. wait for that show to be over.

I played one character who spoke seven languages, and I was like, I can barely speak Dream role: Would like to play Martha in Edward Afraid of Virginia also like to do full- scale action movie, something where I get to run, jump and She got a taste of such physicality while playing a voodoo priestess on the run from a killer in the it hooked Upcoming: She portrays matriarch Alice Pettway and granddaughter Asia in Elyzabeth Gregory play about the famous Alabama quilt-makers. Theatrical reprises last hit July 16-27. (Tickets: 678528-1500, Wendell Brock HANNANS HENRY Actress Donna Biscoe who moved to Atlanta in 1993 after a brief stop in New York, also runs a Pilates studio downtown. Horizon Theatre Company Donna Biscoe with Freddie Hendricks played former model Peggy Clark in ROLE OF A LIFETIME DONNA BISCOE Atlanta actors discuss their memorable characters and the part just love to play. IN BOOKS The Summer Olympics are set for Aug.

8-24 in Beijing, but two other Olympiads make for compelling history lessons in a pair of new books: by David Maraniss, and Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic by Tom Caraccioli and Jerry Caraccioli. Reviews, Page K6 Jakob Dylan: Album icing on solo break By DAVID BAUDER Associated Press New York At 38 years old and the father of four, Jakob Dylan be taking any backpacking trips through Europe. A equivalent of that, however, inspired the solo album of his career. Asked by friend Bone Burnett to be his opening act on a tour last year, Dylan eagerly accepted. It was a break from the rock band he fronts, the and a chance to hang out backstage with musicians who he admires, such as Burnett, drummer Jim Keltner and guitarist Marc Ribot.

was the opportunity I was kind of waiting he said recently. was kind of confused. I want to get right back on the treadmill and write another record for the band. Relationships with the record company had dissipated. It was a bad relationship.

Not a crossroads, but we just sure what to do Dylan landed at Columbia, his father label, and told label chief Rick Rubin he was writing some songs without the band in mind. He have gone to a better person. Rubin has produced his share of rock and rap, but his ability to rip protective layers off an artist to get to MARK HUMPHREY Associated Press Jakob Dylan says the mind his solo venture at all. Please see DYLAN, 2 No more feeling at home By KIRSTEN TAGAMI aletta Anderson moved to the Oakhurst neighborhood in Decatur 15 years ago, before speculators began dotting street corners with Buy signs. Modest bungalows were seen as homes rather than teardowns, and kids playing on bikes usually were grandchildren.

was an older community, one of those quiet, peaceful she said. She and her companion, Cotis Weaver, liked it so much they decided to buy the house they were renting. Not long after, however, younger, mostly white couples began moving in and renovating historic homes, setting in motion the mixed blessing of tion so familiar to Atlantans living in older urban areas. going, did we buy Yes, our property value is increasing, but not the same community said Anderson, 62. So she did the natural thing for a playwright.

She sat down, tried to ignore the din of construction outside her windows, and began to tell a story. Well, not exactly. At Anderson joined neighbors in an ill-fated lawsuit to stop the rezoning of nearby land to allow for greater density. And as much as she was fascinated by the subject, she initially fought the idea of portraying onstage. really think a play about it would work, just because of the way gen itself steamrolls through a said Anderson, who has had four previous plays produced.

Also, she said, something about issue pieces that be treated as issue pieces. The human story has to be projected RICH ADDICKS Playwright Valetta Street which was inspired by what seen in Decatur, will debut Friday at Horizon Theatre. Please see PLAY, 2 Valetta Anderson uses her experience with gentrication for her play debuting at the National Black Arts Festival..