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Strolling along the aqueduct
Times Staff WriterEarlier this summer, I took a table at an open-air cafe in Midtown Manhattan's Bryant Park and asked the waiter to bring me a glass of vintage New York City tap water. I was celebrating the successful completion of several expeditions along the Old Croton...Tags: Easter, Science and Technology, St. Louis, Travel, AirTran
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A literature lover strikes it rich
Times Staff WriterI enjoy the company of books, especially on vacation. No matter which country I visit — even such places as China, Japan or Greece, where deciphering the language is not an option — I seek out bookstores and hang around. So when I heard that...Tags: Christianity, Travel, Books, Los Angeles International Airport, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Alhambra pushes aside its hick reputation
Special to The TimesAlhambra gained notoriety earlier this year when actress Lana Clarkson was found slain at record producer Phil Spector's hilltop mansion. Spector may have told Esquire magazine that Alhambra is a "hick town where there is no place to go that you shouldn'...Tags: Phil Spector, Cloud Gate, Restaurants, Human Accomplishments, Homes
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Southern Section
Saturday, April 10 ARCADIA INVITATIONAL At Arcadia High The Long Beach Poly girls' track and field team, led by senior sprinter Shalonda Solomon, won four events in the Arcadia Invitational at Arcadia High on Saturday night in a meet in which...Tags: Mountains, Teaching and Learning, High Jump, Landforms, Mark Morris
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N.Y., now in season
Special to The TimesRHINEBECK, N.Y. — There are few places in this country where you can sip beer in a Colonial inn while chatting about the new Frank Gehry building up the road. The Hudson Valley is just such a spot, a region that bridges centuries as well as it...Tags: England, Adults, Restaurants, Travel, Radio Industry
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Friends of the Petoskey Library hosts used book sale
The annual used book sale sponsored by the Friends of the Petoskey Library will take place this week. "We probably have hundreds more books than in previous years," said committee chair Suzanne LaBeau "This year's sale is so big that we've had to expand...Tags: Literature, Edmond Rostand, Libraries, Arts and Culture
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Newfound Poe manuscript to be displayed in Richmond
A handwritten draft of one of Edgar Allan Poe's earliest poems and a letter to author Washington Irving are among a handful of items that will be part of an exhibit opening April 26 at a Richmond, Va., museum devoted to the writer. "This is the kind of...
Tags: Museums, Edgar Allan Poe, Poetry, Gertrude Stein, Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum
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Check It Out: Celebrating 200 years of Dickens
Earlier this month, the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens was celebrated in an event held at his burial site in London's Westminster Abbey. In attendance were many writers, academics, and other enthusiasts of the man considered to be...Tags: Anglicanism, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), England, Science and Technology, Christianity
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Reggie Wayne talks Pagano, future with Colts
Fox59.comTags: Reggie Wayne, Super Bowl, Chuck Pagano, Football
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New history tea debuts at Ellicott City's Tea on the Tiber
If you’re a history buff but don’t fancy walking up and down Ellicott City’s hills, take note of the new literary (and stationary) tour at Tea on the Tiber.
Now you can have a seat and a sweet in the charming teahouse while listening to...Tags: H.L. Mencken, Ellicott City, Davy Crockett
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Suburban theater for the week of Oct. 14-20
"The Woman in Black": Fox Valley Repertory marks the ghostly season with Stephen Mallatratt's sturdy chiller (which is being turned into a film starring Daniel Radcliffe). An actor is hired by attorney Arthur Kipps to help him exorcise the memory of an...Tags: Batavia, Oak Brook, Daniel Radcliffe, Cults and Sects, Religion and Belief
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Check It Out: Tales get haunting at the Newport library
The unsuspecting public may not realize that the library is home to many restless spirits. Ghostly apparitions and foul aberrations are held at bay within the binding of many well-rumored tomes of lore. Resting on the shelf beside many normal, everyday...Tags: Rudyard Kipling, Libraries, Charles Dickens, Michael Cox, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
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