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If the very thought of Wine Country evokes images of stretch limos teeming with feather boa-draped bachelorette parties, hordes of Midwesterners bellied up at tasting room bars, and grapevine-swathed, cork and barrel everything, you wouldn't be totally wrong. But off the beaten path, curious city folk may find tiny civilized hubs where the art and design are contemporary, the cuisine is cutting-edge, and the shopping is more Manolo Blahnik than The North Face. In other words, not so unlike San Francisco.
How One of Italy's Most Celebrated Wines Became a California Exclusive
Tocai Friulano is one of the best and most popular white wines in the northern Italian region of Friuli. They've been growing the grape and making the wine for a long time. But in 2007, after Hungary joined the European Union, it was determined by that governing body that one of their wines, Tokaji (a sweet wine made from the grape furmint) could potentially, due to its similar pronunciation to Tocai Friulano confuse consumers into…what? Thinking they were the same wine? I guess so. So poor Tocai Friulano had to change its name to simply Friulano.
Indulge Yourself at Red Car Wine Company's Funky Magnum PI-Themed Wine Tasting Party
If you haven't heard the buzz about one the newest (and hottest) tasting rooms in Wine Country, then you should head up to West Sonoma County on Saturday, August 25th from 2:00 – 6:00 pm for Red Car Wine Company's Magnum P.I. Party.
Wineries Where You Can Spend the Night
Why spend the night at a hotel, when you could stay the weekend at a winery? Here are our favorite wineries that have guesthouses or inns for true fans like you.
Harvest 2012 in Napa Valley off to an Explosive Start
On Friday, August 6, corks flew and wine flowed freely as an army of eager employees gathered on the crushpad of Mumm Napa to welcome the arrival of Pinot Noir from the nearby Gamefarm Vineyard — the first fruit to arrive at the winery and the beginning of the 2012 harvest in Napa Valley.
PHOTOS: Wine Women & Shoes Benefiting Napa Emergency Women's Services
On July 28, the Wine Women & Shoes Napa Valley event lit a spark of awareness and compassion for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, benefitting Napa Emergency Women's Services. The event was an overwhelming success for NEWS. Over 300 guests celebrated and honored their support for NEWS during an amazing afternoon of wine, shoes, and fashion at Charles Krug Winery. The benefit raised over $80,000, all of which will be delivered directly to NEWS.
Revamped The Thomas and Fagiani's Bar Usher in New Era for Downtown Napa
When the doors at 813 Main Street in downtown Napa open for business on Wednesday, August 8, it will be for the first time in nearly 40 years. The Thomas restaurant and its street-level Fagiani's Bar are closing the circle on a piece of Napa history and ushering in a new era for the town.
Five Things to Do in Wine Country This Month
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At the height of summer, day trips turn into weekend getaways for the high season of festivals. Escape to wine country for these signature wine events from Mendocino to Monterey.
Backyard Barbecue, Meet Barbera
If your usual method for selecting a wine to pair with a dry-aged, flame-kissed ribeye, a pile of burnt ends or crispy chicken wings slathered in sweet, spicy barbecue sauce involves grabbing the biggest bottle of red in sight, we beg you to reconsider.
One Day in Sonoma
As diverse as it is vast, Sonoma County, once all family farms and farmers, now offers as many posh pleasures as it does down to earth experiences. Whatever you pleasure may be, your one day in Sonoma is sure to please.
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Summary:A mystery set in the environs of Lausanne concerning several plots which wind their way through the elegant homesteads of a couple of well-heeled French-Swiss denizens. Mika is the couture-attired, oh-so-perfect head of Muller Chocolates--a company that manufactures Swiss chocolates. Andre is her suave, concert pianist husband whose first wife died years ago in a mysterious car accident. When Jeanne, a beautiful young woman, enters the home of Mika and Andre, raising questions about her possible relationship to the family, tensions mount, alliances shift, and all the while, Mika prepares and faithfully serves her special recipe for hot chocolate each evening.

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?What a remarkable book this is. The writing is clear, compelling, visceral. The analysis is formidable. The story leaves you gasping. Bob Fowler spares nothing: not himself, not Al Qaeda, not the Canadian response from the RCMP to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It?s been eons since I?ve read a work of non-fiction where every page grabs your heart or your head or both. It?s an autobiographical tour de force.?
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ROBERT R. FOWLER joined the Department of External Affairs in 1969 and was posted to Paris in 1971 and to the Canadian Permanent Mission to the United Nations in 1976. He returned to External Affairs headquarters in 1978 to become executive assistant to Allan Gotlieb, the under-secretary of state for External Affairs. In 1980, he was seconded to the Privy Council Office as assistant secretary to the Cabinet (Foreign and Defence Policy), where he served as foreign policy advisor to prime ministers Trudeau, Turner and Mulroney. In 1986 Mr. Fowler became assistant deputy minister (Policy) in the Department of National Defence, and then he served as deputy minister from 1989 to 1995. From 1995 to 2000 he was Canada's longest serving ambassador to the United Nations, following which he was named ambassador to Italy and also personal representative for Africa for prime ministers Chrétien and Harper. Fowler lives in Ottawa, Ontario.
As I have bought and given 38 copies of this book to friends and family, I think it can be assumed that I found it first rate. Read morePublished on Jan. 6 2013 by Diana Fowler LeBlanc
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Updated: 10/02/2015 - This isn't about praying for Tim Tebow to win the next game or the Super Bowl. It's about a much more difficult challenge.
Updated: 10/02/2015 - This isn't about praying for Tim Tebow to win the next game or the Super Bowl. It's about a much more difficult challenge.
Updated: 10/02/2015 - I've always been proud to work for WYMT-TV. But last night was one of those extra special moments. I was overwhelmed by the magnitude of what this station, through the generosity of our business partners and donors, has accomplished in the last 25-years.
Updated: 10/02/2015 - Have you ever wondered what Joseph might have thought in the days leading up to the birth of Jesus? So many questions! Can you imagine the responsibility … the fear … the doubt?
Updated: 10/02/2015 - A friend shared this video with me. It's a good reminder to all of us. I hope you'll take time this Christmas to thank the Lord for the brave men and women who are spending their Christmas on the battlefield.
Updated: 10/02/2015 - My friend Stuart Shepard from Focus on the Family Action is out with a new video on the Merry Christmas versus Happy Holiday debate
Updated: 10/02/2015 - Travis Air Force Base in California will not remove or relocate a Nativity scene and Menorah despite legal threats from The Military Religious Freedom Foundation.
Updated: 10/02/2015 - Have you heard about the post office manager in Silver Spring, Maryland? He actually kicked three Christmas carolers out of a U.S. Post Office stating they were "violating the post office policy against solicitation."
Updated: 10/02/2015 - I remember my teachers sharing the Thanksgiving story with us in school. Unfortunately, today the part about the Pilgrim's faith in God is left out of many classrooms.
