Art Exhibitions
- ''Elysium Fields'' sees new paintings by Thai artist Mitree Parahom, who depicts agrarian life in his native Isan region in vivid colours. His intimate portrayals of Isan people also expr...
Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news,
Thu Dec 31 20:38:25 PST 2009
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Fond farewells: A look at notable New Mexicans who died in 2009
Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! One of the burdens an arts critic has to bear is that of suspicion from and by her readers: "Does she really know what she's talking about?" When it came ...
Santa Fe New Mexican,
Thu Dec 31 20:39:11 PST 2009
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Goodbye to Some of the Notable People in the Arts Who Left Us in 2009
NEW YORK, NY.- On the last day of the year, we would like to say goodbye to those artists who left us this past year. Here, a roll call of some of the notable people in art and popular cult...
Art Daily,
Thu Dec 31 17:28:19 PST 2009
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2020 vision: Our team of futurologists peers into mists of time
Britain's first black prime minister is settling into Number 10, Sir Alexander McQueen has given King Charles a makeover and the City's carbon traders are coining it. Welcome to the future
Independent,
Wed Dec 30 22:56:59 PST 2009
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Community Calendar
Deadline for items for the Community Calendar is Wednesday noon two weeks before desired publication date. Send information on fund-raisers, clubs, lectures, community events, reunions and ...
Buffalo Grove Countryside,
Thu Dec 31 03:05:56 PST 2009
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Calendar
Submissions for "Community Calendar" are required two weeks preceding the date of publication. Send to: Mary Ann Bottari, Pioneer Press, 3701 W. Lake Ave., Glenview IL 60026; mbottari@pione...
Park Ridge Herald-Advocate,
Thu Dec 31 02:02:03 PST 2009
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Back to Kovno
This year, the first comprehensive collection of South African Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer
Forward,
Wed Dec 30 12:56:40 PST 2009
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Recession hurts Selma
Money-money-money dominated Selma news in 2009. Tax revenues dropped off steeply because of the recession. Measure S, the sales tax increase for new police and fire services, was used to ma...
The Selma Enterprise,
Wed Dec 30 11:50:01 PST 2009
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Hey hey, it's the original Blinky Bill
The first-ever printed copy of the classic Australian children's book Blinky Bill has been acquired by the National Library in Canberra.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation,
Wed Dec 30 01:04:33 PST 2009
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Limited edition atlas to be unveiled at book fair
DOHA: The Doha International Book Fair, one of the largest and most visited book fairs in the region, will open its 20th edition today. The expo heralds a year long festivities to be launch...
The Peninsula,
Tue Dec 29 18:58:21 PST 2009
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Yuling Huang Joins the Dayton Art Institute as Kettering Associate Curator of Asia...
DAYTON, OH.- The Dayton Art Institute has announced that Yuling Huang will join the museum staff as Kettering Associate Curator of Asian Art.
Art Daily,
Tue Dec 29 20:16:34 PST 2009
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Loans save lives in Japanese city
Four years ago, suicides in this northern city were running at nearly double the national rate, and as the global financial meltdown hit Japan, they might have been expected to go even high...
Omaha World-Herald,
Sun Dec 27 04:18:07 PST 2009
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The big ten books of 2009
The past year has yielded a marvelous variety of books in China. Here are our top picks, as compiled by Liu Jun and Mei Jia report 1. King Gesa r (
People's Daily,
Mon Dec 28 18:30:07 PST 2009
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The big ten of 2009
The past year has yielded a marvelous variety of books in China. Here are our top picks, as compiled by Liu Jun and Mei Jia report Known as the world's longest epic, King Gesar is an ancien...
China Daily,
Mon Dec 28 17:03:57 PST 2009
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Versatile showbiz performer
Peg Christensen, one of the last great stars of the halcyon days of Australian radio, has died of cancer at The Alfred hospital, aged 88.
The Age,
Mon Dec 28 05:08:26 PST 2009
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Can Science Explain Religion?
By H. Allen Orr The Evolution of God by Robert Wright Robert Wright is not afraid to think big thoughts. Wright, who contributes regularly to a host of magazines including Slate and Time an...
New York Review of Books,
Sun Dec 27 19:27:04 PST 2009
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Hifumi Kouno and Atsushi Inaba talk Infinite Space [DS]
Nude Maker's Hifumi Kouno and Platinum Games' Atsushi Inaba talk about creating vast universes in the upcoming DS RPG Infinite Space.
GameSpot,
Sun Dec 27 14:33:00 PST 2009
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Child porn in most of 350 items banned by censors
More than 350 images, movies and books have been banned this year after being deemed objectionable to the public good.
Stuff,
Sun Dec 27 08:13:05 PST 2009
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HISTORY'S TAKE ON 2009
We know what 1914 means. It means the beginning of World War I. We know what 1938 means. It means appeasement at Munich in the run-up to World War II. We know what 1968 means. It means the ...
David Shribman via Yahoo! News,
Sat Dec 26 16:58:20 PST 2009
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Buying our love with our money is just not sporting
Mega events may be lots of fun but let's not pretend they're good for the economy.
The Age,
Sat Dec 26 05:33:59 PST 2009
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