Arts - period ended 6.1.2006

Arts/Turrell, James///Hole-in-roof sculpture makes art of Yorkshire sky/Reuters/London/England/UK/30-May-06/... Brought up as a Quaker with a tradition of silent worship, his idea is to remove distractions and let visitors absorb changing light and colors, with sunsets ...

Arts/Poetry/Whitman, Walt//RELIGION CALENDAR/OregonLive.com/Portland/OR/USA/27-May-06/…The Oregonian

RELIGION CALENDAR

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LECTURES AND RETREATS

Walt Whitman and Quaker values: "I Call to Mankind: Leaves of Grass as Quaker Testimony" with Mitchell Santine Gould, public historian and Whitman authority, on the occasion of Whitman's birthday, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Multnomah Friends Meeting House, 4312 S.E. Stark St.; 282-6725.

Integrating wisdom and compassion: Tibetan Buddhist Lama Surya Das, author and Dzogchen lineage holder, narrates a video, "My Tibetan Lamas," 7:30 p.m. Friday, and leads a retreat, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, June 3, First Congregational Church, 1126 S.W. Park Ave.; $15 lecture, $95 retreat; 422-7455.

Tibetan Buddhism teachings: "The Way of True Happiness," with Dzogchen Khenpo Chonga Rinpoche, 6-9 p.m. Saturday, June 3, Northwest Tibetan Cultural Association, 6225 N.E. Stanton St. Suggested donation; $20; 757-7060. ...

Arts/Painting/Peace Activities/Roberts, Helen/Project to aid good causes/Bury Free Press/Bury/England/UK/26-May-06/... Children will be invited to paint a stone at the Friends' Meeting House, in Bury St Edmunds, with their own symbols of peace.

The event, on Monday, is the springboard for the Heart Land project, which aims to raise money for the refurbishment of the meeting house and for a coalition of Israeli and Palestinian women working for peace in Jerusalem.

The project is the brainchild of Bury Quaker Helen Roberts, who asked the town's Children's Art Company to help organise the launch event.

She said: "I wanted to help one project which would have global significance and one project a bit closer to home.". ...

Arts/Music/Hymn//Northwestern Singers show has faith focus/Austin Herald/Austin/MN/USA/15-May-06/... the Northwestern Singers. The full chorus will start the concert with “How Can I Keep From Singing,” a Quaker hymn. Next, the ...

Arts/Mural/Crime and Punishment/Youth/The case of the missing mural/Amesbury News/Amesbury/MA/USA/24-May-06/... up with a logical explanation for the apparent theft several weeks ago of the "Kids As Peacemakers" mural from the Religious Society of Friends' meeting house. ...

Arts/Literature/Painting/Penrose, Roland/Picasso Groupie Springs to Life in Roland Penrose's Notebooks/Bloomberg/New York/NY/USA/31-May-06/May 31 (Bloomberg) -- Roland Penrose was many things: a prominent English writer, a member of a wealthy Quaker family, an important collector of modernist art ...

Arts/Film/Battle Creek Friends Church/Salmon, Scott/DaVinci Code subject of Sunday sermons across West Michigan/WWMT/Kalamazoo/MI/USA/21-May-06/... "You can't go anywhere without somebody asking you 'have you gone to the movie or have you read the book?" Pastor Scott Salmon told the hundreds gathered at Battle Creek Friends Church Sunday.

The pastor was one of the first to see the film on opening night, Friday. "I'm not against the movie, per se, at all," Salmon explained. "In fact, what I appreciate, and I'd like to thank [author] Dan Brown for doing, is bringing Jesus and the Bible back into the mainstream if you will."

The DaVinci Code, based on the best-selling novel of the same name, has drawn criticism for suggesting Jesus fathered a child. While Salmon admits that belief would shake the foundation Christianity is built upon, he disagrees with protestors who have picketed outside the movie, including a group in Kalamazoo on Friday.

"It proves to other people, you know what, as Christians, you really can't handle research and can't handle an intelligent discussion about the facts. That's not where we want to be," Salmon told the congregation.
Instead, he sees it as an opportunity. "It's a debate and a journey we can engage in as we look for the truth," said the pastor. ...It's the kind of search for answers Salmon hopes continues. A personal search for truths and meaning in spirituality. "Church for a long time has been guilty of telling people what to think," said Salmon. "Instead, I think we're better off encouraging people to think." .......

Arts/Fabric/Tapestry//OLIVE WILL BE SORELY MISSED/Goole Today/Goole/England/UK/18-May-06/... The remarkable artwork started as a Millennium project by the Hook Women's Institute, who followed the example of the Quaker Tapestry, which was produced to ...