Updated: 10/02/2015 - Six Republican GOP Presidential hopefuls will discuss their thoughts on religion, marriage and other family issues during a weekend debate in Iowa. You can watch the event live on the web.
Updated: 10/02/2015 - This is a day of solemn reflection as our country marks the ten-year anniversary of the 9-11 attacks. Michael W. Smith wrote this haunting tribute to the victims of 9-11 and to the heroes that rose from the ashes on that day.
Updated: 10/02/2015 - This week I'm dedicating this space to your memories of 9-11. Today, we hear from Lieutenant Commander Jeffrey Harris. He was stationed in Pearl Harbor immediately following the attacks.
Updated: 10/02/2015 - This week I'm dedicating this space to your memories of 9-11. Today we have several of your memories to share.
Updated: 10/02/2015 - This week I'm dedicating this space to your memories of 9-11. Today, we hear from a first responder from Harlan. Willie Galloway is a First Lieutenant in the Harlan County Rescue Squad. Ten years ago he was in high school.
Updated: 10/02/2015 - This week I'm dedicating this space to your memories of 9-11. We start with Missy Bianchi from Harlan.
Updated: 10/02/2015 - We all remember where we were on that terrible day. The images are forever burned into our minds. We have our own impressions and memories of September 11, 2001. I hope you'll share your memories, your thoughts and prayers with us.
Updated: 10/02/2015 - Republicans say the best thing government can do to create jobs is to get out of the way. You can watch their weekly address here.
Updated: 10/02/2015 - President Barack Obama says high tech, cutting-edge research and new technologies is the key to reigniting American manufacturing. You can watch his address here.
Updated: 10/02/2015 - Pike County Judge Executive Wayne T. Rutherford says the Democrat running for State Agriculture Commissioner is 'no longer welcome' in the state's largest county. Plus, another video surfaces. Watch it here.
Updated: 10/02/2015 - NBC has apologized for editing the words "under God" out of the Pledge of Allegiance before Sunday's U.S. Open broadcast, but some Christian groups are demanding a fuller explanation ... calling it an intentional omission.
Updated: 10/02/2015 - Democratic candidate for State Agriculture Commissioner Bob Farmer is apologizing for using painful stereotypes of inbred and toothless people to poke fun Eastern Kentuckians. The comments were made several years ago during a comedy routine in Indiana. Watch the video here.
Updated: 10/02/2015 - Republicans are pointing to 9.1 percent unemployment despite the infusion of billions of dollars in stimulus money as evidence something different needs to be done to create jobs. You can watch the GOP weekly address here.
Updated: 10/02/2015 - President Barack Obama says the key word on the economy is patience. You can watch his weekly address here.
Updated: 10/02/2015 - The other night on the O'Reilly Factor, Tim Tebow said something that's created a bit of a buzz here in Colorado, especially within Broncos Nation.
Updated: 10/02/2015 - I want to recommend a new blogger on WYMT. I hope you'll take a moment to check out Jeffrey Howard's blog, "Thoughts from a Sanctified(ish) Mind". His writing is thought provoking and philosophical, yet witty.
Updated: 10/02/2015 - Republicans say the Obama administration is too cozy with labor unions and that industries are more likely to flourish when organized labor has less clout. You can watch the weekly address here.


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A cinematic fever dream, mixing stylistic elements of experimental and documentary film, WHITE SHADOW first appeared on our radar early last year. Through the uncompromising, bravura… — more →
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The annual whitetail deer harvest is well underway and ready to escalate as long gun season opens this week. It is a season filled with tradition, none worth keeping and all based on malarkey if you ask me. Before I took this opinion I was entrenched in these traditions and reveled in them like a dog rolls in a stink pile. My experience ranges from all manner of deer hunting to dealing with all manner of deer hunter. For the last six years I have watched as an outsider, a landowner, and admirer of these deer every day of the year. Now, to see this yearly wave of violence cast directly at this peaceful herd, I gravitate between bewildered and disgusted. It truly is a ridiculous tradition from this new perspective and before you disregard my point of view please consider what I think are valid points:
Myth: Killing deer is acceptable because it subsidizes family food budgets with low fat, healthy and all natural meat.
Truth: First divide the total pounds of edible venison harvested by the cost of the license, the deer tags, the bullets, the hunting gear, the storage costs, land expense, processing, travel expense, etc…. it is cheaper to buy local farm raised venison, beef, or bison. Second consider that most deer subside on farm crops, or eat plenty of standing corn, wheat, oats and the like. Sounds great but it's not: the vast majority of farmland grows food that is not for human consumption. Almost all the corn crops in our area are genetically modified to be resistant to atrazine, or Roundup weed killer. They are sprayed with these and other chemicals in large volume and the deer feast on the crop. All natural and healthy? Hardly.
Myth: Killing deer is necessary to keep the population under control.
Truth: This year the NYS DEC has limited deer tags indicating that overpopulation is not an issue. Mother Nature is plenty capable of controlling animal populations. Humans are notoriously pompous about this fact and routinely taught otherwise. If you follow the money trail from this big story you will find the insurance companies who would love to stop fixing windshields and the state agencies who exist because of hunting taxes. Almost every non-human on the planet is on the run, the whitetail deer is not exempt from that sad reality. Killing wildlife instead of finding ways to coexist has created a list of extinct and endangered species all humans should shudder at.
Myth: Deer season is a rich tradition in our culture and brings large economic returns.
Truth: Just because a society or a family has been doing the same thing for years and years does not make it a good idea. The porpoise slaughters in Asia, seal clubbing in Canada, fox hunting in Europe, ivory traders in Africa…. What was reasonable and acceptable in 1915 is not so today. Traditions that brought bounty a century or more ago bring quite the opposite today. As the necessity of any wildlife harvest has ended, society has become repulsed at what appears to now be wanton killing. Needlessly launching a mass hunt for deer makes it a war-like scene around town! Everyone in hunting gear, traffic filled with pickup trucks full of hunters and weapons, retailers running low on alcoholic beverages, and of course the constant gunfire. Many deer are quickly shot down, the wounded limp around for weeks after the hunt, and a few hunters perish in the battle. Its not a pretty tradition, certianly not a noble one.
Now… to the economic bonanza supposedly created by the hunters who travel out to the great necks of the woods to 'hunt': after owning a bar and restaurant for a decade in a very heavily hunted area I can testify with authority. It's a bump in sales, not a bonanza by any measure. Relatively new traditional festivals that do not include killing thousands of gorgeous wild beasts provide much more to the local economy. The tourist/deer hunter comes here to take, not to enjoy and bring glad tidings.
Should we ban deer hunting and end this deer season scourge? Not even I think that is a good idea. I would like to see this season die a natural, slow and painless death. If my bloody arse can realize a change of heart then anyone can. Brush back the tradition this year, step back and take a good look at the prey: The whitetail deer is a gentle, shy soul that experiences fear, joy, and the bonds of family life. The annual hunt takes all of that away from the hunted, not to mention every other wild creature that is displaced by the sudden frenzy. If you think that your tradition, your appetite, or 'love' of the hunt is worth being part of this violence then you may never abandon that selfish belief. Hopefully you will open your mind and heart, then consider being part of the slow and painless death of this brutal tradition.
