The Caduceus and the Rhea Sisters by Arthur Allen 1988 In 1928-1929 a Medical-Dental Building was constructed at the corner of Georgia and Hornby Streets in Vancouver. It featured statues of three tall nurses, made of terra- cotta, {fired and glazed...
The Ghost of Berry Creek by Richard LeBlond Contributor A botanist by trade, I have never lost my love of exploring new habitat and learning new species. So I talked the Forest Service into letting me conduct a small survey on its land in the Great Basin...
In Memoriam “Charlie” Einhorn, 76 Charlie Einhorn’s contributions to the Columbus, Ohio, creative community cannot be overstated. From the early 1970s on Pearl Alley at Charlie’s Guitar, to the later street scenes of Hot Times, and more, his was a constant presence in...
Me, Mom, and Meritocracy Stephen Poleskie Columnist There has been a lot of coverage in the media recently about parents who will do anything it takes, legal or not, to get their child into a top ranked school. I must confess that many years ago my mother used...
Seeking Ultimate Fulfillment Getting real with Roger Brooks, founder of American Real With Mike Foldes Managing Editor Roger, thanks for agreeing to an e-interview with Ragazine. I was introduced to the site during a conversation on a First Friday...
Baseball Fans’ Behavior Strikes Out The following short essay was written several years ago… but bears a lesson worth repeating. The Yankees’ loss Wednesday night to the Boston Red Sox was humiliating, but not nearly as humiliating as the behavior of the...
Songs for Ingrid Selected by Fred Roberts Music Editor Category: Don’t tell Ingrids to smile Song Title: Ingrid Won’t Smile Artist: Milk White White Teeth Year: 2010 Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DgpsLumrms ...
The following selection is from the collection, “THE APNEA POEMS,” by Bill Yarrow. EYES OFF THE ROAD One by one I lost my desires. Dirty ambition left first. Knowledge raged but then it cooled. Riches never had the hook very deep. ...
Vanitas-2 Graphite on Bristol board | 20”x 26” | 2014 Artist Spotlight van·i·tas/ˈvanəˌtäs/noun”Vanitas, (Latin: , “vanity”) in art, a genre of still-life paintings that flourished in the Netherlands in the early 17th century. A vanitas painting contains...
W. S. Merwin: In memoriam by Brian Cullman Contributing Writer My parents had dinner with Robert Frost once. They said he stared at his lamb chops angrily, stopped, fixed his eyes on them, and then turned his attention back to his plate. And though it...
Throckmorton Fine Art (www.throckmorton-nyc.com) has announced an important exhibition of photographs created over the past half century by the world renowned Mexican photographic artist, Graciela Iturbide. FIFTY YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC TREASURES celebrates...
Photo by Randy Colas on Unsplash *** The hunt for Emmanuel Macron: What happens when the press and public become locked in a feedback loop of extremism by Fabia Chenivesse-Wong Contributing Writer In May 2017, Emmanuel Macron was elected as President of...
MURMURATION “A rare gathering of starlings that looks like dancing clouds” passed over my head this morning like a shiver in a graveyard. Murmuration The sky darkened, my dogs slowed their pace, and I still struggled to hold up the dike against the flood of winter. My...
FOR THE RECORD by J. Palombo Columnist Over the past ten years I’ve been the Politics Editor for Ragazine, writing articles on a wide range of political, economic and social issues. An important theme running through many of the pieces, fueled by my four...
The flowers offend me because they are filthy– their roots scraggly with dirt And the sky offends me because it is bigger than I and how dare that sky dwarf me? And you offend me because… well just because. I think you like flowers I think you like the...
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