October 28, 2009
Number 148
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October 2009
Horst Niesters, the world-famous photographer of wildlife, died on October 16, 2009 at the age of 72 in Germany. In this archive photo, we can see the falcon, which his sculptor-friend Kurt Arentz portrayed in the Wildlife Refuge Hellenthal, founded by Niesters some 40 years ago. For our article in German, see Horst Niesters, der „König der Adler", ist tot ...
Sandrine Woelffel ist die Autorin des Buches „Berlin"
Swami Veda Bharati: Remembering the First Encounter
Horst Niesters, der „König der Adler", ist tot
„Schlaraffia" turns 150 years: Keeping Up Tradition, Language and Friendship
Americans Are Serfs Ruled By Oligarchs
Exhibition HOMAGE TO DALI at the Museum of European Art in Clarence, New York continues till November 30, 2009. For more information, see ART METRO 2009 - HOMAGE TO SALVADOR DALI ...
BOULEVARD NEWS & EYEWITNESS REPORTS ...
**** NRW-Innenminister Ingo Wolf bei der Trauerfeier für Horst Niesters
**** Sandrine Woelffel ist die Autorin des Buches „Berlin", von B. John Zavrel
**** Swami Veda Bharati: Remembering the First Encounter, by Amy Gage
**** Horst Niesters, der „König der Adler", ist tot, von B. John Zavrel
**** „Schlaraffia" turns 150 years: Keeping Up Tradition, Language and Friendship, by B. John Zavrel
ZDF-Gala 2009: Treue zur Deutschen Krebshilfe, von Joe F. Bodenstein
Kurt Arentz ist ein Meister des Porträt, von Prof. Dr. Hermann Schäfer
DALI MEETS ARTISTS OF OUR TIME. Speech by B. John Zavrel at the opening of Dali exhibition.
A Few Thoughts about Wilson Greatbatch, by Consul B. John Zavrel
EXHIBITONS AROUND THE WORLD ...
Sargent's Seascapes At Corcoran Gallery
Invitation to visit Alexander Sculpture Garden
Sotheby's to Auction Indian Artworks
The President of the German Cancer Aid Society, Prof. Dr. Dagmar Schipanski (right), in conversation with the moderator Carmen Nebel of the German ZDF TV station on the program Benefit Gala 2009. Schipanski expressed her thanks: "For the last 35 years, the German AId Society has been active in the fight against cancer. Actually, it is your donations that make our work possible." For our article in Germany, see ZDF-Gala 2009: Treue zur Deutschen Krebshilfe ...
General information about the MUSEUM OF EUROPEAN ART
ART METRO 2009 - HOMAGE TO SALVADOR DALI
Donations to the ALEXANDER SCULPTURE GARDEN
Clarence Bicentennial: 1808 - 2008
**** Membership Application--CIRCLE OF FRIENDS of the Museum of European Art
**** Membership Application--ARTISTS' CIRCLE at Museum of European Art
**** Membership Application - NOVICE MEMBER of Alexander Order
EDITORIALS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ...
Barack Obama erfährt Kritik vom deutschen Wirtschafts-Professor Hamer
**** Americans Are Serfs Ruled By Oligarchs, by By Paul Craig Roberts
ESSAYS ON ART, CULTURE & SOCIETY ...
**** Isadora Duncan and 'The Dance', by B. John Zavrel
Isadora Duncan, 1915: 'REDEMPTION'. For our article, see Isadora Duncan and 'The Dance' ...
SCULPTURE AND ARCHITECTURE ...
Noervenich Castle as Residence for the Alexander Order
FILM, THEATER AND MUSIC ...
Turner und Kamjunke begeisterten mit fantastischer Musik, von Frank George
Michael Moore's 'Capitalism' Film Rips into Crimes of Wall Street, by Xan Brooks
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ...