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Brian Burke: Rugby is tougher than hockey
Former Maple Leafs president and general manager defends violent nature of hockey and rugby.
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Be it talking sports or media scrums, Brian Burke appears to approach everything with full contact.
The former president and general manager of the Maple Leafs has taken a position with Rugby Canada and was at his bombastic best Thursday, defending the violent nature of the two sports he has aligned himself with.
"If anyone in the medical community thinks it's a revelation that this (rugby) is a violent sport, then they wasted seven years of undergraduate and medical school," said Burke. "It is a violent sport. It's a full-contact sport. So is hockey. I played contact sports because I wanted the contact."
Burke was reacting to word out of Calgary that Canada's doctors have denounced the NHL for "complacency in regards to violence" in hockey. Rugby, in many ways, is more physical than hockey.
'The people that don't want contact should play other sports," said Burke. "There are wonderful sports you can play where you'll never get an injury. Be a swimmer. It's a great sport. You might get a cold but you probably won't get a concussion.
"This is a full-contact sport. None of us that play it, none of us that coach it, none of us that work in it will apologize for that. People get hurt playing this game. People that don't want to get hurt should play sports where you're not going to get hurt. There are some wonderful sports where you're not going to get hurt. I don't enjoy any of them. But there are a lot of them."
The ever-belligerent and very quotable Burke was promoting this Saturday's game at BMO Field between Canada and the United States, a qualifier for the 2015 men's Rugby World Cup. Canada has an 18-point advantage heading into the final leg of the home-and-home series, with the winner clinching a berth in the tournament to be held in England.
Rugby has its own issues with injuries and the pace of the game — much like hockey — and has introduced new rules for scrums to address both. Formations are slightly different, leading to less body contact and quicker ball movement.
Burke, who played hockey at Providence College and in the AHL, said he played rugby for five years, starting in law school in Harvard and then in a men's league in New England. He said rugby is tougher than hockey.
"Every long-term injury I have came from rugby," said Burke. "My shoulders and neck, my knee. It's a hard game to play. It's a hard game to excel at. The premium on teamwork might be the highest in rugby than in any sport.
"One mistake in rugby by one player has more consequences for the rest of the team than in any other sport.
"It's a great game. A warrior's game."
Burke's a warrior, all right, having battled some in media, his bosses at MLSE and haters on social media in his four years in Toronto. Still working as a scout for the Anaheim Ducks, he said his role with Rugby Canada won't change his desire to get back into a GM's chair in the NHL.
"It doesn't change my intention to get back in at the GM level. It doesn't diminish that urge," said Burke. "I didn't do this for money. I wouldn't do it for money."
The reason he is doing it is to help rugby grow.
"Anything I can do as far as taking rugby to the next level in this country," said Burke. "I know about marketing and putting a league on a certain footing and being professional. I hope to add there.
"It's a game, we're playing catch-up with a lot of established sports, with a lot of broadcast sports. It doesn't diminish the fact we have a product we think can compete with those sports.
"Professional rugby is coming. I'm not going to give you a time frame. It is our goal to get to the point where a player like (veteran) Jamie (Cudmore) doesn't have to go to France to play, that he's got a Canadian team that will put him to work."
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Students in a Hempstead Town program join an effort to plant beach-grass plugs as part of Lido Beach dune preservation. Videojournalist: Jim Staubitser (April 22, 2013)
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Perhaps it's more of a style evolution than revolution, but the winds of change are blowing across Volvo's range and these leaked official pictures prove that the Swedish carmaker is about to facelift most of its range.
The S60, V60, XC60, V70, XC70 and S80 all receive a new front-end design. These models receive a more pronounced bumper and grille combo, while the '60' models also gain a totally new headlight design.
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We offer spacious junior one, large one and two-bedroom floorplans with private patios or balconies, wood-burning fireplaces, walk-in closets, gourmet kitchens with granite countertops and more. As a resident, you will enjoy a resort-style pool and spa, health & fitness center, e-lounge, tanning deck, private cabanas, plush chaise lounge chairs, gourmet BBQ's, and so much more! The city's shopping, nightlife and culinary scene are just mere steps away.
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Enjoy life at the beach in the beautiful coastal community of Redondo Beach. The views at Ocean Club are spectacular, the ambiance, relaxing. The world of surf and sun is at your doorstep. There are miles of beach-front bike and jogging paths for leisure-time enjoyment. Excellent waterfront shops and restaurants are close by, from Riviera Village to the International Boardwalk at the Redondo Beach Pier. Ocean Club presents a paradise of lush gardens, cascading waterscapes and flower lined walkways. Gentle sea breezes are all part of the exciting life-style this ocean view community has to offer. Go ahead. Capture your own piece of paradise. At Ocean Club Apartment Homes, its no longer a dream.
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Here is a pre-Pre-Launch announcement… *drum roll, please*… With current planning, IN THE LONG RUN: Stories Written From The Road – the ebook – will be released via AMAZON in early JUNE!
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Buying an EMR for your medical practice isn't a decision to be taken lightly. Some docs get hung up on the price of the software, opting for the lowest-priced solution on the market. That can be a costly mistake since the price of acquiring the software is likely to be the least expensive aspect of your medical practice going digital. What is more important to consider is the cost of implementing and maintaining your new digital practice. Will it be difficult to learn how to use the new software? How much of an impact will there be on your productivity and that of your staff? How much will the software change your office workflow? What happens if the software or hardware malfunctions? And what about meaningful use? Will your new EMR qualify for federal HITECH Act stimulus dollars?
This week on Microsoft Health Tech Today I am joined by Mike Sappington, the CEO of gloStream. gloStream is an EMR company based in Michigan that claims its solution, once implemented, has never been de-installed by a medical practice. With a focus on small to medium-sized physician practices, gloStream has been enjoying considerable success due in part to the company's partnership with Microsoft. At the heart of gloStream's gloEMR solution is Microsoft Office Word. By relying on Word for documentation, gloStream has managed to solve one of the more vexing problems for EMR users—finding an EMR solution that is intuitive and therefore easier for doctors and office staff to learn how to use.
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Great partnerships! But none of them seem to involve the consumer. After all, it is the consumer who is spearheading eHealth applications. I love your vision! However, what happens when healthcare professionals access information? Data overload! With such little time to view quantum amounts of data, now is the time to embrace "Data Mining" concepts. I used to think, "what about the future?" The technology exists, today, to put in place a "Knowledge Management System" which will satisfy the consumer's desire to become more active in their personal healthcare decisions, and well-being. This can be accomplished by using what is called "Pattern-Identification", which detects associations between certain risk factors and outcomes, even treatment protocols! Can you imagine being able to limit or eliminate healthcare disparities such as medical and cultural literacy? According to the Institute of Medicine Committee on Quality of Healthcare in America, as early as 2001, sixty-percent of UK citizens and fifty percent of US citizens reported having at least one chronic illness and this percentage is growing, today. Michael Christopher Gibbons, MD, at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, in Baltimore, Maryland, and a leading authority on "Populomics" even suggests the need for the healthcare system to improve its own understanding and responsiveness to "nonmedical" communications and socioenvironmental factors. He stressed the potential impact of technology on health care and disparities should neither be overlooked nor underestimated.
