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01/23/2020

#FolkloreThursday

'Elves come out at night to dance and play in the moonlight.'

Illustration from Children of the Forest (Tomtebobarnen, 1910) by Elsa Beskow

01/22/2020

New Reader Media

For thousands of years, humans have been drawing figures inside caves, church ceilings, and other areas they deemed best. History has ingrained itself in the works of the first men, giving us a glimpse of their way of life...

📌Read more: http://bit.ly/2tqpRdh

01/22/2020

Five Old Master Paintings Stolen 40 Years Ago in a Notorious Art Heist Have Been Recovered Thanks to a German Mayor's Ingenious Plan

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Five Old Master paintings stolen 40 years ago in the former East Germany have been recovered after delicate negotiations.

01/16/2020

#FolkloreThursday

In 16th century, a bishop-fish was reported and taken to the King of Poland. Facing a group of Catholic bishops, it appealed to be released. After granting its wish, it made the sign of the cross and disappeared into the sea.

01/10/2020

Today's read!

One of our favorite poets, Bill Arnott, treats us to a longer adaptation of his compelling writing. His travel memoir, Gone Viking: A Travel Saga, is a 2019 Whistler Independent Book Awards finalist.

Join him as he treks the globe in the wake of the Vikings - adventure, history, and laugh-out-loud humor!

Grab a copy now: https://amzn.to/2tAjN1v 🏔️🗺️ 🚣

01/10/2020

#FolkloreThursday

In Latin cultures, they take a cup or bucket of water then throw it over their shoulder shortly after New Year's Eve to symbolize getting rid of last years’ sadness and problems.

(It's not too late to do that now.)

01/09/2020

Tyler Spangler

Can’t control everything

01/09/2020

New Reader Magazine accepts all kinds of literary works and art in relevance to a theme every quarter.

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01/06/2020

Mercury About to Behead Argus by Ubaldo Gandolfi

01/03/2020

First Friday of the year means it's #CallForSubmissions time!

12/28/2019

This year has been tuneful for everyone here at New Reader Magazine. And since we’re wrapping up 2019, we’d like to start this tradition of paying tribute to artists and sharing the music we found inspiring, booty shakin’ or just simply loved. Enjoy!

🎶: https://spoti.fi/2rY9DHA

12/28/2019

Timeline Photos

12/28/2019

Since we’re wrapping up 2019, we’d like to start this tradition of paying tribute to artists and sharing the music we all found inspiring, booty shakin’ and just simply loved.

You can listen to our mixtape here: https://spoti.fi/2rY9DHA

Enjoy!

12/28/2019

Vista Kicks

Vista Kicks live at Ace Of Spades, Sacramento CA. Dec 27th 2019. SOLD OUT. @ Ace Of Spades

12/26/2019

The New Yorker Cartoons

Better gifts for Mary and Joseph.

12/25/2019

Ah, the holidays. 🎄

We hope you have a merry one, dear readers!

12/24/2019

"“Am I going to be OK? Am I going to be OK?” he asks over and over and I don’t know what to say back because I wasn’t." - Robert Bowerman, On the Way to Port Hardy

Robert received the Meadowlarks Award for Short Fiction from Vancouver Island University in 2019.

12/23/2019

Rick Blum is a three-time winner of the annual Carlisle Poetry Contest. His poem, Tomfoolery, received honorable mention in The Boston Globe Deflategate poetry challenge.

Read his entire piece on Issue 8, "Fight & Flight". Download your copy now!

#NRM #poem #poetry

12/21/2019

Vista Kicks

Exciting news — Vista Kicks has SOLD OUT @aceofspadessac Dec. 27th! Meaning, one week from today will be the largest VK Headlined Show to date! Thank you everybody. We’ll see you next week.

*** some other ways to get tickets — we will be reposting people who have tickets for sale that can no longer make the event. Keep checking our IG + Twitter. Also, @alt947 will be giving out 5 pairs of tickets this coming week. Good luck! ***

12/17/2019

"It's just about making sure that it becomes a compelling story to tell—and I think that for us, at the end of the day, we are storytellers, so we try to look for the right story to tell."

Download a copy of Issue 8, "Fight & Flight" now! 😁

12/17/2019

Is our file too big to download? No worries, we have Issue 8 up on Issuu!

Read our chat with grande_exhibitions and how Van Gogh Alive is trimming the distance between polar opposites in the art world.

#newreadermagazine #fightandflight #art #vangogh #vangoghalive

12/17/2019

"When we were there, I almost forgot I had to take photos for this piece—I somehow learned to live in the moment again."

Catch a glimpse of NRM's experience visiting Van Gogh Alive. Read more by downloading the latest issue!

#newreadermagazine #fightandflight #art #vangogh

12/13/2019

Just in case you were wondering, yes, we're still on Issuu!

Click here: http://ow.ly/I5OX50xzfTB

Don't forget to add us to your stack! 📚

12/13/2019

🎵 It's the most wonderful time of the year! 🎵

New Reader Magazine is proud to present, yet again, another edition of our humble publication.

Issue 8, "Fight & Flight" is a curation of literary works, art pieces, and souls that talk about taking chances, living the moment, and relishing the comfort of our own little escapism.

Download a copy now! https://www.newreadermagazine.com/

12/13/2019

New Reader Magazine's cover photo

12/12/2019

#FolkloreThursday

In a Russian tale, Babushka, who is an old woman, met the Three Wise men on their way to see Jesus.

Art: Babushka (1956), Vasili Mikhailovich Arapov

12/09/2019

#CallForSubmissions time!

This 2020, we look forward to a set of fiction, poetry, articles, artworks and other oddities that focus on vision. And yes, we mean that figuratively and literally. Behold, the titles for next year's journals!

