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  • Summer Table Accessories Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 1:14AMMADELINE WEINRIB, the New York textile designer, started her career as a painter. "I did my first rug collection almost as a lark," she said.
  • Native Youth, Clinging to Their Culture (in News) Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 12:36AM'At potlatches they speak in our language. I've no idea what's going on.' Fifth in a reader-funded series.
  • Modern fencing a sport for mind, body Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 12:22AMWith a lunge forward and a quick move of the hand, fencing instructor Charles Johnson had his opponent on the defensive.
  • Jewish fusion music key to Budapest's 'Jewstock' festival Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 12:15AMBUDAPEST (JTA) -- Flora Polnauer, 28, tilts back her head, half closes her eyes and hums a few bars of a song by her hip-hop/funk/reggae band HaGesher.
  • James and the Giant Peach (Blu-ray) Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 8:29PMRecommended The Movie: Henry Selick's follow up to the amazingly successful A Nightmare Before Christmas didn't quite take the world by storm the way the Tim Burton produced exploits of Jack Skellington (who actually does sort of have a cameo in this film if you pay close attention) and company did, but his adaptation of Roald Dahl's James And The Giant Peach is still a pretty impressive work of ...
  • Mobile Music Mercedes Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 8:20PMIn the North Bay, there's always some really crazy, wonderfully weird public thing happening right around the corner.
  • New & Notable Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 8:19PMThe wine country's not the first place that comes to mind for finger-licking Southern comfort like fried chicken and pulled-pork sandwiches. But the Fremont Diner 's got the first word on hearty diner food when respite from the elevated etiquette of vineyard-side dining is in order. 2698 Fremont Drive, Sonoma. 707.938.7370. . . . Sonoma's got everyone's soul food fix, the sort one might find ...
  • Cheese Expertise Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 8:19PMJohn Ash owes his illustrious culinary career to his grandmother's grilled cheese sandwich. "It was probably the first memorable food that I had.
  • 7/30 Steppin' Out Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 8:15PMAt 3 p.m. Sunday, David Osborne performs with his Trio at the Rylander Theatre. He is thrilled to take the Rylander stage again. Tickets are $15 and available online at www.rylander.org and at the Rylander Box Office: 229-931-0001. All seating is reserved.
  • Bonhams Appoint James Service as Senior Business Consultant in East Anglia Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 8:04PMJames worked most recently as an independent art consultant, advising clients on buying and selling and also providing a valuation service. Photo: Bonhams.
  • Drugs, disasters and disorientation Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:58PMDisasters and drugs, confusion and disorientation are all explored in the latest exhibitions at Dunedin’s Blue Oyster Art Project Space.
  • How Technology Is Changing Our Brain Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:49PMHow have modern technologies like computers and cell phones changed the brains of young people? What are the benefits and downsides of the newly evolving brain wired on microprocessors and limitless information? We'll explore these issues with a UCLA brain and memory expert.
  • 9-1-1 Communications Center Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:48PMResidents and leaders of Washington Parish, like their counterparts throughout the southeast portion of the state, learned the hard way when Hurricane Katrina blasted through close to five years ago, that survival and recovery are nearly impossible without effective communications.
  • Clubs and Organizations Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:44PMWeekly Monday Parents Anonymous Support Group: Meets every Monday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Community Presbyterian Church, 590 S. Huachuca in Benson.
  • Comment on On my favorite novelist: William Somerset Maugham by dinobeano Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 10:03PMI liked Maugham's style. Tun Ismail Mohamed Ali, the legendary Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia, told me that I should learn to write like Maugham, his favorite author too, if I wanted be a good communicator. What better way, he said, than to read his short stories and novels. As advised, I read "Of Human Bondage" and followed up with "Lisa of Lambeth', and others through the years. His short ...
  • An Australian’s fascination with the kebaya Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 10:02PMWHEN one moves to another culture that is totally different from one’s own, a process of peeling through the layers of discovery takes place.
  • Riding the Korean wave: The Philippine context, and what it all means Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 9:58PMPeople always ask me why I’m so into Korean pop culture – why I put up with watching shows on tiny screens with even tinier subtitles, why I listen to songs whose lyrics I can’t understand, and why I take the time to learn their dance moves. The truth is that I’m jealous. I’m jealous that most of their artists can and do actually perform live, that they have primetime dramas that go beyond the ...
  • New books get back to culinary basics Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 9:44PMWhether you're woefully inadequate in the kitchen or an accomplished cook looking for new challenges, some not-so-light summer reading will help you recapture the lost kitchen arts.Start with The Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook, which sounds like t ...
  • Davenport removes floodwalls ahead of falling Mississippi crest projections Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 9:40PMOn Tuesday afternoon, Mike Clarke and his crew were beginning to pack up the 2,900 feet of floodwall that had been built in five different spots around the city in less than 48 hours, when early predictions were for a 20-foot flood.
