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James Romm at the New York Public Library, Wed Nov 2?
James Romm, editor of The Landmark Arrian, which we are reading now in two Reading Odyssey groups and the author of the newly published, Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire, will be speaking at th… Continue reading
Slow Art Day 2011 resources
Slow Art Day 2011 host manual Name badge template and separate image Here’s the name badge template that I use in Ashland, Oregon for our Slow Art Day. I have attached a Word label template as well as a .png file. This template works with Avery 58… Continue reading
Slow Art site No. 77 — Ulm, Germany!
The Ulmer Museum — http://www.ulmer-museum.ulm.de/ — in Ulm, Germany, is the newest Slow Art Day venue. We’re at 77 now! Check out the Ulm page at http://slowartulm2011.eventbrite.com. — Continue reading
James Lavadour’s Point
This is “Point” by James Lavadour, the Slow Art of the day, at the Boise Art Museum, a participating museum for Slow Art Day 2011. Please check out twitter and follow @SlowArtDay: http://twitter.com/#!/SlowArtDay. For more information and free reg… Continue reading
Congratulations to Andre Stipanovic, Reading Odyssey moderator
Andre Stipanovic, longtime Reading Odyssey moderator for Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon and Arrian, has just been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Hockaday School in Dallas where he teachers Upper School Latin. The Headmistress Jean… Continue reading
Slow Art Day – host training call
Tonight we had our first host training call for Slow Art Day 2011. Listen or download here We heard from the hosts on the call about how they are promoting their event, how they are choosing their art and how they are communicating to their attend… Continue reading
Herodotus Introductory Call
Dear fellow readers of Herodotus, A reminder that our introductory call is scheduled for Monday October 11 @8pm Eastern Standard Time. Bruce Upbin and I will be moderating. The purpose of this call is to prepare the groundwork for your reading of … Continue reading
Slow Art Day 2010 “fantastic” in Australia
Michelle Fracaro reports that Slow Art Day 2010 was “fantastic” at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. Michelle says:”The program was fantastic!! We had a 2 hour discussion with 21 participants.”Thanks, MIchelle for being a great host i… Continue reading
Slow Art Day Jakarta – “a good experience”
Radju Munusamy reports that Slow Art Day went well in Jakarta at the National Museum of Indonesia. Raj says: “It was a good experience considering this is the first time we have such event here. Earlier in the week, I had selected three collection… Continue reading
Reports from Slow Art Day 2010 Helsinki
Reports from Slow Art Day 2010 in Helsinki at Ateneum are beginning to come in.I feel very calm after viewing my selected two paintings. Relaxed and ready for lunch at #Mt.Everest at 2 pm. #SlowArt #Helsinki @vehmassembly Sat, 17 Apr 2010 10:34:52… Continue reading