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• in Travel
  Our Quick Video Tips for Travelers
  Some quick video tips: Avoid the “show and tell” approach. It’s the place, not the geography; the feeling not the actual location.
  by kaleeltvp / on Jun 5, 2012
• in TV
  The Civil War — 150th Anniversary Edition by Ken Burns
  Will the South rise again?
  by fcetier / on Apr 24, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “ken burns”

 

• “True Grit” Watercolors by David Rathman

  
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  I watched a fantastic Ken Burns documentary a few weeks back on the “Dust Bowl” .  Highly recommend.  These inky/sooty watercolor paintings by David Rathman put me in mind of it.  True Grit. Artist’s website: www.davidrathman.com Gallery representation: Mark Moore Gallery ...
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• HOT DOCS 2013: Is This A New Golden Age?

  
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  Maybe there’s a debate going on about whether we are, in fact, in the midst of a “documentary renaissance,” but the answer seemed self-evident at the 20th annual Hot Docs, that sprawling all-nonfiction festival that serves as a deliberately inclusive snapshot of current documentary culture. Among the many, many ...
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• The Trials and Deaths of John D. Lee and Brigham Young

  
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  I wanted to continue Ken Burns’ discussion of the aftermath of the Mountain Meadows as part of his series, The West (available on Netflix.)   In Part 6 , he discussed the trial of John D. Lee.  At the beginning of part 6, he begins with this introduction. By 1874, Washington had launched still another assault ...
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• New Orleans and the Story of the Survival of Jazz

  
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  Wishes are powerful things. Last year, I wished that I could experience more live music as I travel around the world, learning about other cultures . Like photography and writing, music has the ability to transport me, but traveling perpetually makes it difficult to plan for live performances when I barely know where ...
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• May 2013 NYC Bookstore Events

  
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    A couple of musical luminaries (Burt Bacharach, Lou Gramm), a Nobel Peace Prize nominee (Dr. Paul Farmer), and David Sedaris make the book tour rounds this month. Here’s a few May 2013 events that I found interesting for one reason or another. Barnes & Noble NYC 05/06 Granta: Best Young British Novelists ...
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• In The Review: When America Got The Rape Wrong…Ken Burns’ “The Central Park 5″

  
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  Historically America sometimes has a penchant for persecution of crimes under the guise of guilty until proven innocent particularly when it comes to those of color.  The Scottsboro Boys, Emmett [...]
  3 weeks ago

• Historian & Biographer, Doris Kearns Goodwin

  
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  Nicole and I are heading out this evening to a Norfolk Forum event at Chrysler Hall – Historian & Biographer, Doris Kearns Goodwin . After watching Ms. Goodwin on television for years, I’m excited to hear her speak in-person. Thanks Ellyn for the tickets! DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN Pulitzer Prize Winning ...
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• Commentary From Delaware

  
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  Todays Wilmington News Journal publishes the OpEd, "The Central Park Five and a death penalty evolution," by Jan Ting. Hes a professor of law at Temple University’s Beasley School of Law. Heres an extended excerpt: I’ve been a holdout, declining...
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• The Mark Twain House and Museum – Hartford, Connecticut

  
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  Literary fans come from around the world to visit the home of beloved author Samuel Clemens , aka Mark Twain, a pen name he derived from the term used by Mississippi River pilots to indicate a water depth of two fathoms. “To us,” Twain said, “our house…had a heart, and a soul, and eyes to see us with…It was ...
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• THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE

  
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  THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE Written and Directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon The New York City of 1989 is not the New York City of today. Before its streets were cleaned up in the mid to late 1990’s, it was the crime capital of the country. There were so many crimes being committed at the time that ...
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