Arts

Sort by

- - +71
  - 0
- Hugo Claus 1929-2008: "Each day we should wake up foaming at the mouth at the injustice of things"
  Posted by Sandyenglish
  Belgian author Hugo Claus, who died last month, was one of the most prolific and versatile of postwar European writers. From 1947, when he was just 18, he produced thousands of poems, some 20 novels, 18 books of short stories, film scripts, libretti, and around 60 plays, including translations into Dutch and adaptations from English, French, Greek, German and Spanish works. He also painted, and worked extensively in the dramatic arts as a director. He once said that had he grown up in a country with a tradition of cinema, he would probably have been a film director rather than a writer. Some of his works are available in English translations, including his most important novel, 1983's The Sorrow of Belgium (Het Verdriet van België).
  Post a comment
- - +25
  - 0
- Film: Where is Osama bin Laden?
  Posted by Jeff from Feeds.feedburner
  Nicole showed some of this some weeks ago as it was going through the film festival circuit, but its opening wide this weekend. Morgan Spurlock, the genius who brought you Super Size Me, now brings us Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?, a side-splitting quest to hunt down the worlds number one most-wanted man.
  Read comments (1)
- - +5
  - 0
- Pete Seeger: How Can I Keep from Singing? :: Interview with Sarah van Gelder
  Posted by islander07 from Yes! Magazine
  It’s not fame he’s been after during his decades of singing. “Fame is a snare and a delusion,” he says. He marched for civil rights from Selma to Montgomery, played music on the banks of his beloved Hudson River, and was celebrated at Carnegie Hall.
  He’s been working for change all his life, and he’s seen some of his fondest hopes come to pass.
  Sarah van Gelder interviews Pete Seeger
  Post a comment
- - +5
  - 0
- .:: 70 years of Superman : comic ::.
  Posted by foxdiddy from Canada
  An online interactive comic book feature that has been put together by an Canadian newspaper to celebrate Superman's 70th next month. The site has old radio shows and cartoons from the 1940s as well as character bios and lots of other cool stuff... best part is, it's free.
  Post a comment
- - +1
  - 0
- After 63 years, death photo of famed WWII reporter Ernie Pyle surfaces
  Posted by admin82770 from Seattle Times
  The figure in the photograph is clad in Army fatigues, boots and helmet, lying on his back in peaceful repose, folded hands holding a military cap. Except for a thin trickle of blood from the corner of his mouth, he could be asleep. But he is not asleep; he is dead. And this is not just another fallen GI; it is Ernie Pyle, the most celebrated war correspondent of World War II.
  Post a comment
- - +25
  - 0
- Music Review: Shahram & Hafez Nazeri The Passion Of Rumi
  Posted by Jeff from Blog Critics
  What's amazing is that there has actually been any sort of connection established that establishes even the tiniest beachhead of understanding amidst all this mutual recrimination. In the last few years there has been a growing fascination among people in the West for the poetry of the Persian Sufi mystic Mawlana Jalal ad-Din Balkhi Rumi, most commonly referred simply as Rumi. With modern Iran being home to the land once known as Persia it is only fitting that Iranian musicians have created a mu
  Post a comment
- - +25
  - 0
- Tanzania: Tackling Corruption Through Song
  Posted by Shemuses from All Africa
  Wailing into the microphone and feigning an exaggerated limp, singer Tominem pleaded with corruption-weary Tanzanians in the audience to assert their rights when fighting graft. His piece of lyrical advice: ask bribe-seekers for a receipt, and take names.
  Post a comment

What is

NewsCloud?

» The most important stories from around the Web all in one place

» Gathered and ranked by a community of passionate readers surfing the Web 24 hours a day

» Ready to share: email stories, post news to your blog and keep up with your friends

Learn more

Just Said
Top Posters

thedude comments on:
Film: Where is Osama bin Laden?

Morgan Spurlock never ceases to impress me… i just saw Super Size Me, which was amazingly insightful, and now he’s making a documentary that investigates the war on terrorism? well done indeed

Reply »
10:55 am 4/16/08
rwtaylor comments on:
Edinburgh Film Festival: Solitary fragments or part of social experience?

Reply »
5:31 pm 9/30/07
Sandyenglish comments on:
Faces from the edge of the Earth - OregonLive.com

This article could do with some more images of her work.

http://www.gwennseemel.com/paintings.htm

Reply »
6:05 am 7/16/07
Kristy comments on:
Faces from the edge of the Earth - OregonLive.com

Full disclosure: the artist is a friend of mine from high school… :)

Reply »
12:00 pm 7/15/07
Jeff comments on:
Tough titties | Salon Life

Kristy – methinks you’ll like this story from Rome

Reply »
10:59 pm 4/23/07

Just Said
Top Posters

Frankenstein
Member since Jul 2008
No city

processing...please wait...

Arts

thedude comments on:

rwtaylor comments on:

Sandyenglish comments on:

Kristy comments on:

Jeff comments on: