Images From a War Zone By Phil PetersonLocal Photographer Documents Military in AfghanistanStory by Pete Dulin. Photography by Phil Peterson. 2008-06-29
“I wanted to cover the truth, good and bad,” says Phil Peterson about his determination to document military activities in Afghanistan as an embedded photojournalist. “I was curious from a personal standpoint.”
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Laughing MattersThe God Dame ShowStory and Photography by Pete Dulin 2006-12-01
Serena Hein and Greta Wilckens, two local comedians, have assembled a showcase for themselves, other female comedians, musicians, and a poet to appear in the God Dame Show. The show’s name is decidedly irreverent, even provocative, depending on one’s religious bearings, reflecting comedy’s role as a means of commentary that pokes and prods at social conventions and personal beliefs.
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Wide Awake Films Earns Emmy NodThe Battle of Franklin: Five Hours in the Valley of DeathStory by Pete Dulin 2007-02-01
Wide Awake Films, a Kansas City-based motion picture, media production and creative content company, earned a regional Emmy nomination for its original documentary, The Battle of Franklin: Five Hours in the Valley of Death, about the Tennessee Civil War battle of 1864.
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Nelly Don Heads to NapaTerence O’Malley’s Documentary Accepted at Film FestivalStory by Pete Dulin, Nelly Don Images courtesy of Terence O’Malley, Photography by Pam Taylor 2007-02-01
Terence Michael O’Malley’s film, Nelly Don: A Stitch in Time, has recently been accepted at the Napa-Sonoma County Film Festival that takes place August 11-12. O’Malley has submitted the film in several festivals around the country, but he is particularly excited by this first nod.
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Saints & Sirens Exhibit at the Blue GalleryStory by Pete Dulin, Photography by Pam Taylor 2007-02-01
Saints & Sirens, an invitational art exhibit at Blue Gallery in the Crossroads that runs through September, suggests an association between the intertwined nature of religion and art.
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Paul FlindersPaintingInterview by Pete Dulin 2007-02-01
Some people look distorted, don’t you think? My objective is not to paint portraits of people, but to paint the energy of a person.
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Sharon EikerPoetrySharon Eiker 2007-02-01
In that sultry twilight where beauty meets a dry, dry martini, where smoky voices whisper jazzy ideas over a scotch, where after hours happenings are bartered in earnest in low voices––this is where you’ll find Sharon Eiker.
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Allen Heinrich - The Sidewalk PoetPoetryAllen Heinrich 2007-02-01
Like many of us, I first encountered Allen Heinrich while hoofing it through Loose Park early one morning. Beneath the west-side grove of evergreens I came across a poem scribed on the sidewalk in brightly colored chalk.
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Mural, Mural, On the WallKansas Murals: A Traveler’s Guide Story by Karen Matheis 2007-02-01
Looking for a day or weekend getaway? Why not travel through Kansas while looking at art?
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State of the Arts in LawrenceOlive Gallery ClosingStory by Karen Matheis 2007-02-01
For Lawrence artists, it was a shock to hear that the Olive Gallery will close its doors February 28.
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Saori Kawasumi, MindSketch and Window SeriesPhotographySaori Kawasumi 2006-11-01
A photography essay containing two series, MindSketch and Window.
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Kale BaldockPoetryKale Baldock 2007-02-01
Kale Baldock looks like how you’d picture your grandfather to look like as a young man. Talks like him too––a tad gruff at times, unwilling to suffer fools.
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Parting Shot - Nichols LunchOpen 24 Hours. Closed. Story by Pete Dulin, Photography by Pam Taylor 2007-02-01
Nichols Lunch, a classic midtown diner, recently closed after 85 years in business. News of the closing caught many people unaware.
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Rachael Jane, Five Years After 9/11PhotographyWords and Photography by Rachael Jane 2007-02-01
September 11, 2001 happened on a day that would have otherwise been ordinary.
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Jeanita Ives, Life's Determinations: The Final SeasonsPhotographyWords by Jeanita Ives 2006-12-01
Autumn, marking the beginning of decay, the end of the beginning…
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A Freeze In FebruaryShort StoryJason Balistreri 2007-02-01
Have you ever felt like there’s something inside of you that you needed to get out?
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Parting Shot - The NutcrackerPhotographyMegan Browne 2007-02-01
Ballet Rehearsal, The Nutcracker
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Ben Timpson, End of RollPhotographyStory by Pete Dulin 2006-12-01
Ben Timpson’s only limit on the use and range of materials is his imagination.
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Anne Garney, The Scenic RoutePaintingStory by Pete Dulin 2007-02-01
“Color expresses and demonstrates the beauty I see before me and in life, the joy of living and experiencing. By contrast, it doesn’t do any good to dwell on the dark or the negative and I sure don’t want to hang it in my living room.”––Anne Garney
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Ed TatoPoetryPhotograph by Jon Bidwell 2007-02-01
Ed Tato once told his wife, “If I’m going to be a poet, I need to go read some poetry.” And that is, simply, what Ed Tato is––a poet to the bone. And poetry isn’t safe.
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