Up until the 1960s, middle and high school students in Italy studied both Latin and Greek syntax and literature. Today they can hardly write (and many cases even speak) Italian properly.... Read more»
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Probably more than any other author, Southern Arizonan Charles Bowden has revealed the intricacies of the violence haunting Ciudad Juárez. He’s swatted at flies swarming fresh bloodstains and reported from a house where bodies were drenched in acid before burial. One wonders if he didn’t lose a slice of his sanity with each movement of his hand. (with audio)... Read more»0
There is a definite air of civic engagement in the programming offerings of clubs and arts organizations this week, as well as a commitment to the unique cultural hybrid that is Tucson. If the 24-hour news cycle portrayal of your community has made you despair of late, the perfect remedy is a visit to some of these choice weekend events. Boycott your television and embrace some local culture.... Read more»0
llustrator and comic book artist Frank Frazella, best known as the illustrator of the covers for Robert E. Howard’s series of Conan the Barbarian adventure novels, died Monday.... Read more»0
Voices Inc., a local nonprofit community media project, celebrates another successful academic year with a “free fundraiser” at the Temple of Music and Art on Wednesday.... Read more»0
Here at the Sentinel, we would like to commemorate National Poetry Month’s end by invoking Baudelaire’s poetic imperative to “Get Drunk.” Not that this necessitates the imbibing of potent potables; Baudelaire goes on to direct readers to intoxicate themselves “On wine, virtue, poetry, whatever!”... Read more»0
The University of Arizona Poetry Center announced today that it received a $49,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to further develop its extensive audio/video collection. ... Read more»0
In the fifteen years since it was released to little fanfare, became a beloved mainstay on cable TV, and entered the American consciousness, I’ve had a complex, changing relationship with “The Shawshank Redemption.”... Read more»3
The 2010 Pulitzer Prize winners in journalism categories and arts and letters were announced today.The most surprising recipient was Sheri Fink, a writer for nonprofit online news site and Sentinel wire service ProPublica.org, who won the Pulitzer for investigative reporting for her series of articles about a hospital in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.... Read more»0
Michael W. Kaiser, president of The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts told Tucson arts leaders Monday that groups that all arts nonprofits, and particularly ethnically diverse groups, need to increase private funding.... Read more»0
Is it possible for America’s bestselling authors to become so repetitive that the pieces of their books, if broken apart, would fit back together, in any order, as cleanly as if produced on an assembly line?... Read more»3
France may have its painters, Italy its art and opera, and German culture its matchless composers. But for England it’s poetry, and Westminster Abbey is where the immortals are memorialized.... Read more»0
Is the iPad the end of print? Or the savior of formerly printed “content”?... Read more»0
The 28th Tucson Poetry Festival will be held this weekend at Club Congress and Casa Libre, with four featured poet/performers and poetry slam events.... Read more»0
Plan your three-day weekend with the Sentinel. In addition to the KXCI Festival en el Barrio Viejo and the 28th Tucson Poetry Festival, there is plenty to do in Tucson this weekend.... Read more»1
When it comes to visual art, I’m one of those people who, unless it’s really obvious, doesn’t tend to “get” when things aren’t what they’re actually “supposed to be.”... Read more»0
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