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Taylor Mead dies at 88; underground film legend and bohemian artist
Taylor Mead, an underground cinema legend whose comic charm and sense of the surreal inspired Andy Warhol and other seminal figures in the alternative film world, died Wednesday in Denver. He was 88. A fixture of bohemian New York who was also a poet...
Tags: Entertainment, Stroke, Robert Downey Jr., Manhattan (New York City), Arts and Culture
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Bieber vs. Beethoven; a new twist on battle rap
Comedian Lloyd Ahlquist steps onto the stage, girded for battle. Wearing the uniform of a Soviet officer, with medals dripping from his chest, he channels dictator Joseph Stalin and prepares to deliver a rhyming smackdown on Russia's mad monk, Grigori...
Tags: Justin Bieber, Social Media, Arts and Culture, New York City, Apple Inc.
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Michelle Tea turns a radical eye on YA in 'Mermaid in Chelsea Creek'
NEW YORK — Michelle Tea has been a horoscope writer, an activist and a sex worker. She never graduated from college, but she has written a novel, a poetry collection and four memoirs — one of which, "Valencia," is being made into an...Tags: Fine Artists, Manhattan (New York City), Book, Arts and Culture, Chelsea (Manhattan, New York)
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The wandering camera
A storage unit, a garage, a car, a professor's office and a tent on a campsite. These are only a few of the 24 Irvine spots where Richard Newton bunked over two years in the early 1970s. This nomadic life — the yearning to feel out new...
Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Science and Technology, University of California, Irvine
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Winnetka students recognized for literary talent
When 16-year-old Josh Hoeflich was contemplating a topic for an essay for a summer class last year, he didn't have to look far for inspiration. The Glencoe teenager said he decided to write about his relationship with his older brother. "We've grown...
Tags: Human Interest, Education, Students, Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology
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Young Chicago poet Malcolm London speaks up for education on TED show
On Tuesday night, if you tune into PBS' one-hour special "TED Talks Education," you'll see host John Legend and an array of prominent speakers, including Bill Gates, giving impassioned talks about ways to reinvent education. You'll also see Chicago's...
Tags: PBS (tv network), Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Human Interest, Students, Teaching and Learning
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READER SUBMITTED: Young Poets Day At Sunken Garden Poetry Festival Features Young Writers And Tracy K. Smith
StatewideOn Wednesday June 12, opening night of Hill-Stead Museum's prestigious Sunken Garden Poetry Festival, winners and selected readers from eight Connecticut poetry programs will gather for the annual Fresh Voices reading in the historic Sunken Garden. In...Tags: Entertainment, The New York Times, Arts and Culture, Awards and Prizes, Entertainment Events
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Md. poet laureate Stanley Plumly comes to Hagerstown
chrisc@herald-mail.comStanley Plumly has received many awards and published many books in his long career in poetry. And for the past four years, the University of Maryland, College Park English professor has been Maryland’s poet laureate. But this particular honor...Tags: Human Interest, The Herald-Mail, Students, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Customs and Tradition
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Five books by Chicago authors appearing at Lit Fest
In Thomas Dyja's cultural history of Chicago, "The Third Coast," he writes that in Nelson Algren's day, "being Chicago's Famous Writer was like winning the heavyweight title — there was only one at a time, and you kept the belt for as long as you...
Tags: Nelson Algren, Fiction, Arts and Culture, Rogers Park, Edgar Allan Poe
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Kevin Powers talks war, writing and 'The Yellow Birds'
Kevin Powers was 17 when he joined the U.S. Army. It was 1998: Sept. 11 was still three years away, and war didn't seem a likely possibility. He was following a path laid by his father, uncle and grandfathers — all of whom had served as well....Tags: Tribune Tower, U.S. Army, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Revisiting Federico Garcia Lorca in a novel -- and in the writer's own voice
The great poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca was already one of Spain's most popular writers when he was executed by right-wing militiamen in 1936 at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. His body has never been found. The shadowy circumstances...Tags: Book, Arts and Culture, Wars and Interventions, Authors, Spain
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U-verse first cable provider to pick up new SEC, ESPN network
UF fans could have more opportunities to see the Gators starting in 2014, especially if they subscribe to AT&T U-verse. Officials from the Southeastern Conference and ESPN announced they signed a 20-year agreement through 2034 that also included the...
Tags: Entertainment, Pacific-12 Conference, Southeastern Conference, Basketball, College Sports
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