It Happened in Keokuk Aug 23, 2008
Bob Thompson won two races to highlight Keokuk Kart Klub action Saturday night. 39th annual Montrose Watermelon Festival set for Aug. 26-28. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
A Cinderella story? Think again May 27, 2008
Bob Thompson and Chris Knight, plus Reel Time and complete film festival coverage. And for the latest from the red carpet and gossip from Hollywood. (National Post)
Clooney's ideologies don't hinder the fun Oct 4, 2007
Bob Thompson, National Post. Published:Wednesday, October 03, 2007. (National Post)
More of this story Jul 28, 2007
Artists represented in the exhibit include Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Lezley Saar, James Vander Zee, Bob Thompson and Todd Gray. For the exhibit, Moniz organized Kebede's large collection into four thematic categories. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Dual exhibit set to open in Moorhead Jul 19, 2007
"Silver Expressions in Black and White", by Bob Thompson from near Pisgah, are photos taken with the old style camera with the cloth over the photographer's head and are not produced by contemporary methods. "Woodturning for the Art of it", is shown by the "Loess Hills Woodturners Club" of Omaha, Nebraska. (Dunlap Reporter, IA)
Pisgah photographer's art on Display at Moorhead Center Jul 13, 2007
"Silver Expressions in Black and White", a photo show by Bob Thompson, who lives outside Pisgah, opens Aug. 3. This country themed exhibit will be very entertaining to rural populations. (Missouri Valley Times News, IA)
Mountain State Art and Craft Fair (feature photos) Jul 7, 2007
Here, a crowd gathers to hear the Mountain Stage Band, including (from left) Bob Thompson, Ron Sowell and Larry Groce. Matt and Chip Turner work on a small vase at the Appalachian Glass tent. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
FestivALL 2007 Schedule Jun 23, 2007
Bob Thompson plays on the levee as folks begin to fill Haddad Riverfront Park on Friday. More News. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
Clouds could dampen FestivALL fun Jun 22, 2007
Other music scheduled for today includes a free Live on the Levee concert with The Bob Thompson Unit, The Soul Doctors and the Voodoo Katz beginning at 6 p.m. at Haddad Riverfront Park, guitar virtuoso Tommy Emmanuel and Kieren Murphy at 7:30 p.m. at the Capitol Center Theater ($18) and A Gershwin Gala at 8 p.m. at the Clay Center ($18). FestivALL continues through Sunday. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
Theme songs a dying art May 11, 2007
Bob Thompson, professor of media and popular culture at Syracuse University, blames it on network consultants fretting over viewers' itchy remote fingers. "The idea was that you had to immediately close in your audience like quicksand, and a theme song that would provide nothing new was an invitation to check out other channels," Thompson said. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
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Hilton Als on “Dutchman” Jan 30, 2007
He d published highly regarded essays on jazz in magazines like the Evergreen Review; he d done dope with the black artist Bob Thompson. But, after a trip to Cuba in 1960, he began to question his relationship to the white world that had helped foster his career. (New Yorker)
