the power of W.S. Merwin's words
W.S. Merwin added a curse to the library book that I presented to him to sign. Nearly 12 years later, the book remains in the library. … Read the post the power of W.S. Merwin's words
citizen journalism
Being a journalist on the Internet means caring about your community and communicating openly about what you see and hear.
Systematic Landscapes transforms public space
With Systematic Landscapes, at the Corcoran Gallery of Art through July 12, 2009, Maya Lin brings landscapes into an art gallery. This one, generative, earthly reality is an unsought gift to every human being. Systematic Landscapes presents works that make visible within the Corcoran Gallery unseeable forms of this gift. The works build upon familiar … Continue reading Systematic Landscapes transforms public space
Robert J. Coen, advertising data hero
Advertising expenditure data by media for the U.S. from 1935 to 2007 are publicly available mainly because of Robert J. Coen. In 1935, L.D.H. Weld, Director of Research for McCann-Erickson and formerly Professor of Business Administration, Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, published advertising data in the magazine Printers’ Ink. Weld died in 1946. Robert J. … Continue reading Robert J. Coen, advertising data hero
police call box history
At the recent unveiling of Southwest Neighborhood call box art, the DC Metropolitan Police Department Historian, Sgt. Nicholas Breul, talked about police call box history. His enthusiasm demonstrated the Police Department’s new appreciation for its illustrious history. Sgt. Breul suggested that police call booths helped to inspire later telephone call booths. That gives the call … Continue reading police call box history
fullness of movement
Abou Lagraa and his dance company Cie La Baraka blessed the Kennedy Center with wonderfully inventive choreography and an amazing range of movement qualities in a performance of Lagraa’s work Allegoria Stanza on March 3. Part of the Kennedy Center’s festival Arabesque: Arts of the Arab World, the performance expanded dances, gestures, and street rhythms … Continue reading fullness of movement