MIA TAVONATTI
Sensuous paintings and mosaics by the second-place winner at the prestigious Grand Rapids Art Prize Awards.
MICHAEL DORET
How the design of a font inspired by Canter's Deli in LA led to Canter's Deli hiring Michael Doret to design the logo for their new food truck.
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GREGORY WHITE
Seattle photographer and world traveler Gregory White captures some magical images of Burma.
GIL MARES
His large photographs of ships' hulls, mounted on aluminum, have an amazing "painterly" quality.
JOANNE WARFIELD RED HOT & BLUE: Photography Impressions of Cheryl Bentyne's performance at Vitello's, North Hollywood, October 2010. (Cheryl's music feature below.)
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CHERYL BENTYNE
Multi-Grammy-winning Manthattan Transfer singer goes solo with "The Gershwin Songbook" and "Blissongs," a healing journey through the seven chakras. And don't miss Don Heckman's review in the International Review of Music.
LISBETH SCOTT
You've heard her singing in over 100 films... Avatar, Munich, Narnia, Shrek, Transformers, IronMan2, The Passion, Kingdom of Heaven, to name only a few.
BIEGANSKI IN AMERICAN CINEMA
Danusha Goska discusses the "brute polack" in Streetcar Named Desire, The Apartment, The Deer Hunter, and The Fugitive, from her new book Bieganski: The Brute Polak Stereotype in Polish-Jewish Relations and American Popular Culture.
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda, Rainfall Films updated their infamous IGN April Fool's trailer project page, which now includes eighteen new behind-the-scenes production photos (links to rainfallfilms.com).
STEPHEN SIMON: TOP TEN FILMS OF 2010
The producer of "Somewhere in Time" and "What Dreams May Come" and Spiritual Cinema Circle founder shares his top 2010 faves.
GIRVIN: D.log
Legendary graphic designer Tim Girvin writes about movie titling design: the craft of the hand. Exploring brand in the context of experience design and impression: movie picture brand strategy. New material added all the time.
SPIRITUAL CINEMA CIRCLE
In "The Pond," a young widow scatters her husband’s ashes in a pond surrounded by a mysterious apple orchard. When a stranger appears unexpectedly, she learns the truth about this stunning locale. The first month’s DVD is free! No strings, quit any time you want.
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GREGG FIELD
Henry Mancini's son-in-law, Gregg Field, saw a young boy playing "Moon River" on the coronet in Union Square. What followed is pure magic.
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HEAVEN & HELL
37 poets, 48 poems on Heaven & Hell, featuring photography by Richard Beban. Edited by John Guzlowski, designed by Joanne Warfield.
MICHAEL VANDER DOES
"The Basketball of Tao: Meditations on Jazz" by trombonist, writer, poet Michael Vander Does, leader of The Jazz Poetry Ensemble. Their slogan: "Make Jazz Not War."
FLARF IS DEAD, LONG LIVE POST-FLARF
Poet Sharon Mesmer talks about this unique poetry form and presents five of her own works, with artwork by Kristian Purcell.
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MICHAEL CORRIGAN Michael Corrigan's new book, "These Precious Hours," will be serialized, in its entirety, in TheScreamOnline. Please check back as we add new stories.
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PARIS PLAY
Inspired by their new home in the City of Light, writer/poet Kaaren Kitchell and photographer Richard Beban have created this enchanting twice-weekly blog.
I WAS BANNED IN CROATIA In an effort to keep Croatia's President, Franjo Tudjman, out of the War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague, the government hired Joe Tripician to pen a state-sanctioned biography for US consumption.
WHITE FIELD, BLACK SHEEP
Two chapters from Daiva Markelis' new memoir about her Lithuanian-American family in Chicago... funny, witty, poignant, memorable.
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LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM DANCING GUY
CD Baby founder Derek Sivers talks about how a movement is started. Also, a profile on the man who donated his $22-million company to charity.
THE WORLD IS MADE OF STORIES
"Being a Change Maker Has No Age Limits: 12 Tips for Daring Older Women" by Sam Crespi.
NOTES FROM PLANET AMERICA
"Blame the right, blame the left if you like, but please, do not pretend that any of this was an accident. This is democracy, American style." John Kilgore, on the shooting of Gabby Giffords.
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