Thursday, December 20, 2012
Photograph by Robert Josiah Bingaman; via fly over art tumblr This morning from 11 to noon Central Time, Kenyon Gradert will appear on the NPR program Saint Louis…
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Perhaps we’re witnessing a shift back to the region’s realist origins. More likely, the Midwest is blooming into a wide proliferation of literary style. …
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Sunday, December 16, 2012
Kurt Wagner of Lambchop standing with his Beautillion Militaire 2000 series of paintings The tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut is so deep, so overwhelming, that for many of…
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Thursday, December 13, 2012
The “Kentuckians” at a road show, 1936; The Hayloft Gang By Jennifer Joy Jameson, Notes From the Field series Editor If you’re hooked into some of the recent…
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Cold now. Close to the edge. Almost unbearable. Clouds bunch up and boil down from the north of the white bear. This tree-splitting morning I dream of his…
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Monday, December 10, 2012
By Jennifer Joy Jameson, Notes From The Field series Editor The interesting part about any ethnographic study is putting the pieces together, stepping in and out of a…
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Friday, December 7, 2012
“A week before Obama announced the Deferred Action program, Time magazine ran an unprecedented feature on undocumented immigrants, especially dreamers. Now ‘undocumented immigrants’ are up for a vote for Person of the Year.”…
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Thursday, December 6, 2012
Making Connections reporter Sylvia Ryerson By Rachel Beth Rudi, Digital Contributor This week from the Rural Arts and Culture Map, we bring a story that’s floated to us on the…
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Monday, December 3, 2012
Each week we share selections from our Rural Arts and Culture Feed on Facebook and Twitter. What are we missing? Please drop us a line, and we’ll add…
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Monday, December 3, 2012
“[Today] marks 57 years since Rosa Parks, Riding the bus on her way home from work, refused to give up her seat to a white passenger and sparked…
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