New book explores the musical life and the remarkable paintings and sculptures of Bob Crewe
Bob Crewe: Sight and Sound is the first book to explore both the extraordinary musical life and the remarkable paintings and sculptures of one of America s greatest-ever songwriters.
NEW YORK, NY
.- Best known for having written and produced some of the seminal records of American pop culture, from Big Girls Dont Cry, Walk Like a Man, Rag Doll, and Cant Take My Eyes Off Of You, for Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, to Lady Marmalade for Patti LaBelle, Bob Crewe was a multifaceted artist for whom a passion for painting and the visual arts provided a lifelong counterbalance to music.
Three garage find projects from the estate of Terry Harrison come to the market
1960 AC Aceca Bristol No Reserve.
LONDON
.- The garage collection of the late Terry Harrison - ex-Works BMC Navigator, keen amateur racer and authority on motorsport history - will be sold by H&H Classics at its March 24th Live Auction Online without Reserve.
Damian Jones, Head of Sales for H&H says: The value is not huge but the content of this garage is a motor racing treasure trove an AC Aceca Bristol and two Lotus Eleven racing cars. All three are sold as garage finds in varying states of completion. Given the regard in which Terry was held by those who knew him I have no doubt there are many who will want a part of his automotive legacy.
Benjamin Sánchez Nieto is reminded of that night every time he takes off his shirt and sees the jagged scar where the knife went in â on the left side of his chest, not far from his heart.
âI donât understand why this happened,â Sánchez Nieto told the Jackson Hole Daily through a translator in a phone interview Tuesday. âI am happy to be here talking to you and happy to be alive.â
The longtime Jackson resident was stabbed Dec. 30 just as he was getting home from work.
Months later, Sánchez Nieto is still receiving medical care for his recovery.
Grolier Club shows how fury, plagiarism, hypocrisy, and madness once plagued grammarians
John Leechs caricature as the frontispiece to The Comic Latin Grammar. Collection of Bryan A. Garner.
NEW YORK, NY
.- The exhibition Taming the Tongue in the Heyday of English Grammar (17111851), is on display March 4 through May 15, 2021, at the Grolier Club. It offers a revelatory glimpse into a time when English grammar was taught and studied with a grim fervor unthinkable to us now. Sales of books on grammar were second only to those of the Bible. The subject was so serious that grammar books, when illustrated, often showed pictures of children being caned or whipped, perhaps for sins such as dangling their participles.