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• in Technorati Women
  Exposing Kids to the Arts: The Possibilities are Endless...and Important
  Lori Landau examines the state of the arts in our schools, and makes suggestions about how--and why--we need to make sure our kids are exposed to the arts.
  by lorilan / on Mar 5, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “the arts”

 

• 10 Greatest Dancers of the Twentieth Century

  
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  The art of dance is a unique form of expression, employing a universal body language that everyone understands. From ballet to contemporary, from hip-hop to salsa, and from oriental to flamenco, dance is certainly enjoying something of a renaissance lately. But when it comes to individual dancers, who has the best ...
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• *A History of England in 100 Places*

  
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  This 2011 book by John Julius Norwich is both an excellent travel book and one of the very best ways of learning more about the history of England.  It is remarkably wide-ranging and properly treats economic and technological (and artistic) history on a par with political history.  Here is one short excerpt: Of ...
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• Are There Dragons in Japan? Lots of Them!

  
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  Besides for Nippon Professional Baseball’s hapless Chunichi Dragons (16-22 on the season so far in 2013), what’s the deal with dragons in Japan? Have I personally ever seen dragons in Japan? Yes, indeed–lots of them! I don’t know whether dragons are mythological, whether they are part of our ...
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• Learning the Legacies: Heritage Clinics, Santacruzans and Museum Tours for the National Heritage Month

  
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  The Parish Church of the Immaculate Conception in Balayan, Batangas, was built in the early 19th century by the secular clergy, with later touches by the Augustinian Recollects. This period in the area also saw the increase in the turnout of local priests, hence Balayan (along with Tabaco, Tayum, and to a small ...
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• Woeser: “Our Lhasa is on the Verge of Destruction!”

  
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  The Chinese government’s development of Tibet in recent years is resulting in the destruction of many historically and culturally significant areas, especially in Lhasa . A recent post by Tibetan writer Woeser looks at the destruction of Lhasa and calls on the international community to help . Translated by ...
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• David Page’s Camp X and From Here to There at Rutgers’ Stedman Gallery, Camden

  
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  –Andrea’s encounter with a performance succeeds in making her and the other viewers uncomfortable.  The performance was part of a now-closed exhibit across the river from Philadelphia in Camden.–the artblog editors ———————->Rutgers University’s Camden campus is hidden in plain sight from most ...
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• The joys of dripping venom

  
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  A Triumph on the Page,  The Great Gatsby  Founders Miserably on the Silver Screen Director Baz Luhrmann takes a meat cleaver to F. Scott Fitzgeralds literary masterpiece By  Rex Reed   As the new Gatsby, Leonardo DiCaprio is hopeless, a little boy in his first After Six tuxedo. ...
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• Ai Weiwei & Mo Yan on Publicity and Responsibility

  
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  In an interview and a recent speech, respectively, artist Ai Weiwei and Nobel-winning author Mo Yan expressed sharply different attitudes towards public exposure and social and political responsibility. From Bernhard Zand, talking to Ai Weiwei for Spiegel Online : SPIEGEL: How have you been lately? Ai: ...
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• Westerville, Ohio Rock the ‘Ville Looking for Poets, Authors, and Artists

  
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  Westerville, Ohio: Rock the ‘Ville is looking for published authors, poets, and illustrators for its August 10 event. Auditions will be held on June 4. Click on the flyer below: the image will appear as a JPEG. If you cannot view it, click on the link below the image to see a PDF version of the flyer. Rock ...
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• Press Freedom, Other Topics Off Limits for Academics

  
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  The South China Morning Post reports on a directive allegedly being distributed to universities outlining seven topics professors are not permitted to discuss in class : Wang Jiangsong, a philosophy professor at the China Institute of Industrial Relations in Beijing , said that on Tuesday he had seen the ...
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• Friday Fun: 2010’s May Fayre in Covent Garden

  
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  The Punch and Judy Fellowship Each year, Punch & Judy Professors from around Britain gather in Covent Garden (Punch’s U.K. Birthplace) to celebrate all things Punch and puppetry in general as well as Mr. Punchs birthday.  My friends at the Punch & Judy Fellowship have videos from May Fayre’s past ...
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• Gallery Hop Vancouver – After Hop

  
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  Written by: Holly Armishaw, Artist, CASV Board Member It’s become an annual tradition in Vancouver, every spring the local visual arts community looks forward to the Canadian Art Foundation Gallery Hop Vancouver presented in partnership by the Canadian Art Foundation (CAF) and the Contemporary Art Society of ...
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• Oh Jekyll, You Hyde

  
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  I found out yesterday that my all-time favorite show was leaving Broadway ALREADY.  I had planned to go next month to see the show, only to find out that the show was ending THIS WEEKEND.  The first thing I thought was, “Well, I guess the Wildhorn curse has struck again.” I battled all day trying to decide if I ...
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• A Battle to Become Art Capital of China

  
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  With Beijing ’s National Art Museum of China (Namoc) planning to open a new building in Olympic park displaying its contemporary collection in 2017, and Hong Kong’s M+  museum slated to open the same year, The New York Times reports on the ongoing battle between the two cities to become the center of ...
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• Yeah You Did: A 30-Minute Pokemon Ballet Performance

  
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  This is a nearly 30-minute Pokemon themed ballet performance . If I told you I watched it all I would be a liar, and if theres one thing Im not, its a liar. Im actually a dying breed -- one of the last remaining Keepers of the Real. Think of me as that knight at the end of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, ...
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• Unusual Artifacts: Sheet Music for The Punch & Judy Man

  
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  Sheet Music for "The Punch & Judy Man" The Victoria & Albert Museum Rooty Tooty, Rooty Tooty, blame me if you can.   Im a broken-hearted, Rooty Tooty, Punch and Judy Man. Here, we see the illustrated sheet music cover for the song, “The Punch & Judy Man” as sung by ...
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• Object of the Day, Museum Edition: The "Munched Tobacco" Punch and Judy

  
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  Hand-colored Etching, Nineteenth Century. Ink Inscription, 1956. The George Speaight Punch & Judy Archive The Victoria & Albert Museum Well, it’s Friday, and you know what that means—Punch and Judy stuff, especially since yesterday was Punchs 351st birthday. I like this particular image from a ...
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• FABULOUS FANNY – THE SONGS AND STORIES OF FANNY BRICE Now On Tour Making Appearances in New Jersey & Long Island

  
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   FABULOUS FANNY – THE SONGS AND STORIES OF FANNY BRICE Now On Tour Making Appearances in New Jersey & Long Island Sunday, May 19 @ 2:00 pm The Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County Saturday, June 1 @ 8:00 pm Freeport Concert Association     Jessica Fallon Gordon ...
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• Broadway’s Rachel de Benedet Joins Rainsworth Productions Board Of Advisors

  
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  Broadway’s Rachel de Benedet Joins Rainsworth Productions Board Of Advisors Rachel de Benedet is a Broadway Star best known for her starring performance in Catch Me if You Can, for which she earned a nomination for “Best Female Dancer, Broadway” at the 2011 Astaire Awards . Her other Broadway roles ...
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• Artist of the Day: Andy Rementer

  
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  Andy Rementer is an illustrator and animator who studied at The University of the Arts and produces illustrations, prints, zines and animation. An ad, “Gator Behavior,” animated by Andy, is simple, fun, and smile-inducing, just like Andy’s illustration work: Compare the commercial below, which features ...
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