Tag Archives: culture

Trash to treasure

Posted on April 12, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

The world sends us garbage. We send back music. That’s the tagline for LandfillHarmonic, which is both an ongoing urban experiment in recycling, and an indie-movie project currently seeking crowd-sourced funding via Kickstarter (as of this writing they’ve received pledges … Continue reading →

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Pablo Neruda and the unquiet grave

Posted on April 7, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

In the wave-strike over unquiet stones the brightness bursts and bears the rose and the ring of water contracts to a cluster to one drop of azure brine that falls. O magnolia radiance breaking in spume, magnetic voyager whose death … Continue reading →

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TEDTalks: Thelma Golden on art & culture

Posted on March 25, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

“Ideas worth spreading.” That’s the philosophy behind TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design). When you find yourself seeking inspiration, optimism, and the elusive incubation of good ideas—just google “TEDTalks.” Click on any and all results you find. I guarantee you’ll experience … Continue reading →

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Why I love the Kindle

Posted on March 15, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

I’ll start with a defensive-sounding disclaimer: I love me some books. I love me some old school books. By way of evidence (also somewhat defensively) I offer this snap of my recent haul. Long story, but most of these books … Continue reading →

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100 years ago: the American art scene arrived

Posted on February 26, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

Can a single art exhibition alter a nation’s cultural consciousness? Could it usher in new appreciation, even new archetypes for how art is created and enjoyed? In 2013, probably not. Contemporary culture is too fractured, entertainment too micro-targeted for such … Continue reading →

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RIP Patty Andrews (Feb. 16, 1918 – Jan. 30, 2013)

Posted on January 31, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

It’s fitting, now that we’re debating the roles of women in warfare, that we bid farewell to the last surviving member of the Andrews Sisters.   It’s true that there were women who served more directly in World War II. More … Continue reading →

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Random acts of culture

Posted on January 27, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

Hats off to the Knight Foundation, for decades of community-based philanthropy in support of progressive journalism, media, and the arts. (Originating, I’m proud to say, from my very own home town.) And particular heart-felt cheers for their ongoing project, Random … Continue reading →

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The business of sports and the culture of deceit

Posted on January 20, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

The two American sports personalities that caught our attention last week couldn’t be more different. One was a star ascendant, whose future couldn’t have been brighter. And the other was already far into his downward spiral, tarnished by suspicion and … Continue reading →

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A new look at Mozart

Posted on January 13, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

We learned this week that we have another look at the face of history’s most talented composer. This undated 18th-century portrait has been identified by Austrian researchers as one of just 14 known likenesses of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This painting … Continue reading →

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Les Mis will unman us all

Posted on January 9, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

I dreamed a dream where I could go to the movies without publicly embarrassing myself. I’m a highly empathetic person, you see. When I see pain, I feel pain. And although I’m thoroughly masculine—truly as masculine as masculine can be—my … Continue reading →

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Richard III, uncovered

Posted on December 31, 2012 by editor, facilitator, decider

Shakespeare always walked a fine line with his treatment of monarchy. On the one hand, he knew that the lives of royals were deep and rich wells of entertainment; power, wealth, sex, and betrayal were as popular devices in fiction … Continue reading →

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I culture you: Music to write by

Posted on December 2, 2012 by editor, facilitator, decider

That headline comes with a huge asterisk: it’s music I write by. That’s all I can speak to. When I undertook to culture you on art, I began by telling you that art is subjective, emphatic period. That goes double … Continue reading →

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Horse culture

Posted on September 15, 2012 by editor, facilitator, decider

Cultures clash; they are clashing, as you can plainly see in the news. As long as they’ve bumped up against one another, they’ve clashed. The differences—the causes of the clashes—are subject to endless debate, and rightfully so. Just as culture … Continue reading →

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Culture on Memorial Day

Posted on May 26, 2012 by editor, facilitator, decider

This purports to be a cultural deconstruction thing. An art/film/literature fanboy thing. Kind of thing that’s frivolous around the time of somber memorial holidays. Maybe. Or maybe the line twixt culture, and the service-people sworn to protect that culture, isn’t … Continue reading →

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Long Lost Leo?

Posted on April 14, 2012 by editor, facilitator, decider

Short of a time machine, there’s just no way to authenticate some works of art. The above painting, Salvator Mundi or Savior of the World, is widely believed to have been painted by Leonardo DaVinci in the late 1490s or … Continue reading →

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