“NYC's Met Museum to get reputed Michelangelo work - Quad-Cities Times” plus 4 more |
- NYC's Met Museum to get reputed Michelangelo work - Quad-Cities Times
- Hawaii visitors see Damien statue - Honolulu Advertiser
- Horns Hill monument honoring ancient native American restored - Newark Advocate
- Roman Polanski had it coming - Newark Advocate
- ISU hosts inaugural conference on crime, media and popular culture - Tribune-Star
| NYC's Met Museum to get reputed Michelangelo work - Quad-Cities Times Posted: 05 Oct 2009 11:45 AM PDT NYC's Met Museum to get reputed Michelangelo work
A marble statue widely attributed to Michelangelo is being loaned to New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art by the French government. The "Young Archer" is not traveling far; it's making its way across Fifth Avenue from the cultural services office of the French Embassy. The statue is an armless depiction of a young boy and was first acknowledged as an early work of Michelangelo in 1997. The museum and embassy say it will go on display next month. The Met will provide the French office a reproduction during the 10-year loan period. ___ On the Net: Metropolitan Museum of Art: http://www.metmuseum.org Posted in Entertainment on Monday, October 5, 2009 12:35 pm Updated: 2:17 pm. | Tags: | |
| Hawaii visitors see Damien statue - Honolulu Advertiser Posted: 05 Oct 2009 08:56 PM PDT TREMELO, Belgium A bust of Father Damien in advanced stages of Hansen's disease was unveiled yesterday in front of his childhood home as part of celebrations in this small town to mark the elevation of the Sacred Hearts priest to sainthood. Hundreds of Belgians, along with about 350 Hawai'i residents on a Damien pilgrimage in advance of his canonization, gathered around the home where Father Damien grew up to see the statue for the first time. When it was unveiled, the crowd erupted with applause. Orange balloons and white streamers were sent into the air. Many had positive comments on the statue, saying it shines a stark light on the disfigurement Father Damien suffered because of Hansen's disease, but also shows his caring nature with kind eyes and an expression that evokes both wisdom and a willingness to listen. "It captured him," said Leighton Tseu of the Royal Order of Kamehameha. The order presented two umeke, or calabashes, at a ceremony after the unveiling. One will be donated to the Damien museum, which is in the priest's childhood home. The other will be given to the king and queen of Belgium, who were at the Tremelo festivities yesterday and attended a special Mass in Father Damien's honor that was attended by about 2,000 people. 'offers hope'The Mass, held in a big, white tent across from Father Damien's childhood home, was celebrated by Belgian Cardinal Godfried Danneels. Several Hansen's disease patients had parts in the Mass, as did Audrey Togu-chi, an 'Aiea woman whose cure from lung cancer after praying to Father Damien was the second miracle attributed to the priest, assuring his canonization. Toguchi was brought to the stage to talk about her cure without treatment. She told the capacity crowd that Damien "offers hope." The Hansen's disease patients and other Islanders on the pilgrimage which heads to Rome tomorrow said honoring Father Damien in his hometown gave them chicken skin. Tremelo "feels sacred," said patient Norbert Palea, 68. "I feel his presence. I feel very spiritual." Patient Barbara Marks said being in Tremelo made "everything so real." She added, "It gives me goose bumps." During the Mass, Danneels told the Hansen's disease patients that Belgium gave life to Damien, but that "you gave him back as a saint. You shouldn't thank us. We should thank you." The Mass, which lasted about two hours, was the spiritual kickoff for a day's worth of festivities in Tremelo to celebrate Damien's canonization. The small town went all out for the event. Every house and business sported white flags bearing pictures of Father Damien. There was food, cultural entertainment and at the end of the day a show of fireworks. Tremelo's mayor, Vital Von Dessel, said the celebration took more than six months to organize and cost more than $200,000 to put on. "He's somebody of this little village," he said. "It's something special." Indeed, Damien is a big source of pride for Tremelo residents. At least 250 of them will be at Damien's canonization on Sunday in St. Peter's Square, Von Dessel said. Meanwhile, he added, more and more people are coming to Tremelo to visit the place where Damien was born and raised. So far this year, about 30,000 people have visited the town. In an average year, Von Dessel said, about 6,000 people visit Tremelo. Hula draws crowdThe festivities in Tremelo yesterday also included performances before hundreds by the hula halau traveling on the pilgrimage, along with Belgian dance troupes and choirs. Admission to the event cost about $3, and there were three shows planned. When the first show, with the Hawai'i contingent, let out, there was already a long line at the entrance to get in. "Everyone is excited" about Damien, said Georges Pardon, a guide at the Damien museum. He added that he isn't sure Father Damien would appreciate all the attention. "He would still be working," he quipped. The sculpture unveiled yesterday was donated to Tremelo by its sculptor, Andre Verbruggren. Before the statue was unveiled, U.S. Ambassador Howard Gutman gave a speech, during which he told attendees that he had contacted the White House about Damien's canonization to know whether the Hawai'i-born president knew of the priest. Gutman said Obama not only knows about Damien, but that Damien inspired him. Gutman added that presidents and children alike can learn a lot from Damien. "We build statues not just to honor the past," Gutman said. "They remind us who we are." Advertiser Staff writer Mary Vorsino is following 11 Hansen's disease patients from Kalaupapa and hundreds of other Hawai'i residents as they travel to Father Damien's birthplace in Belgium before heading to Rome for the canonization Sunday of Hawai'i's first saint. Reach Mary Vorsino at mvorsino@honoluluadvertiser.com. | |
