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And Here I Thought I Got My Interest in Art From Dad….
I never really considered my mom artistic. My dad was the artist. He loved to take pictures. Before that, he…
New Prints and Gin: Opening Reception at Brooklyn’s Long Island Bar on May 10
Mark this in your calendars, gang: May 10, 2014. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Long Island Bar in Brooklyn…
Art Spiegelman and the Stained Glass Windows
Even a legend has to deal with frustrating bureaucratic labyrinths to push his vision over a thousand hurdles of ego,…
Robert Williams: the Grandaddy of Lowbrow Art Gets the Movie Treatment
Artist Robert Williams (aka “Mr. Bitchin’”) is a cartoonist at heart, with the ambitions of a history professor, a poet,…
Tommy Yow: a New Orleans Artist I Dig
I love an artist whose work catches my eye. It doesn’t happen a whole heck of a lot, partly because…
Favorite New Orleans Bars: Great Good Places NOLA
Who doesn’t love a good hangout? I’m like a cat—I love places. I love my SPOTS. And I’ve got spots…
Podcasts to Listen to When Working at Home for Hours and Hours and Hours
Yeah, we’re all doing the podcasts these days aren’t we? More people working at home. Or driving to and from…
Hero Paintings Inspire the Soul and Delight the Senses
It’s been said/sung that we don’t need another hero. Tell that to Joseph Campbell. His ghost, actually. Tell that to…
So Long, Blue Front, Anchor at State and Packard, Purveyor of Cheap Beer
Ah, Blue Front. How I loved ye. It was a little corner store when I was in Ann Arbor, a…