Walsh sails to Ireland as writer cook on Eye of the Wind
Iowa City writer Tom Walsh arrives in Cork after a four week voyage across the North Atlantic aboard the brigantine Eye of the Wind. He served as ship cook for 28 crew, then returned to writing duties and filed a story for the Cork Examiner.
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MacArthur Fellow Willie Beale Wins 1994 Genius Grant
CHICAGO AP Willie Beale a 36 year old playwright based at the 52nd Street Project in New York was named a MacArthur Foundation fellow among 20 Americans for 235000 in a no strings attached genius grant He said the money might buy black shoes and does not expect to change his lifestyle.
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1994 Fellowships Awarded Across Arts and Sciences
The Gazette summary mentions the 1994 fellows including Ornette Coleman Anthony Braxton Carolyn McKeenen and others. Fellowships range from 235000 to 375000 over five years or 45000 to 75000 annually depending on recipient age. Rutgers mathematician Israel Gelfland received 375000. Other honorees include choreographers Blunden Jones Mitchell Adrienne Rich and photographer Adams. Formation includes social sciences organizers environmental writers and MIT physicist Jack Wisdom among recipients.
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Anthony Braxton
Carolyn McKeenen
Elizabeth City
N.C
Janine Pease
Windy Boy
Little Big Horn College
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Rutgers University
Israel Moiseevich Gelfland
Bill T. Jones Ties to Eastern Iowa in Choreography Career
Dancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones, a recipient of the MacArthur genius grant, has worked with his modern dance company at Hancher Auditorium in Iowa City multiple times over the past decade. His 1990 production The Last Supper at Uncle Tom's Cabin The Promised Land drew praise and media attention for its choreography and nudity. The company is slated to return to Hancher in the 1994 95 season. Jones was Cedar Arts Forum affiliate artist in the Waterloo Cedar Falls area in 1980.
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