Burke Speaks on Legend at Bennington College
Kenneth Burke, 79, lectured in the new Arts Center on Poetics, Rhetoric, and Dialectic as the second Stanley Edgar Hyman memorial speaker. Ben Belitt praised the event, linking Burke to Hyman and noting symbolic action shapes moral meaning.
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Kenneth Burke
New Arts Center
Bennington College
Burke
Stanley Edgar Hyman
Ralph Ellison
Bennington
America
Ben Belitt
Belitt
Martha Hill
Jack Moore
Evelyn DeBoeck
Remy Charlip
Ron Dabney
Vivian Fine
Teisho
New Visual and Performing Arts Center
The Canfield Decision by Spiro Agnew review
Playboy Press offers The Canfield Decision by Spiro T. Agnew, a 344 page novel about Vice President Porter Canfield entangled in a Middle East plot. The review notes wooden characters, a strong Pennsylvan ia Avenue political backdrop, and Agnew's controversial perspective on the press and politics. Joan Hanauer comments on the autobiographical undertones and the insider view from the top.
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Spiro T. Agnew
Playboy Press
Arnold
Maryland
Washington, D.C
United States
Canfield
Agnew
Porter Canfield
Middle East
Everyday Life In Revolutionary America Talk at Park-McCullough House
University of Vermont historian Neil Stout will discuss daily life in Revolutionary America at the Park-McCullough House in North Bennington on Friday May 28 at 8 p.m. The talk covers wartime effects and domestic life with emphasis on specific era details.
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Revolutionary America
University of Vermont
Neil Stout
Park-McCullough
North Bennington
Stout
Texas A & M
University of Delaware
Sir George Williams University
Toronto
Canada
Dr. Stout
Harvard University
University of Wisconsin
Samuel Elliot Morrison
Harvard
Morrison
Fashion shifts drive home sewing toward natural fibers
American Home Sewing Council chair Byron Clark notes a return to washable natural fabrics as fashion moves from knit to eco friendly materials. At the Fall Winter Show in New York City he cites TV driven trends and a halting boom, with 40 million women viewing new styles. Ethnic patterns and all season fabrics gain popularity while labor shortages mold home sewing gear and slipcovers.
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American Home Sewing Council
Clark
New York City
Council
United States
Suburbia
Seventh Avenue
Harry Wrona
Buffalo
N.Y
Austria
Lester Bader
Spring Valley
Home Sewing Trade News
Mary Gordon
Natick
Mass
Natick Mills
Watercolor Exhibit of American Textiles Opens in Williamstown
An exhibit of watercolors from the Index of American Design has opened at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown Massachusetts. A 20 minute recorded slide lecture by associate director John Brooks explains processes shown in the works and is available free of charge in a small room off the galleries on the upper level of the new building.
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Williamstown
Mass
Index of American Design
Sterling and
Francine Clark Art Institute
John Brooks
Institute
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