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Munera uses irony and symbolism to convey specific ideas to his viewer. In “Circus Tent,” another photograph taken in the slums of Bogota, a small, dilapidated tent that reads “Bienvenido al Circo” in faded red letters gapes open, revealing the humble iron bed frame that someone calls home. Munera’s portrait titled, “Destiny Stone” shows a bright-eyed boy peering through a hole in a boulder...
...find a balance where I could work and have fun." Since returning to her home in Los Angeles (she also has residences in New York City and Sao Paulo), she has spent a lot of time on her very rigorous version of chilling out: riding horses, surfing and learning circus trapeze. "You can do a split in the air," she says. "You can have a guy on another trapeze catch you." I am officially depressed...
...Osgood is Kuralt as host, Bill Geist, who usually gets the show?s last long slot, is the vagabond Kuralt, with a shorter fuse. A former columnist for the Times, Geist suggests a mix of Kuralt, Joe Mitchell and the ?Daily Show? traveling circus. A copy of the Jack Barth-Ken Smith classic ?Roadside America? in his back pocket, he visits the Museum of Towing, enters a BGA (Bad Golfers Association) tournament, investigates the Mothman legend in West Virginia, crashes the Exotic World Burlesque Museum & Striptease Hall of Fame, attends the Fruitcake demolition derby (that piece has to be retired...
...cooperatives that display satisfactory labor conditions and environmental standards are granted the designation, and receive a fair price (80 cents per pound instead of 50 cents) for the cocoa they produce. Fair trade chocolate is less available than fair trade coffee, but can still be purchased at Bread and Circus and the Harvest Co-op. As awareness and demand grows, the market will develop...
...still nominally a music channel. But in the era of J. Lo and American Idol, The Osbournes and the Michael Jackson circus, being a music channel does not mean being about only music. Says MTV Networks Group president Judy McGrath: "Music culture is now a place where you'll find Liza Minnelli and OutKast and the Queer Eye guys on the same stage." So a popular VH1 subgenre is shows about current celebrity culture only tangentially related to music--Fabulous Life of ..., 100 Hottest Hotties and so on. "I was in Puerto Rico at our sales meeting," says VH1 president...