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December Museum Round Up (DCist) Keli by Katy Grannan, on view at National Portrait Gallery. Collection of the artist, courtesy Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York City; Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco; Salon 94, New York City © Katy Grannan Washington's museums are atwitter with the season, offering many holiday themed events great for visiting family and friends in among other non-holiday themed exhibits. We ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Live It | Give handmade this year (Brick) Thursday is Thanksgiving. I like Thanksgiving, of course. It’s got food and family togetherness and desserts and table decorating, plus a parade! But you’ve probably got plans by this point, and the Internet offers plenty of turkey techniques and green bean casserole recipes. us.rd.yahoo.com
Gift books: Sun-Times staff photographers review photography (Chicago Sun-Times) Performance: Richard Avedon showcases the parade of actors, singers, dancers, artists and musicians that "performed" before Avedon's lens. In the opening essay, John Lahr declares Avedon's collaboration with his subjects was itself a performance. us.rd.yahoo.com
What we love; — and you shall love it, too (The Bulletin) During the past year, the reporters, designers, photographers and editors at The Bulletin read, listened to and watched a lot of stuff. And some of it we even liked. The following list includes our favorite books, CDs and DVDs that we encountered this year.Books “Already Dead” by Charlie Huston us.rd.yahoo.com
Flash in the dark (The Allen American) While current economic conditions have small businesses running scared, a new business moving into Allen is looking past the hard times to capture the great times for families. us.rd.yahoo.com
2009 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL EXPANDS CINEMATIC STORYTELLING BEYOND ITS THEATRES WITH NEW FRONTIER (Elite TV) Park City, UT—The 2009 Sundance Film Festival announced today the selection of artists and scientists whose work will be presented at the 2009 edition of New Frontier. us.rd.yahoo.com
Karsh to star at Portrait (Ottawa Citizen) Famed Ottawa photographer Yousuf Karsh’s work will be exhibited in Ottawa and around the world this year, in a celebration of the 100th anniversary of his birth, the Portrait Gallery of Canada and the Canada Museum of Science and Technology announced Thursday. us.rd.yahoo.com
Community Calendar (The Lake Wales News) On November 25, 2008, at their monthly 11:30 A.M. luncheon meeting, will share recollections from the past and lead a "Getting-to-Know-You" discussion. us.rd.yahoo.com
Holiday Gifts: Books (The Charlotte Observer) VARIED NONFICTION THE BACKYARD BIRDSONG GUIDE: EASTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH AMERICA: A GUIDE TO LISTENING By Donald Kroodsma (Chronicle Books, 192 pages, $24.99) This regional handbook for beginning bird-watchers includes a touch-button electronic module with vocalizations of 75 species from across Eastern and Central North America. BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 2008 Edited by Adam Gopnik ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Community Calendar (The Lake Wales News) The 4th Thursday book discussion group meets at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 27 at the library. Thanksgiving Day Concerts will be held at Bok Tower Gardens at 1 p.m. and again at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 27. Reflect on life's blessings while listening to carillon music during a day of Thanksgiving. us.rd.yahoo.com
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