  • Young Art Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 9:25PMThere's nothing quite like gazing at an Impressionist exhibit to the mellow sound of "Mommmm, can we go yet?" Any parent who has tried to instill love of art and culture into children knows it can be a challenge. Luckily, many New York City museums have special programs aimed for children.   Story Time at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue To children, museums...
  • Pixar's Animation and Artistry Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 8:56PMShedding light on the Emeryville studio's rich history. by Ellen Cushing In 1986, Steve Jobs and Ed Catmull founded Pixar — then just a tiny company that began as an outgrowth of Lucasfilm and primarily focused on selling high-end software, with a small side-business in computer animation. This was almost 25 years ago, when computers were still big and prohibitively expensive for most users ...
  • Feeding the Demand for Mid-century Modern Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 8:55PMRetail Tour: Danish and American modernist furnishings. by Bernice Yeung When Bruce Crawford, the owner of Modernaire (2101 Dwight Way, Berkeley) opened up his first modernist furniture store 25 years ago on the East Coast, "modern" was associated with all things art deco. He spent the first half of his career hunting for 1920s and 1930s-era pieces. But about ten years ago, Crawford began to ...
  • Inverleith House Opens First Museum Exhibition in the UK Devoted to the Artist Joan Mitchell Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 8:51PMEDINBURGH.- Inverleith House presents the first museum exhibition in the UK devoted to the artist Joan Mitchell (1925–1992) – one of the most important and singular American painters of the post war period, whose influence and stature are gaining increasing recognition today.
  • The American Landscapes of Asher B. Durand to Be Explored in Exhibition at Fundación Juan March Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 8:50PMAsher B. Durand, "Catskill Clove, New York", 1864. Oil on canvas. The New York Historical Society. MADRID.-
  • Classical music venues: Not for the faint-hearted Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 6:20PMIn the corridor outside door H, I was on the floor and a helpful usher was fetching the Royal Albert Hall medic. In the auditorium, the Prom from which I had extracted myself, Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, was in full swing. I feared the emphasis might yet fall on the word "die".
  • The rise and fall of meadows Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 6:20PMIf I do nothing else this summer, I will at least have helped to make a wildflower meadow. I feel pretty good about it, for flower meadows are in short supply. And the job is not at all easy. To make a new meadow, you first have to find an old one and take some of the seed. Then, having raked out most of the grass stalks, you rush the loot to the barn before it turns to compost. There you spread ...
  • Letters: Big Society Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 6:09PMUS senators smear Scotland
  • SouthEastern Doll Expo visits Asheville Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 4:11PMASHEVILLE — The third annual SouthEastern Doll Expo will be held Aug. 7-8 at the Crowne Plaza Tennis & Golf Resort in the new Exposition Center. Doll artists will come from all over the country to show off their latest creations in the two-day Sales Room.
  • ‘Funeral march’ in mourning of Maltese art Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 9:49AMMore than 100 people have held a mock ‘funeral’ to protest against the country’s censorship laws. Protesters walked down Republic Street in Valletta, holding a coffin which said ‘art is dead’ and stopped in front of the Culture Secretariat.
  • Chatham Playhouse hosts 16th annual Jersey Voices Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 8:21AMThe 16th annual Jersey Voices One-Act Festival opens on Friday, July 30 at the Chatham Playhouse, North Passaic Ave.
  • BOOK/MAGAZINE: Jackie Otero's Summer Reading List Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 8:02AMJackie Otero (@jackieotero) is a music business professor at Full Sail University, consultant, and writes an "Industry Insider" column for alternative music publicationA The Comet. Here at Hypebot, we are rolling out our summer reading lists, written by some of the leading thinkers in the industry. If you happen to be in that crowd, email me five of your picks and reasons why the music industry ...
  • P-Noy/Pinoys, the Balangays, and SoNA Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 7:35AM“The spirit of change is again alive in the Philippines. An era of political embarrassment and economic hardship could be over, and the future promises fresh opportunities for us upon which to build a better Philippines. The question is how our leaders and people choose to approach such opportunities and adopt them for our national benefit. Clearly, it is time to begin working together again ...
  • INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Jazz Pianist Guillermo Klein Tackles Iconoclast 'Cuchi' Leguizama^3n Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 5:31AMThere is a select list of musicians in jazz who are far from being a household name, but they have the respect if not outright adoration of their peers. Argentine composer/arranger/pianist Guillermo Klein is such an artist. He's released a handful of CDs under his own name since attending Boston's B...
  • Female Form Meets Function Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 12:20PMRubber butts or art? Rubber - Business - Polymers - Chemicals - Manufactured Product
  • Golden run keeps trucking Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 12:17PMTo borrow a line from Charles Dickens, it is the best of times and the worst of times to be a gold-mining company.
