Mikhail Baryshnikov
A video on You Tube! (about 10 minutes long) shows Baryshnikov (and some other dancers) dancing to “Push Comes To Shove.” The music is attributed …
Art
“George Washington” by John Quincy Adams Ward (1830-1910)
Picture from the Art Renewal Center. Tomorrow, Sunday the 22nd, is Mr. Washinton’s real birthday. I had celebrated his nominal calendar birthday in my previous …
“George Washington” by Gilbert Stuart (1783-1872)
Picture from the Art Renewal Center. Happy (belated) Birthday, Mr. Washington!! You can search through the papers of George Washington at the University of Virginia’s …
Now Playing
I’ve got Absinthe Radio on Live365.com playing. The owner of the station says: Absinthe Radio is a celebration of the classic sounds of the 20s …
Houston Ballet’s Spring Studio Series
On the TAFFIE-ANNOUNCE discussion list, someone posted: —- Original Message ——– Subject: Spring Studio Series Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:38:51 -0600 From: Lummis, Katherine …
Author Birthdays!
Answers.com says in their “Spotlight:” It’s a red-letter day for the world of literature. Novelists Charles Dickens (1812-1870), Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957), and Sinclair Lewis …
On The Radio
Now I’m listening to Mexico de Mis Recuerdos on Live365.com; it plays: Los Exitos de los 30’s 40’s e 50’s con canciones clasicas de Agustín …
Yesterday (Feb 5th) In Film History
From Answers.com: Ninety years ago today, three of Hollywood’s leading actors, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., joined up with influential director D.W. …
On Writing and Reasoning
Looks like Dr. Bertonneau has written a scholarly article on the role written language plays in reasoning. So I’ll let him speak, thus saving myself …