Here is an interesting post about the relationship of meaningful use, HIPAA and the Risk Analysis requirement. It will interesting to see to what extent the Risk Analysis requirement for meaningful use becomes a hurdle to receiving ARRA incentive money.
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Thanks for sharing your wisdom. I'd be the first to admit that there is much more to the modernization of health information than the EMR alone. Digitizing information is just the first step, it's what you do next that counts. Microsoft is deeply involved in all facets of the evolution of the health industry with solutions that range from HealthVault for consumers to Amalga for enterprise customers. We specialize in software that enables communication and collaboration between and among caregivers and patients, and tools that provide a rich array of solutions that help turn health data into information upon which decisions can be made.
Stay tuned, and thanks again for your comment.
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The tales of Apple possibly dumping Google Maps as the backend for iOS 6's Maps app are gathering steam, but we're now learning just how much forethought may have gone into the split. According to the WSJ's favorite tipsters, "people familiar with the matter," Apple isn't just hoping to spurn Android -- it's reacting to push-back it got years earlier. Google supposedly delayed Street View, and blocked Google Maps Navigation outright, as it wasn't getting the limelight for branding and couldn't push in social tracking services that tend to make a privacy-sensitive Apple jittery, like Latitude. The August 2009 buyout of Placebase was ground zero for Apple's shift, which saw subsequent deals for Poly9 and C3 Technologies flesh out the project.
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Top of the Charts: Even more Milwaukee 'Harlem Shake' videos
YouTube phenomenon Baauer's "Harlem Shake" cruised to a third week on top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. That gives us a chance to uncover more of the local "Harlem Shake" viral meme videos. Watch them below and then watch the videos for the songs that topped the charts this week in 2009, 1999, 1989 and 1979.
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Actor who plays Walter White Jr. to speak at Marquette University
R.J. Mitte, who plays Walter White, Jr. on the acclaimed AMC series "Breaking Bad" will speak at Marquette University Thursday at 7 p.m.
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Elvis Costello & the Roots; Billy Currington and more
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The band Trampled by Turtles will headline a New Year's Eve bash at the Riverside Theater at 9 p.m. Dec. 31.
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Fundraising campaigns to pay for renovations to the War Memorial Center will soon be launched following Tuesday's signing of an agreement guaranteeing ongoing county support and setting a new legal framework for the building's tenants — the War Memorial and Milwaukee Art Museum.
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'Harlem' hitmakers New Politics to open for P!nk at BMO Harris Bradley Center
P!nk is getting political at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.
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'Ain't Them Bodies Saints' joins Milwaukee Film Festival lineup
"Ain't Them Bodies Saints," the buzzed-about feature debut by Waukesha native David Lowery, has been added as a late starter to the lineup of the 2013 Milwaukee Film Festival.
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No Caste No Sikh:- First be of your secular father, then you could be of the Spiritual Father. Kalyug is the Golden Age to earn Mukti. Read my Book in Punjabi,
Caste is the seed that is needed to grow the spiritual plant for Mukti. By proclaiming Sikh as Kaum or tribe, then you become unfaithful to your tribal father and have no right to live in his house. Those who conceal their tribe are the sons of Satan.


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Would you rather dance to Isn't It Romantic? (Data's Day) or jam to 'Round Midnight (Image in the Sand)?
Since this question got skipped, I'll give a go: Isn't It Romantic. I can barely dance at all, so I'd need a slow song.
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Would you rather have Kes or Tom Paris as your medical assistant (assuming you're the Chief Medical Officer)?
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Censorship: Offending Catholics - What's the Catholic League Got against 'Priest,' 'Nothing Sacred,' and Now Terrence McNally's New Play, 'Corpus Christi'?
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What's the Catholic League got against Priest, Nothing Sacred, and now Terrence McNally's new play, Corpus Christi?
When Manhattan Theatre Club's top brass announced on May 28 that they would proceed with production of Terrence McNally's new play, Corpus Christi, artists as well as gay men and lesbians breathed a sigh of relief. Just a week earlier the theater had opted to cancel McNally's new work--which tells the story of a gay Christlike figure and his disciples, reportedly with sex offstage--citing anonymous telephone threats to bum down the theater, kill the staff, and "exterminate" McNally. The cancellation ignited a different firestorm, however. Within 24 hours the theater was engulfed by protests from New York's famously eloquent theatrical circles, who accused the theater of running scared and censoring an artist in the face of right-wing extremists. Result: The show would go on.
While Manhattan Theatre Club administrators called their decision a victory for artistic freedom, the fact that Corpus Christi will now be performed is a setback for a different organization: the New York City-based Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights. The league's president, William A. Donohue, who campaigned against Corpus Christi for being "offensive to Catholics and all Christians," stated in a May 28 press release, "There is something terribly perverse going on in the artistic community. The need to offend Catholics is so deep and so sick that it can only be described as pathological.... What is perhaps most disturbing about this campaign to attack Catholics is the cowardly attempt to hide this bigotry under the covers of artistic expression."
The Catholic League grabbed national headlines with its 1995 attack on the gay-themed film Priest. Even more publicity surrounded the league's campaign against another drama about a. Catholic priest, ABC's now-defunct Nothing Sacred.
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Now I can't quite imagine treating tender tootsies with tiny fishies – it all seems too reminiscent of swim lessons in the lake. Growing in popularity, however, is a special service where you dunk your toes into a warm pool filled with little fish that consume dead cells, exfoliate, and reveal your smoother and healthier skin. Would you be lining up to get your feet wet with this pampering procedure of fish reflexology?
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angelfromlsu 7 years
I'm kinda scared of fish. I get freaked out when I see them in the ocean too....While I'm open to lots of things, I don't want to a fish's mouth on my feet.
cubadog 7 years
This is a remedy I saw a few years ago for people with horrible eczema and psoriasis. I have had eczema my entire life so I would totally do this. I know in Swizterland they have people sit in a hot tub like thing and the little fish do their job. There are so many grosser things out there like leeches and the tapeworm diet.
arlyle 7 years
no no NO NO NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I have a weird fear of fish. Never not ever.
sfbutterfly24 7 years
I am waaay to ticklish to do this but when we go home (El Salvador) my mom LOVES to do this.
Daisie 7 years
I am concerned about the health and welfare of the fishes. Do they get stepped on is a valid concern, dreamlover! Do they get squished?!? Do they get fed properly?!?! What are our feet doing to their living environment?!?!
dreamlover823 7 years
What if you squish one of the fishes? That's a no for me.
wakeupandora 7 years
heck yes!
miz66 7 years
I've done this in a few places round the world, Malaysia and Dubai mainly. It feels great, you can feel the fish nibbling at the skin on your feet. It sounds gross but it's really good for you and your feet feel wonderful after, don't knock it until you try it.
