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Overlooked But Undeterred, A 101-Year-Old Artist Finally Gets Her Due

Edit National Public Radio 02 Jul 2016
The Cuban artist's work can be seen at the Tate in London, MoMA in New York, and she has an exhibition coming to the Whitney Whitney Museum of American Art in September ... Woman? "They hated the idea of a woman making it, but it happened!" Older? "I have waited a long time, but you're here now," she says ... Hererra kept working because she felt compelled to make art — and she'd rather people focus on that....

Algonkuin's 'Witherspoon' is a fun-house mirror's reflection of reincarnation

Edit Worcester Telegram 02 Jul 2016
... learns that suicide isn’t nearly as painless as the theme song of “M*A*S*H*” would have one believe. She’s a middle-aged malcontent who hates the world, and humanity at large, so much that she keeps killing herself, only to end up back in the Bardo, a celestial waiting area in the afterlife for those assigned for ......

Federal election 2016: Queensland Senate hopefuls cast their votes

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 02 Jul 2016
Queensland's Senate hopefuls could well face a long wait, worthy of the metre-long ballot paper on which they appeared, to know whether or not they will be Canberra-bound to sit in Australia's 45th Parliament ... "Of course, I will be called racist but, if I can invite whom I want into my home, then I should have the right to have a say in who comes into my country."....

Aryan Khan and Jhanvi Kapoor may be headed to the same School!

Edit Pinkvilla 02 Jul 2016
These star kids are now slated to join the USC School of Cinematic Arts, a private film school within the University of Southern California in Los Angeles....

Fashion Flair: Artistically Inclined

Edit The Jakarta Post 02 Jul 2016
She would have good reason to feel proud (the only other Indonesian representative was Danjyo Hiyoji, along with a Malaysian, Singaporean and Thai), but it’s clear her focus is not on lapping up the spotlight ... “I want to be able to sell, not just have people wear my clothes ... “It was when I first started my studio, having real staff coming to work, having payrolls and being able to actually run a company....

NYCFC, Red Bulls' fans trade insults ahead of Sunday's match

Edit NJ dot com 02 Jul 2016
One day before Americans come together and rejoice in hot dogs and fireworks to celebrate America's independence, Red Bulls and NYCFC fans will clash at Yankee Stadium. The rivalry hasn't been kind to NYCFC ... You have to ask? [?] [?][?][?] -- Mark Fishkin (@MarkFishkin) July 1, 2016 ... I'm still waiting for someone to show me the trophy that having good attendance gets you....

Britain First's Gillingham Mosque Leaflet Is Unbelievable

Edit Huffington Post 02 Jul 2016
Hate preachers will start to preach in Medway high street and even 'Muslim patrols' enforcing Sharia Law are common place in areas dominated by Muslims ... The far-right group is having a bit of a rough week having had to send out emails begging for money ......

Retrofitted bus provides studio for Native American artists

Edit Times Union 02 Jul 2016
The artists live on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, which is dozens of miles and many tax brackets away from the nearest urban area, meaning arts supplies are not easily accessible and training on business, marketing and e-commerce is even harder to find ... The Rolling Rez Arts bus provides anyone interested in the arts — established and emerging artists, children and adults — a space to explore their creativity....

Siddakatte Vishwanath Shetty passes away

Edit The Hindu 02 Jul 2016
Having no Yakshagana background in the family, Shetty excelled in the art due to his persistent efforts. He learnt the art of Yakshagana dance from Kavoor Keshava....

A Guide for Change (California Alliance for Arts Education)

Edit Public Technologies 02 Jul 2016
Each year, the California Alliance for Arts Education hosts a Student Voices Campaign (SVC) that empowers students to communicate their creativity and passion for the arts with their elected officials ... The visual and performing arts have a unique ability to communicate the ideas and emotions of the human spirit and connect us to our history, heritage and culture....

Friends use Facebook to document post-referendum racism claims

Edit BBC News 02 Jul 2016
Since the UK voted to leave the European Union, social media users have shared stories of xenophobia, with reports of people being told to "go home" or worse ... "There was an increase in reports of hate crime over the weekend to True Vision, the national online reporting site, and some disgraceful examples of racial abuse have been reported around the country this week....

Terry Eagleton is still the most formidable critic of populist late-capitalism

Edit New Statesman 02 Jul 2016
“A professional caste of artists and intellectuals, as Marx recognises, becomes possible only when not everyone needs to labour for most of the time.” Briskly, he cuts a swath through much of the theory and all of the jargon and seems, when all is said, to be happy enough with Wittgenstein’s idea of culture ... man and hate your next-door neighbour....

Giggs gambles on United road taking him home

Edit FourFourTwo 02 Jul 2016
Ryan Giggs' quiet exit from Manchester United is a brave bid to earn the top job rather than waiting to inherit it from Jose Mourinho ... But equally, Mourinho might have been reluctant to give similar prominence to someone so closely tied to Ferguson and his two failed successors ... Pep Guardiola may have been head coach at Barcelona within two years of ending his playing career, but Zidane – and others like him – had to wait for a decade....
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