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On Gandhi's birthday, Museum in New York will transform into 'peace lab'Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 4:11AMNevada (US), Sept 8 : Prestigious Rubin Museum of Art (RMA) in New York (USA) will transform into a 'peace lab' on Mahatma Gandhi's birthday falling on October two to commemorate International Day of Non-Violence.

Video: Leeds Children's Hospital appeal launchWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 2:24AMOnce hospitals were associated with drab, grey walls and an often depressing atmosphere.

The Mad Men PhotographerTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 10:26PMAt first glance, Elad Lassry's work can look like advertising. His bold, ambiguously retro genre photographs, showcased in the "New Photography 2010" show opening this month at the Museum of Modern Art, feature animals, actors or still lifes of mundane or commercial objects: cosmetics, eggs, pencil-holders, would-be matinee idols. Using the language of commercial photography, and saturated in ...

How bazaarTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 6:26PMWhat she’s selling: Beaded jewelry, headbands, feather hair combs, embellished bobby pins, decorated jewelry boxes, inflatable origami lights,...

Architectural StoriesTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 4:12PMThe houses on this year’s Central Gardens Home and Garden Tour chronicle a century of architectural styling.They begin with traditional designs that b...

Twinkling toes at White House for first event in new series celebrating danceTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 3:44PMWASHINGTON - The stately White House East Room, home to many a bill signing and ceremonial gathering, became a stage Tuesday for pirouettes, jetes, gravity-defying leaps and a few bumps and grinds as Michelle Obama inaugurated a new dance series.

Twinkling toes on tap at the White HouseTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 3:39PMThe stately White House East Room becomes a stage Tuesday for pirouettes, jetes, gravity-defying leaps and maybe even some bumps and grinds as Michelle Obama inaugurates a new dance series.

Rosso Italiano: An actual reason to go to 1933Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 7:31AM              We've reported a couple times that 1933, the former slaughterhouse turned art district/shopping complex, was beautiful but empty , a space that had potential but nothing to fill it. But on a recent walk through, something had changed - more spaces had gone from renovation to actually being open, and what few early tenants had already set up suddenly seemed more alluring. We walked ...

New fall books: Stewart presents 'Earth,' and presidents are profiledSaturday, September 4, 2010 @ 11:07PMNEW YORK — Jon Stewart is a busy man, a most important man who has no time for such pastimes as reading for pleasure. Unless, of course, the book is his own.