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County library ready for Saturday hours
If winter weekends make you want to borrow a library book and curl up to read in a comfortable chair by the fireplace, you’re in luck. Starting this week, all St. Joseph County Public Library locations will be open all day on Saturdays. It’s...Tags: Libraries, Arts and Culture
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Library card at burglary scene leads to arrest
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — A Muncie man is in jail after police found his library card in a home that had been ransacked. The Star Press reports (http://tspne.ws/rHgYQS ) 28-year-old Jerry Ray Bane faces preliminary charges of burglary and possession of...Tags: Prisons, Christmas, Libraries, Arts and Culture
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Many free events celebrate King holiday
The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday will be Monday, and a range of events will mark it. Parking at South Bend’s Century Center, 120 S. St. Joseph St., will be free all day for Monday’s events. And donations of nonperishable food items will...Tags: Drama (genre), Colleges and Universities, Human Interest, Politics, Colleges and Universities
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Carrie Fisher at the Towson library and in Wishful Drinking
Carrie Fisher is in town for a run of her one-woman show, "Wishful Drinking," at the Hippodrome, and fans will have a couple of chances to chat with her, courtesy of the Baltimore County Public Library.
Fisher was born to Hollywood stars Eddie Fisher...Tags: Carrie Fisher, Star Wars (movie), Rufus Wainwright, Paul Simon, Eddie Fisher
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Patt Morrison Asks: The Internet Archive's Brewster Kahle
Brewster Kahle has the gleeful air of a man who has just found something wonderful and wants to tell his friends all about it. And his friends are the 2 billion people, and counting, who are on the Internet every day. What he has found -- or more...Tags: Spain, Networking, Amazon.com Inc., Google Inc., Amazon Kindle
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Patt Morrison Asks: Diane Keaton
If you're lazily inclined to define Diane Keaton by the crossword-puzzle-sized word "actor," you need to get out more. Add to that her work as director and producer, photographer, restorer of venerable houses, board member of the Los Angeles Conservancy...Tags: Fiction, Crosswords, Cat (animal), Music, Entertainment
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Friends of the Library Scholarships
The Friends of the Salina Public Library are taking scholarship applications from high school seniors who have volunteered at the library. Each year, several students are awarded $500-$1500 scholarships.
Applications must be submitted with a current high...Tags: High Schools, Awards and Prizes, Schools, Awards and Prizes, Schools
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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: Lipitor (drug), George Washington, Andrew Johnson, Elizabeth Taylor, Lawyers
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Redevelopment agencies are vital
On Dec. 29, the California Supreme Court upheld the Legislature’s dissolution of all redevelopment agencies across California. The impact of this legislation on the city of Glendale cannot be overstated. Quite simply, millions of dollars of local...Tags: Culture, Cultural Development, Economic Policy, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Reconstruction
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Deadline should be extended
The Friends of the Glendale Public Library unanimously support Senate Bill 659 to extend the deadline to dissolve redevelopment agencies from Feb.1 to April 15 (“Support for SB 659,” Jan. 27). This additional time would allow for the...Tags: Libraries, Arts and Culture
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Columbia music historian compiles Vietnam War songs
Nearly 40 years ago, a haunting photograph of a naked Vietnamese girl running in anguish after being severely burned in a napalm bomb attack on her village became an iconic image of the Vietnam War.
But most who have seen the Pulitzer Prize-winning...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Clearwater (Pinellas, Florida), Colleges and Universities, Howard County, Entertainment
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Wednesday's Calendar
WEDNESDAY
Floral Design Class
"Floral Design Using Tropicals" will be the theme of a 9 a.m. class at the Sherman Library & Gardens, 2647 E. Coast Hwy, Corona del Mar. Pre-registration, which costs $50, is required. Call (949) 673-2261 or go to http://...Tags: Sony Corp., Apple iPad, Floral Design, Holidays, House and Home
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