Corset News Archive - 24-Jan-2008

  • Current shows, exhibitions, and installations (Phoenix New Times)
    "Jim Waid Recent Paintings" at Riva Yares Gallery: It's easy to make the argument that we're overstimulated. With TV, movies, and Wii, paintings really have to go the extra mile to stand out. Jim Waid's nature-inspired paintings, while static, offer an escape into a whimsical world of fantastic land ...


  • What's On: Galleries (Toronto Star)
    Arta Gallery (55 Mill St. Bldg. 9, 416-364-2782): "Kindred Spirits" with paintings from Otto Rogers and Sasha Rogers and ceramic artist Paula Murray is on display Fri. to Feb. 7.


  • Sketchbook (The Reader)
    Omaha native Thomas Mangelsen won American Photo Magazine's Image of the Year Award for his photo of king penguins during a visit to South Georgia Island, in the southern Atlantic Ocean. The penguins, shaking off water after a dip in the cold sea, won in the nature category.


  • Pornography of pain: Dancer Pina Bausch's turbulent career (Independent)
    In Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, the change of seasons is violent. Ice cracks to reveal the earth; a chosen maiden dances herself to death. In Pina Bausch's celebrated production, which comes to Sadler's Wells next month, the earth is there already. The stage floor is covered with a thick layer of peat. As the dancers drive themselves through a frantic ritual, heading towards sacrifice, ...


  • From a Senate Wife, an Off-the-Wall Hair Idea (Washington Post)
    Laurie Coleman, wife of Republican Sen. Norm Coleman, has invented a tool for hands-free hair drying called the "Blo & Go."


  • Simon Munnery (The New Statesman)
    I came out of my front door the other day and there was a man walking past on the phone going "?yeah yeah yeah I got Sky - but you?ll never guess what I?m getting next: floorboards?".


  • Project Runway: Blue da ba dee da ba die (Houston Chronicle)
    Barbara Nitke : BravoIs this Project Runway or a commercial for Tide detergent? Tim's waiting for the designers for a "field trip" -- never a good sign. They cross the Brooklyn Bridge which means they're going to a --...


  • Wedding Guide: Formal ceremony fit for TV couple (Juice)
    Emily Givens and Dave Price always knew they wanted to get married in a church, and they started putting the plans in motion right after they got...


  • Brooks: The voters revolt (International Herald Tribune)
    A funny thing has happened this primary season. Conservative voters have not followed their conservative leaders.


  • Luxury brands bet on made-to-measure lines (MSNBC)
    Luxury brands staged dazzling displays Tuesday to showcase their made-to-measure haute couture creations, a thriving French specialty that relies on a highly skilled and aging work force.


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    Corset News Archive - 24-Jan-2008