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Hurley: Weezer Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 10:09PMThe genius of Hurley — besides its name and cover art, a tribute to the rotund character from the best TV show of the past decade, Lost — is both its oddness and simplicity.
Get 'em art Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 10:01PMTHE Sun's Page 3 girls are set to get their own exhibition at a leading London art gallery
“Pastiche” to help fund free tickets Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 8:46PMThe variety show on Friday will raise money for students to experience the University Theatre.
A look back at some of the games of Summer 2010 Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 8:00PMSummer is quickly fading and while it is generally considered a slow time for gaming, there were a surprising number of releases to dig your teeth into. With the fall pre-Christmas season ready to descend, I thought I'd take a look at the summer that was.[...]
FBI agents visit Gainesville minister over Quran burning Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 1:57PMFBI agents visited today with a minister of a small Florida church that plans to burn the Quran on Sept. 11, as public safety became a paramount concern and President Barack Obama added his voice to the chorus of opposition.
Djokovic tames high winds to oust Monfils Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 1:23PMThe gusty, unpredictable wind was the champion Wednesday afternoon at the U.S. Open.
Huntington Paranormal prepping for Swinefest ghost, cemetery tours Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 1:20PMHUNTINGTON — Huntington Paranormal is preparing for the fall season with more ghost tours. The group’s ever popular Haunted & Historic Guyandotte Tours are returning for another round of spooky tales and ghostly encounters.
Wind plays havoc with quarters Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 1:15PMThe gusty, unpredictable wind was the champion Wednesday at the U.S. Open.
Bomb-ravaged car, a raw reminder of the Iraqi conflict, goes on show at London war museum Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 12:42PMLONDON - The mangled remains of a bomb-ravaged car that illustrates life in liberated Iraq is going on display at a London museum. The tattered wreckage was salvaged by Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller to show the changing nature of modern warfare.
Koch way off on ‘Avatar’ Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 12:20PMFormer Mayor Ed Koch’s head must be pretty darn low to the ground, because the entire artistic heft of “Avatar” (film review, Dec. 31) seems to have flown right over him. The movie is incredibly rich on multiple levels—symbolic, allegorical and aesthetic among them.
Places to visit Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 1:54PMIF YOU want to take a break, and enjoy a fun packed weekend in East Sussex, whether you want to watch the races, go on a cultural tour, of to some outdoor activities, then here are some places just for you.
Lecture series celebrates campus at 50 Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 1:47PMBeginning in the fall of the university’s 50th anniversary year, the history and future development of UC San Diego’s built environment will be explored and celebrated in “UCSD by Design: Art, Architecture, and Urbanism in the Campus Context,” the centerpiece of which is a five-part public lecture and discussion series beginning Sept. 30.
Should bullfighting be banned? Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 1:39PMCatalonia has voted to outlaw the traditional sport. What will this mean?
I Can Hear It Now Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 1:36PMFrom electro rock to chamber music, you have myriad choices.
New Google Instant shows search results as you type Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 1:26PMTired of waiting the tenths of a second it takes to get Google search results?
A Conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 1:20PMSeptember 08, 2010, Washington D.C. Council on Foreign Relations RICHARD N. HAASS: Well, good morning. I'm Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, and I want to welcome all of you here to the Washington offices of the Council on Foreign Relations.
The Daley Years Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 1:16PMDeclining to seek re-election, the longtime mayor of Chicago is a man of vision and finesse whose work may be undone by harsh economic times Richard J. Daley - United States - Chicago - University of Illinois at Chicago - O'Hare International Airport
Letter: Is San Diego doomed to be an arts backwater? Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 1:11PMCan San Diego embrace its artistic identity as much as its weather?
Under Fire: Mark Hewitt’s ‘Big-Assed’ Pots Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 1:10PMI must have chosen the hottest week of the summer to fly down to North Carolina to watch Mark Hewitt , one of the best known ceramic artists now at work in America, fire his big groundhog kiln. It was 98 degrees in the shade when I pulled into Johnny Burke Road in the red-clay hamlet of Pittsboro, a half hour south of Chapel Hill. Hewitt, a tall and athletic Englishman of craggy good looks, and ...
Dover-Sherborn Community Notes (Sept. 9) Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 12:56PMHere are this week's community notes for Dover and Sherborn.
