Riviera Beach archives past with Oral Histories , seeks longtime senior residents In honor of the cityâs 100th year, the Office of Dr. Botel is conducting oral history interviews with lifelong and longtime senior residents by video and audio tape.
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Next year, the City of Riviera Beach turns 100. And in recognition of its centennial city officials are planning for the future â and archiving the past with a new oral histories project being done to ensure the cityâs roots arenât forgotten.
You can call 83-year-old Riviera Beach native Dan Calloway a more than accomplished hometown hero.
Was Mishipizheu a God or a Monster?
The “Great-Lynx” Mishipizheu blurs the line between god and monster and thus sheds light on what it takes to be one or the other. The Ojibway, an indigenous people from southern Canada and the northern Midwestern United States, believed Mishipizheu was a giant lynx-like creature. An apt description would be that the Mishipizheu was a horned panther covered in copper scales with razor-sharp spikes down its back and a long flexible tail.
According to Ojibway mythology, Mishipizheu lived under the vast waterways of their territory in the Canadian Shield, in and near the Great Lakes. It exercised complete control over the waterways and had a mean-streak which had to be placated with copper or tobacco offerings lest it use its tail to create violent whirlpools or harsh waves to drown the people residing in the area.
Noted Researcher and Scientific Leader Jack E. Dixon Retires
In a career spanning almost half-a-century, Dixon pioneered new discoveries and advanced science at both UC San Diego and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Jack E. Dixon, PhD, whose distinguished and varied 48-year career ranged from helping reveal how cells communicate and fundamental processes of disease to becoming a renowned scientific leader, including terms as associate vice chancellor of scientific affairs at UC San Diego School of Medicine and as chief scientific officer at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, is retiring.
Jack Dixon, PhD, a renowned scientific leader at UC San Diego School of Medicine and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, is retiring after a distinguished 48-year career.
The Oral History of Madonna s Truth or Dare (1991)
For the latest edition of its Oral Histories series, Vulture dove into the production, release and legacy of
Madonna: Truth or Dare, the landmark 1991 documentary. Among the participants in the story are director Alek Keshishian, Madonna s former publicist Liz Rosenberg (1983-2015) and several of the dancers that appeared in the film. (Madonna declined to be interviewed.)
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On the film s genesis: While I was interviewing [Madonna s dancers], that s when the cog started working in my brain. I was like,
Wait a second. These are all amazing kids. They re other. In some ways, they re broken, they re misfits in the world, and Madonna is playing their mother. [.] I came back and was like, Madonna, the movie isn t what s happening onstage. The movie is what s happening offstage with you as the maternal figure to this group of Felliniesque characters.