Family swap triggers a memoir scandal Nov 21, 2009
Her family was thrilled when the chief book reviewer of The New York Times, Michiko Kakutani, described her first, The Love Artist, about the poet Ovid, as ''a small, twinkling jewel of a novel. Alison knew, however, that they might not be so thrilled when they heard she was reaching for her memoirist's quill: ''My family will not welcome this,'' she writes. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Franco family's 'Metamorphosis: Junior Year' Nov 21, 2009
When author Betsy Franco had the idea for a young adults' book about a high school drama as seen through the eyes of a soul-searching teenager named Ovid, she ran it by her actor son, James, her sculptor son, Tom, and her screenwriter-actor son, Dave ... Tom Franco said, "I wouldn't have done books if it weren't for Betsy, and I would never have done dance and theater if it weren't for my brothers." (Their father, Doug Franco, runs a nonprofit group called Orchard International, which provides... (San Francisco Chronicle)
VICKERS/A great mistake Nov 12, 2009
ThursdayNovember 12, 2009. 11/11/2009 6:00:00 PM. (Philadelphia Neshoba Democrat, MS)
VICKERS/A grand reunion Oct 29, 2009
ThursdayOctober 29, 2009. 10/28/2009 6:00:00 PM. (Philadelphia Neshoba Democrat, MS)
Reading List: Fall & Winter 2009 ... Oct 19, 2009
Ovid gleaned inspiration for these stories from Greek mythology, Latin folklore, and many other legends to come up with a group of stories that are full of humor, irony, subtlety and sympathy. Old, but not Ancient. (Suite101.com)
Oh baby, where are we going? Oct 17, 2009
Similarly, for his 1978 novel An Imaginary Life, David Malouf put these words into the mouth of the Roman poet Ovid, who lived 2000 years ago. "I speak to you, reader, as one who lives in another century to you, unknown friend whose face, whose form even, I cannot imagine. Can one imagine the face of a god? For that surely is what you must be at your great distance from us ''' And in his Foundation books, Isaac Asimov described a distant future that included the planet Gaia, whose... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
The Ancient Roman Calendar Oct 13, 2009
Ovid s Fasti (2000) trans and edited by A J Boyle and R D Woodard. Penguin Books: London. (Suite101.com)
His final 'selah' Oct 13, 2009
As the Roman poet Ovid wrote, The purpose of good writing is not so much to be understood, as to make it impossible to be misunderstood. I understand. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
VICKERS/Historic photographs of Mississippi Sep 10, 2009
Let me recommend Historic Photographs of Mississippi to you and also applaud Anne McKee, its author, for providing us with an opportunity to see and read about these state's triumph and tragedy, accomplishments and rewards. Article Comment Submission Form. (Philadelphia Neshoba Democrat, MS)
T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" Sep 6, 2009
With a careful and critical look, the poem provides the modern reader with both a glimpse of the collective psyche following World War I and an aesthetic experience exemplar of the modernist literary tradition. The copyright of the article T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" in is owned by. (Suite101.com)
Greek Poet Sappho Biography Aug 28, 2009
The ancient Roman poet Ovid tells the story that she jumped to her death from a cliff because of her love for a boatman called Phaon. It is unlikely that either of these stories is true. (Suite101.com)
VICKERS/Little known facts about EC Aug 20, 2009
Two East Central faculty members, Lucille Wood and Ovid Vickers, were named among those selected as Mississippi's "Ageless Heroes.". A building on the East Central campus is named for each of the college's five supporting counties. (Philadelphia Neshoba Democrat, MS)
Military or myth? Road extension to become Hero Way in Leander Aug 16, 2009
Ancient poets like Ovid and Virgil told the tale of Hero and Leander. English author Christopher Marlowe used the story as the basis of his poem Hero and Leander. (Cedar Park Hill Country News Weekender, TX)
How Ovid's Heroides Used Virgil's A... Aug 15, 2009