Brevard named one of the best small towns in America Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 6:55PMIn Budget Travel's fifth-annual celebration of hometown escapes across the USA, we're spotlighting 10 places that somehow pack in more personality than cities triple their size. How? It all comes down to the people.
Homage To Fromage Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 4:13PMAmong her other achievements, Clare Burson may claim a place in history as the first composer of a song cycle inspired by a piece of cheese.
Google animated logo (un)connects the dots Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 4:13PMUsers of Google's search page were greeted Tuesday with a screen of colorful, interactive dots, even though the company didn't immediately explain why.
Coming Wednesday: Live at Google's search event Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 3:14PMGoogle plans to host a search event featuring top executives and engineers Wednesday, and we'll provide live coverage in this post.
Coming Wednesday: Live at Google's search event Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 3:12PMGoogle plans to host a search event featuring top executives and engineers Wednesday, and we'll provide live coverage in this post. Originally posted at Relevant Results
Efficient Kitchens Traded for Communal Atmosphere Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 3:08PMRISMEDIA, September 8, 2010—(MCT)—We bought our house almost 30 years ago, but even then the real estate agent was selling us on the big kitchen—relatively speaking. The dining room and the living room were no bigger than sandboxes, but she…
Travel briefs Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 12:47PMAnyone who has recently traveled to a major U.S. city knows the shock of finding a hotel, car rental or restaurant bill laden with extra charges.
Single Business Tower To Be Bayanat Airports New Dubai Address Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 1:58AMDubai, United Arab Emirates, September 7, 2010: Dubai Investment Properties Dubai Investment Properties , one of the leading real estate developers in the UAE, today announced that Bayanat Airports & Engineering Supplies, the leading airport systems integrator, is opening its Dubai branch office at Single Business Tower to accommodate the company's continued growth.
Single Business Tower To Be Bayanat Airports New Dubai Address Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 1:00AMDubai, United Arab Emirates, September 7, 2010: Dubai Investment Properties, one of the leading real estate developers in the UAE, today announced that Bayanat Airports & Engineering Supplies, the leading airport systems integrator, is opening its Dubai branch office at Single Business Tower to accommodate the company's continued growth.
Blog: Blair casts shadow over Labour Party Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 8:58AMBlog: Back to business today at Westminster with MPs returning to the Commons after a shorter-than-normal summer recess, writes John Hipwood. There’s no time for slouching under the Coalition Government, you know.
Printmaker tackles modern life through classic mythology Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 8:57AMA new exhibition, “Ancient Myths; Modern Messages,” featuring woodcuts and paintings by Donald Axleroad of Stamford, will be on view at the Byram Shubert Library in Greenwich from Aug. 26 through Sept. 30. The public is invited to meet the artist at a reception, Thursday, Sept. 16, from 5:30 to 7 with jazz piano by Marco Scott.
Entering 41st season, Painted Bride aims to make a splash Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 9:30AMIn the summer of 1969, in a bridal shop on South Street, substitute teacher Gerry Givnish opened the Painted Bride, a co-op gallery space, with friends from the area's close-knit family of performers, artists, poets, and dancers.
‘Goodfellas’ grad reflects on role in Scorsese classic Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 8:01AMIt’s difficult to maintain an upward trajectory in the acting business when your first job is a pivotal role in a Martin Scorsese film. The 1990 mob film “Goodfellas” catapulted Christopher Serrone to fame when he was just 12. Serrone, who recently moved to Vancouver, has struggled over the past 20 years to replicate that initial success. With a new movie out in November and other television and ...
New Orleans schools have chance to become centers of their communities Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 6:39AMHistoric $1.8 billion FEMA grant will finance grand master plan
East Lansing area arts & entertainment schedule for fall Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 3:43AMLANSING - Arts and Cultural Preview, September-October 2010.
Across the universe: It's zombies vs. superheroes in latest DC Comics opus Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 3:23AMQuick: Name two things currently dominating modern fiction, for better or worse. Odds are you said superheroes and zombies. The undead and the ultra-abled are everywhere these days, from bookshelves to cinema screens, so it was only a matter of time before they began colliding in the same stories.