Merlin713 7 years
Okay, I put no, but, if it was free, then ya sure.
AKirstin 7 years
NO. NONONONONONONONONO! I'm Ichthyophobic.
Blackwidowchick 7 years
I'm there. I'm always willing to be the guinea pig for some new or way out there beauty treatment.
fuzzles 7 years
Oh noooooooo!!! I am beyond ticklish, and two things would happen. One, I would laugh myself senseless, and two, I would pee my pants! It is for this reason that I have never had a pedicure!
Nitrobezene 7 years
that might feel good


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Hello! I'm Helen Little, Assistant Curator of Lowry and the Painting of Modern Life. Since the exhibition opened there have been some great reviews in the press, but I would also like to hear what you think
If you have visited the show, what was it like seeing these urban scenes and industrial landscapes in person? I'd love to hear what you think about Lowry's apocalyptic visions of the landscape or his connections to French Impressionism.
Have you been able to look afresh at his best known work or have you discovered Lowry for the first time? Let me know your views, stories and comments below.
I hope you enjoyed this exhibition of one of Britain's pre-eminent painters of modern life. You can read more about it on my Lowry blog, where you can also share your views.
I look forward to hearing your thoughts soon!
Last year I vowed that my days of being pushed around at art exhibitions were over ! However having so enjoyed "The Lowry" at Salford I decided to try one more. I appreciate that space is limited but this was not an easy exhibition to view. The writing on the wall needed to be larger and on both sides of the painting (as folk approached from either side) and there needed to be more space between paintings. At first I was delighted to see seating, especially as the rooms were far too hot, but it was impossible to sit down and see anything but the rear views of a crowd of folk moving along (and most of these certainly were not matchsticks !) Nevertheless I enjoyed seeing paintings I'd not seen before and also the links with French painters so I'm fairly glad I went.
Absolutely wonderful exhibition, worth several visits. Obviously knew of him and a few of the better known works but didn't know that he was feted in France before the UK. Loved the works in pencil, what a magnificent draughtsman.
I thoroughly enjoyed the exhibition. It was a taste of home for me although quite a dark one! I am a Northern girl (having grown up close to Wigan in the sixties, seventies and early eighties) before moving 'down t'South' 29 years ago. For me Lowry perfectly captured the back drop images of my youth in that area. At that time there was a certain lack of hope and a complete lack of investment in the once highly industrialised areas. The fair was an annual highlight for us and what we called 'walking days' another. You exhibited paintings depicting both of these lighter subjects to balance the otherwise grimness of the landscape scenes. It was interesting to see Lowry's interpretation of Wigan and to see how dark it was! I have wondered over the years if he had ever ventured to Wigan now I know he did! I took my 15 year old son with me and his review was 'It was OK' in teenage parlance I would say that equates to 'It was quite good'! A couple of very small criticisms - I too would have liked to have seen some of his portrait works which are equally dark and I couldn't buy a copy of the 'Wigan' painting in the shop (I take it it is one of his less well recognised works)? The painting that has most stuck in my memory? The painting depicting the destruction caused by the war.
Enjoyed exhibition. Excellant grouping by room of the various works on show. Wonderful seeing all 5 large industrial landscapes on same wall in final room. Also seeing the Welsh Valley's paintings.
Had visited the Lowry in Salford in June. Few of the industrial works on display at that visit. the two exhibitions together probably needed to give full understanding and picture of his work.
I had not really thought of myself as a Lowry enthusiast however as I had some spare time I thought I would take a look and I am very glad that I did. The paintings were breathtaking and really a lot more lively than I had expected. I also had a real moment where I was overwhelmed by one in particular (VE day celebrations) and found myself welling up. Definitely worth a visit whether you are familiar or not with Lowry.
The members' early morning opening on Sunday was wonderfully quiet. I strongly recommend visiting popular exhibitions at such privileged times.
Very good show, with really informative wall panels in each room (most refreshingly, with none of the pretentious language that is often used).
I have known Lowry's work for decades, but had never realised just how political it was. My lasting impression was of post-apocalypse industrial ruin.
I recently went to the current exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery and saw Nevinson's town scenes for the first time. Could one of them have influenced the other?
I have been familiar with Lowry for 50 years now (I even went to Manchester!) and this show was enlightening and fun. His drawings and the few departures from his usual format were welcome, but there is scant difference visually between his early mature works and his last. Pleasingly varied and sincerely felt though the works are they are shallow. There is little attempt to draw the viewer in and the world is seen through a telescope, flat with no foreground.
We recovered in the Caulfield whose works are also flat but more rewarding and intriguing. His wry take on 70's taste will live with me, thank you Tate.
Having never been a big Lowry fan I was fairly ambivalent when I went in but from what I saw I think he probably captured the mood of the times perfectly. I certainly felt a small degree of empathy with the workers he portrayed and it made me stop and think about how we are worlds away now from an environment that is still recent history.
On a slightly negative note there were far too many people in the exhibition when we went and it was difficult to fully appreciate the works in a cramped environment, though on the positive side it is great to see art still so well supported
thought you and your staff dealt with the fire alarm on Tuesday highly professionally and calmly organised the return for the viewing. Suggest some Lowry material held in the main shop for those who wish to collect later.
This was my second visit to the Lowry....this time with my granddaughter. She was suitably impressed!
Excellent exhibition, but covered much of the usual Lowry themes of industrial landscapes. The few sea and agricultural landscapes were interesting, although we had seen many of them in a previous exhibition in Cumbria. The cinematic side was interesting and gave real insight into the period. A pity not to have any of the portraits which show a much wider, and underrated side of Lowry. However, the gallery in Dover Street, London, has a selection of these paintings on show, and for sale!, which is worth going to if over that way. Opposite the Ritz Hotel. The Catalogue was quite good, but for obvious reasons only covered the exhibition, and the book titled "A Life", also on sale in the bookshop, gives a much better insight into Lowry. Overall another very good show following on from an excellent season.
I was already a fan of Lowry before visiting your exhibition. I understand that many people visit the Tate to broaden their horizons, but I was saddened by comments from visitors around me. I am from Sheffield, the other side of the Pennines to Lancashire, but with a very similar social history. Lowry paints a true picture - "matchstick" people because they probably didn't have enough money to eat each day of the week with a sense of community & grime. When Lowry painted there was a definite North / South divide - maybe he's not appreciated for his true insight into life as it was by those who are privileged enough to visit the Tate. I now live in Northampton.
Thank you for an interesting and enjoyable exhibition. The juxtaposition of his work with his contemporaries was fascinating.
I didn't buy the intellectualising of what Lowry was seeking to accomplish. Was it really a social commentary? Seems to me that Lowry was simply painting a version of what he saw. He caught the colour of the area particularly well, as anyone who grew up there will know.
