Using words to build bridges: Whately writers join national series of live-streamed presentations
George Howe Colt at his home in Whately. Gazette file photo
Whately nonfiction writers George Howe Colt and Anne Fadiman are participating in next week’s “Write America” discussion. via Wikipedia
Published: 3/16/2021 2:16:59 PM
Can books play a role in helping to bridge the deep cultural and political divisions in our nation? There’s no easy answer to the question, but a national series of livestreamed conversations between writers is attempting to find out.
“Write America,” which began in February, features a weekly discussion between two or three writers and sometimes artists from other fields. The series has been created by veteran journalist, novelist and playwright Roger Rosenblatt, who teaches English and writing at Stony Brook University in New York.
DDWS announces high school photo winners of contest
By REFUGE / DDWS - | Mar 17, 2021
RHEANNON HILL
Rheannon Hill’s “Flowers” won first place.
Following judging on Feb. 25, the “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge announced the winners and finalists of the eighth annual “Ding” Darling-Theodore Cross High School Photography Contest at the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel. Due to COVID protocols, the DDWS will not hold an award ceremony this year.
Sponsored by the Theodore Cross Family Charitable Foundation, the competition invited high school students from Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Glades, and Hendry counties to compete for prizes that included a Canon digital SLR camera package, chartered class trips to the refuge, Tarpon Bay Explorers excursions and copies of “Waterbirds: Portraits and Anecdotes from Birding Adventures” by contest namesake, the late Theodore Cross.
San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) Turns 150
SFAI 150 | A Spirit of Disruption
The San Francisco Art Institute celebrates its 150th anniversary with an exhibition and podcast series reflecting on the school s extraordinary and diverse legacy
Exhibition on view: March 19 July 3, 2021
Are you listening? Podcast and web series begins March 19, 2021
Curated by Margaret Tedesco and Leila Weefur
The San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2021 with A Spirit of Disruption, an exhibition that reflects on the school s profound and sustained influence on contemporary art and highlights the contributions of generations of diverse artists and individuals often overlooked in the historical narrative of SFAI. A Spirit of Disruption includes the work of more than thirty alumni and faculty from the 1960s to the present; a dynamic media installation drawn from SFAI s vast archive; and a section dedicated to artist model Florence Flo Wysinger Allen, the subject o
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