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Finding his ideas in dreams

Entertainment | By Lynn Smith | October 17, 2007

In “Mad Men,” AMC’s much-lauded series set in a 1960 New York advertising agency, Don Draper, the agency’s creative director, gives advice to Peggy, the ambitious new woman as she tries to think up ideas for her first ad campaign. Read more

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

A `Fall’ no one wants to take

Entertainment | By Patrick Goldstein | June 26, 2007

TARSEM SINGH has made a lucrative living for 17 years as a sought-after director of commercials, videos and the creepy 2000 horror hit, “The Cell.” Read more

Thursday, March 1, 2007

Study tells benefits of `creative economy’

Business | By Richard Verrier | March 1, 2007

What do the strapless bra, Bugs Bunny and the Cobb salad have in common? Read more

Tuesday, September 5, 2006

Awards Honor Those Who Continue Their Labor

California | Local | By Larry Gordon | September 5, 2006

To a San Francisco-based think tank, life begins at 60. Read more

Sunday, July 23, 2006

Just whose idea is it anyway?

Entertainment | By Marc Porter Zasada | July 23, 2006

LIKE so many other people in America, I’m working on a groundbreaking book. Read more

Thursday, August 25, 2005

Imagine that, then draw it

News | By Brenda Rees | August 25, 2005

ON a recent Saturday afternoon at the Bowers Kidseum, a group of kids were given a creative task: Invent a character, design where he/she/it lives and give that character a pet. Read more

Thursday, August 18, 2005

Imagination station

News | By Brenda Rees | August 18, 2005

EXPERTS say that children learn by playing – it’s their job. Read more

Sunday, January 30, 2005

Designers Pull New Styles Out of the Past

California | Local | By Cara Mia Dimassa | January 30, 2005

Tacky, graphic wallpaper ends up on a fashion runway in the form of a purse. Read more

Sunday, March 7, 2004

The Golden Age of Mediocrity

Magazine | By Patrick J. Kiger | March 7, 2004

English writer W. Somerset Maugham published a 1949 essay in which he pondered whether Dostoevski or El Greco was the greater artistic genius. Read more

Tuesday, January 21, 2003

Actor John Cleese to Probe Role of Creativity

California | Local | By Patricia Ward Biederman | January 21, 2003

Tall even for a cultural icon, John Cleese has interests beyond abusive hotel management, the dearth of cheese and the mortality of parrots. Read more

Monday, August 20, 2001

‘Direct Instruction’ Paying Off

California | Local | By Martha Groves | August 20, 2001

Eshelman Avenue Elementary School in Lomita would appear to have the cards stacked against it: Most pupils come from low-income households, and many speak little or no English at home. Read more

Wednesday, May 31, 2000

Going to Film School at New Line University

Entertainment | By Patrick Goldstein | May 31, 2000

Nearly everyone works long hours in the movie business, but the lights really burn late at night at New Line Cinema, which has quietly become Hollywood’s in-house film school. Read more

Eat Your Heart Out, Kafka

News | By Carol J. Williams | May 31, 2000

Inviting scents of cinnamon and cardamom waft from the crowded cafes along Karl Johans Gate where businessmen and bellboys, shoppers and students, take time each day to sip strong coffee and linger over a good book. Read more

Sunday, December 19, 1999

Healing Arts

California | Local | By Roberto J. Manzano | December 19, 1999

For more than a year, Luane Sugerman nurtured the idea of a sophisticated arts program for children and adults at the North Valley Jewish Community Center. Read more