Technology blended into works in 'Continuance' Nov 13, 2009
Dunphy, a Manhattan native who's lived in Athens for a decade, points to Elizabeth Baeck's piece inspired by Aesop's Fables that combines flash animation with ceramic figures, calling it "a nice juxtaposition.". Gary Bardizbanian's piece, "Reinventing the Record Player," is highlighted by kinetic video and sound sculpture, featuring that music-making device many used extensively before 8-tracks, cassettes, CDs and digital tracks made their appearances. (Athens Banner-Herald)
JIM DODSON: What Next in Kiddie Sequels? Oct 18, 2009
"What classic will they update next? The New Adventure of Mother Goose? Huck Finn on Wall Street? How about a snappier sequel to Aesop's Fables, or Stuart Little or even the Bible?". I saw her point. (The Pilot Newspaper)
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Bird experiment shows Aesop's fable may be true - Yahoo. Search Type Choose a search type from the items below. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Birds show Aesops fable may be true Aug 7, 2009
NEW YORK - From the goose that laid the golden egg to the race between the tortoise and the hare, Aesop's fables are known for teaching moral lessons rather than literally being true. But a new study says at least one such tale might really have happened. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Clever rooks repeat ancient fable Aug 7, 2009
One of Aesop's fables may have been based on fact, scientists report. In the tale, written more than 2,000 years ago, a crow uses stones to raise the water level in a pitcher so it can reach the liquid to quench its thirst. (BBC News -- Science)
Tall tales, legends and nonsense at the museum's July Fest Jul 23, 2009
Aesop's fables, Scheherazade and the Arabian Nights, Hans Christian Andersen's and the Brothers Grimm's fairy tales, and the legend of King Arthur, to name just a few, are all part of the great tradition of storytelling, as are the works of modern-day storytellers such as Will Rogers, Spaulding Gray, Lily Tomlin and Garrison Keillor. Members of the South Carolina Storytelling Network will carry on this tradition at July Fest, an annual storytelling concert with workshops, on Saturday, July 25,... (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Super WHY! and Classic Children's L... Jul 1, 2009
The bulk of the episodes to date come from Grimm Brothers fairy tales, but other episodes have been adapted from Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales, Aesop's fables, Mother Goose nursery rhymes, and less familiar multicultural tales from around the world (such as from Australia or The Rolling Rice Cakes from Japan). Some episodes even borrow worlds from works of classic children's literature such as Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit, Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio, and Johann David Wyss' Swiss Family... (Suite101.com)
Script doctor wants to save writers from banal stories Jun 23, 2009
" McKee laments the loss of former staples such as Aesop's Fables and the Brothers Grimm from the family home. He believes that their hard truths comprised crucial designs for life that have been largely shelved in favour of rose-coloured nonsense and empty spectacle. "We live in a world that is far less civilised than it was in the 1950s," he argues. "People's behaviour towards one another is unbelievably brutal and part of the reason is because of the banality and the falsity of the stories we... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Unidentical twins May 31, 2009
And that turns out to be true, though dishwater itself is pretty well aged: The Oxford English Dictionary has a citation for the word - as "dysshe water" - from 1484, courtesy of William Caxton's edition of "Aesop's Fables.". It was ditchwater, though - stagnant and murky, presumably - that first found its way into belittling phrases. (Boston Globe)
How Abe, Elvis, and other luminaries really got educated Apr 19, 2009
The death of the future president's mother brought a stepmother bearing allegorical lessons in the form of "The Pilgrim's Progress" (one of Franklin's early favorites) and "Aesop's Fables," and he avoided manual labor whenever possible in favor of "daydreaming" with books. Likewise, Helen Keller's introduction to literature - "The Swiss Family Robinson," "Little Women" - would become "my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised.". (Boston Globe)
Anna Nicole Smith, Howard K. Stern, George Clooney Mar 14, 2009
The Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul, a native of Trinidad who now lives in England, was the subject of the biography winner, Patrick French's "The World Is What It Is." Seth Lerer's "Children's Literature," which traces young people's stories as far back as ancient Greece and Aesop's fables, was cited for criticism. The awards, chosen by American book critics, carry prestige but no cash. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
GARY WALKER: Remember Lincoln for humor, humanity Feb 8, 2009
Princeton professor and Civil War historian, James M. McPherson, has noted that Lincoln's favorite books were the King James Bible, Aesop's Fables, Pilgrim's Progress and Shakespeare's plays. All four of these works are rich in figurative language - allegory, parable, fable, metaphor. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Gay-rights advocates press for change in N.D. law Feb 8, 2009
Your bible and Aesop's Fables both fail miserably. But thanks for the laugh. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
