Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Me Feeling Fire: NYC's Hot, Hot, Hot Summer Heads Toward Record

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"If it feels hotter than it’s ever been in New York, that’s because it is, reports Bloomberg media: "New York’s Central Park is ...

The New Normal -- Outtake from Cartoonist Tom Toles in the Washington Post

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(c) 2010 Washington Post Company From the Washington Post/blog here
Monday, July 19, 2010

Step Right Up (Before it's too late): Tom Waits Muses from the Gone World

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The 200th issue of British music magazine MOJO has been on the stands for a few weeks now, and it is a classic. It is the July issue and the...
Saturday, July 17, 2010

Henri Matisse as Radical Inventor @ MoMA

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  The Moroccans by Henri Matisse  1916   The Piano Lesson 1916 On Sunday, The Museum of Modern Art will open what appears to be one of the...
Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Joyeux Quatorze Juillet

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Bastille Day is the French national holiday which is celebrated on 14 July each year. In France, it is formally called La Fête Nationale (...

Mid Summer, Clinton and State: July 13, 4:30 PM

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Photo by Brooklyn Beat/TN
Tuesday, July 13, 2010

The Roots Film A Music Video @ Brooklyn Borough Hall

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Fresh off their Celebrate Brooklyn performance this past weekend, celebrating the World Cup games in South Africa in "OkayAfrica" ...

NY Times Analyzes Stop and Frisk as a Crime-Fighting Tool

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A New York Times interactive graphic and accompanying article by reporters Ray Rivera, Al Baker and Janet Roberts explores the effects and i...
Monday, July 12, 2010

From Off the Streets of Cleveland: R.I.P., Harvey Pekar, An "American Splendor"

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Harvey Pekar Comic book writer Harvey Pekar, whose "American Splendor'' was made into a 2003 film (starring Paul Giamatti), wa...

Wishes & Dreams at the New Museum

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Eu desejo o seu desejo / I Wish Your Wish (2003) is installed in the lobby gallery as part of the exhibition "Rivane Neuenschwander: ...
Saturday, July 10, 2010

A Narrows Escape

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A long post-prandial Friday walk on a hot summer day along the Narrows, from Caeser's Bay to the Verrazano. Preceded by a fabulous sandw...
Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Hot Enough to....

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The Times City Room threw caution to the wind and tried to fry an egg on the sidewalk.  I have to give the reporter Andy Newman credit for ...
Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Frida Kahlo de Rivera: July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954

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Marxism Will Give Health to the Sick - Frida Kahlo. 1954. Frida Kahlo de Rivera (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954; born Magdalena Carmen Frie...
Monday, July 5, 2010

My New York times--- 4th of July @ the Hudson RIver

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A flotilla of small craft made their way south on the Hudson. From our vantage point, the red tailights of no doubt irritated motorists back...
Sunday, July 4, 2010

The Declaration of Independence of The United States of America: July 4, 1776

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The United States Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the...