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Sunday, October 28, 2012
Commentary
Around The River Bend, A Flood Of History
October 28, 2012 NPR's Jacki Lyden grew up with the Bark River in her backyard. She left the Wisconsin waterway unexplored, until recently. Floating down the river in a canoe with a historian, Lyden discovered a story that stretches from the Ice Age and the Black Hawk War to churning 19th-century mills.
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Fine Art
The Landscape Art Legacy Of Florida's Highwaymen
September 22, 2012 The Highwaymen were a group of African-American artists in the '60s and '70s who sold idyllic paintings by the roadside of Florida's Route 1. Back then, they nearly saturated the market with their pictures, but today their work is sought after by the likes of Steven Spielberg and Michelle Obama.
Thursday, July 05, 2012
Southword
Meet Al Black: Florida's Prison Painter
July 5, 2012 When the officials at a Florida prison realized who Al Black was, they gave him a paintbrush and the walls as a canvas.
Wednesday, July 04, 2012
Southword
The Highwaymen: Segregation And Speed-Painting In The Sunshine State
July 4, 2012 Today, their paintings hang in the White House. But in the 1960s, they sold them, often still wet, from the trunks of their cars.
Southword
Art, Race And Murder: Meet Florida's 'Highwaymen'
July 4, 2012 They are credited with churning out some 200,000 landscape paintings in the area of Fort Pierce, Fla., since the 1960s. And a teenager named Alfred Hair was the mastermind behind the whole operation.
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Arts & Life
Chanticleer: A Botanical Distraction From Daily Life
June 17, 2012 The Chanticleer estate in Wayne, Pa., is 37 enchanting acres open to the public. "It's music, it's ballet, it's cinema," writes one garden critic, "the garden as an art form."
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Arts & Life
Athena's Library, The Quirky Pillar Of Providence
February 25, 2012 Athenaeums are social libraries, cornerstones of a community where you don't just borrow books — you can visit cherished antiquities, hold talks, attend parties and even bring your dog. In Providence, R.I., the "Ath" is a 19th-century library with the soul of a 21st-century rave party.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Around the Nation
Iraqi Refugees Struggle For Peace In America
December 31, 2011 The Iraq War may be officially over, but for thousands of Iraqis who fled to America during the conflict, there's no going home. Many left successful careers to settle in Detroit, where finding a future is a challenge.
Opinion
The Simple Joys Of An Old-Fashioned Datebook
December 31, 2011 Is there really anything else that matters quite as much, as the unblemished promise of a blank page of your own life — the particulars of which are written for and by you?
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Art & Design
Daphne Guinness: An Icon On Fashion's Cutting Edge
November 13, 2011 Brewery heiress Daphne Guinness is known for her signature sky-high platform shoes and eccentric designer garments. Now, the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York pays homage to Guinness' sartorial collection with an exhibit of her most stunning pieces.
Monday, September 05, 2011
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Opinion
The Poor Lack Personal Responsibility? That's Rich.
August 20, 2011 A portrait of an impoverished grandmother: re-using the wax paper; running to turn out a light; skinning squirrels, deer and rabbits her husband shot. Daughter of an alcoholic father, fourth-grade education, no job. It's an image that many Americans would rather not see.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Opinion
Fallen Soldiers Live In Memories Through The Ages
August 13, 2011 Memories are our defense against oblivion. But when memories of our fallen troops are politicized, we send a message that there is no sacrifice for country that can be viewed as something done for all of us.
