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Antiques get their due Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 7:27AMThe first time Ed Kowalski walked into Lillie's grocery store, he was an 18-year-old Air Force airman stationed in London. Three years later, the owner's daughter became his wife.
Laid-back town of Hillsboro rich in history Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 6:27AMThe tiny village of Hillsboro offers more to the visitor than you might expect.
Doyle New York to Auction a Chinese Imperial Zitan Table Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:50AMImperial Chinese Zitan Side Table, 18th Century.
Thai-ASEAN News Network Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 3:38AMThe province of Chachoengsao is probably best known for its famous Bangpakong River and the temple of Wat Luang Por Sothorn, which is home to one of the kingdom’s most revered Buddha images.
Drop-side cribs banned at consignment sales in Folsom, Roseville, Elk Grove Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 1:02PMDrop-side cribs, the subject of many recalls, won't be accepted or sold this year at the huge regional consignment sales run by Just Between Friends Franchise Systems Inc.
Save our stores Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:22PMI am one of the most enthusiastic supporters of Penn South.
Celebration of arts Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:07PMLEHMAN TWP. – Toe-tapping tunes, eye-capturing jugglers and crafters of all varieties were part of the 26th annual Summer Festival held on Sunday on the Penn State Wilkes-Barre campus.
Southside is home to international toilet maker Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:01PMSouthside is home to international toilet maker
More citations issued in Fort Collins riot Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 11:52AMFORT COLLINS, Colo. - Police in Fort Collins say seven more people have received citations from a riot in the city's Old Town district. That brings the total so far to 14 people who have been cited for their alleged participation in the disturbance August 22.
Playing with fire Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 11:38AMCoralie Triance wraps water soaked newspaper around the rims of the buckets used for the red hot ceramics during a raku reduction firing session at Parkgate Pottery Art Studio at North Vancouver’s Parkgate Community Centre. Pieces are fired for 20 minutes at 1100 degrees.
Horticultural Society gives out awards Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 11:34AMThe Tri City Horticultural Society held their 51st annual show. The show, which was held Aug. 14, at the Nipawin Seniors Hall was an astounding success.
The City Square mall is a popular spot not only with local shoppers, but also with Singaporeans who find its proximity ... Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 11:10AMTHERE is are a variety of shopping malls in Johor to suit all types of shoppers. Whether it is high-end boutiques, fusion food or handicraft outlets, Johor is able to entice discerning shoppers.
Street fair planned for downtown Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 8:26AMThe North Platte Telegraph Musicians, artists and vendors are banding together to raise money for a new arts center in North Platte. A street fair is planned for Saturday at Fifth and Dewey Streets. Although there have been previous fairs in North Platte's Downtown area, organizer George Lauby said Saturday's will be the biggest.
Event benefits officers' families Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 7:30AMA Saturday fundraiser at Plant City Stadium will help the families of two Tampa police officers who were killed during a traffic stop.
Dig reveals story of America's last slave ship Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 6:34AMMOBILE, Ala. -- From bits of brick, pieces of slate and shards of glass, Neil Norman is hoping to piece together the lost world of Africatown.
Pow Wow gathers Sept. 4 Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 11:11PMA time for gathering together as a cohesive community, the 2nd annual Pow Wow in Woodland Park attracts people from all over the region.
Stebner Summer Fete Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 11:11PMBring a picnic and enjoy paintings, pottery and antiques. Aug. 28, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; free Patois by Stebner 330-620-8738
Greenwich CT Estate Sale Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 11:07PMA weekly newspaper serving the antiques and arts industry, collectors, and institutions. New information each week on antiques shows and auctions around the country and antiques dealer listings.
Campbell shorts: Campbell gets 'Red Hot' with upcoming fundraiser Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 10:28PMArts, crafts sale to help build new churchMembers of the West Valley Christian Alliance Church are hosting an arts and crafts sale to raise money to build a new church.
Calendar of Events Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 9:27PMHealth Alert, at Bonsor Seniors' Centre, 6550 Bonsor Ave., with drop-in services from 10 to 11:45 a.m. including blood pressure, weight and height monitoring, health info, massage and relaxation. Exercise at 11 a.m. Presentation at noon: Can all prescription drugs be trusted? Info: 604-439-1456.
