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Long live 'Negro'
I let Black History Month slide by this year without writing anything about it. I am so over celebrating firsts or reprising triumphal narratives. But news from last month did suggest that we may need a black history lesson — one that goes...Tags: Slavery, African-American History Month, Social Issues, The New York Times, Demographics
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LACMA's bid for MOCA gains support
When the Los Angeles County Museum of Art under director Michael Govan proposed taking over L.A.'s Museum of Contemporary Art in 2008, the art world rallied against it before MOCA turned it down. But reaction has been different to this week's news that...
Tags: Museum of Modern Art, University of California, Los Angeles, Artists, Washington, DC, Culture
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Odawa tribal chair will sign statute recognizing gay marriage
Staff WriterHARBOR SPRINGS -- The tribal chairman for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians says he will sign a statute recognizing gay marriages for tribal members. Tribal chairman Dexter McNamara said in an email late Thursday he would sign the revisioned...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Social Issues, Arts and Culture
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Sheryl Sandberg's 'Lean In' offers a feminist view from the top
Sheryl Sandberg's explosive "Lean In" — a muscular manifesto on the gender inequities of the professional world — is being published within weeks of the 50th anniversary of Betty Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique." It's a convergence destined...
Tags: Conservation, Mark Zuckerberg, Carly Fiorina, Google Inc., Tina Fey
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Henry ‘Hank’ Kubik Jr.: Science center visionary was a musician, pilot
In the late 1940s, when the Orlando orange-grove land known as Loch Haven was being chiseled away by new roads and other development, Henry "Hank" Kubik Jr. and other civic leaders saw a future cultural hub — one with a museum, science center,...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Financial Planning, Orlando Science Center, Harvard, Science
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Bonanza event set for Saturday at Fort Ritchie
Fort Ritchie Community Center invites the community to its Last Chance Bonanza Saturday in the gymnasium at Fort Ritchie Community Center, 14421 Lake Royer Drive, Cascade. Only 139 tickets will be sold for the event, which includes dinner, dessert, games...Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Arts and Culture, Culture
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Hotel occupancy on the increase in Washington County
dona@herald-mail.comEditor’s note: This is one in an occasional series of stories about findings and recommendations in the Hagerstown and Washington County Economic Development Strategic Plan. Sunday’s stories look at travel and tourism. Coming Monday: Areas...Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Corporate Officers, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Economic Policy, Washington Monument
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New PBS documetary explores Steel site revitalization
TV WatchersA new documentary made by PBS-39 tells the story of how the brownfields of the former Bethlehem Steel were transformed into a entertainment mecca featuring a casino, convention center and cultural campus. "Bringing New life to Old Steel" will air...... -
Our View: NAACP returns at a good time
It’s fitting that the Imperial Valley chapter of the NAACP would announce its reformation and introduce its new officers during Black History Month, as the group sets a new course in making its own local black history. Imperial County’s NAACP...Tags: NAACP, African-American History Month, Black History, Arts and Culture, Minority Groups
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Eddie Huang talks about his memoir, "Fresh Off the Boat"
You must be a specific type of person for the name Eddie Huang to register. Chances increase if you: 1) live in New York, 2) are plugged into the restaurant scene and read food gossip blogs, 3) are active on social media sites like Twitter, and 4) are...
Tags: Anthony Bourdain, Manhattan (New York City), Kanye West, Foods and Beverages, Dr. Dre (music artist)
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United Arts annual public campaign seeks $1.57 million
United Arts of Central Florida kicks off its annual public fundraising campaign Friday, hoping to raise about $200,000 more than it did in 2012. The organization is seeking $1.57 million during the three-month appeal that supports more than 50...
Tags: Politics, Elections, Arts and Culture, Customs and Tradition, Culture
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Zigzagging along the Chicago Cultural Mile
At first glance, the Chicago Cultural Mile ("Where Culture & Commerce Meet") resembles nothing so much as a gerrymandered congressional district. According to its website, this officially arty and mercantile stretch begins at Michigan Avenue and the...
Tags: Cheap Trick (music group), Adler Planetarium, Capital Bank Corporation, Millennium Park, Field Museum of Natural History
Mar 11, 2013
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Mar 8, 2013
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Mar 8, 2013
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Mar 7, 2013
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Mar 4, 2013
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Feb 19, 2013
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Mar 2, 2013
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Jan 2, 2013
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Feb 13, 2013
|Story| Imperial Valley Press Online
Jan 25, 2013
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Jan 31, 2013
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Jan 25, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
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