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Twain House Chronicles Author's Racial Consciousness
The Hartford CourantSamuel Clemens, the boy who would become Mark Twain, was born in 1835 in Missouri, a slaveholding state. His father and uncle owned slaves, and Clemens was a product of his environment. He grew up using the word "nigger" and looked at slavery as the...Tags: FOX (tv network), University of Hartford, Folklore and Mythology, Civil Rights, Artists
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The Unblinking Stare of Walker Evans at the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme
The Exacting Eye of Walker Evans
Through Jan. 29, 2012, Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme St., Old Lyme, (860) 434-5542
"Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long."
So advised Walker Evans (1901-1975), who knew...Tags: Florence Griswold House, Alfred Stieglitz, James Agee, Old Lyme, Robert Frank
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Let's talk Depression, even if the politicians won't
Opinion L.A.Is it possible that the U.S. in 2011 is heading into a decade like the 1930s? Is it not a downturn abut a depression that we're facing?... -
NEH gives $40 million in grants; $3.2 million to California
Culture MonsterNational Endowment for the Humanities issues $40 million in grants, including $3.2 million to California museums, scholars and documentary filmmakers. Documentaries win the biggest grants; others sponsor seminars aimed to improve college and secondary... -
Oakland Museum reflects city's evolution
Special to the Los Angeles TimesRepresentative of the city's transformation is the Oakland Museum of California, near Lake Merritt, which reopened in May after a $62-million renovation. The architecture and landscaping remain true to its original 1969 Midcentury Modern design: The...Tags: Schools, Elementary Schools, Agricultural Research and Technology
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Pilot Picks for Friday
PressPausePlay: This global journey captures how digital technology has transformed the concept of art and culture, democratizing tools that were once in the hands of only a select few. Playing at 4:15 p.m. at the Regency Lido Theatre.
This is Your...Tags: Newport Beach
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Trees branch out at the Getty
Culture MonsterThroughout history, humans have embraced trees for their beauty, strength and spiritual symbolism. Artists have been equally fascinated with the wooded perennial as a model, perhaps for its serene, low-maintenance temperament, easy accessibility and its... -
Comments & Curiosities: Photojournalistic excellence
I knew it. I never lost faith. I knew that if I waited long enough, we would get a hook into the city of Bell story, and on Tuesday morning, we did. That was when former Bell City Manager Robert Rizzo, who is presently between engagements, was...Tags: San Francisco, Justice System, Lawyers, Chicago Tribune, Lee Harvey Oswald
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George 'Elfie' Ballis dies at 85; photographer documented United Farm Workers
Photographer George "Elfie" Ballis, who walked with the late United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez and led a rebellion against farmers over water, has died. He was 85.
Ballis died Sept. 24 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Fresno. His...Tags: Farms, Prostate Cancer, Employees, Berkeley (Alameda, California), Diseases and Illnesses
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Review: 'Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits' by Linda Gordon
Special to the Tribune"Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits" By Linda Gordon 536 pp., W. W. Norton & Company, $35 A picture may be worth a thousand words, but those who make pictures don't always speak or write very openly about their work or themselves. And so writing about...Tags: Wesleyan University, Photography, World War II (1939-1945), Biography (genre), New York University
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