Picasso Is Dead

from the New York Times Picasso is Dead in France at 91 Special to The New York Times  Mougins, France, April 8 — Pablo Picasso, the titan of 20th- century art, died this morning at his hilltop villa of Notre Dame de Vie here. He was 91 years old.   The death of...

Weather

from the NY Daily News  Photo from ‘Adventures in Tornado Alley: The Storm Chasers,’ (Thames & Hudson, $29.95) by Mike Hollingshead and Eric Nguyen.  

St. Paul Poetry Slam

from TwinCities.com Putting poetry in motion Article Last Updated: 04/06/2008 11:12:43 PM CDT  April is National Poetry Month, so it’s a particularly good time for local bards to polish their works in a competitive performance venue. Poets from Minnesota and...

Frosty’s Gone

from the APBreakdance Pioneer Dies in NYCBy ULA ILNYTZKY – 3 days agoNEW YORK (AP) — Wayne “Frosty Freeze” Frost, a hip-hop pioneer whose acrobatic performance with the legendary Rock Steady Crew in the 1983 movie “Flashdance” helped set off a...