Art in the city

1986 World Series Game 6 reenacted in RBI Baseball

Somebody out there probably has too much time on their hands, but this is funniest thing I've seen in a while...

Joan Moir @Google

Did you notice the banner over at Google marking the 113th birthday of Catalan artist Joan Miro?

Stanislaw Lem, R.I.P.

Stanislaw Lem, author of Solaris and other science fiction classics, has died.

Post Secret book signing

Frank Warren, of PostSecret fame, will be signing copies of his book this coming Sunday at 2 pm at the Gaithersburg Borders. 

Margaret Atwood, author, inventor

Margaret Atwood has invented a pen that allows her to sign books over a phone line.  Read the story here.

"This one's for you, Walt."

The LA Times has an interesting in-depth profile of Thomas Kinkade.  Seems Thom's public behavior can be a little bizarre at times.

Jimmy from H.R. Pufnstuf, R.I.P.

Jack Wild, the guy who played Jimmy in "H.R. Pufnstuf", has died.

Has blogging jumped th shark?

Over at the Financial Times, Trevor Butterworth slams blogging as the "the closest literary culture has come to instant obsolescence".  Check it out here.

Big Brother says, "You want fries with that?"

Somehow, I don't think this is what George Orwell had in mind. 

Northwest High at Black Rock Center for the Arts

Art students from Germantown's Northwest High School will be having an exhibit at the Black Rock Center for the Arts this weekend.  It opens tomorrow, Saturday February 18th from 10am-5pm, with an opening reception from 2-4pm and continues through this coming Monday.  Get more info here.

A Cheney timewaster

I actually feel sorry for Dick Cheney.  While I never shot anybody, I have, like Cheney, sent people to the hospital (self-defense class) and I know how sickening it feels to be responsible for harming someone else.  It's one of the worst feelings in the world.  That aside, I'll never let my sympathy for a guy get in the way of posting a good timewaster.  Click here for a good Cheney hunting game.

How to build a paper camera

Instructions here.  Looks like you'll need a lot of patience to make the thing.  Sample pictures here, here, here, and here.

Call for entries: the Current Gallery

Baltimore's Current Gallery has a couple of opportunities coming up.  The first is LOTS: Art by the Foot, a non-juried exhibit that seems to be set up the same way as the DCAC's 1460 Wall Mountables show was.  Get more info here.  They'll also be having a juried photography exhibit curated by Marshall Clarke.  Get more info on that here.  Drop off dates for the LOTS show are February 18th and 19th, deadline for the juried show is February 23rd.

Back on track

It's been awhile since I've last posted anything.  For those of you who have sent me invitations and announcements to openings, I apologize for not posting them.  Please keep them comingI've had a lot of things to do at home and at work and blogging had to take a back seat.  I've gotten over the big humps, though, and I should be able to devote a little more time to the blog.

Testudo update

Here's an update, with pictures and sketches, of the progress being made on that public art project that the University of Maryland is running.