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This year, Redmoon's Winter Pageant is no parade
According to my copy of Webster's Dictionary, the word "pageant" means "a spectacular exhibition" or a parade. And if you attach the word "winter," it would seem reasonable to expect some sort of seasonal celebration — something involving the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Holidays, Halloween, Festive Events
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There's No War On Easter
On the heels of complaints about a left-wing "war on Christmas," now there's fuming from the right about a supposed "war on Easter." Bill O'Reilly of "The O'Reilly Factor" fame recently identified several "anti-Easter municipalities" in various states....Tags: The O'Reilly Factor (tv program), Fox News Channel (tv network), White House, Easter, Politics
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Cuzco, Peru's often overlooked treasures
As many a Peruvian traveler can tell you, climbing Machu Picchu is easy, especially if you take one of those tourist buses that do most of the work. It's embracing Cuzco that can be hard. Cuzco (often spelled Cusco) usually is the Peruvian city you fly...
Tags: Salt, Car Guides and Reviews, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Potatoes, Arts and Culture
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Look for full moon Tuesday night
March's full moon arrives Wednesday morning, the first to fall after the vernal equinox. It is the fourth full moon after the winter solstice, something that usually falls in April. This full moon is known by names including Grass Moon, Egg Moon,...
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Look for Full Snow Moon, International Space Station in night sky this week
The moon reaches its “fullest” phase at 3:26 p.m. today, so when it rises at about 6:05 p.m., it will be shining brightly, with clear skies expected. The International Space Station will meanwhile make a few passes over Maryland this week, but...
Tags: Space Programs, Lent, Science and Technology
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Groundhog Day: Garden's shadow of spring
Special to Tribune NewspapersDeep in a snowless, gray winter, clamped in bitter cold, it's reasonable to ask: What groundhog would be fool enough to think that spring is less than six weeks away? Why are we even thinking about spring on the 2nd of February? Where did this Groundhog...Tags: Groundhog Day, Weather Reports, Weather, Germany, Weather Radar
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We look forward with hope
It’s hard to believe, but it’s that time of the year again. Ground Hog Day, that amusing event that occurs each year on the second day of February, is almost here. According to folklore, the little brown marmot will awake from a long winter...
Tags: Groundhog Day
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Love story begins with one Super Bowl, continues at another
This is what kind of roll the Ravens are on now: they've even inspired a love story. It's not a gauzy, Hallmark Channel tale, but a story of serendipity, fate and perseverance — and a football team at the center of it all. It stars an Overlea...
Tags: Hallmark Channel (tv network), Radio Industry, Baltimore Ravens, Denver Broncos, New England Patriots
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Find the right time and place for dynamic portraits
Orlando SentinelPalm tree? Check. Skyline? Check. Amazing sunset? Check. Sometimes the best way to make a nice portrait is to simply find a dynamic backdrop or location, square up your subject, and fire away. Location, location, location. When I was planning my...Tags: Photography, Lake Eola, Arts, Arts and Culture, Apopka
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Puppet Sculptor Anne Cubberly Creates A Magical World
The Hartford CourantWalk into the high-ceilinged, wondrously cluttered studio of the inventive Hartford kinetic sculptor Anne Cubberly and you step into the workshop of a creative visual artist's unbounded imagination. Although small, even a bit claustrophobic, this is...Tags: Parkville, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Arts, Wethersfield, Arts and Culture
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Dec. 21: Griffith Observatory to mark 'NOT the end of the world'
L.A. NOWNot the end of the world: If a mysterious planet named Niburu were truly hurtling toward us, Griffith Park wouldn't be a bad place to watch it bash the Earth into smithereens. Alas, the world's end is not at hand. And the observatory is trying mightily to... -
Pictures in the News | Dec. 21, 2012
FrameworkIn Friday's Pictures in the News: People on a Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, welcome summer's first day, while in Guatemala, natives and visitors celebrate the end of the Mayan cycle known as Bak'tun 13 and the start of the Maya new age....
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