Peter Max is an art icon. He literally painted the backdrop for the psychedelic 60s. His work has inspired a couple of generations of artists and that same work is perhaps the most imitated style since that time. His artwork now hangs in...
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21 November 2013
When playwright Arthur Miller directed Death of a Salesman in Beijing some 30 years ago, the tragedy was a hit with Chinese audiences. That surprised some: How could citizens of a socialist country relate to a play about the victim of a...
21 November 2013
Allen Ginsberg. Jack Kerouac. William Burroughs. Lucien Carr.
Lucien Carr?
Carr may be less familiar than the others—all icons of the Beat Generation—but he apparently played an important role in the literary movement’s birth. That...
21 November 2013
I was in the second grade at Highland Avenue Elementary School in Columbus when President Kennedy was assassinated. The principal made the announcement over the loud speaker, and school was dismissed. I walked the short distance home and...
21 November 2013
Oh tosh, it has begun.
I realize, of course, that I should have been expecting it. But, alas, I was caught off guard.
When I walked into the supermarket last night, there it was: the jingling of that bloody bell in the hands of a...
21 November 2013
On the 31st of July, Yellow Springs Ohio was the site of a major police operation that involved multiple agencies. The resulting standoff left one resident dead from police gunfire and residents with serious questions about police conduct...
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