Closer to the Maddening Crowd (Part Two)
(What follows is the second part of a larger memoir piece chronicling my experiences of living with mental illness and addiction. I will be posting the third and final chapter, where I ultimately...
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Artist Lee Walton has got you all in check with his upcoming mass chess challenge [Screen still from Lee Walton's video "Mato Jelic."]While the art world can be competitive, Lee Walton certainly has...
View ArticleCloser to the Maddening Crowd (Part Three)
First day clean: September 6, 2007. “More than those who hate you, more than all of your enemies, an undisciplined mind does greater harm. More than your mother, more than your father, more than all...
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Photographer Roy Berry chronicles the colorful characters of Fan Cons ["Trekkie and Son"]In 1908, a certain Mr. and Mrs. William Fell of Cincinnati, Ohio arrived at a masquerade ball dressed as...
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Multimedia artist Nida Bangash is featured at Clay and Canvas Studio’s Open Studio Night [Installation shot of Nida Bangash's work at Clay and Canvas Studio.]Since December of 2011, artists and...
View ArticlePictures of Home
Our Shared Past blends the personal and universal through the prism of family ["It Was Supposed to be Fun." All original images courtesy of Jefree Shalev.]["A Few Years Later," photograph by Carolyn...
View ArticleA Welcome Intrusion
A pair of SoCal artists invade CoRK with Interlopers Jennie Cotterill’s One For Each: “Roughly 16 x25 x4; Acrylic on wood and mixed media; light, velvet, gold leaf, and polymer clay, etc…” The Artist...
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Krishna Das offers locals a “chants” encounter with a night of devotional music Song, spirituality, and celebration converge in the concerts of Krishna Das.In the past two decades, Krishna Das has been...
View ArticleCreel This Book – A Book Review of “Jubilee Hitchhiker: The Life and Times of...
I finally finished reading William Hjortsberg’s “Jubilee Hitchhiker: The Life and Times of Richard Brautigan.” It is surely the most exhaustive (and exhausting) biography ever written about Richard...
View ArticleLook Down the Road
Songwriter Frank Lindamood keeps moving forward by traveling along the roots of old time American music (Frank Lindamood performing at the Florida Folk Festival. All photos by Erica La Spada.) Located...
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