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Posted by Bob Martin in Art, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Exhibits, Museums on 08 17th, 2010 | No Comments
Art: A Portrait of Truth
It is 2010 and there is still a lot to learn about Mexico and our relationship with the people and the country. I’ve never been to Mexico and feel there is a lot that I don’t understand. I am tired of the fear spin in the media and by our politicians.
Paul Strand Mexico
Art gives us the...
Posted by Sandy in Arts, Entertainment and Music, Books, Cable, Creativity, Events, Writers on 08 5th, 2010 | 1 Comment
Black Book Expo * LA August 21, 2010
Los Angeles will host its popular Black Book Expo again this year on Saturday 8/21 at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel. This one day event will offer “authors, storytellers, spoken word and poetry performances, musicians, exhibitors, children’s book authors, emerging writers, publishers, booksellers,...
Fake Idols
Ellen DeGeneres
I know I may have been out of touch (actually I am certain that I am) with the rest of the world. I’ve never watched American Idol or had any interest in the shows winners, mainly because I thought the show was about the judges (like the Judge Judy) and who could be the most mean...
Posted by Sandy in Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Creativity, Museums on 07 27th, 2010 | No Comments
Tie Dye Lives!
I love textiles. Texture and color just spurs imagination. Remember “Tie Dye”? It did not begin and end in the 60’s – the dyeing continues and the San Francisco de Young Museum’s presentation called “To Dye For: A World Saturated in Color“, explores the past and also brings us up to date.
“To...
Posted by Sandy in Art, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Museums on 07 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
Jacob Lawrence at the deYoung
The de Young Museum in San Francisco, CA has recently added “Migration” to its “America” collection. It was painted by Jacob Lawrence in the 1940’s as part of his series with a recurring theme of African Americans moving from South to North between the World Wars.
Lawrence, 1917–2000, called...
Posted by Sandy in Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Creativity, dvd, music on 06 25th, 2010 | No Comments
Michael Jackson
“This Is It” is the DVD documentary that captured the final days of the “King of Pop” as he prepared for a concert tour in 2009. I’ll be honest, I began to watch with some hesitation – Is this going to be a sad, tragic documentary about a frail former super star? (I didn’t really want...
Posted by Sandy in Art, Artist, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums on 06 22nd, 2010 | No Comments
Dali High
“Salvador Dali- the Late Work” * High Museum of Art Atlanta
“August 7, 2010 through January 9, 2011 The High will be the sole venue for the first exhibition to focus on Dalí’s art after 1940. The exhibition, featuring more than 40 paintings and a related group of drawings, prints and other...
Posted by Sandy in Art, Artist, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums on 05 28th, 2010 | No Comments
Charles M. Russell at MFAH
As part of their major “An American Season” exhibition this summer, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents:
“The Masterworks of Charles M. Russell: A Retrospective of Paintings and Sculpture”
Charles M. “Charlie” Russell (1864-1926), was a painter and sculptor. “Self-taught,...
Posted by Sandy in Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Featured Articles, Film, Movies on 05 14th, 2010 | No Comments
“Gone Baby Gone”
The brothers Affleck – Ben directs, and Casey stars – are responsible for this turbulent film. Based on a Dennis Lehane book, “Gone Baby Gone” starts as a child abduction case – a little girl goes missing in Boston, can she be found in enough time? (The longer a child is missing,...
Posted by Sandy in Art, Artist, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll on 05 4th, 2010 | No Comments
106.5 Million For A Picasso!
You’ve probably heard about this already, but rumor has it that it took Picasso a day to complete, which is roughly 5.9 million per hour. Nice.
“Nu au Plateau de Sculpteur” (Nude, Green Leaves and Bust), 1932
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