Archive for January, 2010
Kate Gilmore
She cemented her leg in bucket for the sake of her art!
Ok, the cementing was an accident, but Kate Gilmore is committed to her work at all costs (see the bucket story in her answers below.) Kate is part of the Whitney Biennial 2010, which opens February 25. I was going through the amazing list of Biennial artists and was glued to my laptop screen when I got to Kate’s website[ READ MORE ]
Dan Buettner
The fountain of youth may be real, after all....
...and Dan Buettner wants to help you find it. In his quest to determine what allows the oldest people to live longer, better, Dan has identified some common denominators in these age-defying regions he calls Blue Zones. He calls these commonalities the "Power 9" in his best-selling book, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest. (Power 9 are listed after the Proust questionnaire below- #'s 3&6 might make you v. happy)[ READ MORE ]
Scott Cooper
I loved having a chance to sit down with Scott Cooper, an actor-turned-director who's finding huge success his very first time behind the camera with the fantastic film Crazy Heart. [ READ MORE ]
Sounds of Blackness
Grammy-winning music group
Though they have won 3 Grammys for their Gospel music, it’s not accurate to call Sounds of Blackness a gospel group. What Sounds of Blackness does is sing music that represents – as their website states – “sounds of blackness: Jazz, Blues, Rock and Roll, Rhythm and Blues, Gospel, Reggae, Ragtime, Spirtuals, Work [ READ MORE ]
Artist lists, Part 2
Back with more artist lists! You’ll quickly spot one common thread among these 4 artists.
By the way, starting in the new year I’ll also be blogging for Twittermoms.com and Metro magazine (and I’ll continue to blog for Momlogic.com.) But you can always find your culture fix right back here — see you next week [ READ MORE ]
