Subject: Cultural History

• Come Fly With Me

  March 4, 2009

• French Connection

  March 3, 1999

• Fragile Picasso On Display At Kemper This Week Only

  kemperartmuseum.wustl.eduThe Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University brought out "one of the most important objects" in its collection yesterday and it will be on display only until this Monday, March 23. The piece (pictured above) is "Bottle of Suze" by Picasso, from 1912. According to Karen Butler, assistant curator at the museum, the work is a collage made from newsprint, wallpaper and construction paper, so it is extremely sensitive to light, which causes the paper to fade

  March 17, 2009

• Featured Review: Paul Shank: Paintings and Works on Paper: 1964-2008

  April 1, 2009

• Two Guys Walk into a Bar

  February 11, 2009

• Out of the Starry Night

  December 10, 2008

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  Malcolm Gay encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene

  August 20, 2008

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  Malcolm Gay susses out the St. Louis arts scene

  August 13, 2008

• The Dials

  July 9, 2008

• Art's Alive!

  May 14, 2008

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  Malcom Gay encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene

  March 26, 2008

• A Bird in the Hand

  March 12, 2008

• Pattern Is Movement

  February 27, 2008

• Ravi Coltrane

  February 27, 2008

• Orange Girls shed a lovely light on The Road to Mecca

  February 13, 2008

• Paint It Black

  With Permanent Collection, HotCity's got its hands on hot stuff.

  November 21, 2007

• Gris Gris

  For the Season (Birdman)

  November 23, 2005

• The Bill to Play with Skill

  April 5, 2006

• To the Moon, Buzz!

  April 26, 2006

• The Beautiful Rebellion

  February 14, 2007

• Through the Past, Darkly

  March 7, 2007

• Art as Life

  March 14, 2007

• Hank Williams Jr.

  June 13, 2007

• David Vandervelde / Richard Swift

  April 11, 2007

• Regina Spektor

  Begin to Hope (Sire)

  May 31, 2006

• BT with VHS or Beta

  Thursday, March 30 at 9 p.m. Oz Nightclub (300 Monsanto Avenue, Sauget, Illinois)

  March 29, 2006

• Chicago Style

  The Contemporary Women Artist Exhibition

  March 16, 2005

• Gyno-mite!

  Inside Out Loud puts art and women's health issues in dialogue with one another -- and achieves amazing results

  January 19, 2005

• Best Florist

  Catherine Thoele

  September 29, 2004

• The Olivia Tremor Control

  Music from the Unrealized Film Script "Dusk at Cubist Castle" and Black Foliage: Animation Music Vol. 1 (Cloud Recordings)

  March 17, 2004

• Done With Mirrors

  Physicist Charles Falco knows a thing or two about art's Great Masters, and he'll share the secrets on Monday at Wash. U.

  February 11, 2004

• Flight Club

  On the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' achievement, the St. Louis Science Center reaches new heights

  December 17, 2003

• Just Your Type

  Wassenaar uncovers meaning in fragments of ordinary signs

  August 13, 2003

• The Aldrin

  Tangerine, 1405 Washington Avenue, 314-621-7335

  March 5, 2003

• A Matter of Timing

  Why was Dox Thrash ignored -- until now?

  February 26, 2003

• The Master

  His inspired passion made him a favorite in the art world. Now Marcel Salinas is stuck in St. Louis, where hardly anybody knows his name.

  July 3, 2002

• Simple Grace

  Using two-dimensional forms, Ellsworth Kelly and Henri Matisse evoke depth and power

  May 22, 2002

• Flying Spirit

  May 1, 2002

• Best Exterminator

  September 26, 2001

• Pulitzer Prized

  September 19, 2001

• Sub Pop

  July 25, 2001

• Inside the Soup Can

  June 20, 2001

• My Cousin Vinny

  March 14, 2001

• Twangfest Schedule

  June 7, 2000

• The Works of Charles and Ray Eames: A Legacy of Invention

  April 5, 2000

• LUNAR ECLIPSE

  November 24, 1999

• EXPANDING EXPRESSIONS: CONTEMPORARY MASTER PRINTS

  September 15, 1999

• In Memoriam

  May 20, 2009

• "In the Event of a Moon Disaster": Nixon's Condolence Speech

  Wikimedia CommonsHouston, we have a problem.It's always good to have a backup plan. Space.com has posted Richard Nixon's condolence speech to the wives of the Apollo 11 astronauts had the moon landing not worked out. Nixon's speechwriter, William Safire, titled it "In the Event of a Moon Disaster".Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace. These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, know that there is no hope for their re

  July 22, 2009

• Turning (to the) Japanese

  September 30, 2009