Archive for the ‘Culture’ Category

July 1st, 2011

The Instrumental Art of Bill Wolmutt

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Story and Photos by John Anglim… Bill Wolmutt is a man who embraces his inconsistencies. He once replied, when I asked how he was doing, “I’m a 21st-century man, but I don’t want to be here.” He was paraphrasing a line from a Kinks song. The truth is, he’s really more like a 19th-century man, [...]

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February 23rd, 2011

Those frivolous nonessential arts

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By Krystyn Hartman… Ever wonder why the arts are the first to see their funding cut during unstable times? Ever wonder where the idea that arts are “nonessential services” comes from? I used to wonder that too. The movie The Sound of Music had a profound effect on me as a child. I was too [...]

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