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Power and Impact: African American Art Exhibit in Iowa
In the spirit Black History Month: African Americans and the Arts, Power and Impact is an exhibit of art work by notable Black artists in Iowa. It’s a partnership of the African American Museum of Iowa and the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art. The exhibit runs between October 28, 2023 and March 31, 2024.
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Black History Month Events!
February is Black History Month and the University of Iowa events begins soon. There will be an inaugural Black History Ball and more!
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Black History Month 2024 Theme is African Americans and the Arts
February is Black History Month and in 2024 the theme is African Americans and the Arts. This reminds me of a blues artist I heard on KCCK on the Big Mo Blues Show last Friday. His name is Toronzo Cannon and his career as a blues guitarist and songwriter is skyrocketing. I heard his song…
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Thoughts on the Passing of Artie Hicks
Yesterday, I was thinking about Artie Hicks, one of my old English teachers at Huston-Tillotson University, which was Huston-Tillotson College back in the mid-1970s when I was a student there. I looked him up on the web, just out of curiosity—and found his obituary. That seems to happen a lot lately. Anyway, he was a…
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Iowa Update for Martin Luther King Events!
The frigid weather has led to updates in the events for the MLK Celebration. Among them is the postponement of the Unity March and Community-wide Celebration. This is planned for February.
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Martin Luther King Day About Peace and Unity
I noticed that Iowa City and Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, Texas have a couple of things in common regarding the celebration of the Martin Luther King holiday this week—one is inclement weather. The other thing is hope for peace and unity. I was a student at Huston-Tillotson (one of the HBCUs) back in the 1970s.…
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The Intergalactic Angle on Your Point of View
I finally watched the movie “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” the other night. It was released in 2005 and based on Douglas Adams’ book of the same title. In fact, he co-wrote the screenplay. A lot of it was not in the book. I thought a couple of scenes were noteworthy and pretty funny.…
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Thoughts on “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”
Sena and I got to talking about a Twilight Zone show we saw over the holidays. It was a 1964 episode, not the regular program but short film that won a Cannes Film Festival award in the early 1960s, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.” The quick summary is that a Southern plantation owner is…
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A Look Back at Intravenous Haloperidol for Delirium
I found one of my old blog posts about using intravenous infusions of haloperidol for delirium in the intensive care unit. The bottom line is it that it probably should not be used, in my opinion. This is sort of a follow up on my Christmas Eve blog post in which I mention talking to…
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Testament to Testiness on Liaison Psychiatry
The other day, I got an email message from the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP). It was from the Med-Psych Special Interest Group (SIG). It was an intriguing question about a paper somebody was looking for and having trouble getting it through the usual channels. The paper was “The Liaison Psychiatrist as Busybody” by somebody…
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