The art world has found itself in the glare of public scrutiny recently. A spate of stories, actions and articles has simultaneously surfaced critical of the increasing link between money and art, and where that leaves the lowly artist. During 60 Minutes, and for a second time, Morley Safer cast his jaundiced eye over the…
We’ve arrived at the season of Lent, that period of the church year during which people figure we’re supposed to feel miserable. Mardi Gras – “Fat Tuesday” in French – was a time of joy and revelry – and pigging out. This stands in stark contrast to the observance that began Ash Wednesday. Now the…
An Oklahoma-based company has been forced to cancel an annual romantic writing competition after the decision to ban same-sex entries prompted a furious backlash from romantic fiction authors. Romance Writers Ink (RWI), the Tulsa, Okla. chapter of the Romance Writers of America, has run the More than Magic writing competition for years. The contest accepts…
BY VICTOR HOFF Given its origins, it would be hard for the Rev. Henry Solly, the founder of the first working social club, the Working Men’s Institute and Social Club of 1862, to imagine a time when gay men of various ethnicities would ride the coattails of a such a novel idea and turn into…