‘Don’t get me started’: Phil gets even Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 3:09AMWhen’s the last time you read a book without knowing the author? Or attended an art exhibit, artists not identified? Then why must we watch movies that don’t include the closing credits? TV’s elimination or squeezing of post-movie credits — a move that years ago began as a...
Out of the Woods / There's nothing like a book Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 4:13AMCall me a curmudgeon. Or a newspaperman who reveres the past. Or even a stubborn holdout against "progress." Whatever. Like you, I am obviously trapped in the phenomenon of runaway technology in 21st century communications. But I don't have to like it. Or even use much of it.
Review of Anne Fortier's novel "Juliet," a riff on "Romeo and Juliet" Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 11:00PMJULIET By Anne Fortier Ballantine. 447 pp. $25 Julie Jacobs, the heroine of Anne Fortier's romantic novel "Juliet," is a hot mess. Orphaned at 3, Julie has spent her entire life trying to escape the influence of her fraternal twin sister, Janice. Janice is popular; Janice is beautiful; Janice is... Arts - Romeo and Juliet - Literature - World Literature - Works
'March of Time' newsreels on Turner Classic Movies a gripping record of history Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 11:00PMSampling a few episodes from the archetypal newsreel "The March of Time," a viewer might think to himself, "I could watch this stuff all night." Be careful, as the saying goes, what you wish for. On Sunday night, Turner Classic Movies honors the 75th anniversary of the newsreel with a four-hour... March of Time - Art - Turner Classic Movies - Movies - Classic
Central Texas Medical Center CEO leaving job Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 5:56PMCentral Texas Medical Center Chief Executive Officer Gary L. Jepson is leaving that post after nine years, the San Marcos hospital announced this afternoon.
Bridge to host annual rendezvous Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 5:54PMThis Labor Day weekend is a chance to honor pioneers who settled this country in the 1800s.
Valley Views: Recurring dreams are sometimes seasonal Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 9:54AMIt's that time of year when the recurring dream comes back. The air is crisper. The mornings are darker with a later sunrise. You wake up late, and you're in a strange bedroom. Your closet door won't open to proffer up any clothes.
Marcia Ann Forsberg, OC Homicide No. 39: Authorities Say Hubby Did It Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 9:13AMUPDATES THROUGHOUT . . . Richard and Marcia Forsberg were said by friends to be the perfect couple. They met in a Ventura College journalism class and were looking forward to their 40th we...
Jonny Evans - Six great Apple failures Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 3:12AMTime for a change of pace while we all reflect on Apple's introduction of a US-only 6-month trial of 99-cent TV show rentals from Disney and ABC alongside new model iPod touch and glimmerings at the Apple TV tomorrow. Here, just for my many Apple-hating readers, taken from the annals of Apple's great history are six products or events some say the company should never have been part of.
Drawing on Japanese influences Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:01PMMichelle Tauber Davis is an American, married to a Canadian and living in Canada, but the country that had the biggest influence on her life is Japan. She spent four summers there with an aunt and uncle and grew to love it, its people and most especially its art — manga and anime.[...]
Fall Arts: Master painters, iconic photographers, and real geniuses Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 7:12PMDave Anderson: "One Block: A New Orleans Neighborhood Rebuilds" Sept. 7-Oct. 16 at Stephen Wirtz Gallery, 49 Geary (at Kearny), S.F. Free; 433-6879 or www.wirtzgallery.com . Five years after Hurricane Ka...
Rabbi Hecht steps down from FMS post (update) Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 4:43PMRabbi Pinchos Hecht has stepped down as head of Fuchs Mizrachi School (FMS), effective immediately, school administrators told the CJN late Thursday afternoon.
Sunset shades hit the red carpet Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:41PMA late-summer sunset with vibrant purple, red and blue gowns dominated the horizon at the 62nd Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.
Lord Glenconner: Owner of the island of Mustique whose friendship with Princess Margaret kept him in the public eye Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:20PMColin Tennant, the third Baron Glenconner, had a permanent place in the gossip columns for most of the second half of the 20th century, largely because of his intimate friendship with Princess Margaret; but also because of his Faustian compact with fame – or, perhaps, notoriety. Throughout the 1980s in particular it seemed as though Nigel Dempster had a hot line to Glenconner's bedside phone ...