321 posts tagged cultural affairs

Bronx Church Embraces Wandering Tune for a Saint By David Gonzalez The doo-wop legend Dion DiMucci, of the group Dion and the Belmonts. (Photo: Richard Patterson for The New York Times) An Italian-American bluesman records a song in Florida. An Irish-American disc jockey plays it at a radio station in Woodstock, N.Y.

With our Wild West tradition, it’s not surprising that horses play such a big role in the public art around here, an interest that underscores our worldwide image long ago established by old Hollywood Westerns.

Bill Moyers interviewed John Grisham on January 25, 2008 on his show, Bill Moyers Journal. I learned that John Grisham is a religious man and takes his faith seriously. In Grisham's latest book, he tells the story of how corporate interests have corrupted our democratic elections to the point of being able to even stack the state Supreme Courts with judges sympathetic to corporate interests.

Diversity provost Myra Gordon's good friend, Mahmud Aliya Shinkafi has his own views on "diversity:" Even as prominent and respected Muslims try to douse the serious situation, those who started the fire are still trying to sell snake oil.

I am curious to see if they will post or print this: This letter is in response to the typical Collegian puff-piece on the visit of Zamfara, Nigeria’s governor, Mahmud Aliyu Shinkafi, to KSU. The propagandists at the Collegian should be aware that its readers generally have access to Google.

Answers About the Health of the Arts, Part 2 By The New York Times Randall Bourscheidt This week, Randall Bourscheidt, the president of a nonprofit arts organization in New York that conducts research and also runs a cultural guide and calendar, has been answering readers’ questions about the

today. Please take a few seconds and COMMENT on the post. It is titled The Death Of The Alpha Leader. Hugh's Townhall blog is ranked in the top 50 in the world.

Japan's Cultural Affairs Agency has proposed adding a fee to the price of Apple iPods and other digital music and video devices to partially compensate rights holders for revenues lost to piracy.

Answers About the Health of the Arts By The New York Times Randall Bourscheidt This week, through Friday, Randall Bourscheidt, the president of a nonprofit arts organization in New York that conducts research and also runs a cultural guide and calendar, will be answering readers’

On View, a Chronicle of Four Decades of Urban Life By Sewell Chan “Puma Boys,” 1980. (Photo: Jamel Shabazz) See a Slide Show In 1969, a 9-year-old boy living in the Red Hook Houses in Brooklyn picked up an autographed copy of Leonard Freed’s “Black in White America,” a book of black-and-white photographs, which his parents had placed on the coffee room table.