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Clark County Public Library collections gets updated, refined and 'weeded'
Clark County Public LibraryWhat’s new at the library this week? Well, just about everything. Over the past few months significant changes and improvements have been made to every section of the library. First of all, the entire collection was “weeded.” That...Tags: Arts and Culture, Newspaper and Magazine, Libraries, Mark Twain
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Historic Vanderbilt mansion gets new life on Miami's Fisher Island
MIAMI - There are many Vanderbilt mansions, all of them grander, and certainly larger, than the relatively modest manse on Miami's Fisher Island that bears the famous family name. Ah, but if only you could see it - the beautifully proportioned stone...Tags: Long Island, Miami Beach, American Red Cross, Miami-Dade County, Renovation
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Inside the Huntington story
"Masterpiece Theatre" has nothing on the real-life, rags-to-riches saga that led to the founding of the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino. This singularly American story of an extraordinary family dynasty...
Tags: Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, Museums, Authors, Arts and Culture, Arts
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Hotel Ponce de Leon celebrates 125th anniversary with yearlong celebration
Just like the city it resides in, Hotel Ponce de Leon is full of history and this year it’s celebrating its 125th anniversary with commemorative events throughout 2013. The hotel was built by Henry Flagler and opened in 1888 and since then it...Tags: Culture, Criminals, Arts and Culture, Ceremonies, Arts
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Edwardian Opulence on View at Yale Center For British Art
"Edwardian Opulence: British Art at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century" On view through June 2, Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St., New Haven, (203) 432-2800, britishart.yale.edu Think of "Edwardian Opulence," an exhibition on view...
Tags: Downton Abbey (tv program), Agatha Christie, England, Painting, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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New York Fashion Week fall 2013: Proenza Schouler review
It was a collection of future classics. Spare shapes but decorated and ladylike. Soft in form, texture and color but created using cutting edge techniques. The kind of clothes that delight and surprise. Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez proved why...
Tags: Fashion Shows, Financial District, Audrey Hepburn, New York City, Entertainment Events
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New York Fashion Week fall 2013: The Row review
NEW YORK -- Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, named 2012’s top women’s wear designers by the prestigious Council of Fashion Designers of America, presented their fall 2013 collection Thursday morning in the sumptuous rooms of a $48-million Gilded...Tags: Fashion Shows, Upper East Side, Ashley Olsen, Real Estate, Entertainment Events
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Mix history, art in Palm Beach at the Flagler Museum
If ever a room was aptly named, it's the Grand Hall of the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum in Palm Beach. The 5,000 square-foot reception hall is adorned with almost every conceivable trapping of Gilded Age splendor: A bust of Caesar Augustus atop a...
Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Museums, Annie Leibovitz, Travel, Whitehall
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Who are the models on Built? Style’s handyman, model series
Channel Guide MagazineSo who are these hot new handymen and models on Built? Style Network turns the camera on guys who model and remodel in its new 10-episode series Built, airing Mondays at 9pm ET beginning Jan. 28. The series follows five male models – Shane Duffy,... -
Best museums in South Florida
Sun-SentinelIs it too rainy or too sunny to be outdoors? If so, spend your day inside at one of South Florida's museum. You can learn about anything from science experiments and fossils to mapping the stars and alligator wrestling. 1. Flagler Museum -- One Whitehall...Tags: Science and Technology, IMAX, Science, Museums, Fort Lauderdale
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Could you work at Downton Abbey?
I would bet you shillings to cents that at least 90% of the people who watch “Downton Abbey,” which returns to these TV shores on Sunday, would rather be the “upstairs” folk, the titled Crawley family, than the “downstairs&...
Tags: Downton Abbey (tv program), United Kingdom, Metal and Mineral, Julia Child, England
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Florida travel calendar for December
Check out festivals and events in December across the state.
View events this coming weekend, or view the whole month's offerings by region below:
Coming up this week
Through Dec. 30: Holidays Around the World, Lake Buena Vista. This Epcot tradition...Tags: South Florida Fairgrounds, Fiction, Wales, Politics, Atlantic Coast Conference
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