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a culture vulture (humorous)

someone who is very keen to see and experience art, theatre, literature, music etc.. She's a bit of a culture vulture. She'll only visit places that have at least one art gallery.

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Though he was called a culture vulture, voyeur and white decadent by some, it was through Van Vechten that Larsen made many life-altering liaisons, meeting Ethel Waters, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Zora Neale Hurston, Gertrude Stein, and most propitiously, Alfred and Blanche Knopf, the publishers of Larsen's novels. In Search of Nella Larsen: A Biography of the Color Line by Rattley, Sandra / Black Issues Book Review But Travolta likes to point out that over his last four jobs, he's played a comic-book villain in ``The Punisher,'' a stalwart big-city fire chief in ``Ladder 49,'' a Southern culture vulture on the skids in ``Love Song,'' and ``Get Shorty's'' mobster-gone-Hollywood Chili Palmer again in the sequel ``Be Cool,'' scheduled for a March release. SOUTHERN COMFORT JOHN TRAVOLTA REVELS IN HIS OVERFED AND OVER-READ ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) With no fewer than eight queer-identified artists in spring's Whitney Biennial, lesbian and gay culture vultures are ever more visible in high-art museum venues. Art apart: set your mind free with images that are beautiful, ... by Shank, Will / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) More results

Though he was called a culture vulture, voyeur and white decadent by some, it was through Van Vechten that Larsen made many life-altering liaisons, meeting Ethel Waters, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Zora Neale Hurston, Gertrude Stein, and most propitiously, Alfred and Blanche Knopf, the publishers of Larsen's novels.

In Search of Nella Larsen: A Biography of the Color Line by Rattley, Sandra / Black Issues Book Review

But Travolta likes to point out that over his last four jobs, he's played a comic-book villain in ``The Punisher,'' a stalwart big-city fire chief in ``Ladder 49,'' a Southern culture vulture on the skids in ``Love Song,'' and ``Get Shorty's'' mobster-gone-Hollywood Chili Palmer again in the sequel ``Be Cool,'' scheduled for a March release.

SOUTHERN COMFORT JOHN TRAVOLTA REVELS IN HIS OVERFED AND OVER-READ ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

With no fewer than eight queer-identified artists in spring's Whitney Biennial, lesbian and gay culture vultures are ever more visible in high-art museum venues.

Art apart: set your mind free with images that are beautiful, ... by Shank, Will / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)

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