A tiny quibble: could the signs to the exhibition be a little less subtle please?
The exhibition was informative and quite exciting - I find Lowry's urbanist perspective and understanding of crowds truly engaging. But my family who I went with all felt that there he showed little development as an artist over his career, or maybe that is there were only subtle developments; and thus with a significant exhibition at this scale, one reaches the end a bit 'lowry'd out'. None of us warmed to or were convinced by the cripples.
The exhibition is very striking. There is a level of bleakness about many of the pictures. However, that seems to be a reflection of the reality that Lowry was seeing - just watch the film footage of the time. A few pictures were stunning - the light effects created amazing glows and hugely attractive visions of the landscapes that the artist clearly loved. I will return!
Brilliant. Very well organised. We loved the film of him working. I really love the man, he reminds me so much of the life with all the smoke and pollution of all the cities both north and south
Alanej, who added comment on 12th August and whose wife came from Ashton-under-Lyme, would you be the same Alan Johnson (not the ex postman Labour politician) who came from Skelmersdale and used to play with me,my cousins and brothers in the 50's? If so I still have your name and address in my address book! I'm on Friends Reunited if you are...
As someone who doesn't frequent art galleries very often, it's always great to see art "up close and personal". For me, the Lowry exhibition gave his work an extra dimension of reality compared to the one I'm used to of just seeing his work in the media. I could argue the same is true of any artist, however I felt, and was surprised by the fact, that Lowry's work does gain a greater realism (in an impressionistic sense) when viewed in this way. For me, this was not the case when I went into the rooms containing many of Turner's paintings - an artist whose art I have always admired and I really enjoyed looking at these works in the Tate, but seeing them in the gallery did not bring that extra dimension like the Lowry works did. That may be because of the subject matter and the fact that I could see myself being part of the picture in many of Lowry's works - the humanistic side of the content really shines through in his works. I guess this wasn't intentional, but the closeness of the rooms in the gallery with all the people milling about seemed a fitting environment to view these works! It would have been interesting to see a live video feed from a camera placed high in the rooms to see in real-time how people move about and congregate, much like in Lowry's works.
Loved the exhibition. My wife was born in Ashton-under Lyne, so we were disappointed not to be able to buy a print of that particular painting. He also painted a reversed version of he same view, with everything going the other way, like a mirror image. Incidentally Bradford Museum don't do a print either, so I imagine one has never been made.
Overall, I thought that the Lowry exhibition was disappointing. I thought that the link to French impressionism was interesting but apart from that it provided little further insight into either Lowry himself and it missed the opportunity to provide a social history context to some of his work. I also felt that some of his paintings had been given too little space to breathe although this may have been intentional. Conversely, I loved both the Caulfield and Hume exhibitions, artists about whom I knew nothing!
The exhibition was brilliant. The visit was a surprise trip for my husbands birthday as Lowry is his one of his favourite artists. The exhibition made his day so thank you.
Really enjoyed this exhibition. Well worth the visit to explore so many of Lowry's paintings in one place. Cannot commend the audio commentary enough it enhanced our visit greatly. Thanks to all who put this together.
This exhibition – along with visiting Gielgud and Duke of York's theaters – was one of the brightest points of my "cultural program" during current visit to London. I had discovered Lowry for myself somewhere about five or six year ago and – living not in UK – I knew his works only by printed images. It is widely known that any piece of visual art is better to explore "in close contact", but I was really shocked (in positive sense) by the powerful impact of Lowry's works which could be experienced only when you see his original works. I felt it most powerfully in his Urban Scenes series, where buildings and figures (being painted quite often on white or pale background) seem gradually are surrounding you so that you become a part of the story. And I noticed that though Lowry's works usually are colonized by great number of humans (and animals sometimes), there is no figures painted just for the matter of filling the space of the picture. Every figure has its own story, and so a painting acts as a novel – or at least as a short-story. This is amazing! Many thanks to everyone who created this exhibition!
I didn't expect to get very much out of the Lowry exhibition - his work is so familiar etc, but I was really surprised how much I enjoyed seeing his work in this excellent collection! I thought his use of colour and eye for composition was masterful, and the way he used the paint - especially on those murky pools of water etc! I did find his matchstick figures a bit tiresome, but thought the later works were much more successful. I think he's a great British Artist! Also really loved the Patrick Caulfield and the 'Walk through British Art'. There's some BRILLIANT stuff at Tate Britain at the moment - thank you!
Thought the display was brilliant and exceptionally well hung, but my own personal outcome was learning that I believe Lowry's work is dreadful. As visual social commentary it has a place, but as 'art' it's on a par with Beryl Cook.
But, before the display I had no opinion either way on Lowry, so it was fabulous to experience so much of his work and get the chance to form my own (no doubt unpopular) opinion.
The only hiccup with the show was confusion going in. People in the queue became mixed up with people just looking at the timeline on the wall, and I witnessed quite a few heated exchanges.
We visited the Lowry on Wednesday 7th August. The show was well curated and hung though very busy from 2.30 onwards. I specially enjoyed Room 2 with comparisons with other artists, and the last room with the panoramas shown together. I grew up in the West Riding of Yorkshire when the manufacturing base was failing so feel an affinity with the subject matter. However, an overheard conversation between two Home Counties ladies was both amusing and slightly worrying since their reactions revealed that the show was acting for them as a strong reinforcement of stereotypical attitudes to "The North!" Unavoidable? Nevertheless, we greatly enjoyed our visit. New hang--very good but needs more signage near the end. We couldn't find the way out! Yvonne and David Truscott
I think I may be one of the few people who left with a lower opinion of Lowry. Yes, he is an interesting character and he is historically important for the way he looked and commented on the working conditions of the industrial north.
His painting is interesting but it is all the same. In fairness the exhibition says this at the start. I really enjoyed the first room and was impressed by the oversized chimneys and the stooped rows of people travelling to the factory, or to the football. You could feel the sheep like nature of industrial workers and the awful conditions which reduce them to this state.
It was also interesting to see the scenes of poverty and illness which was shown in other paintings too. But apart from breaking it up with a weak Van Gogh and a couple of other masters really Lowry only knew one way to paint and by room 6 I was, to be frank a bit bored of it all.
I think it is admirable that Tate has given a long overdue study of Lowry but in hindsight maybe it would have been better to have continued what was started in room 2 and delivered it in context with others of his time?
Very enjoyable. Having grown up in an ex-mill town in Lancashire and also being mid way through Hobsbawn's Age of Revolution I found the paintings' perspective on the built environment and their rendition of social history fascinating.
I also learned that Lowry was a Tory and for me this was like discovering a missing link that helped explain why his paintings seem to dehumanise the ant like working people that often populate them. Or maybe it was just his limitations as a painter?
I liked the painting of the Protest March, you can actually see his attempts at faces as the march moves towards him. I'm really glad that he painted these times. The built environment - even at this stage well after the introduction of public utilities - looks toxic to mind, body and soul and brought to mind Engel's descriptions of industrialisation in Manchester a century earlier. The figures look stooped and disfigured.
