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May 11, 2006
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The big, bad Wolves
By Robert Greene rgreene@hippopress.com
Guitars shriek, lights flash and a troupe of wholesomely sexy dancers bounds out to do a few numbers. The crowd roars and waves banners and foam hands. The music is hot, but not as hot as the dance team.
A truck drives on to the field and the screaming fans know some kind of event, possibly a contest or giveaway, is at hand. The dancers head off the field and the announcer speaks up to see if anyone in the audience wants to play, to take a shot at the golden ring du jour.
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Corner office
by Heidi Masek
Two adjoining walls of floor-to-ceiling windows provide plenty of light to accent sculptures and a giant two-dimensional work in progress in Tom Devaney’s new gallery and studio space above Foodee’s restaurant in downtown Concord.
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Explaining Bahá’í
by John "jaQ" Andrews
Alhan Irwin is an artist, instructor and member of the Nashua Bahá’í spiritual assembly. Irwin was born in Iraq into a Bahá’í family, choosing the faith for herself at age 15. Based on the teachings of 19th-century Iranian prohet Bahá’u’lláh, the Bahá’í faith professes the spiritual unity of all religions, encouraging the individual search for truth. There are more than five million adherents throughout the world. More information about the faith itself can be found at www.bahai.org.
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Climbing continues
by Dan Szczesny
Last week, HippoPress presented Part 1 of a two-part interview with Jim Gagne, a Londonderry firefighter attempting to reach the summit of Mt. Everest in Nepal. If successful, Gagne will be the first New Hampshire native to do so. A successful Everest summit will wrap up Gagne’s 7 Summit quest. With Everest under his belt, the 40-year-old Ashland resident will become one of about 130 climbers, ever, to successfully summit the highest mountain peaks in all seven continents.
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Art: Public masterpiece
By Heidi Masek hmasek@hippopress.com
Art can be a powerful tool for communities, according to results that Roberto Chao has had leading community murals. In Boston he’s led groups of troubled teens, single mothers, even a group of farmers who fled El Salvador.
In Manchester, Chao has just led the Currier’s Open Studio students in creating their own mural depicting history and culture in Manchester. It was unveiled May 8 and hangs on the Union Street side of the Boys and Girls Club of Manchester. ...
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Longshots: Columnist blows his mind; here are the results
by Dave Long
Since I’m playing hurt with a cold the size of Kentucky in my frontal lobes and can’t concentrate on any subject for more than about three minutes at a time — let’s clear out the cluttered mind to give the cold a little more room up there. ...
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Pop Culture: Poseidon
By Glenn Given production@hippopress.com & Jeff Rapsis jrapsis@hippopress.com
Everybody loves massive ocean liners flipping over and, possibly, exploding ironically as they sink. Certainly 1972’s disaster classic The Poseidon Adventure has its merits. For one there is the looming presence of Ernest Borgnine, which science has shown can only increase the quality of films and television shows. Gene Hackman, Red Buttons and the indominatable Shelly Winters all deliver solid (though sub-Borgnine) performances. And, bravely, important characters die meaningful deaths without a “tidal wave” of schmaltz and minor chords. Notable achievements to say the least. ...
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