| Puritans Put On Tattoo Art Show Before We Do The city of Boston is hosting two exhibits on the ancient art form turned spring break mistakethe tattoo. Under the Skin: Tattoos in Japanese Prints is open at The Museum of Fine Arts and the Mexican tattoo artist know as Dr. Lakras has is first solo show at the Institute of Contemporary Art. Both honor an art that had been banned in Boston for nearly 40 yearsthough the town, which is home to ... nypress.com |
Priest Fights Gangs With 'Boundless Compassion' For 20 years, Father Gregory Boyle has run Homeboy Industries, an anti-gang program which employs and is run by ex-gang members in Los Angeles. Boyle recently had to lay off most of his staff because of financial problems. He recounts the decades he's helped ex-gang members turn their lives around in a new memoir, Tattoos on the Heart. npr.org |
Plate-sized tar tattoos Navarre Beach (PHOTOS) NAVARRE Navarre Beach on Tuesday saw its worst impact from the BP oil spill. "It's not tar balls. It's plate-sized oil that's all over our beach," said Eddie Kiihnl, 48, a resident of Navarre Beach. "It came in with the high tide, and it's... thedestinlog.com |
Beyond tattoos, piercings: The art of scarification makes the cut Beyond tattoos, piercings: The art of scarification makes the cut By Ben Fulton The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Aug 13, 2010 11:21AM MDT Nick Black endured more than half an hour of a 2,200-degree surgical wand burning through his skin. The gain from all that pain was a Mandalorian Bantha Boba Fett Mythosaur skull branded over his right bicep. The 25-year-old Star Wars diehard, who works at the ... sltrib.com |
Carlos Untied: Carlos Gets Tattooed Tattoos are not for everyone, including Carlos Vergara, but for the sake of remembering his daughter Natalia, "Carlos Untied" went to a local tattoo parlor. newsplex.com |