Treasures: A pitcher by any other name Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 9:07PMUsually, decorated pieces with floral treatments such as this sell for around $900 at auction and have an insurance-replacement value in the $1,500 — $1,800 range.
Cooler weekend temperatures welcome relief Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 9:03PMA second wave of thunderstorms pelted parts of Riverside County Thursday with heavy rain, wind and hail, knocking down tree branches, sparking small brush fires and flooding roadways in areas that had been hammered with monsoon-like downpours the day before.
Cagayan de Oro: History of lumad marginalization Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 8:56PMCAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews/26 August) — The ancestors of Cagayanons could be the sea-faring sub-tribe of the Manobo, the Higaonons. (BenCyrus G. Ellorin)
Aubrey artist turns broken pottery into the people's art Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 2:40PMDon't let the tailored, business casual wardrobe and the discussion of water districts fool you.
San Dieguito Art Guild seeks new members Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 2:28PMSan Dieguito Art Guild's Off Track Gallery in the Lumberyard Shopping Center in downtown Encinitas has space available to rent to artists working in 3-D. This includes small sculpture, pottery, fiber art, glass art and other original, handmade art. Artists must join the guild for a yearly subscription of $75. The rental for a grouping of three 18 x 18 x 18 cubes is $50 per month. In addition ...
Canada Embraces Culture Days: To Date More Than 3500 Free Activities Offered for Nation's First Weekend-Long Arts and ... Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 1:51PMTORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 26, 2010) -
Canada Embraces Culture Days: To Date More Than 3500 Free Activities Offered for Nation'S First Weekend-Long Arts and ... Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 1:41PMTORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - 08/26/10) - Editors Note: There is a photo associated with this Press Release. Canada has responded! Thousands of individual artists, groups and organizations in every province and territory have created and registered more than 3500 free arts and culture activities for Culture Days 2010 - the nation's largest free weekend-long arts and culture celebration. The ...
Local events for the week of Aug. 27-Sept. 2 Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 1:40PMListen to the Music 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 2 / Visalia Fox Theatre, 308 W. Main St. / $55, $75,
Rosewood offers fall art classes Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 1:31PMKETTERING — Registrations are now being taken for a wide variety of Rosewood Arts Centre classes that begin from September through November.Offerings for youth include dance, clay, music, homeschool art, drawing, printmaking and theater.
Learn how to make ‘heritage crafts’ at Museums of Cassidy Park Saturday Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 1:31PMDemonstrations of “heritage” craft-making will be offered at both of the Museums of Cassidy Park and in the Museums classroom from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
• Student art reception tonight Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 1:06PMA closing reception for Waterworksâ Summer ARTventuresâ exhibition is this evening, from 5-6:30 p.m. Waterworks offered 38 art classes this summer in pottery, portraiture, architecture, printmaking, drawing, collage, and mosaic. Tonight is the l ...
Lake Elsinore sustains damage to 20 power poles from storm; 100 customers still without power Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 12:29PMThursday, August 26 th , 2010. Issue 34, Volume 14. LAKE ELSINORE - Some residents in storm-damaged Lake Elsinore "sheltered in place" in their homes overnight due to downed power lines and power poles in their neighborhood, authorities said today.
Fairfax Historical Society robbed Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 7:18PMA burglar broke into the Fairfax Historical Society and made off with several historical pottery items and a butter churn.
Archaeological dig yields treasures n Columbia Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 7:15PMA recent archaeological dig at Rotary Park has set Columbia Borough's historical clock back a few thousand years, revealing an American Indian community dating to a time when pharaohs ruled Egypt and Stonehenge was under construction."We've found spear points dating back to 3000 B.C. and pot...
Darwin's Family Tree Rediscovered Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 6:09PMThe Galton-Darwin-Wedgwood pedigree, first exhibited in 1932, has been found in the archives of Truman State UniversityA poster of the Galton-Darwin-Wedgwood pedigree was prepared by Harry Hamilton Laughlin, Director of the Eugenics Record Office of the Carnegie Institute, and exhibited at the Third International Congress of Eugenics in 1932 at the American Museum of Natural History.A photograph ...