I hope to visit again, a second viewing is when I start noticing detail.
I've been to the Lowry in Salford three times in the last year and was able to see the additional works added to the gallery on Monday 5th August. I love going to the Lowry as there are many 'angry' portraits which you just know belies the emotional turmoil beneath the mackintoshed exterior. At the Tate I had to ask twice after being misinformed by the male cloakroom attendant where, as a ticket holder, the exhibition was. I finally reachedmy destination just as my allocated 30 mins beyond my slot was coming to a close! My first impressions were it was the first day of a sale as Room One was rammed and people were standing three deep in front of each work so I went to the final room and worked backwards.This worked well as I was going against the flow and I was grateful the curation wasn't chronological!! I think I enjoyed it (I'll need to reflect a bit more) but I think I felt over-faced as there was so much that was similar and it lacked the depth that a few of his portraits would have given to this otherwise comprehensive exhibition The comemorative beer in the gift shop was inspired! Husband drank the beer and I got the bottle!
I really enjoyed the exhibition. Although it was crowded it was easy to see the exhibits. It was very interesting seeing the examples of work by the artists who influenced his work along side some of his work in the second room and I didn't realise how much he had been influenced by his teacher Adolphe Valette.
I spent ages looking at the wonderful expressions on the faces of people in the paintings such as the Prayer meeting and the Cripples.
I really loved his pencil, chalk and pastel drawings which I hadn't seen before. and probably my favourite was the landscape and particularly.
A fantastic exhibition. I found it very illuminating have pictures of his French contemporaries there as well as his teacher Vallette. I shall definitely go again before the end in October.
Didn't envy the picture caption writers in this exhib, repetitive paintings to say the least. I have a vague personal connection with the artist so I have an interest and respect for his art, yet I cannot believe that he could be classed as an English Impressionist. If he had died in 1940, he would have been remembered as one of our greats, but he continued to produce caricatures of the north and northern life, long after it had changed which has been detrimental to his art historical memory.
BUT the Ruined Landscape room. My goodness, this was the first time his passion jumped off the canvas. A pity he didn't explore those themes further.
A delightful exhibition - for so many reasons. Despite "liking" Lowry's paintings for their simple visual appeal, I have always found it difficult to "get" him. Now, I'm so much closer. The exhibition showed him to be so much more than just a recorder of "grime & grind up North" ... instead, a commentator, as the years went by, on poverty, industrialisation, industrial legacy, & the hopes of the welfare state. The judicious inclusion of the works by Vallette, van Gogh, Corot, & Pissaro helped so much, for me, in placing him in his historic, social, and artistic contexts. The large landscapes - in particular, the view of Bargoed - were splendid masterpieces with which to finish the exhibition. Nor can I forget, from the earlier rooms, the bleak "St Augustine's Church, Pendlebury", and the ghostly "Speculators" - works which revealed, for me, depths in LSL of which I had previously been unaware. Strangely, the Outpatients' Hall at Ancoats resembled, in an uncanny way, the Outpatients' Hall at the old Radcliffe Infirmary, in my own home city of Oxford: perhaps, in the early 1950s, it was just as grim "down South" as it was "up North"! I must add a special word of thanks for the audio(& partly visual)-guide: it was pithy & concise - and simply superb. I look forward to visiting again.
I'm not a fan of Lowry - I went to see the disappointingly small Caulfield exhibition and popped in to see if Lowry held any surprises - which it did. It seemed to me his landscapes were better without his "trademark" people in. Like Turner Lowry seems incapable of painting people - the hospital and special school paintings showed just how much he reduced people to archetypes.
There was a stunning painting of a huge, dark and bleak church towering over the streets, a drawing of a road that lead over a hill - but what lay on the other side? A lot of the pictures re-enforced my prejudices but if I'd had more time I suspect I'd have been intrigued by his breadth.
I regard myself as an enthusiast for Lowry and I have a romantic attachment to his work having grown up in an industrial northern city in the 50s in neighbourhoods very similar to those he reflects. I thought I was reasonably familiar with him through following numerous TV documentaries over the years and visiting the gallery at Salford Quays. The Tate retrospective took me to a new level and I feel privileged to have had the chance to see it. The collection was carefully sequenced to reflect his main themes, influences and techniques. The parallels with other European painters gave a strong insight into the times and social contexts in which he was working as too did the excellent commentary in the audio guide. I'm always surprised to be reminded that he was a Tory. How could somebody with such an empathetic awareness of working class life espouse those values? This, of course, was largely down to family influences and the show helped the visitor understand these. I'd love to get to see it again before it comes to a close but, if this isn't possible, I'lI cherish the day's memories for as long as I'm around.
I have never felt much affection for Lowry's paintings but in my eyes this exhibition does much for his reputation. I would describe it as small scale on a grand scale. Lowry gnaws away at familiar subjects time and time again. His urban landscapes literally littered with vignettes of small and large gatherings, or isolated huddled figures. His intense observation of people in certain time and place their work and play exposing the relentless repetition of a life hard lived. Lowry surprised me with his command of his medium and his subject; the paintings are oddly beautifully painted not bleak, with the ground alive and layered under mill and works, street and houses. Glimpses of under painting moving the eye around as expertly as the few sure marks and dashes he uses to hone a figure. Tate Britain deserves a pat on the back because this exhibition achieves everything for Lowry in terms of raising his stock, which the recent exhibition at the Royal Academy, wholly failed to do for Manet.
As a huge fan of Lowry's paintings and drawings I was very much looking forward to visiting this exhibition as I try to visit every exhibition of his work. I was delighted that there were a number of paintings that were new to me and it was exciting to see the five large panoramic views of the city exhibited in one room that enabled me to fully appreciate the scale and power of these images. However, I left feeling the exhibition, based on the narrow title 'Lowry and the Painting of Modern Life' was quite one dimensional as it did not allow observers the opportunity to explore the many facets of Lowry and his work that includes his fabulous seascapes, enigmatic portraits, great sense of humour and quirkiness. Also, I was disappointed that Lowry's regular visits to Cumberland were not fully represented in the exhibition as his many paintings of West Cumbria warranted inclusion; an exhibition at Abbot Hall gallery in Kendal, Cumbria captured the solitary nature of his work that was quite moving. Maybe the Tate exhibition concentrated more on the paintings and drawings instead of allowing us to see and understand the man who created them?
Second time around, and I enjoyed it even more. I still hate the silly George Formby (was it) music. It interferes with using ones eyes. It is irritating hearing people making out that his work is just one big cliche when actually it is very subtle and sometimes has a real abstract WOW factor. The only ones I didn't like were the big ones in the last room that he was commissioned to do. The one with the pool was OK but the others looked like he hadn't got his heart in doing them. Once again...pity not to have shown some of his portraits and other work; it might have helped some people to understand that 'stick men' is not what he is about!
