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Tragedy & Hope Revealed

by | Jun 6, 2014 12:16 pm | Comments (1)

DAVID SEPULVEDA PHOTOS

Joseph Saccio’s “Epiphany,” Detail.

Fragments: Tragedy and Hope, a new exhibit at Kehler Liddell Gallery (KLG) in Westville, features art by Fethi Meghelli and Joseph Saccio, both of whom have studios at Erector Square. The show opened with a well-attended artists’ reception and a lingering crowd of viewers absorbed by the range and depth of this two-person exhibit.

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“Con Artists” Remake Allstars For Artwalk 17

by | May 8, 2014 2:01 pm | Comments (0)

CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS

Painterly portraits by Liz Brown.

Converse All Star sneakers were first produced in 1917 by Converse Rubber Shoe Company of Malden, Mass., and soon became the professionals’ sneaker of choice. For the last few weeks, the iconic sneaker has become the canvas” of choice for 36 local artists who are reimagining and riffing on the classic design for Westville’s 17th annual ArtWalk Festival.

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Beloved Preschool Scrambles For New Home

by | Mar 20, 2014 12:21 pm | Comments (3)

David Sepulveda Photo

Dyami with mom Jennifer Rawlings, who expressed hope that a new home will be found.

For more than four decades, kids have built lifelong friendships at Westville Community Nursery School, and in some cases returned as adults with their own children. The current roster of 35 children will be the last class” at the celebrated school behind a picturesque church and steeple on Harrison Street.

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Read What The Jogger Called In

by | Mar 13, 2014 4:35 pm | Comments (23)

Paul Bass Photo

Police escorted a man out of Edgewood Park last weekend after a jogger called 911 to report that the man had concealed his face and pressed himself up against a hidden wall under a bridge where crimes have taken place. The episode sparked a wide-ranging discussion of policing and race in this Independent thread. Following is a transcript of the 911 call. (Click here for the original story.)

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Speaker Decries Rise Of Europe’s Anti-Semitic Right

by | Mar 11, 2014 1:38 pm | Comments (0)

Baltimore responds to a question from Peter Rogol.

Leonard J. Honeyman of Congregation Bikur Cholim Sheveth Achim on Marvel Road sent in this write-up about an event there this past Sunday:

The resurgence of right-wing parties and their anti-Semitic words and actions in Europe in general, and Hungary in particular, is looking more and more like the events in the years before and during the Holocaust.

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