Etel Adnan – poet, painter and writer – came into the world as a world war was brewing and left it as his homeland, Lebanon, descends once again into chaos. Yet she was never desperate. “Developing Hope in Unique Violence. . . can bring deep peace, inner peace. And why not? So you don’t give […]
Read MoreNews of the death of famous Punjabi short story writer Mohan Bhandari circulated in literary circles in Chandigarh in no time on Friday. Sick for a few years, the writer breathed his last in his house in sector 34. He was 84 years old. A recipient of several awards, Bhandari, in addition to being a […]
Read MoreBN Goswamy I… made a more or less serious study of the books within my reach, like the “Bible” and “The French Revolution” by Michelet, then last winter Shakespeare and a little Victor Hugo and Dickens and Beecher Stowe and recently, Aeschylus and then various less classical writers, some great minor masters. – Vincent van […]
Read MoreGerman director Oliver Hirschbiegel, whose Oscar-nominated film “Downfall” shot his latest film “The Painter” in just four days. The docu-fiction, which premieres Saturday at IDFA, is a collaboration with German artist Albert Oehlen, who is played by Teutonic comedian Ben Becker (“Comedian Harmonists). Hirschbiegel and Oehlen are now working together on a film on Vincent […]
Read MoreJames Baldwin, born in Harlem, New York, on August 2, 1924, was one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. Baldwin worked in a variety of mediums; he was a novelist as well as an essayist and playwright whose work largely focused on issues of race, class, and sexuality in the mid-1900s. In 1948, […]
Read MoreOver the past 50 years I have lived in Anchorage, many businesses have disappeared or been bought out by outside chains. Muffler City & Brake (105 West 5th) is one of the few remaining family businesses. A great store for common people and auto enthusiasts, you can actually consult mechanics. Some working there are the […]
Read MorePhotos courtesy of Susan Hensel Gallery Artist Susan Hensel opened her eponymous gallery in 2004 as an exhibition space and workplace in which she could create her unique work on a small and large scale. multidisciplinary textile work. Today, however, the Susan Hensel Gallery is uniquely her studio, where the artist runs a showcase gallery […]
Read MoreBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson, right, chats with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during their meeting at 10 Downing Street, London on Tuesday November 16, 2021 (Daniel Leal / Pool photo via AP) LONDON (AP) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson held talks with the Greek leader in London on Tuesday amid renewed pressure from […]
Read MoreAlong the road to Seton Hill University, a red and orange sculpture peeks through the trees, greeting visitors to the Greensburg campus. A second sculpture, painted a solid red, is placed more prominently at the Seton Hill Arts Center, seen by those crossing the intersection of West Otterman Street and Bell Way. The coins are […]
Read MoreZelda Toll Edelson, 92, a natural history and science editor for two decades, and a painter and poet for two decades after that, died on Friday November 12 of heart failure at her home in the Quadrangle Retirement Community in Haverford. Creative, driven and independent, Ms Edelson grew up in Philadelphia and lived in Illinois, […]
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