The murder of meaning is a crime Nelson Algren spent his life trying to get people interested in, and it scarcely ended with his death in 1982. Shortly after that year, in fact, one of the greatest admissions of that crime began appearing on t-shirts nationwide. They said, “The one who dies with the most […]
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Presented by Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College, Colorado Springs CO Join us for a new performance by Eiko Otake at the Fine Arts Center during our First Friday celebrations! BUY TICKETS Join us for a new performance by Eiko Otake at the Fine Arts Center
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“There’s beggary in the love that can be reckoned.” –from Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra Parents have always worried about their kids going on dates. Mothers, like those haggy, clingy caricatures in the Old Spice commercials, suffer much anxiety at the prospect of losing their baby boy to the wiles of some teenage vixen. Meanwhile, fathers
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My dad grew up on a farm in Indiana. His parents stocked the property with different breeds of animals, all consigned to death for food because the family wasn’t rich and was doing what it needed to do to survive. From early on, my dad studied the relationships between animal intelligence, behavior, and appearance. For
At about 2 a.m. Saturday morning, October 23, 2010, outside the residence of Brandon Savage (street name “Ghostface”) at 1843 North Harvard Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, two people were shot. One was Carlameisha Jefferson (street name “24”), and she was treated in the emergency room and survived her wounds. The other was Dominique Jasper (street name
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To Be or Not to Be? If someone asked me to tell the story of my life, I might begin like this: I was born in Evanston, Illinois, in 1942. I have been told that my father came home from the hospital saying over and over, “It’s a boy! It’s a boy!” There is no
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As a result of years of devastating wildfires, the native sequoia trees in Sequoia National Park face the threat of extinction. These ancient, resilient trees have survived thousands of years of damage, but an unprecedented increase in wildfires has led to their dwindling population. The wildfires have destroyed a significant portion of Sequoia National Park,
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. . . the man was a walking treasure gallery. This wasn’t the work of a cheap carnival tattoo man with three colors and whiskey on his breath. This was the accomplishment of a living genius, vibrant, clear, and beautiful. – Ray Bradbury …the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse. – Walt
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I’ll tell you all a dire and grisly tale Of one who strayed so far beyond the pale, Annihilated in an ocean swell, Dragging down many with him as he fell – Poor Billy: he’s the hero in my charge , And represents humanity at large, The product of a world grown over-ripe, Walking computer,
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A couple of years ago I read about the seed packages at Hudson Valley See Library designed by a number of local artists. I visited the site at once, and it was there that I first saw Sheryl Humphrey’s work, on an Art Pack design for Rainbow Chard. I was wowed. I remember happily whiling away a
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