Arts - period ended 3.15.2006

Arts/Theater/Homosexuality/Doin' Time in Bennington/Richmond Out in the Mountains/Richmond/VT/USA/11-Mar-06//... He is now a Quaker Christian and has turned his incredible journey into theatrical performances that use storytelling and humor to both entertain and educate. ...

Arts/Raised-a-Quaker//THE CREATIVE LIFE/New Yorker/New York/NY/USA/6-Mar-06//... It’s really happening.”. “And he was raised by a Quaker,” Boesky observed. “Which adds to the naughtiness.” Furnas’s naughtiness has deep roots. ...

Arts/Painting/Southall, Joseph/That would look lovely on my wall/Financial Times/London/England/UK/3-Mar-06//... So I think I’ll make my first choice “Up from the Sea” by the Victorian Quaker-born artist Joseph Southall, recently on offer at the Fine Art Society in ...

Arts/Music/Raitt, Bonnie/Raitt bridges genres, generations/Charlotte Observer/Charlotte/NC/USA/3-Mar-06//Few in the blues world imagined a Quaker girl from Southern California taking mainstream blues into the new millennium. Bonnie Raitt ...

Arts/Music/Peace Activities/THE SOPRANO/Sunday Herald/London/England/USA/11-Mar-06//... “Decency,” Baez wrote, “would be his legacy.” Through him, she attended Quaker meetings, from which stems her constant commitment to peace which, in ...

Arts/Music/Baez, Joan/Voice of a generation sings on as Joan's journey takes new .../Yorkshire Post Today/York/England/UK/13-Mar-06//... Born in New York, into a Quaker family of Mexican, English and Scottish descent, she became immersed in music from an early age. ...

Arts/Literature/Chandler, Maurice/We love... Raymond Chandler/ic Wales/Cardiff/Wales/UK/2-Mar-06//... his parents. His mother, Florence, had married a Quaker railroadman, Maurice Chandler, while visiting her sister in Omaha. In England ...

Arts/Film/High Noon/The cowboy way/Toronto Star/Toronto/Ontario/Canada/5-Mar-06//... In High Noon, Grace Kelly entreats Gary Cooper not to confront the Frank Miller gang because, as a Quaker, she doesn't believe in violence. ...