| Horns Hill monument honoring ancient native American restored - Newark Advocate Posted: 05 Oct 2009 08:13 PM PDT NEWARK -- In November 1933, Newark Mayor Charles P. Martin dedicated a monument high atop Horns Hill Park to remember one member of the Hopewell culture. Previously, a burial mound on the site had been excavated. The body of an ancient native American was found, and his remains were interred in the new monument. "They established that the way the body was laid, and being up on the hill, it had to be a person of great prominence," said Chuck Jackson, special event coordinator in the Newark Division of Parks, Recreation and Cemetery. But by the beginning of the 21st century, the stones used to build the monument were crumbling and time had made the plaque that once graced its side unreadable. No one seemed to remember what the monument symbolized, let alone that it served as a marker for an important grave. But at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Mayor Bob Diebold will have the chance to rededicate the marker. Jackson said the city's parks department long had wanted to restore the structure but had found very little information on what it was intended to symbolize. When the Licking County Historical Society's Robert Tharp asked for any information that could be provided about the monument for a story, Jackson said he had to turn him down. But months later, Tharp returned, this time with information of his own. "It was through his research that we were able to get to the point to know what we needed to do for the restoration work," Jackson said. It was through him that the city learned about the excavation and the words of the original plaque, "Here was buried a patriarch of a prehistoric people," it read. In part because of donations from the Newark Monument Co. and the Montgomery Stone Co., the monument is now restored, with crumbling river rocks replaced, the mortar restored, and a new plaque to echo the original words. Diebold will be joined at the rededication ceremony by city officials, representatives of the Native American Indian Center of Central Ohio, the Ohio Historical Society, Ohio State University-Newark, and Noah "Ironhand" Armstrong, chief of the Peoples Nation. Amy Hollon can be reached at (740) 328-8543 or ahollon@newarkadvocate.com. | |
| Roman Polanski had it coming - Newark Advocate Posted: 05 Oct 2009 08:13 PM PDT Fugitive film director Roman Polanski learned you can't outrun the long arm of the law. Swiss police nabbed the confessed sex criminal as he arrived in Zurich to accept a film festival award. Now Polanski, 76, faces extradition to Los Angeles County, where prosecutors have waited more than 30 years for the rapist to show up for sentencing. Polanski, who has been gallivanting around Europe scot-free since fleeing sentencing on his 1978 sex conviction, never saw it coming, but he certainly had it coming. Anyone who feels sorry for Polanski -- having to live in exile all these years and now facing the prospect of extradition and a prison term in the United States -- should understand what Polanski did to land in this mess. He drugged, raped and sodomized a frightened 13-year-old girl. Polanski eventually pleaded guilty to having had unlawful sex with a minor but skipped the country before his sentencing. Since then, he has lived primarily in France. Not long ago, his victim, now married with children, reached a civil settlement with Polanski and publicly forgave him. But that doesn't settle Polanski's debt with the law. ... The cultural elite in Hollywood and in Europe are screaming bloody murder about the arrest. ... Somehow, one doubts they would have reached this conclusion were Polanski a cleric and his victim an altar boy. ... -- Dallas Morning News | |
| ISU hosts inaugural conference on crime, media and popular culture - Tribune-Star Posted: 05 Oct 2009 08:49 PM PDT | Published: October 05, 2009 11:43 pm ISU hosts inaugural conference on crime, media and popular culture By Lisa TriggThe Tribune-Star TERRE HAUTE — A series of faces and many Islamic-sounding names flashed on the screen Monday in Indiana State University's Dede II meeting room. ISU professor Mark S. Hamm was talking about his study, "New Trends in Prisoner Radicalization," as part of the university's inaugural conference on crime, media and popular culture. Hamm's research shows that men who come out of prison with radical ideas likely started down the radical path while in prison. That's not earth-shattering news to scholars of crime. But the findings of Hamm's study of prisoner radicalization and terrorist recruitment in U.S. prisons shed light on the expansion of Islam in correctional facilities. Most prisoners who convert to Islam do not have terrorist leanings, Hamm said. "The primary motivation for conversion is spiritual searching," he said. "And most conversions have a positive effect." The executive director of the Council of Domestic Abuse, Hall said October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and the annual candle vigil outside City Hall kicks off a series of programs aimed at raising awareness. So far, the effort seems to be having an impact. Vigo County hasn't had a domestic violence-related death since 2008, she said, noting that's a slowing of pace. Indiana suffered 65 such deaths last year, but 75 the year before, she added. "But the shelters were more full," she said, attributing a correlation between the data sets and awareness of escape options. Among other activities, CODA is working in schools, trying to help identify potential abusers at a young age while helping victims. "Prevention is much easier than intervention," she said. Vigo County Prosecutor Terry Modesitt addressed those gathered, noting that he recognized many from previous cases. Situations involving murdered children and beaten spouses are tough all around, he said. "Believe me, when you hurt, we hurt," he said, noting that he came as a Christian first and foremost. Hall and Modesitt said the vigil is both testament and celebration to and of lost lives, with hope for change to come. Brian Boyce can be reached at 812-231-4253 or brian.boyce@tribstar.com.  
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