Martin Scorsese – The Departed
A violent, hard film, no sweetness here, no happy ending. Who’re the good guys? Who’s wearing the “white†hat?
Cynical with assorted shades of grey, both cops and criminals seem to have other revenue sources, sort of a cross pollination effect.
As always, this director knows...
More of Why I Love NYC: A Day at the Opera
Yesterday felt like spring. I had just had a very good meeting and took a moment to sit in Bryant Park and watch the snow melt. I took a brisk walk up 6th Avenue, ran into a great friend & director, edged my way through Central Park…I swear one of the horses was showing off for me. And eventually...
Posted by Bob Martin in Events on 02 20th, 2007 | No Comments
Meet Denise Meridith at Borders Books
On Saturday, March 10, 2007 at 1 PM come to Borders Books at 7000 E Mayo Blvd (easy access from 101 & Scottsdale Blvd) and hear Denise’s popular talk about “The Hurdles Women and Minorities Must Hurtle.†Denise, who refers to herself as The Recovering Bureaucrat, will be signing...
Posted by Bob Martin in Culture, Education, Events, Film, Movies, Writers on 02 17th, 2007 | No Comments
The Arizona Black Film Showcase
The 6th Annual Arizona Black Film Showcase (AZBFS) is a three-day event held at the Herberger Theater and AMC Theater – Arizona Center. The three-day event is comprised of information packed workshops, Short and Feature Film Screenings and a Vendor and Resource Fair. This exciting three-day event...
Reception for David Tooker
David Tooker is the newly appointed Executive Director of the Scottsdale Artists’ School There will be a reception at the School on February 22, 2007 from 5:30 to 7PM to meet Dave. The school is located at 3720 N. Marshall Way, in Scottsdale AZ.
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An Escape From Reality – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
This last week seemed, to me, to be too full of a series of unfortunate events. By Friday, the last thing I needed was another news show or tabloid paper. I wanted to be taken away, out of the realm of current happenings. (I know, reality shows aren’t really, but even they weren’t fantastical...
In Art, are we able to find Excellence in Scarcity?
In a recent interview of Tom Stoppard on the Charlie Rose Show, Stoppard talks about one of the main characters, a philosopher (I believe is the real life Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin) in his epic Play The Coast of Utopia who has the opportunity to live in France or Germany,...
Painting workshop – Miguel de Allende-Mexico
Nancy Chaboun is conducting a workshop this May 13th in Miguel de Allende Painting the Figure Outdoors. The cost for the workshop is $2,100. and includes hotel, breakfast, ground transportation, instruction and models fees. For more information contact Philiplevine@earthlink.net
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King Tut: Seeing Egyptian Art as Art
I had the pleasure of going to the opening of the King Tut exhibit at the Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia. I promised myself to really see the Egyptian Art as Art…as being able to offer me more than just being an archeological artifact. When I was younger, Egyptian art was usually...
MOAD – Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA
This small, unassuming museum in San Francisco is celebrating its 1 year anniversary, this March. It has presented many examples of the creative – textiles, paintings, sculpture, the written word, book signings and conferences on the state of art and the artist is the 21st century.
Always available...
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