A Russian Space Pioneer Chronicles the Life of Oberth
The inventor Wilson Greatbatch, by B. John Zavrel
The beauty of the peacock is two-fold: When the gaze chances to land upon a peacock, it is struck first by the glare of a beauty, then by the apprehension of a sublimity. For our article, see Salvador Dalí: The Genius of the Peacock ...
PAINTING & PHOTOGRAPHY ...
**** Salvador Dalí: The Genius of the Peacock, by Christopher Zavrel
Upcoming Exhibition "Picasso: Peace and Freedom"
NEWS FROM THE ORDER OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT ...
What is the Order of Alexander the Great?
Alexander Order and Princess Victoria Luise of Prussia
THE ORDER OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT ( selected articles )
**** Membership Application - NOVICE MEMBER of Alexander Order
SPIRITUALITY AND PHILOSOPHY ...
**** Swami Veda Bharati: Remembering the First Encounter, by Amy Gage
Swami Rama of the Himalayas: Prayer, Meditation & Contemplation (Part 1) ... (video clip)
Friends of Gurukulam. A selection of articles by and about Swami Veda
Swami Veda Bharati in 2009 at a lecture at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.For our article, see Swami Veda Bharati: Remembering the First Encounter ...
LITERATURE & POETRY ...
"Secret Friendships" illustrated for the first time in USA, by Joe F. Bodenstein
For Wilson Greatbatch's Mother, by Joanne Husney Sullivan
ART FOR COLLECTORS ...
Books from Museum of European Art
Arno Breker - A Life for the Beautiful, by Thomas Blumann
ART HISTORY IN FACTS & RARE PHOTOS ...
Dante, Dalí and the Divine Comedy, by B. John Zavrel
Prof. Dr. Hermann Schäfer, a historian. He was the founding president of the Museum of Contemporary History of the German Federal Republic in the former capital Bonn. This museum project was initiated by the German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Prof. Schaefer guided the museum for almost 20 years, and it has become one of the most visited institutions of this kind. Finally, Prof. Schaefer was Deputy Minister of Culture in Berlin under the present Chancellor, Angela Merkel. The photo shows Prof. Schaefer with the former US President George Bush during one of his visits to Berlin.
ORIGINAL ARTICLES IN OTHER LANGUAGES (German, French & other) ...
**** NRW-Innenminister Ingo Wolf bei der Trauerfeier für Horst Niesters
**** Sandrine Woelffel ist die Autorin des Buches „Berlin", von B. John Zavrel
**** Horst Niesters, der „König der Adler", ist tot, von B. John Zavrel
ZDF-Gala 2009: Treue zur Deutschen Krebshilfe, von Joe F. Bodenstein
Turner und Kamjunke begeisterten mit fantastischer Musik, von Frank George
Barack Obama erfährt Kritik vom deutschen Wirtschafts-Professor Hamer
Kurt Arentz ist ein Meister des Porträt, von Prof. Dr. Hermann Schäfer
Deutsche Krebshilfe 35 Jahre: Danke an die Spender und Mitstreiter, von Joe F. Bodenstein
Krebs-Hotline in Deutschland: 0800-420 30 40 , von Joe F. Bodenstein
Roger Peyrefitte der ungewöhnliche Schriftsteller gegen Tabus, von B. John Zavrel
Deutschland vor der Bundestagswahl: immer mehr Arbeitslose, von B. John Zavrel
Schloss Nörvenich als Residenz für Alexander-Orden
B. John Zavrel zum 60. Geburtstag: „…frage, was Du für Dein Land tun kannst", von Joe F. Bodenstein
"THE EARTHLY PARADISE", woodcut # 66 by Salvador Dalí, for stanza # 32. The center of the picture is filled, from top to bottom, with an image of an angel with halo. He holds the hands protectively over the human couple. The left figure rests at the feet of the heavenly messanger.The male figure on the right holds the right hand over his heart. It seems to recall the Biblical Paradise--the first human couple, presented still in their pure innocence. For our article, see Dante and Beatrice in the Earthly Paradise ...
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