2023 Underground Art Market Report
She had planned the meal for months. In prison, time was torture. And this was a way to survive. For years, Aimee Wissman lived on a diet of popcorn and peanut butter. Rice and beans were as good as it got. Everything else, she recalled, …
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Here’s a roundup of music, theater, exhibits and other fun stuff happening around Jefferson City and Mid-Missouri from Nov. 2-8, 2023. Does your band, theater group, art studio or venue have an upcoming gig or arts related event or festival in Mid-Missouri? Send your information …
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Words by Staff Writer We have to admit, it’s pretty damn beautiful if you can get visions of Chopper Read’s ear being cut off out of your head. The Interlude is the new luxury hotel in Pentridge Prison with suites and experiences ranging from $499 …
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By Cristhian Manuel Jiménez, Caribbean Campaigner at Amnesty International On 6 November, the UN Human Rights Council will conduct its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Cuba, providing an important opportunity to address the state of human rights in the country. This process enables Cuba’s civil …
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c/o Wesleyan Alumni Facebook Thousands of Wesleyan University alumni and family members arrived on Wyllys Avenue on Friday, Oct. 27, picking up their tickets to celebrate past and present students during Homecoming and Family Weekend. The three-day program gathered the broader Wesleyan community to reconnect …
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c/o Wesleyan Alumni Facebook Thousands of Wesleyan University alumni and family members arrived on Wyllys Avenue on Friday, Oct. 27, picking up their tickets to celebrate past and present students during Homecoming and Family Weekend. The three-day program gathered the broader Wesleyan community to reconnect …
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Pumpkins grown at Daviess County Detention Center are ready for distribution to nursing homes. Photo courtesy of Marla Thomas. In the Halloween classic, It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, Linus proclaims the mythical orange squash will rise out of the most sincere pumpkin patch. In …
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Rahsaan Thomas still remembers immense leg cramps the day he completed his first marathon in 2017. On a cold Friday morning in November, he tied up a pair of donated white-and-grey Nikes and pounded around a quarter-mile loop of gravel, dirt, and concrete in a …
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This essay was originally published in The Marshall Project. Recently, at one of the writing workshops that I teach at three juvenile lockups in and around my hometown of St. Louis, one of my students posed a provocative question: “Why should I write about changing …
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Illustration: Gaby FeBland Poets Reginald Dwayne Betts and Randall Horton both discovered the transformative power of literature while incarcerated, and both have dedicated their lives since their release to bringing that power to others. Betts founded Freedom Reads, an organization that installs 500-book Freedom Libraries …
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