CNN) -- Every Friday morning, students walk into an art class in Atlanta, Georgia. Some look dazed, uncertain in their environment, as if it's vaguely familiar but they can't fully recognize where they are -- until they sit down and begin to draw.
The moment their brushes hit the paper, their faces light up. Using bright colors -- yellows, oranges, greens, purples -- they begin to transfer the images from their minds. Sometimes they paint what they want and sometimes they draw the highlighted centerpiece of the day. One week it's vegetables, another week it's hats. As their artworks progress, they look happy, smiling and glancing at their teachers for approval. They're not the only ones who are pleased.
Tania Becker, president of the board of the Spruill Center in Atlanta, developed the Arts 4 Alzheimer's program with the help of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Alzheimer's Association. This program helps Alzheimer's patients and their caregivers escape the disease, even if only for a few hours.
"One of the ways to get to people with Alzheimer's is to engage them through art, because art is so creative," says Becker. "It's the one thing Read More...
My Parents Were Awesome (and Yours Were, Too)What did your parents look like before they were parents?
Eliot Glazer, a professional humor blogger searching for a counterpoint to the typical online snark set out to answer this question in My Parents Were Awesome, a simple Tumblr photo blog that is one of my favorite new online destinations. Glazer says,
Before the fanny packs and Andrea Bocelli concerts, your parents (and grandparents) were once free-wheeling, fashion-forward, and super awesome.
The site features photos of parents and grandparents in their younger years, presumably before Read More...
KINGKENNEDY Movie – Rough Cut CompletedKINGKENNEDY, a new movie which tells the story of JFK, Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King, has been completed in rough cut. KINGKENNEDY represents a new style of film making where the story is told by clips of actual film footage taken at the time.
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PRLog (Press Release) – Jun 21, 2010 – KINGKENNEDY, a new movie which tells the fascinating story of JFK, Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King, has been completed in rough cut form.
KINGKENNEDY is unique amongst feature length movies because it’s comprised entirely of actual film footage of the time.
Unlike other movies on the subject, KINGKENNEDY contains no documentary-style voice-over or talking heads. Instead, the footage itself tells the story and, despite the lack of narration, the narrative is very clear.
The result of this new style of film making is that the movie is thoroughly gripping and very moving. Much of the footage of the three heroes, Martin Luther King, John F Kennedy and Bobby Kennedy has rarely been seen before and this gives viewers a new picture of the world-changing events of the time, from the world on the brink of nuclear devastation during the Cuban Missile crisis to Martin Luther King’s rally in Washington where he made his “I have a dream” speech, possibly the most best known in history. The lack of commentary allows viewers to draw their own conclusions about the remarkable events depicted.
Casablanca Productions, the movie’s producers, are delighted with the completed rough cut and are now actively seeking innovative distributors.
To watch the trailer and learn more about this unique and deeply moving movie, visit http://kingkennedy.com
Casablanca Productions is a movie production company. Their first release is KINGKENNEDY, a unique new feature length movie about JFK, Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King. KINGKENNEDY contains no voiceover and the story is told by the footage itself.