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Michael Crichton dies at 66; bestselling author of 'Jurassic Park' and other thrillers
When Michael Crichton was attending Harvard Medical School in the late 1960s, he had a secret life that he kept hidden from his fellow students: To pay his tuition bills, he began writing paperback thrillers in his spare time under two pseudonyms.
He...Tags: Science, Crime, Law and Justice, Jurassic Park (movie), Medical Research, Drugs and Medicines
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'Robert Dowd: Pop Art Money'
Money makes the world go 'round, and we now realize that when the force isn't with us, things can come to a screeching halt. Artist Robert Dowd was well aware of the power and glory of money, and during the 1960s he was "making" it after his own fashion...Tags: Libraries, Death, Money and Monetary Policy, Pablo Picasso, Arts and Culture
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Words from the past, insights for today
Music CriticSaturday morning, hyperbolic weather reporters here barked out warnings of heavy wind and drenching rain all day. A shower or two did dampen Manhattan streets, but the real New York weather over the weekend was elsewhere. Friday night at the Chelsea...Tags: United Kingdom, Chelsea (Staten Island, New York), Disasters and Accidents, John Donne, Edward Teller
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Minneapolis mind expansion
Special to The TimesMinneapolis -- JAO, an artist dressed in paint-spattered cycling gear, bounced before an easel set up in the bed of a bright yellow pickup -- her "artmobile" -- decorated with cartoon men with rake-like hands. While blasting a shrill police whistle,...Tags: Los Angeles International Airport, Colleges and Universities, Wolfgang Puck, John Cage, Marcel Duchamp
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Why this actor's art shouldn't be at LACMA
Times Art CriticI'm no fan of public art museums exhibiting private collections. The negatives so far outweigh the positives that such shows hurt, rather than help, a museum's mission. The latest example is "Los Angelenos/Chicano Painters of L.A.: Selections From the...Tags: Museum of Modern Art, Cheech Marin, Libraries, National or Ethnic Minorities, Book
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Farmhouse modern in Studio City
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBefore construction had wrapped on Vanessa Choy and Andrew Wong's house in Studio City, the rumors had started swirling. The couple were building a halfway house for addicts, passersby speculated. The home was some sort of mean joke on the neighborhood,...Tags: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Architecture, The Farmhouse, Lutron Electronics Co., Inc., Metal and Mineral
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The opposite of a nonstop short hop
Times Staff WriterSomewhere between Palm Springs and Yuma, Ariz., I heard the train whistle blowing, a low-toned moan that roused me from sleep like a gentle alarm clock. I parted the royal blue curtains that shielded the light from my tiny compartment aboard Amtrak's...Tags: Vehicles, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Nadia Comaneci, Trips and Vacations, Travel
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Author Susan Sontag Dies
Times Staff WriterSusan Sontag, one of America's most influential intellectuals, internationally renowned for the passionate engagement and breadth of her critical intelligence and her ardent activism in the cause of human rights, died today of leukemia. She was 71. The...Tags: Politics, Colleges and Universities, Health Treatments, Science and Technology, Antonin Artaud
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Exploring culture, history, art along Tacoma's museum row
TACOMA, Wash. - This may be the time to stop teasing Tacoma.
The longtime home of the paper-mill-made "aroma" has blossomed into Seattle's cultural cousin to the south, with a museum district that just got a significant boost from the completion of the...Tags: Defense Equipment, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Museums, Walker Evans, Robert Mapplethorpe
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BMA's biannual Contemporary Print Fair returns this weekend
At first glance, the Baltimore Contemporary Print Fair looks like a low-wattage shindig.
To the casual observer, the occasional gallery visitor, names like Barbara Takenaga, Deborah Kass and Madeleine Keesing have little resonance. That's because few...Tags: Museum of Modern Art, Museums, Baltimore Museum of Art, Robert Rauschenberg, Arts and Culture
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In the Arts
Colburn to surfing foundation Bolton Colburn, the 56-year-old former head of the Laguna Art Museum, is riding a different kind of cultural wave. The Surfing Heritage Foundation in San Clemente has named the ex-U.S. Amateur Surfing champ as its new...Tags: Museums, Festive Events, Joshua Bell, Artists, Museums
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Post-9/11 American Flags Inspire Photographer Robert Carley
The Hartford CourantImmediately after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, people throughout the country started showing their patriotism more overtly than ever. The most common tribute was flying American flags, but some people went beyond that, painting flags on...Tags: Social Media, Meriden, Economy, Business and Finance, Stamford, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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