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Pathetic GOP Nullification Attempts
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2010 CONCOURS SEASON IS UPON US
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Deals in Miami?!.
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Willie Nelson & Family coming to the Akron Civic Theatre May 11
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Who Wore What – The Oscars
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Video: Gamers expected to 'reach' for new 'Halo'
Published on Sunday, Oct 05, 2008
Singer exhibit in Canton
Prolific Malvern-born painter Clyde Singer (1908-1999) is saluted in Clyde Singer's America, a large-format art book. The 123 works, selected by M.J. Albacete, executive director of the Canton Museum of Art, show Singer's development and diversity; he worked in watercolors and oils, and painted portraits, landscapes, streetscapes and sports. The exuberant colors of his New York City work are beautifully reproduced.
Nannette V. Maciejunes and Christopher S. Duckworth, respectively executive director and executive editor at the Columbus Museum of Art, add an interesting discussion of Singer's life and work.
The publication is timed to correspond with current exhibitions at the Canton museum and the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown. Clyde Singer's America (185 pages, hardcover) costs $55 from Kent State University Press.
Mysteries of the world
What is the origin of the earth and life? Of course these big questions have been pondered throughout history, and now Jeffrey J. Neumann takes them on in Unlocking the Secrets to Mankind's Mysterious Past.
Neumann discusses the Egyptian pyramids and the cities of the Mayans and Aztecs. Much of the book is devoted to subjects in the Bible, but Neumann also compares the biblical account of Noah with that of the story in the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, adding flood accounts from different world cultures.
Some readers may be dismayed at finding a Christian postscript at the end of an apparently objective work. The 196-page softcover is priced at $24.95; it is published by Wadsworth's New Millennium Books and available from online retailers.
Automatic writing
Kent resident Patricia Pfeffer reports that during the years 1968 and 1974, her mother, Irene, had a spiritual relationship with a World War II soldier killed in 1945.
In Message to Irene, Pfeffer says that John T. Moore used automatic writing — where the spirit takes control of the pen — to give Irene advice (''Count your blessings and show a cheerful countenance'') and insight on his afterlife (''I am qualified to move to another level but prefer to integrate with mortals who seek my aid . . . [t]here is no substance on my level as you knowest.''). After Pfeffer's transcriptions, there are eerie-looking examples of Irene's ''ghost writing.''
Pfeffer includes documentation of her attempts to find John's relatives. Message to Irene (295 pages, softcover) costs $19.99 from http://www2.xlibris.com.
Events
Joseph-Beth Booksellers (Legacy Village, Lyndhurst) — Poet Michele F. Cooper, Posting the Watch, 7 p.m. Tuesday; pianist Lang Lang with his memoir Journey of a Thousand Miles, 7 p.m. Wednesday (line numbers are required); Jim Joyce with The Bicycle Book: Wit, Wisdom and Wanderings, 2 p.m. Saturday.
Cuyahoga Falls Library (2015 Third St.) — Poet Floriana Hall will sign Voices in Verse, Weaving Words and other books. 2 p.m. Wednesday.
Quality Inn Richfield (4742 Brecksville Road) — John W. Loftus will discuss and sign Why I Became an Atheist. 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Akron Woman's City Club (732 W. Exchange St.) — Mark Dawidziak will screen the 1931 film Dracula and sign The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Dracula. 7 p.m. Thursday. Call 330-762-6261 for reservations.
Palace Theatre (1501 Euclid Ave., Playhouse Square, Cleveland) — David Sedaris, playwright and author (When You Are Engulfed in Flames), 7:30 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $10 to $42.50. 216-241-6000 or http://www.playhousesquare.org for tickets.
Borders (3737 W. Market St., Fairlawn) — Les Roberts will sign King of the Holly Hop, and Cleveland musician Tommy Wiggins, whose winning bid at a charity auction bought him the ''honor'' of having a suspect in the book named for him, will perform. 7 p.m. Friday.
Barberton Library (602 W. Park Ave.) — Cartoonist Tom Batiuk will discuss his characters from Funky Winkerbean and sign Lisa's Story. 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday.
— Barbara McIntyre
Special to the Beacon Journal
Send information about books of local interest to Lynne Sherwin, Features Department, Akron Beacon Journal, P.O. Box 640, Akron, OH 44309 or lsherwin@thebeaconjournal.com. Event notices should be sent at least two weeks in advance.
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