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Crystal Bridges Museum the victim of apparent Wal-Mart email hoax
April Fool's Day is four months away, but someone has clearly gotten an early start. The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark., is the victim of an apparent email hoax linking founder and Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton with workers...
Tags: Stranger Than Fiction, Whitney Museum, Arts, Career and Workplace, Walmart
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New York Public Library gives up some of its secrets
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn my family, we've never recognized a distinction between happiness and the handling of books. Books in libraries, books in shops. Books that take you places, and books you can steal from — like Norman Maclean's memoir, "A River Runs Through It,"...Tags: Science, Painting, Fine Arts, Journalism, Manhattan (New York City)
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Crystal Bridges museum inspires visitors, both with art and architecture
BENTONVILLE, Ark. – When the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art opened last November, some people called it the most important major new museum in the country. Art experts say it’s a world class facility. The art and the building...
Tags: Norman Rockwell, Arts, Walmart, Artists, Sam Walton
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Not a five-and-dime operation
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — A French chef selling crepes from a food cart on an Arkansas city street may seem out of place, but business is very good for Crepes Paulette. It's about to get a lot better.
The wagon is parked at the head of a scenic path...Tags: Restaurants, Frederic Remington, Lifestyle and Leisure, The New York Times, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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12 places to visit in 2012
New Mexico: This year, New Mexicans mark 100 years of statehood. But much of the state's appeal stems from its human history that goes back much further. (In 2010, Santa Fe celebrated 400 years of cityhood.) Explore here: the adobe architecture and art...Tags: St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Charles Dickens, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Chelsea (Staten Island, New York)
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Demonizing Wal-Mart
In cultural commentary about the American economy, one company at a time always seems to be the goat. Everything it does is interpreted as evil. In the 1950s it was General Motors. GM's CEO, Charles "Engine Charlie" Wilson, became a national figure of...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Small Businesses, Companies and Corporations, Consumers, Health
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Monster Mash: Jazz musician Pete Rugolo dies; Alice Walton's DUI
Culture MonsterPete Rugolo, the jazz composer and arranger, has died at 95. Alice Walton, the Wal-Mart heiress behind the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, was recently arrested for driving under the influence.... -
Monster Mash: Crystal Bridges Museum is ready for its close-up
Culture MonsterA new museum: Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton is unveiling the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark., on Friday. (Wall Street Journal) Buying big: The art auctions ended with a flourish as Sotheby's sold $316 million of art,...... -
Fall arts picks: Architecture
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Eli Broad's museum names veteran of San Diego museums -- and U.S. Marines -- as second-in-command
Culture MonsterFormer San Diego museum administrator named to second-ranking post at Eli Broad's museum... -
Monster Mash: Walton family gives $800 million to museum; shortlist for Turner Prize announced
Culture MonsterMajor donation to Crystal Bridges Museum from Walton Family... -
Wal-Mart family's $800-million art museum gift is stupendous -- but not a record
Culture MonsterThe Walton Family's art museum donation appears to be nation's second-largest...
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