You may have heard a few of these terms tossed around lately—reusing, repurposing, recycling, upcycling—and maybe you are savvy enough to know what they mean, but if you missed the memo, don’t fret! South magazine is here to get you on track with the hottest trend in town, starting with Sicky Nar Nar’s The Furniture Show, Friday, May 3, 7-10:30 p.m. The show, part of the First Friday Art March between Forsyth Park and Victory drive, is comprised of SCAD Furniture Design student work that uses reclaimed materials from places in Savannah, like Southern Pine.

Cirque du Soleil: Quidam is coming to Savannah next week for three shows at the Civic Center. The fun starts May 7 at 7:30 p.m., with evening shows Wednesday and Thursday night as well. To purchase tickets, click here.

We sat down with Cirque du Soleil spokesperson Jessica LaBeouf and Cirque du Soleil performer Adrienn Banhegyi to learn more about Cirque du Soleil, the Quidiam story and what it really takes to be a performer.

South: How did Cirque du Soleil start?
Jessica LaBeouf: Cirque du Soleil is a company that is almost 30 years old now. In the ’80s, when it started, it was just a little group of street performers like stilt walkers, fire jugglers and fire breathers. They had this idea to mix those art forms with different ones to be like a traditional circus with street performances and theatre and costumes and make up and all of that to put it together in a genre of entertainment. It’s not a musical, it’s not a circus, it’s not a theatre—it’s everything. We chose not to go with animals at all in the circus, but to really focus on the human body—dress it up nicely, bend it backward, put it in the air, spin it around and see how far we could go with that. And then as technology evolved, it opened up other doors with the video interaction and the stage revolving. It’s quite amazing. With the Quidam set, the actual stage is a turntable. All of the 20 shows that Cirque du Soleil has are completely different from one to another. There is only one Quidam. If you want see Quidam, you have to come to savannah and see it. It’s not going to be playing elsewhere.

In this season of vacations and staycations, keep it all together and find some great deals with our list of top travel apps.