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• Lois Maylou Jones, "Jenny" (1943)

  26 avril 2014 ( #1943, #Harlem Renaissance, #Jenny, #Lois Maylou Jones, #painting )

  Lois Mailou Jones (November 3, 1905 – June 9, 1998) [1] was an artist who painted and influenced others during the Harlem Renaissance and beyond, during her long teaching and artistic career. Jones was the only African-American female painter of the 1930s...

• Alain Resnais obituary (from The Guardian)

  02 mars 2014 ( #Alain Resnais, #arts, #cinema, #French director, #obituary )

  Alain Resnais, who has died aged 91, was a director of elegance and distinction who, despite generally working from the screenplays of other writers, established an auteurist reputation. His films were singular, instantly recognisable by their style as...

• France faces up to scandal of Réunion's stolen children (from The Guardian)

  19 février 2014 ( #children, #politics, #Reunion Island, #stolen children, #stolen generation )

  Jean-Jacques Martial was six years old when he arrived at Orly airport in Paris one November morning wearing flip-flops and shorts. He had been removed from his grandmother's care in the French island territory of Réunion as part of an official scheme...

• Walking down Main Street USA

  13 avril 2014 ( #Laura Barton, #Main Street, #photography, #The Guardian, #Washington )

  Pennsylvania Avenue is one of Washington's main thoroughfares — a broad road, six miles long, that cuts diagonally through the city, beginning in the southeast, at the intersection with Southern Avenue, and heading northwest. It was one of the city's...

• Diwali (Divali) : the Festival of Lights

  31 octobre 2013 ( #divali, #diwali, #festival, #religion, #reunion island )

  Celebrating Diwali For many Indians this five day festival honours Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth. People start the new business year at Diwali, and some Hindus will say prayers to the goddess for a successful year. Lamps are lit to help Lakshmi, the...

• Teenagers and social networking – it might actually be good for them (from The Guardian)

  05 octobre 2013 ( #media, #social media, #technology, #teenagers, #text messages )

  I ask a teenage girl, how often do you text? "250 times a day, or something," she tells me. Shocking! The digital lives of teenagers have become the target of weekly attacks. In a recent essay for the Guardian, the novelist Jonathan Franzen bemoaned online...

• Jean Dujardin wins a BAFTA for his role in "The Artist"!

  14 février 2012 ( #baftas, #breaking news, #cineam, #jean dujardin, #the artist )

  Actor Jean Dujardin wins a BAFTA award Sightings Not vetted Vetted London , Great Britain 12 February 2012 2 comments | seen 69 times Actor Jean Dujardin wins a BAFTA award 1/8 Actor Jean Dujardin wins a BAFTA award 1/8 Actor Jean Dujardin wins a BAFTA...

• Out of the Bronx, a Gymnast Sets Sights on Gold

  03 mars 2012 ( #gymnastics, #john orozco, #new york city, #olympic games, #the bronx )

  By JOHN BRANCH Published: March 2, 2012 It would usually take an hour or more, depending on traffic, for Damaris Orozco to drive her youngest son a world away, from the far edge of the Bronx to World Cup Gymnastics in suburban Westchester County. At first...

• Geezer Bandit may not be a geezer

  05 février 2012 ( #bank, #geezer bandit, #los angeles times, #robber, #robbery )

  December 23, 2011 |By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times Reporting from San Diego — For more than two years the bank robber dubbed the Geezer Bandit has flummoxed law enforcement, pulling off 16 heists and leaving little evidence behind. Now the FBI concedes...

• Describe the smell of Vegemite

  26 août 2015 ( #Australia, #describe the smell of ..., #Vegemite, #yeast )

  Vegemite ( /ˈvɛdʒɨmaɪt/ vej -ə-myt ) [2] [3] is a dark brown Australian food paste made from leftover brewers' yeast extract with various vegetable and spice additivesdeveloped by Cyril P. Callister in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1922. [4] A spread for sandwiches,...

• Graffiti is ugly, stupid and threatening (The Guardian)

  15 mars 2015 ( #anti-graffiti, #David Lynch, #graffiti, #opinion )

  Pretentious subcultural backbeat … graffiti sprayed on the ‘John Lennon Wall’ in Prague, Czech Republic. Photograph: Alamy Jonathan Jones Friday 13 March 2015 15.21 GMT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Share on LinkedIn Share on Google+...

• Bart's Books / A bookstore

  01 février 2015 ( #Bart's Books, #bookstore, #California, #USA )

  Bart’s Books, at the corner of Matilija and Canada streets in Ojai, CA, is the home to the largest independently owned and operated outdoor bookstore in the U.S.A. In 1964 Bart’s Books was little more than a sparkle in the eye of Richard Bartinsdale whose...

