Photo by Andy Watkins on Unsplash *** Pyro: a memoir of California by Gregory Von Dare My workday day began at 6:00 a.m. After the clock-in, my first task was to open a six-foot tall safe. That hulk was painted fire-engine red, and its walls were three-inches thick...
Light V *** The Sweep of Greece Sea, Air, History and Light Come to Life by Jean-Paul Gavard-Perret Columnist The work of Maria Foskolaki seems to me of the greatest interest both in the treatment of light and the narrative poetry between figuration and...
The Devil’s Bargain: Should justice be negotiable? by Fabia Chenivesse-Wong Contributing Columnist Recently, plea-bargaining has made the headlines, a sufficiently remarkable occasion to warrant attention. Plea-bargaining, or the bringing about of a...
Bad Harvest (ISBN-13: 978-0887486388) by Dzvinia Orlowsky Carnegie Mellon University Press https://www.cmu.edu/universitypress/ 5.5” x 8.5” paperback, 80 pages $15.95 THE MEMORY OF OBJECTS Review by Olena Jennings A poem can depict a memory the...
Photo by Ashutosh Nandeshwar on Unsplash *** Ava, Lana, and Old Bob Campbell by Wayne Turmel Contributing Writer Las Vegas, 2018 Bob Campbell was seventy-five by this point. He was never much of a BS artist, rarely spoke at all and never joined in the usual...
Photo by photo-nic.co.uk nic on Unsplash *** Our Falls by Stephen Poleskie There are few among us who can say that they have never fallen in some way or another at least once in their lives. When we were children falls were quite common, but usually not...
Anatolian Cultural Themes at Work Here by Fred Roberts Music Editor “Grup Şimşek is an “outernational” band featuring Derya Yildirim, a virtuoso of the Turkish instrument saz, along with Graham Mushnik (organ) and Antonin Voyant (guitar) of l’Orchestre du...
In Yesterday, A Glimpse of Fame’s Human Cost by Margot Parmenter Contributing Writer American novelist William Faulkner once told the Paris Review that “the artist is of no importance — only what he creates is important, since there is nothing new to be...
Photo by Vidar Nordli-Mathisen on Unsplash *** Navigating Sicily by Carol Severino Contributing Writer As an Italian American (half Sicilian, one-quarter Neapolitan) who takes Italian courses and practices in a community conversation group, the experience of...
Photo by Jp Valery on Unsplash *** Buck by Susan Hodara Contributing Writer Antlers curving upward. Grayish fur that looks mangy; oily; not soft to touch. Eyes round as targets. Or would that be the singular ‘eye’? Because the buck is in profile, mid-air,...
The Music of the Aztecs Edited by David B. Churchill Pony One Dog Press (Paper, $19.95) (ISBN #978-0-9753095-4-4: 115 pages) PO Box 30552 Bethesda, MD 20824 The Music of the Aztecs Review by Bill Cushing Contributing Writer This anthology’s name...
the club ok so dolphy left the country & i just missed trane but i got to see ayler doesn’t that qualify me for the club? where are the wash clothes when you need one & why...
“The Slave Ship” J.M.W. Turner (British School) 1775-1851 A wash of color. Red emerges, then yellow, white, finally the darker colors. A streak of brightness,...
DAMAGED EGOS, ILLUSIONS and ARTWORKS: Consignments, Drop Offs, Pick Ups, Presentations and Studio Visits by Barbara Rosenthal Contributing Columnist July-Aug, 2019 July 1, 2019 “Hey! You returned my painting with a big hole in it!!” Bill Creston phoned in...
Everything Awesome About the 2019 Summer NAMM Show in Nashville The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) is a trade-only business show catering to both international and local distributors. Starting over a century ago in 1901, it is held every...
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