Calendar designed by Marta Gomez

Marta Gomez, a Baha'i in Irmo, S.C., started out making a simple calendar to put on the refrigerator so her daughters, Alma, 9, and Maya, 5, could keep track of days in Baha'i and Gregorian time. But the project grew in scope and intricacy, and by the time she was done, Ms. Gomez had created an elaborate 30-inch-by-30-inch work of art in watercolor and ink.

Calendar

Marty and Wendy Quinn fell in love and married in 1982. The Baha'i couple then fell in love with a work by Baha’u’llah -- The Seven Valleys -- and the idea of turning it into a musical.

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A significant part of the problem with the use of diplomatic language in news reports is that it tends to obscure facts in an impenetrable linguistic fog ... And musicians who adhere to the Baha'i or Jewish faiths are unlikely to be invited to stop by as a guest soloist.

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OFFENBACH, Germany, 20 January 2008 (BWNS) -- After six years of perfecting a technique that combines drama and discussion as a means to communicate with youth, a German theater group has gone international.

Individuals or agencies in four countries have commissioned People's Theater to give performances or offer training in the technique, said Erfan Diebel, one of the administrators of the drama group.

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Maya Bohnhoff, a Baha’i musician and author of science fiction and fantasy works as well as short essays on issues related to the Baha’i Faith. Her music is a joint venture with her husband, Jeff, and their musical styles include filk. The music in this podcast is all from Jeff and Maya’s work.

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Otto Donald Rogers art books against the backdrop of his latest paintings at David Mirvish Books

Toronto, Ontario, 13 November 2007 (Rob O'Flanagan, CBNS) — Every work of art Otto Rogers has set out to make began with a sense of great anticipation. "Within the act of creation lies the anticipation of assistance," said Rogers, 72, who is the subject of a major new art book from Radius Books, a new publisher based in Santa Fe, New Mexico.