Arts - period ended 2.15.2007

Arts/Quaker History/Abolition/Wilberforce, William/Britain’s Slave Empire, as the Sun Set/New York Times/New York/NY/USA/18-Feb-07//Now, two centuries later, the story of how William Wilberforce and a handful of other Quaker activists persuaded a reluctant British Parliament to abolish the slave trade is retold in

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Correction: published NYT 2/25/2007: An article last Sunday about ''Amazing Grace,'' a film that chronicles activists' efforts to end British participation in the slave trade in 1807, misidentified the religion of William Wilberforce, one of the activists. He was an evangelical Anglican, not a Quaker.

Arts/Poetry/Quaker History/Underground Railroad/'There's no place like home' at the Interstate center/OregonLive.com/Portland/OR/USA/12-Feb-07//This weekend, a poetic monologue written by dance-theater artist Susan Banyas explores real diary entries of her Quaker great-great-grandmother, ...

Arts/Painting/Quaker History/Hicks, Edward/Slavery in Rhode Island/Antiques and the Arts/New York/NY/USA/13-Feb-07//….Painted in multiples by the Pennsylvania Quaker Edward Hicks, "The Peaceable Kingdom” is the most famous of all American folk paintings. This 24¼-by-30¼-inch oil on canvas also enjoys the distinction of being Hick's last "Peaceable Kingdom,” done in 1849 for his daughter just before his death. In excellent condition, it sold to Harry B. Hartman Antiques of Marietta, Penn., underbid by C.L. Prickett Antiques, for $6,176,000 ($3/4 million) including premium, setting an auction record for American folk art and for Hicks. …... ...

Arts/Music/Wilmington Friends Meeting (DE)/Brazilian music slated for Wilmington/The News Journal/Wilmington/DE/USA/12-Feb-07//Brazilian music duo Minas will perform March 1 at Wilmington’s Quaker Meetinghouse at 4th and West streets. The group made up of Patricia King and Orlando ...

Arts/Film/Quaker History/Activism/Entr'acte: Abolition of slavery is still an unfinished story/International Herald Tribune/Paris/France/E.U./14-Feb-07//Now, in a somewhat daring attempt to combine education and entertainment, the story of how William Wilberforce, along with a handful of Quaker activists, persuaded a reluctant British Parliament to abolish the slave trade is retold in Michael Apted's new movie, "Amazing Grace," which will be released in the United States next week and in Britain next month. ...