Today is the 128th birthday of the French artist Marc Chagall. His work is imaginative and etherial, like he is painting one of his dreams
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Happy 74th Birthday Twyla Tharp
Today is the 74th birthday of one of America’s most living influential and innovative dancer/choreographers, Twyla Tharp. The world is a better place because she is
Happy 138th Birthday Isadora Duncan
Today is the 138th birthday of the woman widely recognized as the mother of Modern Dance: Isadora Duncan. The world is a better place because
Rear View Mirror – My Week In Review
Over the last few weeks, I have redesigned Rick’s art website at RicardoDuque.com. Take a look at it, subscribe (click on the +Follow tab in
Happy Birthday Boris Pasternak
Today is the 125th birthday of the Russian writer and Nobel Prize winner Boris Pasternak. It is always with a tinge of embarrassment when you
Happy Birthday Van Cliburn
Today is the 80th birthday of the exceptionally talented pianist Van Cliburn. NAME: Van Cliburn OCCUPATION: Pianist BIRTH DATE: July 12, 1934 DEATH DATE: February
Isadora Duncan – Style Icon
Today is Isadora Duncan’s 17th Birthday. Ever since a winter scarf I was wearing was briefly caught in the handrail of the transit tunnel escalator,
Isadora Duncan – Style Icon
NAME: Isadora Duncan OCCUPATION: Choreographer BIRTH DATE: c. May 27, 1877 DEATH DATE: September 14, 1927 PLACE OF BIRTH: San Francisco, California PLACE OF DEATH:
Remembering Van Cliburn
Van Cliburn died yesterday. I loaded “Van Cliburn Conducts Interlochen Youth Symphony and Chorus” onto my iPod before I left for work this morning, so
God Dies: An Essay by Frances Farmer
Today is Frances Farmer‘s 99th birthday. I think about her frequently, mostly because I work diagonally from the Olympic Hotel where she was employed in
Isadora Duncan – Style Icon
Today is Isadora Duncan’s Birthday. Ever since a winter scarf I was wearing was briefly caught in the handrail of the transit tunnel escalator, I
Happy Birthday Mother
Today is my mother’s birthday. I have collected some other things that also happened on this day: 1507 – Leonardo DaVinci was commissioned by the
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