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Art Review: ‘Georgia O’Keeffe: Visions of Hawai’i’ at New York Botanical Garden
Now appreciated as the “Mother of Modernism,” in 1939 Georgia O’Keeffe added to her established status as a celebrated modern artist when she visited Hawai’i. Commissioned by a Hawaiian pineapple...
View ArticleThe Adobe Report: June 2018
There are a number of new items to report in this edition of The Adobe Report, so let’s get started! Adobe MAX 2018 Official registration for Adobe MAX 2018 is now open. Adobe MAX, the largest...
View ArticlePrivate Prison Populations Growing Faster than Prisons Overall
The Sentencing Project, a non-profit advocacy group, recently released a short study on privately-owned prisons in the U.S. One of the most striking facts documented by the study, Capitalizing on Mass...
View ArticleUnited States Must End War and Hunger in Yemen
The air strike by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition on a school bus carrying children in Yemen should horrify us all. As Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF’s regional director in the Middle East, says, “No excuses...
View ArticleDrugs Suspected in Five Inmate Deaths in Four Days in Arkansas
Five inmates were found dead in their cells at southeastern Arkansas’ Varner Unit prison during a four-day period in late August, three of them in a single day. The Arkansas Department of Corrections...
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Book Review: ‘Read and Riot: A Pussy Riot Guide to Activism’ by Nadya...
Read & Riot: A Pussy Riot Guide To Activism by Nadya Tolokonnikova, being published by Harper Collins in October 2018, is an instruction manual and an autobiography from one of the co-founders of...
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Interview: Dr. Sherry Cormier, Author of ‘Sweet Sorrow: Finding Enduring...
Recently I had the chance to chat with Dr. Sherry Cormier, a licensed psychologist, bereavement specialist and psychology professor, about her new book, Sweet Sorrow: Finding Enduring Wholeness After...
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BC Arts: NYC Celebrates Astor Piazzolla in Music and Theater
The hundredth anniversary of the birth of Astor Piazzolla won’t arrive until 2021. But two events this month are spinning the clock forward in New York City, where the great Argentine composer spent...
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GLP-1 Journey: Week One
Four weeks ago, I wrote about my decision to undertake a weight-loss journey using a GLP-1 (a semaglutide drug like Ozempic or Wegovy). In short: to take the pressure off my increasingly arthritic...
View ArticleAthena Film Festival Review: ‘Fancy Dance’
The 14th Annual Athena Film Festival and Fancy Dance Athena Film Festival opened last weekend celebrating its 14th year highlighting women artists and filmmakers. Athena is the premiere film festival...
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