Good news for the Gross Domestic Product this week, but not good enough for jobs. Where did Recovery Act work? What more needs to be done?
ARTS AND HUMANITIES ENDOWMENTS GET INCREASES FOR FY 2010
The Arts and Humanities Endowments (NEA and NEH) received an increase of $12.5 million in their budgets from both houses [...]
Though I believe some last minute preparations were made, and even some review of the protocol for the transferring of remains, President Barack Obama made the midnight visit to Dover Delaware to honor the 18 fallen Americans who died in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. This kind of visit was never made by former [...]
Eatonville Restaurant invited me to work with them on a new monthly series of themed dinners called FOOD AND FOLKLORE. It combines three of my favorite things, food, culture, and Zora Neale Hurston. When I was introduced to the concept of crafting menus and a program around something topical, I thought “dinner party.” [...]
Give me that Ole Time Photography!
Phil Nesmith is an old school photographer. I mean ooooold old school – silver nitrate (heard that word lately?), glass plates (been antique shopping lately?), and no camera. Have you ever made a pinhole camera from an oatmeal box?
Well, what was considered experimental and wierd science in its [...]
I usually reserve Saturdays to post the President’s Weekly message, but this Saturday, eclectique|916 turns the post over to Michelle Obama. You can view and read the President’s Weekly here. [Topic is helping small business through bank lending and health care reform.]
In a video PSA posted on the White House website, the First [...]
This morning the White House photo office released the most recent photo portrait of the Obama family or now the First Family. The photo was taken by Annie Leibovitz (maybe as part of another stimulus package for the financially strapped star photographer).
This is not the first photo taken of the Obamas by [...]
Gustavo Dudamel’s October 8 inaugural gala concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall (seriously folks) will be featured on PBS’s Great Performances tonight at 8 PM (EST). Check local listings.
For those of you who’ve kept up with eclectique|916, I attended a rehearsal of the Venezuela’s Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra in April. Dudamel started his [...]
I used to be really into Halloween to the point of planning my costume well in advance. That meant taking out the sewing machine and actually making something to wear. Maybe because in those days I had somewhere to go and show off.
This may be hard to believe, but Halloween has [...]
I say “thank you” to the insurance companies for revealing who you really are with the “Hail Mary” pass to derail health care reform. Public option looks pretty good now to anyone who had any doubts. I’m not sure why the health insurance lobby, American Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) decided to put out [...]
Some people are familiar with the term “mother wit.” I’d loosely define it as a “way of knowing” combining keen observation and interest in everyday human behavior and life experiences. Mother wit is more than just common sense. It’s when my mom says something “spot on” about the ways of the world, [...]
