Category Archives: The Arts

Documentary Film Festival

By Jason | April 30, 2006

Somehow in the hustle and bustle of everyday life, I missed posting this on Friday. The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival kicks off on Friday April 28th. Hot Docs is the largest documentary film festival in North America.
With its lively mix of public and professional events, Hot Docs is the ideal North […]

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Tribeca Film Festival

By Jason | April 25, 2006

Tonight kicks off as the first night of the fifth annual Tribeca Film Festival in Lower Manhattan. The festival was created by co-founders Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff. The film festival continues to grow every year. This year is no exception, with premieres numbering more than 274 selected films, including 174 feature […]

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Crop Circles

By Jason | April 10, 2006

Are those crop circles you see there? Nope, those are clear and colored leaded glass in oak frames by America’s most famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright and can be seen on display at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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Nighthawks

By Jason | April 6, 2006

Edward Hopper said that Nighthawks was inspired by “a restaurant on New York’s Greenwich Avenue where two streets meet,” but the image, with its carefully constructed composition and lack of narrative, has a timeless quality that transcends its particular locale. One of the best-known images of 20th-century art, the painting depicts an all-night diner in […]

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