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Edward Gorey's gothic tales from the vault
Twelve years after his death on tax day 2000, Edward Gorey — writer, illustrator, Victorian aesthete born half a century too late — has earned an adjective all his own: "Goreyesque." The word is used, increasingly, to refer to anything that...
Tags: Tim Burton, Julie Harris, Literature, Religion and Belief, Agatha Christie
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Ursula K. Le Guin's work still resonates with readers
Forest Park is one of the largest patches of urban wilderness in the United States, and the Victorian homes and gardens nearby create an air of Tolkienesque enchantment. Right around here in fact, one of Tolkien's heirs labors in a century-old house....Tags: Fiction, Science Fiction (genre), Family, Portland (Multnomah, Oregon), Arthur C. Clarke
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Abiding Passions
Dude Fest Feb. 9, 10:15 p.m., Spotlight Theatres Front Street, 39 Front St., Hartford, (860) 422-7713, spotlighttheatres.com As a glorious paradox: There are plenty of reasons for the enduring success of Joel and Ethan Coen's The Big Lebowski,...
Tags: Roger Ebert, Movies, Fiction, John Goodman, Petroleum Industry
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Around South Florida
"The Kaballah: The Evolution of Jewish Spiritual Practice," lecture, 10 a.m. Nov. 14 at Temple Israel, 137 NE 19th St., Miami. With scholar-in-residence Rabbi Mitchell Chefitz. Free. Call 305-469-3326. "Holocaust By Bullets," lecture about the...
Tags: Justice and Rights, U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Rights
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'Year of the Dragon' begins
Q13 FOX News reporterThe Chinese lunar New Year, the Year of the Dragon, began Monday and was celebrated in Asian communities around the world. So what does "Year of the Dragon" mean? In Chinese astrology, the dragon is the most powerful and auspicious of the 12 signs of the...Tags: Religion and Belief
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Taoist Tai Chi⢠Beginner Classes
TribLocal - ElmhurstGive yourself the gift of good health in the New Year! Introductory Taoist Tai Chi⢠classes for fitness and health at all Chicago and suburban …... -
Yin Yoga: Yang's Gentler Counterpart
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterA softer, gentler form of yoga seems to be quietly on the rise. From Los Angeles to London, so-called yin yoga is increasingly being taught at studio classes and yoga retreats, not to mention via books and DVDs. The power or "yang-styled" yoga forms...Tags: Education, Stanford University, Addiction, Bones and Joints, Stress
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In China, the road less traveled is a walking path
The Chinese people spent the last few thousand years on foot. So today's generation has reason to regard the idea of unnecessary walking as ridiculous.
"You should take the bus," is the phrase we have heard more in the last three weeks than any other....Tags: Trips and Vacations, Brain, Travel, China
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'Copenhagen' gets extra week at Shubert in a coup for non-musical
In a highly unusual development for a non-musical, the touring Broadway production of "Copenhagen" has extended its two-week Chicago run at the Shubert Theatre for an additional week. Michael Frayn's physics-themed drama, which stars Len Cariou,...Tags: Len Cariou, ABC (tv network), Santiago Calatrava, Television Industry, Management Change
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Can't miss exhibits
At the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum: "Black Holes: Into the Dark Abyss" Travel billions of light years to a distant galaxy to view what powers a Quasar and discover how gravity bends light in the StarRider Theater's current interactive...Tags: Adler Planetarium, Computer Networking and Internet, Star Wars (movie), Libraries, Black Hills Corporation
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Elvis lives (at least in literature)
Hartford Courant Books EditorAug. 16 is the 25th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley, and books ranging from novels to photo collections to a "girl's guide" to a look at "Elvis' Taoist nature" have been released this year. Among them: "Elvis: A Celebration: Images of Elvis...Tags: Gaming, Documentary (genre), Elvis Presley, Television, Death
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