How Ovid's Heroides Used Virgil's Aeneid. How Ovid's Heroides Used Virgil's Aeneid ... Virgil's Version of Dido and Aeneas Influential in Ovid's Early Poem. (Suite101.com)
Hatred creates an illusion of indifference Aug 11, 2009
The story of Romeo and Juliet is as old as Pyramus and Thisbe, which was told 1500 years before by the poet Ovid, who inherited it from the Greeks. Although I Capuleti e i Montecchi is not based on Shakespeare's play, Bellini was aware of the earlier sources for this tale of the young lovers whose lives end so tragically. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
VICKERS/The disappearing study hall Aug 6, 2009
ThursdayAugust 06, 2009. When most states required only sixteen units in order to complete the requirements for a high school diploma one period during each school day was designed as a study hall. (Philadelphia Neshoba Democrat, MS)
VICKERS/A cure for any ailment Jul 16, 2009
ThursdayJuly 16, 2009. 7/15/2009 6:00:00 PM. (Philadelphia Neshoba Democrat, MS)
Will, we hardly knew ye - and still don't Jun 21, 2009
The impact of the plague on London and its theater scene; English county and nationalist identities; the flowers, plants, and herbs of rural England - a favorite line of imagery in the plays - the curriculum of the grammar school, especially in Latin; Ovid, Plutarch, Seneca, Epicurus, Montaigne, and other authors whom Shakespeare studied or with whom his work can be compared; laws and court cases involving sex, marriage, adultery, and divorce; the earl of Essex s failed rebellion in early 1601... (Boston Globe)
Chicago in the News Jun 16, 2009
The Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature will display the Abbott-Sengstacke Family Papers, which contain historical documents, photographs and home movies that provide a look at Black America in the early 20th century ... The blog describes one of Thakkar s essays, which the author wrote manages to connect Facebook to Ovid and Montaigne without being pretentious. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Lost and found: Looted art and (partial) restitution Jun 5, 2009
Jan Steen s The Sacrifice of Iphigenia, dated 1671, is a dramatic reenactment of the story from Ovid s Metamorphosis and a masterpiece of Dutch history painting. Steen s paintings, including this one, are almost staged, like theater, a keen interest of the artist. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
OHS class of '59 celebrates 50th reunion May 11, 2009
Class members attending were Doris Anderson Lamb, Anne Antley Bledsoe, Linn Austelle Blanchard, Maureen Bair Sawyer, Chessye Baughman Powell, Gerald Bedenbaugh, Anne Bowman Wyndham, Tommy Bozard, Jimmy Brailsford, Nancy Brown Davis, Bobby Chestnut, Elizabeth Courtney Stevens, Donna Creel Belcher, Ovid Culler, Patricia Culler Watson, Mary Curlee Musick, Betty Dawkins Stuckey, Thomas Dukes, Ruth Marie Fairey Lyons, Homer Felder, Anne Flintom McLeod, Myrtis Godwin Rourk, Margaret Goolsby Wahl,... (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Fun trivia about deodorant May 8, 2009
The Roman poet Ovid preferred a more proactive solution. In Book III of the Art of Love, he cautions women against carrying goats under their arms. (CNN -- Law)
Agnes 'Kitty' Loughmiller May 7, 2009
She is survived by her children, James Keith (Peggy) Loughmiller II of Benton Harbor and Patricia (RJ) Ott of Sawyer; son-in-law, Russell Terwilliger of Ovid, Mich. grandchildren, Kimberly (Jason) Patterson, James Keith (Amber Woods) Loughmiller III, Samantha Terwilliger and Chelsea Ott; great-grandchildren, Miranda Patterson, Gabriella Patterson and Alexander Loughmiller; sister, Grace Aldrich of New Hampshire; and several nieces and nephews. (The Herald-Palladium)
Works of what could have been May 2, 2009
Her inspiration was the myth of Pyramus and Thisbe, and the piece was created for the 2005 Metamorphosis Festival that celebrated the Roman poet Ovid. The duet for Burpee and Dan Wild abstracts the myth. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Ovid's stories retain power to haunt, seduce Mar 23, 2009