• Hip-Hop? She won't stop! (Janette Beckman) (NYTimes)

  04 avril 2015 ( #hip hop, #Janette Beckman, #photographer, #photography )

  In the 1980s, Janette Beckman, an expat punk photographer from London, amassed a portfolio of burgeoning New York rap acts like the Cold Crush Brothers, Big Daddy Kane and Public Enemy. It was a labor of love for Ms. Beckman, who had visited New York...

• No Canvas, No Leather: A Reboot for the Sneaker (from The New York Times)

  31 août 2014 ( #business, #fashion, #prototype, #sneaker )

  http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/31/business/Shoes-made-with-Tyvek.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSectionSumSmallMedia&module=pocket-region®ion=pocket-region&WT.nav=pocket-region&_r=0 (suite) The shoes are a new addition to the minimalist...

• Who are the Highwaymen in the USA?

  03 mai 2014 ( #African American painter, #Alfred Hair, #Jim Crow Laws, #sixties )

  Alfred Hair was a stand-out student at Lincoln Academy High School, when his teacher took him to meet A.E. Backus, who then encouraged him to paint. Hair would spend days helping Backus and at night, would travel back across the train tracks to the African-American...

• Putin declares Sochi Winter Olympics open at captivating ceremony (from The Guardian)

  08 février 2014 ( #OG, #Olympic Games, #Russia, #sports )

  Vladimir Putin has formally opened the Winter Olympics in Sochi during an elegant, mesmerising and occasionally surreal ceremony that showcased Russia's past while glossing over some of the more divisive moments of its history. One of the five Olympic...

• Salmond says Yes vote would be act of national self-confidence (from the Herald Scotland)

  19 octobre 2013 ( #herald scotland, #independence, #news, #scotland )

  The First Minister will use his keynote speech to conference to hammer home the gathering's central message: that Scotland "could and should" be an independent country. He will argue that decisions about Scotland's future are best taken by those who live...

• Une analyse de "Der Fuehrer's Face"

  18 mai 2013 ( #analyse, #Der Fuehrer's Face, #Disney, #Donald )

  Der Fuehrer's Face (1943) Résumé Donald se retrouve prisonnier de l'Allemagne nazie, et doit travailler jusqu'à en devenir fou pour servir Hitler. Au son d'une marche militaire nazie, Donald commence une dure journée à "Nutziland" : déjeuner au pain sec...

• A Xmas short story

  21 décembre 2012 ( #christmas, #reading, #story, #xmas )

  The Saga of the Christmas Loser Late home after a night out, a youngster attempted to climb into his home down the chimney. He did not to want to wake other residents in the Judson Center social services agency; also he had broken his curfew and wanted...

• Modern Dance Groups to Get Hurricane Sandy Aid

  27 décembre 2012 ( #new york, #new york times, #newspaper, #sandy )

  Among the huge outpouring of relief for damages from Hurricane Sandy nearly two months after it hit, a modest effort is on the horizon for the shoestring but vibrant world of modern dance in New York City. Starting in early January checks from...

• New York bans supersize sodas

  20 septembre 2012 ( #ban, #new york, #supersize sodas, #usa )

  New York City has approved the first US ban on large-size sodas and other sugary drinks being sold in restaurants and other eateries. The measure was passed by eight members of the city's mayoral-appointed health board, with one member abstaining. New...

• Saint Patrick's Day : what do you know about this Irish celebration?

  17 mars 2012 ( #celebration, #ireland, #march 17th, #saint patrick s day )

  Who is St. Patrick? St. Patrick is the patron saint and national apostle of Ireland. He was born in the fourth century and is famous for bringing Christianity into Ireland. St. Patrick’s Day is a very well known Irish national holiday, which is celebrated...

• About self-driving cars

  31 octobre 2015 ( #Google, #self-driving cars, #technology )

  T he room went quiet, as if everyone had just held their breath. Sergey Brin, Google’s co-founder, had just walked in wearing Crocs. I think it was the fact it was billionaire Brin, rather than the Crocs. Brin has the loosest of schedules and works on...

• Paul Reed, of the Washington Color School dies.

  02 octobre 2015 ( #arts, #Paul Reed, #the Washington School of Color )

  Paul Reed, the last surviving member of the Washington Color School, who explored the complexities of color and form in vibrant biomorphic and hard-edge abstract paintings, died on Saturday at his home in Phoenix. He was 96. His death was confirmed by...

• Fashion on a Ration : Fashion during the Second World War

  22 février 2015 ( #fashion, #The Guardian, #WW2 )

  Facebook Twitter Pinterest Utility clothing in Britain in 1943 Fashion on the Ration, then, reckons to tell a story that is more variegated and more joyous than the usual narrative about how women spent the second world war faking stocking seams with...