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Confronting artist Kara Walker
Kara Walker will be difficult. This gets whispered to you by enough people in the art world and you start to believe it: She's humorless! Confrontational! Intimidating! David Mamet intimidating! And this week, before the Thursday opening of “...
Tags: Art Institute of Chicago, Barack Obama, Artists, Museums, Arts
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Feast your mind (and soul): 'Literary Feast' celebrates its 25th edition showcasing national authors
The 25th edition of "Literary Feast," a community event that has brought more than 365 authors to Broward County since it began in 1988, will again celebrate books and authors at a series of events March 15-18. Last year, the Broward Public Library...Tags: Dave Barry, Authors, Fiction, Literature, Libraries
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On Theater: Another 'Lincoln,' closer to home
I'd like to use my space this week to talk about "Lincoln." No, not the Steven Spielberg blockbuster that may be front-and-center at Sunday's Oscar ceremonies, and not Bill O'Reilly's "Killing Lincoln," now on our television screens. This one is...
Tags: William Inge, James Whitmore, Arsenic and Old Lace (movie), Hal Holbrook, Douglas
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Hampton Roads weekend events feature lots to love for readers and writers
It's another busy weekend here in Hampton Roads for lovers of reading and writing. Take a look! 32nd Annual Writers Conference at CNU Friday and Saturday, Feb. 22 and 23 Friday highlights: - Book talk by David Robbins ("The Devil's Waters") - Speed...Tags: War of 1812, Black History, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Hampton Roads, Christopher Newport University
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Honoring Harriet Tubman
President Barack Obama's designation Monday of a new national monument to Harriet Tubman, who escaped slavery on a Dorchester County plantation in 1849, then helped guide scores of other slaves to freedom in the North during the decade before the Civil...
Tags: Barack Obama, Human Interest, Politics, Cambridge (Dorchester, Maryland), Human Rights
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On Demand/DVD New Releases March 25-31
Channel Guide MagazineOn Demand/DVD New Releases March 25-31: Daniel Day-Lewis’ performance in the award-winning Lincoln is outstanding, but Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones shouldn’t be overlooked in their roles. This week also brings Killing The Softly with Brad... -
Obama establishes Tubman park on Eastern Shore
President Barack Obama set aside 480 acres on the Eastern Shore on Monday as a national monument to honor Harriet Tubman — a victory for advocates who have long sought to memorialize the abolitionist's role in leading dozens of slaves to freedom....
Tags: Wildlife, Human Interest, Politics, White House, Crime, Law and Justice
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Aberdeen gathering celebrates links between Passover, Catholicism
Two faiths met under one house of God on Sunday as people in Aberdeen learned how Passover and Catholicism are related. Hosted by St. Mary's Catholic Church of Aberdeen, members of the B'Nai Isaac Synagogue told the story of Passover to a crowd of more...
Tags: Passover, Religion and Belief, Religious Events, Social Issues, Passover Seder
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Author to Speak at HCC
The Hays-Heighe House at Harford Community College will welcome Dr. Alan Taylor on April 8 as part of the College's commemoration of the Bicentennial of the War of 1812. Taylor will offer a public lecture at the Chesapeake Center at 10 a.m. His talk,...Tags: Harford Community College, War of 1812, Human Interest, Annapolis, Education
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A Banksy mural, lost in London, is found in Miami
North Londoners are furious over a missing Banksy mural that was torn off a building in the Wood Green neighborhood of the city and has since resurfaced online at Fine Art Auctions Miami. The high-profile mural by the mysterious street artist, no...
Tags: Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II (2012), BBC, Auction Service, Banksy, Art Basel
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Allan Powell: What can we learn from 'Little Dorrit?'
Hardly more than a year ago, I made my first contact with “Little Dorrit” when I read a newly published biography of Charles Dickens. Then, a friend, the late Robert Molten, bound several editions of Harper’s Magazine (1856) into three...Tags: Barack Obama, Philosophy, Business, Religion and Belief, Charles Dickens
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Obama to sign off on Tubman monument on Eastern Shore
President Barack Obama will sign a proclamation Monday creating a Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument on the Eastern Shore, a designation long sought by advocates and a bipartisan group of lawmakers. The designation protects the land...
Tags: Barack Obama, Martin O'Malley, Dorchester County, Harriet Tubman
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