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Poetry's Rock Stars Light Up Sunken Garden
When hundreds of people showed up for a outdoor poetry reading in Farmington in 1992, causing a traffic jam, "it dawned on us," said an organizer, "this was going to be a yearly thing." That was an understatement. That first blockbuster evening has...
Tags: Arts and Culture, James Merrill, Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), Richard Wilbur, Billy Collins
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BLOCK EVENTS HIGHLIGHT MUSEUM AS TEACHING, LEARNING TOOL Spring and summer activities celebrate Block’s collections and role at Northwestern
TribLocal - EvanstonEVANSTON, Ill. — Three new exhibitions and related educational programs at Northwestern University’s Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art this spring demonstrate the museum’s …... -
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Edward Hopper painting to become U.S. postage stamp
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Collecting ¿ Where to put it all?
By Elizabeth Johns Special to The Herald-Mail Almost everyone collects something. As a famous book collector once said: "After love, book collecting is the most exhilarating sport of all." Few of us collect books, but many enjoy the exhilaration...Tags: Washington County (Maryland), Hobbies, Homes, Finance, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Historian's next stop: Paris
In one of his lesser known — but still exquisite — books, first published in 1992, David McCullough writes about painter Frederic Remington, an artist who captured the last glimmers of the twilight of the American West of the 19th century, a...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Frederic Remington, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Human Interest, History
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Book Review: 'The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris'
Special to the Los Angeles TimesThe Greater Journey Americans in Paris David McCullough Simon & Schuster: 560 pp., $37.50 For more than 40 years, David McCullough has brought the past to life in books distinguished by vigorous storytelling and vivid characterizations. He garnered...Tags: Isadora Duncan, The Washington Post, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Human Interest, Gertrude Stein
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Creating a wax museum
NEWPORT BEACH — Rows of third-grade students dressed in costumes stood statue-like, holding out their clenched right fists. As parents walked up and down the rows and pressed a red "button" on the students' fists, 8-year-old versions of Leonardo...Tags: Leonardo da Vinci, J.K. Rowling , Colin Powell, Literature, Kobe Bryant
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Upcoming events at Florida Museum for Women Artists in DeLand
Postcards from FloridaThe Florida Museum for Women Artists is worth a visit if you are strolling on the lovely streets of Downtown DeLand. The museum is located upstairs on the west side of Woodland Boulevard just north of New York Avenue. Here's a look at what's happening... -
Art review: 'American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765-1915' @ LACMA
Culture MonsterWhat is an American? Today, as the 20th century -- the so-called "American Century" -- recedes in memory, the question can seem immodest or even grandiose. If we don't know now, after decades wielding almost unimaginable superpower status around the......
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