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The lure of writers' houses
Jacket CopyThe website M + E -- run by author Emma Straub and her husband, Michael Fusco -- is selling a new series of four literary posters, each with an illustration of a writer's home (with address). The illustrations by Aislinn...... -
Album review: Avenged Sevenfold's 'Nightmare'
Pop & HissThe major labels may continue to wither, but they won't go out without a bang. After all, there's no other way to explain the recent promotional tie-in between the new Avenged Sevenfold track "Welcome to the Family," and its ideological...... -
L.A. Times review of 'Nightmare' blasted as 'an insult to all' Avenged Sevenfold fans
Pop & HissAvenged Sevenfold's latest album "Nightmare" was born during a time of vulnerability, M. Shadows tells the Times in Thursday's Calendar story. The frontman of the hard Huntington Beach-based rock outfit says that the album, completed after the sudden... -
Decoding Siobhan Magnus' style
Idol TrackerAmong the zaniest contestants we met at the Top 12 party? Siobhan Magnus, whose self-styled look featured an assortment of symbols and embellishments, each with a deeply personal meaning. We had the 19-year-old Cape Cod native break it down for us. The... -
With 'The Search for WondLa,' 'Spiderwick Chronicles' artist Tony DiTerlizzi spins a new tale
The Hero ComplexThis a good time to judge Tony DiTerlizzi's book by its cover: The award-winning illustrator and author says his new young-reader novel, "The Search for WondLa," is the most representative of his own personal style in its art, story and...... -
The pleasures of learning one's ABCs
Alphabet books are a secret passion among book lovers. The sheer number of ABC books published demonstrates that they hold a special place in the world of children's books. Entering the term on Amazon.com delivers 13,089 results (and that was a few days...Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, Children, ABC (tv network), Mass Media, Entertainment
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Men's style with a swagger
Times Staff WriterGOODBYE waxed eyebrows, hello mustache wax? On the runways of the fashion capitals and on the streets of Silver Lake, Venice and Brooklyn, designers and young guns alike are staking out a new frontier: a post-metrosexual ruggedness that's all about...Tags: Defense, Candy, Flowers and Gifts, Firearms, Flowers, World War II (1939-1945)
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Welcome to the Invisible Library
Earlier this year, with a like-minded bibliophile, I started yet another blog. The blog, called Invisible Library, would list books by fictional authors -- that is, titles that don't exist outside the pages of fiction.
Up went the novels by the titular...Tags: Fiction, Science and Technology, Death, Science, Science Fiction (genre)
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Beauty, week after week
Special to The TimesGardeners are innate timekeepers who clock hours by the tilt of the sun and days by the life of a bud and flower. Months are marked by the spin of the moon, seasons by the length of day, and years by the girth of once-tiny trees. Despite such acuity,...Tags: Photography, Death, Candy, Flowers and Gifts, Gustav Klimt, Greeting Cards
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King, Beattie books among new crop
Fiction
"The Lost Memory of Skin" (Ecco) by Russell Banks. Coming Tuesday. Banks, one of our finest and most adventurous novelists, is not afraid to tackle big, tough topics that persistently bedevil the human species, and with his 17th book, he has...Tags: Saul Bellow, Russia, Recipes, John F. Kennedy Assassination (1963), England
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Halloween Hangouts For All Sorts Of People
PIX11.comLooking for something fun to do for Halloween. Well, we've got an array of activities for you. Eddie Miller from Holiday Events shared his picks of Halloween happenings in our area. Take a look at a few of these below. -Kids Hudson Terrace Halloween...Tags: Holidays, Boris Karloff, Frankenstein (movie, 1931), Literature, Dance
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Orlando Museum of Artâs First Thursday has UCF art
Orlando Arts BlogBreak out the black and gold: The next 1st Thursday at Orlando Museum of Art will feature artistic works created by University of Central Florida alumni and faculty. Called Eclectic Knights II, after UCF's Golden Knight mascot, it will take place at the...
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