October 5th, 2008
LAST WEEK, a TV show redefined what we mean by the Glamorous Grandmother. Where once she wore a starchy satin gown, a string of pearls and a bouffant hairdo much like Yootha Joyce’s magnificent coppery fright-wig in George And Mildred in the 1970s, the new generation, shown through Britain’s Youngest Grannies, wore skinny jeans, crop [...]
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October 5th, 2008
Any good work of art should wake you up. Some art objects do it more seductively than others. A gorgeous Titian such as “Europa” at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, for instance, pulls viewers in with a spectacle of story, tone, and technique.
Unlike “Europa,” the works in this show don’t carry you away with color [...]
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October 5th, 2008
Four months after NSW police seized Henson’s work from a Sydney gallery, the photographer has sparked renewed debate after making his first public defence of his work.
In a book by journalist David Marr, Henson says he finds models in several different ways. Most often, he is introduced to them by a friend or relative, but [...]
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September 29th, 2008
A quaint train station lined with dozens of Green Party signs meant that Simcoe North candidate Valerie Powell’s Green Party media captains, Murray Cleland, Alec Adams, and I finally made it to our destination in Parry Sound. We found ourselves standing among about 100 excited Green Party supporters and reporters eagerly waiting to meet Green [...]
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September 29th, 2008
“The Georgia Public Policy Foundation started a transparency initiative for this state because we believe transparency is good government. Everyone spends money more carefully if they know someone is looking over their shoulder. We know, based upon the experience in other states, that transparency will lead to cost savings as we identify duplication, waste and [...]
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September 26th, 2008
After a lengthy national search, the Orange County Performing Arts Center has filled its newly created position of vice president of education.
Talena Mara is an educator, administrator and performing artist who serves on the adjunct faculty at the Juilliard School’s Music Advancement Program and was director of education and audience development for the New York [...]
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September 26th, 2008
A fascinating exhibition featuring 16 artists from Korea, Vietnam and the United States is coming to UC Irvine’s .
“TransPOP: Korea Vietnam Remix” is scheduled to run Oct. 2 through Nov. 8, with an opening reception 6-9 p.m. Oct. 2. The exhibition will explore the historic and contemporary links between Korea and Vietnam, and between those countries [...]
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September 26th, 2008
The reviews for Daniel Radcliffe’s Broadway debut in “Equus” are in, and they’re good. Radcliffe caused a stir when he played the role of a disturbed yuong man in the London revival 18 months ago. His part features extensive nudity.
Read on for the raves.
“London critics complained during the revival’s West End run that Radcliffe lacked [...]
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September 26th, 2008
Ngo Thanh Van in a scene from “The Rebel.”
If you didn’t see the movie “The Rebel” the first time around, here’s your chance to finally catch it.
The Vietnamese action movie, directed by Buena Park resident Charlie Nguyen and starring Dustin Nguyen (of “21 Jump Street” fame), was a hit at last year’s . “The Rebel” won the [...]
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September 24th, 2008
I want to share files without thinking about it between my home machine, my work machine, and my laptop. Currently I’m using an external hard drive. This drive kind of acts as a 320GB backup / keep things you want for all machines on / utility drive.
Two Goals.
#1 There are a certain set of files [...]
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