Category Archives: ArtSunday
Photography: Greg Thow’s Colorado (part 2 – Nature)
Last week, in part one of our series on Denver photographer Greg Thow, we saw some fantastic shots of the 5280, one of America’s most beautiful cities. Of course, stunning nature photography is a prerequisite for shutterbugs living in Colorado, and while it was his urban photos that first caught my attention, Thow has an eye for the Centennial State’s trees,
Read morePhotography: Greg Thow’s Colorado (part 1 – Denver)
Recently one of my Facebook friends posted a link to a photograph that just staggered me. The shooter was someone I had never heard of, a guy named Greg Thow.
Read moreThe economics of being-looked-at-ness: S&R interviews Teresa Milbrodt
Teresa Milbrodt is earning a good bit of acclaim lately, and her new short story collection, Bearded Women: Stories, should only amplify her reputation. Fiction Editor Dr. Jim Booth will have a review of the book in the coming days, and in the meantime we were able to persuade the gracious but extremely busy Milbrodt to field a few questions.
Read moreIf only there were an American Idol for grown-ups: how to market new, indie music to an adult audience?
Once upon a time, marketing music must have been so simple: in the ’50s you just bribed a local DJ and off you went. By the ’80s it was a little more complicated – in addition to cash you needed to bring coke and hookers, but still, it was a straightforward process and everybody understood the rules. Maybe that’s understating
Read moreComing up: a special ArtSunday preview
Here’s a preview of this week’s ArtSunday feature, with some comments from the editor at the end. King Subway (Tokyo Station)—October, 1988▲
Read more3x3x3: Amy Winehouse joins rock & roll’s celebrated 27 Club
If there’s a rock and roll heaven, you know they’ve got a hell of a band. – Alan O’Day and Johnny Stevenson British neo-soul superstar Amy Winehouse joined The 27 Club yesterday. If you haven’t heard of this select group, the term refers to all the musicians who have died at the age of 27. It’s a pretty famous crowd.
Read moreHappy Father’s Day: “The Day Daddy Died”
Today is Father’s Day, and S&R would like to wish a happy one to America’s dads. At the same time, and in the contrary spirit that often typifies what we do around here, I’d like to be the one who acknowledges that our relationships with our fathers are often less than we’d hope for. Frankly, some dads are complete bastards,
Read moreArtSaturday: is this poetry?
A bit of Saturday afternoon fun, courtesy of Thomas Stearns Eliot and Wordle.
Read moreDog, Two Roads, Samhain
In honor of the Sabbat, I offer up this fragment from my poem “Eleven Fables.” ______ 9. Dog, Two Roads, Samhain October hardwoods crest the Blue Ridge, red gold orange, the incandescent rumor of All Hallows. Dog, tail flying full mast, sniffs from oak to maple, back again:
Read moreArtSunday: “Sage”
Sage I am not my geography, you say, but immure yourself in dead country retching your dreams into an open grave. Stands of aspen overwatch Eagle Nest and Angel Fire. Toward Cimarron yellowjacket light immolates the sky. Listen: there are liturgies of geography where no graves gouge the land.
Read moreArtSunday: the words of Joshua Bennett
I’m not normally a slam guy. I’m a poet, and slam poetry tends to be more about the performance and less about the words, per se. That’s a generalization, I know, and there are exceptions. Most slam I see has more in common with hip-hop than poetry. All that said, this guy is amazing.
Read moreSpoken Word: Sam Smith at Writing the Rockies
I spent the weekend up in Gunnison at the annual Writing the Rockies Conference, hosted by Western State College. While there, I got to enjoy weather that was staggeringly beautiful, great beer from the Gunnison Brewery and the Crested Butte Brewing Company (Gunnison’s GABF Gold Medal-winning Summertime 69 was righteous, by the way), outstanding readings and seminars from the likes
Read moreArtSunday: Mr. and Mrs. Buonarroti
He is nearly finished, bella. They want it erected in the Piazza della Signoria. Already some are calling him a masterwork. That’s nice, dear. Can you move your things? Lucia is stopping by.
Read moreArtSaturday Video Roundup: Momix in Boulder
We went to see Momix at the University of Colorado’s Mackey Auditorium last night. They’re currently doing a “Best of Momix” tour, and the show was wonderful. I’d never seen them before, and the inventive mix of dance, visual illusion and humor left me looking forward to their return. Here’s one they didn’t do last night.
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