  • Review: 'Kids Are All Right': A family film for modern times Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 12:17PMJulianne Moore and Annette Bening play longtime lesbian partners whose kids (Mia Wasikowska, Josh Hutcherson) search out the freewheeling guy (Mark Ruffalo) who is their sperm donor Dad in this warm, witty look at modern life, love and family. In the truest sense, the best family film of the year.
  • Body art seen as less of a workplace barrier Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 11:58AMTattooing has become so common employers are increasingly forced to choose between rejecting inked employees or having a severely limited job candidate pool, experts say. Employment - Bodyart - Arts - Business - United States
  • USA... Five City Destinations, Virgin Holidays Style Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 11:55AMThere's nowhere else quite like Las Vegas with it's over indulgent casinos and Virgin Holidays hotels. It's no surprise Las Vegas attracts so many worldwide visitors every year. Labeled as Disneyland for adults, Las Vegas has spectacular entertainment and nightlife and is a popular Virgin Holidays destination.
  • Community National Bank Reports Second Quarter 2010 Results Highlighted by an Increase in Earnings Per Share and ... Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 11:42AMGREAT NECK, N.Y.----Community National Bank today reported performance achievements for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, highlighted by the Bank’s increase in earnings, improved capital position and growth in commercial loans and demand deposits.
  • 07/23/10 Film clips Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 11:27AM"CYRUS" -- A divorced guy connects with a single mom but must battle her son for her affections in this story of a bizarre love triangle. Starring John C. Reilly, Marisa Tomei and Johah Hill. Directed by Mark and Jay Duplass. (R for language and some sexual material.)
  • News: Mafia II, Civ V will use Steamworks Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 3:13AMMafia II Deluxe Ed on pre-order now. 2K Games has picked the Steamworks set of developer tools for Mafia II and Civilization V. Steamworks takes care of auto updates, DLC, Steam Achievements, statistics and so on. But being intrinsically linked to the Steam store means some digital distributors have, in the past, refused to stock Steamworks games. Direct2Drive, Impulse and Gamersgate all ...
  • “Transit” art exhibition to open in HCM City next week Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 3:12AMVietNamNet Bridge - “Transit” exhibition will open on July 30 at Gala Royal, 63 Mac Dinh Chi, District 3, HCM City, capturing the state of mind of courageous people who make striking paradigm shifts in their lives.
  • Wacky but creative Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 2:57AMMcast students have stormed St James Cavalier in Valletta with a showcase of art that has coloured the 16th-century war machine no end. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi.
  • Roxbury artists will display in Morristown Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 2:33AMROXBURY TWP. — The Art Association in Roxbury will be holding its 43rd Annual Art Exhibit in Morristown at the Atrium Art Gallery in the Morris County Administration and Records Building until Sept. 15.
  • Arts Calendar - Thu, 22 Jul 2010 PST Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 2:23AM“Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story” – Spokane Civic Theatre, Aug. 2-3, 6:30 p.m., 1020 N. Howard St. Needed: 10 men (appearing ages 18-50) and eight to 10 women (appearing to be ages 18-50). Auditioners will be expected to perform a verse and a chorus from a contemporary musical and should bring their own sheet music (accompanist provided). (509) 325-2507, www.spokanecivictheatre.com ...
  • Lynn Hershman Leeson blends technology and film Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 2:22AMRealities converge on screen When the definitive book on media arts is written, San Francisco artist Lynn Hershman Leeson deserves a long chapter. In the late 1970s, Hershman pioneered the use of interactive artworks with her laser disc "Lorna," which told... Lynn Hershman Leeson - San Francisco - New media art - Art - Laser
  • Making ugly look beautiful Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 2:17AMFed up with her countrymen's consumer culture, Sarah Waxman, a design student at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NewYork, created a cast-ceramic bowl that looks just like the industrial molds that ceramic housewares are cast in, complete with seams and registration "keys." The 22-year-old American explains that the pieces in her line "are saying that everything you're taking in is manufactured."
  • Grub infants! Purring cactus! Stinky popcorn! The eccentric art of Jesse Smigel Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 2:14AMThe funny, thinky work of eccentric creator Jesse Smigel merges art and novelty... but is it art?
  • Fresno's University High graduating to new digs Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 2:13AMStudents at University High School for a decade have crammed into drab portable classrooms that hardly live up to the charter school's stellar academic image. By November, those days will be over.
  • CYBER TOOTH Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 2:07AMThis is one patient who didn’t have to be told to stay perfectly still while getting a CT scan. Nor did technicians have to worry about him becoming claustrophobic while lying in a $900,000 state-of-the-art machine. And getting his insurance card? No need. “Mr. Salmon,” you see, is not a …