Bob Creasy and Erin Luczo rehearse for "Tales From Ovid," a Fresno State production that seamlessly combines dialogue and dance ... (559) 278-2216, Art exhibitA special art exhibit in connection with "Tales from Ovid" will be held Friday-April 8 at the Lyles Gallery in the Theatre Arts Building ... In this scene from "Tales From Ovid," a new production opening Friday at California State University, Fresno, the story of Narcissus is enacted not just through dialogue but through dance. (Fresno Bee)
Ovid’s stories retain their power to haunt and seduce the audience Mar 22, 2009
Ovid s stories retain their power to haunt and seduce the audience - Donald Munro - fresnobee ... Ovid s stories retain their power to haunt and seduce the audience ... Bob Creasy and Erin Luczo rehearse for "Tales From Ovid.". (Fresno Bee)
McDonald defends past work for mobster Mar 21, 2009
That 1980 book, The Last Mafioso, by the late Ovid Demaris, features many passages involving McDonald. The Montana Republican Party said it thinks passages suggesting a personal relationship between McDonald and Fratianno demonstrate a past that Montana voters won't support. (Missoulian, MT)
Vestal Virgins in Roman Culture and... Mar 21, 2009
According to Livy and Ovid, Rhea Silvia was a Vestal who gave birth to Romulus. Throughout the history of Rome, the Vestals played an important role in the religious traditions and, frequently, politics. (Suite101.com)
* Liu backtracks on floral museum Mar 21, 2009
Unconvinced by Liu, Chang said Minister Without Portfolio Ovid Tzeng () had already convened a meeting on Feb. 26 discussing Chous proposal. Threatening to file a lawsuit against the government if it changed the plan for Chiayi, Wong said that people in Chiayi County were ready to stage a protest against President Ma Ying-jeou (^E) in his upcoming visit to the county. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Classical archaeologist to lecture on surveillance in ancient world Mar 20, 2009
The University Press published the previous lecture series of Victor Stoichita, The Pygmalion Effect: From Ovid to Hitchcock, and Martin Kemp, The Human Animal in Western Art and Science. A bus will depart from the Cochrane-Woods Art Center to take students to the Bross Lectures downtown. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
High-minded mining of Bob Dylan Mar 20, 2009
Harvard classics professor Richard Thomas sent me "The Streets of Rome: The Classical Dylan," which documents Dylan's reliance on Virgil and on Ovid's "Tristia" and "Black Sea Letters" ... Dylan spent two years in his high school Latin club, though Thomas admits that Dylan probably came across Ovid in translation later in life. (Boston Globe)
* FEATURE : Task force seeks UNESCO status for Chinese writing Mar 14, 2009
Minister Without Portfolio Ovid Tzeng () asked. Tzeng was assigned to lead a Cabinet-level task force on the mission. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
'Scholar Pope' Mar 13, 2009
Continuing around the back of Saint Peter's Basilica you come upon the former Mint (the Pope used to coin his own currency) and the kitchen garden and hothouses, which provide vegetables and cut flowers for the Pope's dining table and honey for his breakfast ... The "Scholar-Pope" was unable to resist the temptation of quoting a line written in Latin, not from the Bible, but by the Roman poet Ovid 2,000 years ago: "Perfer et obdura: multo graviora tulisti.". (BBC News -- Europe)
Napa's big challenge: succession planning Mar 7, 2009
Newly planted vineyards literally bear no fruit until their third year and may not provide a substantial, quality crop until many years later ... You can see it in new attention-grabbing labels such as Ovid, Kapcsandy, Sloan, Drinkward Peschon, Scarecrow and Aubert, all cult Napa wines that got their start in the past decade. (Globe and Mail)
Art Review: Why university museums matter Feb 20, 2009
These are surrounded by prints illustrating the works of Ovid and Aristophanes and others that accompanied, without exactly illustrating, poems by Guillaume Apollinaire, Tristan Tzara and Picasso himself. 1. (International Herald Tribune)
Health Club Taxes Contradictory? Feb 10, 2009
Mercy Flight airlifted an Ovid woman to the hospital after an accident in the town of Romulus Sunday morning. The co-founder of Lifetime Assistance died on Friday. (R News)
