Happy Thanksgiving! This turkey day we are throwing it back to Cooking with Needles, a WOWPresents series starring [Read more...]
#COVIDLife: The Macy’s Turkey Day Parade is Still Happening (Just a Bit Differently…)
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is going to be a little different this year... But, because of the pandemic, the 2020 parade (the 94th!) will not follow its usual route and it'll be a TV-only presentation. Macy's said, "… we will be showcasing the Macy's Parade's … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: “Peanuts” Creator, Charles Schulz
November 26- Charles M. Schulz In 1947, the Saint Paul Pioneer, Charles Schulz's local newspaper, began publishing a weekly comic panel he had created called Li'l Folks. It was a flop. In 1950, Schulz sold Li'l Folks to the United Features Syndicate after being turned down by … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Artist, Corita Kent
November 20, 1918 - Corita Kent: "Flowers grow out of dark moments." At first glance, Pop Art and Catholicism have little in common; where one celebrates superficial fame and consumerism, the other preaches piety and compassion. But in … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Fashion Icon, Isabella Blow
From Fashion Galore!, via YouTibe November 19, 1958 - Isabella Blow: "Fashion is a vampiric thing, it's the hoover on your brain. That's why I wear the hats, to keep everyone away from me. They say, 'Oh, can I kiss you?' I say, 'No, thank you very much. That's why I've worn … [Read more...]
#WomenWeLove – Georgia O’Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) is one of the 20th century's greatest American painters. She was a pioneer of modernism, known for her paintings of skyscrapers, animal skulls and Western landscapes, but most especially for her enchanting paintings of flowers, now a deeply ingrained … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Gay RMS Titanic Passenger, Francis Davis Millet
Francis Millet, photo via Wikimedia Commons November 11, 1848 - Francis Davis Millet Francis Davis Millet was a polymath and a real overachiever; a Harvard educated painter, sculptor, and writer, who went down with the ship in 1912. He studied at Royal Academy of Fine … [Read more...]
Margaret Atwood Show Her Support for Trans People – While Shading JK Rowling – in New Interview
Last month, The Handmaids Tale author put her name to a letter from “members of the writing and publishing community of the United States and Canada” announcing that they stood “firmly in support of trans and non-binary people and their rights”. This weekend, in an interview … [Read more...]
#WomenWeLove: Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell: Everything comes and goesMarked by lovers and styles of clothesThings that you held highAnd told yourself were trueLost or changing as the days come down to youDown to you, constant strangerYou're a kind personYou're a cold person tooIt's down to youIt all … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “I Want to See the Devil in Us All. That’s My Real Turn On.” – Robert Mapplethorpe
In January 2016, the astonishingly good documentary, Mapplethorpe: Look At The Pictures, directed by World Of Wonder founders Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, was shown at the major film festivals and released on HBO in February that year. It is … [Read more...]
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