by kitchensisters | Apr 2, 2019 | The Keepers
#KeeperoftheDay: The Forbes Pigment Collection “For Edward Waldo Forbes, pigment hunting and gathering was not just a matter of creating an archive of lost or languishing color. It was about the union of art and science.” Learn all about this intriguing...
by kitchensisters | Apr 1, 2019 | The Keepers
#KeeperoftheDay – W.E.B. Dubois’s Data Portraits For the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, African American activist and sociologist W. E. B. Du Bois led the creation of over 60 charts, graphs, and maps that visualized data on the state of black life....
by kitchensisters | Mar 27, 2019 | The Keepers
On March 27, 1961, nine students from Tougaloo College in Mississippi entered the segregated main branch of the Jackson Public Library and began to read. Library staff quickly called the police and after refusing to leave, all nine students were all arrested and...
by kitchensisters | Mar 25, 2019 | The Keepers
#KeeperoftheDay – Open Culture, home of “the best free cultural & educational media on the web.” Get educated at openculture.com
by kitchensisters | Mar 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
No activity in human history has been as prevalent and practiced as sports. Disciplines where humans give their all to prove themselves the best of the best in each match or game, sports have been with us for millennia. Ancient Greeks held competitions to honor the...
by kitchensisters | Mar 24, 2019 | The Keepers
Happy 100th birthday to Lawrence Ferlinghetti! #KeeperofWords #KeeperofBooks #KeeperofTruth #KeeperoftheDay
by kitchensisters | Mar 21, 2019 | The Keepers
#KeeperoftheDay for #WorldPoetryDay – City Lights Books Pocket Poets Series, launched by Lawrence Ferlinghetti in 1955. Number 4 in the series was Allen Ginsberg’s Howl & Other Poems, which landed Ferlinghetti in a heap of trouble. He was arrested,...
by kitchensisters | Mar 20, 2019 | The Keepers
Earlier this week, the San Francisco Public Works’s Bureau of Urban Forestry honored poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti with their annual signature tree. Lawrence, who turns 100 on March 24, is being feted all over town. We were delighted to be there for the...
by kitchensisters | Mar 19, 2019 | The Keepers
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by kitchensisters | Mar 18, 2019 | The Keepers
A call from The Keeper Hotline: “Hi guys, my name is Steve Gainer. I am a cinematographer and curator of the American Society of Cinematographers Camera Museum in Los Angeles. Our collection is probably the most complete camera collection in the United States...
