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Paris glitters with romance, history and possibility
PARIS — Paris is a city where possibilities are endless, expectations are high, and no one doubts that magic can happen.
Anyone who saw Woody Allen's recent homage to the City of Lights, "Midnight in Paris," knows what I'm talking about. Allen's...Tags: Graham Greene, Arts and Culture, Arts, Artists, Artists
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Astronomer for the Vatican says U.K. a star
Brother Guy Consolmagno, a staff astronomer and the curator of meteorites at the Vatican Observatory, travels about 100,000 miles each year, splitting his time between Tucson, Ariz., and Rome. The planetary scientist also gives 40 to 50 talks annually...Tags: Arts and Culture, Peace Corps, Museums, Kenya, Astronomy
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Savedoff pleads guilty in historic document case
Less than four months after a Maryland Historical Society employee uncovered a cultural property heist called "truly breathtaking" by national archivists, one of the men charged in the scheme has pleaded guilty.
Jason James Savedoff, 24, admitted...Tags: Arts and Culture, Connecticut Historical Society, Canada, Trials, Lawyers
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Psychics to try and summon spirit of Edgar Allan Poe
Mr. Poe, the microphone is yours.
A group of selected mediums and psychics will be spending a March weekend trying to reach Edgar Allan Poe, the literary giant and creator of the modern detective story who has made Baltimore his permanent home since...Tags: Arts and Culture, Museums, Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum, Edgar Allan Poe
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Boeing history preserved at Kansas Aviation Museum
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsIt's a company that some say helped shape Wichita. Wednesday we learned Boeing will be leaving Wichita by the end of 2013, and taking a piece of the city's history with it. Boeing has been a part of Wichita for more than 70 years. The Kansas Aviation...Tags: Boeing Co., Arts and Culture, Companies and Corporations, Museums, Economy, Business and Finance
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Disgraced collector pleads guilty to stealing historical documents
Barry H. Landau, the once-esteemed collector of presidential memorabilia, admitted in federal court Tuesday that he stole thousands of documents regarded as cultural treasures from historical societies and libraries in Baltimore and up the East Coast....Tags: Arts and Culture, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Libraries, Wars and Interventions, Trials
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Ron Kaye: Unraveling the redevelopment mess
Sooner or later, the bills come due in all our lives — even in the lives of government agencies. Just ask the people who bought a house they couldn't afford or city officials who got addicted over the years to draining vast amounts of tax dollars...Tags: Jerry Brown, Arts, Arts and Culture, Arts, Politics
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Want to hear a good story? Check out Georgia's Azalea Storytelling Festival
LAGRANGE, Ga. — Once upon a time in a village called LaGrange in a kingdom called Georgia, there was a storytelling festival named after a beautiful flower called an azalea. From all across the land, men and women would gather, often bringing...Tags: Arts, Arts and Culture, Arts, Museums, Travel
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'True Life: I'm a Laurel Mill Worker' opens Feb. 5 at Laurel Museum
Laurel Museum's new exhibit, "True Life: I'm a Laurel Mill Worker," opens Sunday, Feb. 5, from 1-4 p.m.
The year-long exhibit explores the lives of Laurel's 19th-century mill workers. Who were they? What dangers did they face at work? What were their...Tags: Arts and Culture, Museums, Career and Workplace, Employees, Employees
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Ongoing exhibits for Feb. 2
‘New Year, New Visions’
Twenty African and black artists will show works. Concludes Sunday, Feb. 5. Just Lookin’ Gallery, 40 Summit Ave., downtown Hagerstown. Free admission; open to the public. Go to www.justlookin.com.
‘...Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, Artists, Fine Arts, Artists
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