All fiction must be a minimum of 500 words and all prose a max of 4000.

Complete submission guidelines on our website. Send queries and submissions to [email protected].

12/06/2019

Sea Above, Sun Below

Today's read.

George Salis’ debut novel, Sea Above, Sun Below is influenced by Western myths. It's multiple narrative threads form a tapestry which depicts the fragility of characters teetering on the brink of madness.

Get a copy on River Boat Books: https://bit.ly/2Pid9nB

River Boat Books is a publisher of great literature and was founded in 1996 in St. Paul, MN on the banks of the Mississippi River. We chose the name to honor the indomitable, adventurous spirit of Mark Twain, whose presence lingers not only up and down the Mississippi, but across the landscape of Am...

12/05/2019

*High-five, Vista Kicks!

Thanks for the great year on @spotify — here’s to next year 🥂 (if Vista Kicks was one of your top artists, high-five 🙌)

12/05/2019

#FolkloreThursday

Talk about having a helping hand! Brownies are household spirits that perform various chores while humans are away. They're known to pull pranks on lazy servants and are easily offended when they feel like they're insulted.

Art: Joan Llopis Doménech

12/04/2019

Other than Justin Rosenberg's works on portraits, his landscape pieces also caught our eyes. You can follow him @not_currently.

"A lot of it is the same outdoor locations I use for portrait work, just without the human component."

Issue 8, "Fight & Flight" will be live on 13th of December. Keep your eyes peeled!

12/04/2019

The Christmas spirit finally reached our workplace. We will be playing Christmas songs all day. Anyway, here's a photo taken by Justin Rosenberg, our featured artist for issue 8, "Fight & Flight".

See what we did there, @jsrphotos? 😁

Model: Alexis Turner @sparkle4every1

12/04/2019

"A lot of my corporate and commercial work is planned and scripted. My portrait work is almost the opposite of that; very little planning. I’m not very into mood boards and concepts."

Justin Rosenberg shares his creative process in taking photographs; there is none. Read more on our upcoming issue this December!

Stay tuned.

11/28/2019

#FolkloreThursday

In Philippine mythology, Maria Makiling is a guardian spirit who protects Mount Makiling in Laguna. She is known to aid the people of the area in their everyday life.

Art: Maria Makiling, Fernando Amorsolo

11/28/2019

We're always pleased to celebrate Thanksgiving because it gives us the opportunity to be grateful and recognize the people we have worked with this entire year.

We are thankful for a lot of things here at New Reader Magazine, but most of all, we're thankful for you, Dear Reader! This year has been good for us and we thank you for the unending support not only in our publication, but also in the world of art and oddities.

Truly yours,
NRM Team

11/24/2019

Vista Kicks

Vista Kicks

Y’all check out the show-doc that we dropped today? Head over to our YouTube channel and peak 👀

11/24/2019

'Gogh Exhibition' at the Ueno no Mori Art Museum: The Mutual Affection Between van Gogh and Japan | JAPAN Forward

'Gogh Exhibition' at the Ueno no Mori Art Museum: The Mutual Affection Between van Gogh and Japan | JAPAN Forward

"The Netherlands has produced a surprising number of master painters for such a small country," said Ryotaro Shiba in his book, Travelling in the Netherlands. Shiba spent many pages on one of these masters — Vincent van Gogh.

11/24/2019

Vista Kicks -- LIVE at Teragram Ballroom [2019]

Vista Kicks -- LIVE at Teragram Ballroom [2019]

8/21/2019: Teragram Ballroom, Los Angeles, CA If I Didn’t Have You ( 0:34 ) Numbers — ( 6:48 ) Why Do You Say You Love Me? — ( 14:18 ) Drum Solo — ( 21:14 ) ...

11/22/2019

Ernest Hemingway, The Art of Fiction No. 21

Today's read.

"I always rewrite each day up to the point where I stopped. When it is all finished, naturally you go over it. You get another chance to correct and rewrite when someone else types it, and you see it clean in type. The last chance is in the proofs. You’re grateful for these different chances."

  Ernest Hemingway, ca. 1939. Photograph by Lloyd Arnold HEMINGWAY You go to the races?   INTERVIEWER Yes, occasionally.   HEMINGWAY Then you read the Racing Form ... There you have the true art of fiction.   —Conversation in a Madrid cafe, May, 1954   Ern...

11/21/2019

#FolkloreThursday

The film Krysař, which means "The Rat Catcher", is a 1986 Czechoslovak animated film about the Pied Piper of Hamelin. The art design was heavily inspired by German Expressionism and medieval art and is well-known for its dark artistic elements.

11/20/2019

Gilberte O’Sullivan is a poet, writer, mother and irrepressible dreamer from the Caribbean island of Trinidad.

Two of her works will be featured in Issue 8, "Fight & Flight"! Stay tuned.

11/20/2019

Joseph Roulin, April 1888

Vincent Van Gogh

11/19/2019

"And the savage will materialize, a savage
No different than any savage from a slum" - Bob Mcneil, The Ungentrified Truth

Bob McNeil was influenced by the Imagists and the Beat Movement. He still hopes to express and address the needs of the human mosaic.

#art #poetry #NRM

11/18/2019

Darcy Smith works as a sign language interpreter. She's a Buddhist and a kickboxer; her current obsession is executing a six punch three kick combination with perfect form.

Read more of Darcy's works in our upcoming issue this December.

#poetry #literature #art #NRM

11/14/2019

#FolkloreThursday

You better watch out.
Krampus is coming to town.

This half-goat demon punishes children who misbehave, carrying a bundle of birch branches that he uses to occasionally swat them.