Category Archives: Art

World Premiere Of “Kind,True And Necessary” Tonight In Cedar Rapids

Posted on October 18, 2013 by bfiajohnshumaker

Dear Folks, Happy October, Brisk Autumn Colors, Hope they are Brightening and filling every fibre of your Being, A Time to celebrate a time to Gather, Our film will put a smile upon your Face and the face of your … Continue reading →

The Oboist

Posted on August 12, 2013 by bfiajohnshumaker

The Oboist Oboe in an octave of eight August is month eight nothing august about eight nine forty five August ninth nineteen forty five on that day the United States incinerated a totally civilian population of Nagasaki roasted them alive … Continue reading →

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The Cellist

Posted on August 6, 2013 by bfiajohnshumaker

We are entering a time warp it’s August sixth We are now time travelling runneling throuth tunnels of time Until we arrive at that terrible day August Sixth, nineteen forty five bombing a complete civilian population into oblivion people who … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Neighborhoods: 11,000 Generations

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Paul Deaton

For Iowans, August is a month to remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It is also the perfect time to consider the current realities of an increasingly costly and dangerous global nuclear arsenal- something about which the world seems blithely unaware. To … Continue reading →

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'Environmental Concerns' at Grinnell's Faulconer Gallery

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Paul Deaton

Margaret Whiting of Waterloo will be exhibiting her artwork at the Faulconer Gallery at Grinnell College from July 19 until Sept. 8. The exhibit is titled, “Environmental Concerns,” and according to the gallery website, “Whiting carves, alters and recombines science … Continue reading →

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Time For Obama To Go After The Taliban

Posted on June 3, 2013 by bfiajohnshumaker

Its time for Obama to go after the taliban Its time for Obama to go after the taliban the American taliban while laying low Obama has for too long been playing footsie footsie with Big Bankers Chase Manhattan Wells Fargo, … Continue reading →

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The Path Leads To Peace

Posted on April 30, 2013 by bfiajohnshumaker

IS Cubed is ISIS Follow Your Way You are not alone The Path leads to Peace I will be with You in All Ways In All days Always I AM in All Rays Santi Aum Follow the Rainbow Big Dipper … Continue reading →

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Still A Rose

Posted on February 12, 2013 by bfiajohnshumaker

Still a Rose You can still keep the love in the midst of this planetary crisis people crying broken hearted stuck in disbelief crying out for relief there is Still a Way a Way not known by the hearts of … Continue reading →

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One Today

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Trish Nelson

Inaugural poet Richard Blanco read his poem “One Today” at the swearing-in ceremony for President Obama. Here is the full text of the poem as written. One Today by Richard Blanco One sun rose on us today, kindled over our … Continue reading →

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Black Friday Revisited

Posted on November 26, 2012 by bfiajohnshumaker

of things Amish and Trappist by John Shumaker The fierceness of Liberated Sound can be heard in the Silence of the Abbey and in the clop clop clop of the Buggy down gravel Road GONE Galactic Synaptic Universe Sings In … Continue reading →

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