If 'stick men' are not what he is about, why are 90% of the pictures in the exhibition of this genre? Those that I liked most were the few pencil sketches showing real figures or South Wales landscapes set in a real environment that broke away from the monotonous head on views of imagined townscapes.
Great exhibition! It broadened my understanding of Lowry himself as well as giving me an appreciation that his work was a lot more than 'matchstick men & matchstick cats and dogs'. But on the subject of matchstick men, why was it that in his 'mass of humanity' scenes, the vast majority of the individuals are leaning to the left?
I enjoyed the show particularly the industrial scenes and a real favourite was the empty house it had a real bleakness about it. My only disappointment was the lack of portraits like the girl from front and from the back & Head of a Man but part from that its great to see Lowry at Tate Britain. I will be back for a second look.
An interesting exhibition about an artist who most of us think we know well but probably don't. Room one is a strong starting point but room two, where Lowry is compared with other artists who influenced him (Van Gogh, Pissaro & his master Adolphe Valette), greatly informed the context of his early years. Other highlights are his drawings & the way in which this conservative man reacted to the arrival of the Welfare State. The only (increasingly) annoying thing was the George Formby song played on a loop - audible almost throughout the exhibition.
By the third room of Lowry's imagined townscapes and stick figures, I'd had enough and moved quickly through the other rooms. He gave some sense of crowd dynamics, but deliberately reduced his working class people to anonymous stick figures, showing misery through pollution and monotony. A few sketches showed he could 'do' figures properly and his South Wales works at least gave some spatial variability from his regular square on buildings. These prompted me to stroll through the galleries to Josef Herman's 'Three Miners'. The two shared an exhibition early in the 1950s, but the contrast between two painters of the working class could not be greater. Herman set his solid, dignified men and women in the proper landscapes of Ystradgynlais in the Swansea Valley with its canals, bridges, lampposts, sunsets and shadows. Lowry's repetitively imagined version of Salford is populated by stylised, characterless clones of himself. I know which I prefer - perhaps you should consider a Herman retrospective?
An afterthought. In the Henning Mankell novels, Wallander's father regularly painted the same landscape from the same angle, sometimes with a grouse, sometimes without. Lowry regularly painted the same industrial scene from the same angle, sometimes with a dog, sometimes without.
It is a vast exhibition with so many works - a good 3 hours is needed to fully appreciate. I knew very little about Lowry (although watched the Review Show when it was featured) and felt far more informed by the time I came to end of the exhibition. I particularly enjoyed the Timeline at the beginning of the exhibition placing Lowry's works firmly in context. I wish more galleries would do this. It was an excellent, rich exhibition.
I would have liked more explanation of the development of his work (although it was obvious that a painting from 1925 differed little from one from 1952). My only comment may be that it is a little too long perhaps so that by the time one reaches the Festival of Britain series, one's energy is flagging!
It was fascinating with some wonderful pictures but I think I'd prefer chronological showing with a little more information about the man himself
I loved this exhibition and have re-visited several times, extraordinarily relevant to austerity Britain - the debt collection, eviction and environmental concerns - all sadly current. The audio commentary was fascinating, giving a context to the artist and his work.
I was devasted to read today that the Tate employs staff on zero hours contracts, an unethical and appalling way to treat it's staff. Disappointing from such an organisation.
I liked the exhibition more than I expected to, having long had a fairly stereotypical notion of Lowry's work and probably not seen that much of it. I was particularly taken with the introductory section that demonstrated his closeness to the Impressionists, especially Utrillo and Pizarro. The two things that struck me, that I have never thought about before, was his extensive use of white, and his meticulous presentation of buildings, using ruler-straight lines but also, I think, contradictory perspectives. The film extract showing his at work was very informative and I'd have loved to have seen more of it. After seeing him paint in a dog in about 4 seconds, I kept on noticing his dogs thereafter! I was least interested in the big paintings in the last room: they seemed tired and repetitive. And I agree with other commentators that it would have been good to see a bit of his other work eg portraits.
Took the member's 9-10am tour for Lowry and so could look long and quietly––I hope that Klee has the same facility. Some of the early and many of the smaller paintings had a deliberately 'painterly' character, with variations in texture and mark making that the bigger industrial scene paintings seemed to avoid. In their repetitive imagery these industrial scenes made me think of medieval and renaissance tapestries, objects designed to furnish rooms with apt (but not visually intrusive) mythologies. I tried to imagine what buildings, what occupiers, might have commissioned these. Not Harold Wilson, though the link was made; not industrial tycoons, though the Festival of Britain tried to be a classless palace of industry for all.
A horrid afterthought: musing on Lowry's comic formulae of lugubrious human glyphs led me, not (as I'd hoped) to Orwell, but to Grayson Perry's gleeful ghastly tapestries of taste heirarchies. Alas! there is a link.


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President Vladimir Putin is not suffering from "serious" medical issues, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday, amid speculation that health problems had forced the Russian strongman to cancel foreign trips.
According to Russian media reports, Putin has postponed a number of foreign trips and largely stayed at his suburban Moscow government retreat after aggravating a sports injury. The Kremlin had insisted there has been no change to his schedule.
In an interview with Finnish media ahead of his official visit Wednesday to Helsinki, Medvedev appeared to confirm Putin was suffering from a sports-related health issue but refused to be drawn into specifics.
"There is nothing serious. Each one of us has some trifles we have to take care of," Medvedev said in a transcript of the interview published on the Russian government website.
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That couldn't be right. There was just no way.
I mean, sure, we hadn't known each other before Megumi decided to approach her one day, but she seemed pretty innocent at the time. Before this happened, as far as I knew, she was perfectly normal.
She was like any other girl her age, apart from being a little childlike. But that was good, wasn't it? It only proved she really was innocent; someone like her just didn't seem capable of malice.
There was always a genuine smile on her face. At first, it seemed like she didn't have regular opportunities to smile. But after a while, she seemed to be a lot happier than she had been before. I didn't think she could've been happy about anything bad. I knew she'd had a hard past, but she'd assured me she'd put it behind her.
I couldn't imagine her intentionally hurting anyone for any reason. She was very gentle and kind, not a person who even had the capacity to harm anyone.
Her speech was always polite, although she'd revealed to us that her family had a much higher social status. But she treated everyone equally, and she always treated them well.
We hadn't known each other for long, but I was sure I'd known her long enough to know that she was very humble and modest, perhaps almost to the point of having a low self-esteem. But she was always willing to listen and learn, because she didn't let pride get in the way, if something like pride even existed within her mind.
She offered help and advice whenever she could and showed enthusiasm even in small tasks. She'd volunteer to do small jobs, washing, cleaning, cooking, and she didn't seem to mind doing work; she told us she enjoyed it.
A lot of the time, she'd go shopping with Megumi. She seemed happy that other people wanted to spend time with her.
That was all pretty normal for a girl her age, as far as I knew. Wasn't it?
So why was this stranger, claiming to be her younger brother, warning us that she was a weapon of mass destruction?
And apparently we were her next targets.