Category Archives: USA

Rally To Restore Sanity…Let’s Go

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

  Well, the long awaited announcement finally happened and the plans are in place for the Daily Show’s answer to the lunatic Glen Beck rally and the Summer of the Tea Baggers. You can see the announcement on this video clip … Continue reading →

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Second City History

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Guest post courtesy of Lindsey Washington.   The Chicago Postcard Museum is a privately endowed, independent organization devoted to collecting and presenting Chicago history through picture postcard imagery and correspondence. The Museum displays collections of Rare, Antique, vintage and contemporary … Continue reading →

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Do Bad Books Make Great Satire ?

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Washington Post  “Book World” fiction critic Ron Charles has outdone himself in his third video book review, this time for Ape House, the follow up to Sara Gruen’s blockbuster, Water for Elephants.  While he rather delightfully trashes Gruen’s “literary” twaddle , saying it … Continue reading →

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Never Forget

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Brian D. Butler
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Art Returns To Historic Newtown

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Visit historic Newtown this holiday weekend and celebrate the grand re-opening of Countryside Gallery. The inaugural show will prominently feature paintings by Newtown’s favorite artist Bonnie M. Butler.

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And So It Goes…

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Many thanks to Perry Hall for this post: Good News For Vonnegut Fans: The Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library is a public benefit, nonprofit organization championing the literary, artistic, and cultural contributions of the late writer, artist and Indiana native Kurt … Continue reading →

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Real Locations – Imaginary Crimes

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

  Whether it be the London of Sherlock Holmes or the Ystad of the Swedish Wallander, Dashiell Hammett’s San Francisco or Donna Leon’s Venice, the settings chosen by crime fiction authors have helped those writers to bring their fictional investigators … Continue reading →

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Be A Bookstore Hero

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Located in the colorful Mission District of San Francisco, Modern Times Bookstore is facing a financial crisis and urgently needs an influx of cash if they are going to survive through the summer. Modern Times is, as the store put … Continue reading →

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Read>Recycle>Repeat

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Many thanks to Buku Sarkar  at ReLitNY for this article. The program Read, Recycle, Repeat Literature In Transit ReLIT NY (previously Choose What You Read NY) is a donation and recycling program that gives out free books to New Yorkers. You … Continue reading →

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What’s So Funny ?

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Started in 1997, the Thurber Prize for American Humor is the only recognition of the art of humor writing in the United States. A panel of national judges selects the three finalists from a selection of seven or eight semi-finalists. … Continue reading →

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