Museums-East Bay Through September 5 Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 5:58PMAFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM AND LIBRARY AT OAKLAND The Oakland Public Library's museum is designed to discover, preserve, interpret and share the cultural and historical experiences of African Americans in California and the West. In addition, a three-panel mural is on permanent display.
Haiti's Plas Timoun offers play therapy to young quake victims Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 5:40PMPORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - When counselors asked the children at the Plas Timoun psychological therapy center to draw, what came out on the paper were images of crumbled houses, severed limbs and blood spurting from people trapped under the ruins. But Jasmine Etelus, 8, was drawing another kind of h... Haiti - Caribbean - Health - Organizations - Partners in Health
A la Carte: Tea bar opens at San Pedro Square; Italian Festa in San Jose; Campbell's culinary win Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 5:10PMTea time: You may have come across Victoria Boyert and her specialty teas at South Bay farmers markets.
Lee Commissioners have no legal reason to fight permit for Mound Key dock Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 4:54PMLee County Commissioners have no legal reason to challenge a state environmental permit for private land owners to build a dock and foot bridge on Mound Key, the county attorney said Tuesday.
Big Brothers Big Sisters program makes a lasting impact in Warren County Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 4:33PMSending a thank you are children served by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hunterdon Somerset & Warren. Story Written By Andrea Lovas WASHINGTON — At the age of 12, Kristen was having trouble in school. In fact, she found out,...
If an elephant can paint: Storefront gets makeover for Chevy-ad shoot in Edison Park Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 2:28PMHow do you change a paint-your-own-pottery studio into a dress boutique?
Modern Etiquette - The art of cross-cultural gift-giving Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 2:16PMLONDON (Reuters) - As a protocol expert, I receive queries almost daily from busy executives seeking to navigate international business relationships.
Local business briefs - ‘Speed dating’ set at UNCW center Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 2:01PMWilmington | The Entrepreneurship Center at UNCW is holding its popular “speed dating” event 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Madeline Suite, 601 S. College Road.
Modern Etiquette: The art of cross-cultural gift-giving Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 1:49PM(Pamela Eyring is the president and director of The Protocol School of Washington which provides certified professional etiquette and protocol training. Founded in 1988, PSOW is the only school of its kind in the United States to become accredited. Any opinions expressed are her own. PSOW's website is http://psow.edu.)
Lavonia officials look for vendors for fall festival Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 12:52PMLavonia’s fall festival is just about a month away and the deadline for vendors to reserve their spot is also fast approaching.
"DO ART"co-sponsored by Muddy Creek Artists Guild and Shady Side Museum Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 12:40PMFor the first time ever, two local organizations have joined together to present a program directed at bringing workshops in various art media to people in the community. The event is free and open to people of all ages.
Most BArT students ever start today Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 12:16PMADAMS -- School is back in session today at the Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public School, and Principal Ben Klompus said the school is preparing for its largest student body ever.
Choctaw Nation plans large Labor Day festival Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 11:26AMEach year, the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma conducts its Labor Day Festival and Pow Wow at Tushka Homma. The Labor Day Festival offers many activities that appeal to all ages and personalities. Whether it's sports, quilting, learning more about Choctaw traditions or experiencing awesome performances, Tushka Homma is the place to be on Labor Day weekend!
Hartford City Councilman Matt Ritter Getting Married Saturday Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 8:22PMMatt Ritter is son of former Speaker of the House Tom Ritter Thought it was odd that Hartford City Council member Matt Ritter , a Democrat, was MIA when a recount deemed him the winner in the 1st House District Democratic primary. Then I remembered: The guy is getting married Saturday! Ritter and fiancee Marilyn Katz will be married Saturday afternoon at The Balsams, a historic resort in ...
Chemical Plant Gets Visit During Senators Made in Ohio Tour Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 5:12PMU.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown also answered a question regarding Severstal.