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Greetings From Crown Center at 40: Hallmark's Island of Misfit Ideasnew
Hallmark Cards broke ground on this "city within a city" on September 16, 1968. Company founder Joyce C. Hall had spent the previous decade meeting with architects, industrial designers and real-estate men. Walt Disney, a friend, had even contributed a few ideas. Hall envisioned Crown Center as a sort of monument to corporate benevolence.
Irish Music, Dance Hit Santa Barbara for the Holidaysnew
Last Wednesday, Tomáseen Foley and his troupe of four transformed the Granada into an Irish “rambling house,” sharing stories, traditional music, and dance. Throughout the show, Foley shared traditions that went back before “the quills inked history,” as his grandmother put it, creating an intimate ambiance.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Michelle Drown |
12-22-2009 |
Performance
The Myth of the BPA-Free Diet: Seven Days of Trying to Evade a Chemicalnew
Though reports of its potential health effects and presence in the linings of containers and cans have long been reported in science journals and the media, an article in the December issue of Consumer Reports brought concerns over BPA to a broad audience.
Reno News & Review |
Kat Kerlin |
12-22-2009 |
Culture
The Cost of Repairing the Murals at St. Nicholas Croatian Catholic Churchnew
Painted in the Depression era, the church's murals go well beyond standard religious iconography. Along with traditional Catholic imagery of angels and the Virgin Mary, they include World War I-era soldiers killing Christ, crowned with barbed wire; a worker killed in a mining accident.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
KATE GIAMMARISE |
12-22-2009 |
Art
Paul Ross Spadafora Wanted to Demonstrate His Commitment to Boxingnew
In 1992, a 16-year-old boxing prodigy named Paul Ross Spadafora walked into the Island Avenue Tattoo shop in McKees Rocks. Weeks before, he'd dropped out of his sophomore year at Sto-Rox High School to focus on boxing. A natural righty who fought as a left-hander, he asked to have a paw-print tattooed on his upper stomach, with the word SOUTH inscribed above it.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
SEAN D. HAMILL |
12-22-2009 |
Sports
Philly's Broken Justicenew
If you haven't been reading the Philadelphia Inquirer's series on our broken judicial system, you really should: it lays out in excruciating detail the failures of our "system".
Philadelphia Weekly |
Brendan Skwire |
12-22-2009 |
Fashion
Amherst liberates as Comcast conquersnew
I pulled out my iPod Touch to see if there were any available WiFi links from the restaurant or neighboring businesses, only to find—lo and behold—that the town of Amherst was offering me up a connection for nothing. Being a member of the public with a device capable of getting my Internet connection wirelessly was enough.
Valley Advocate |
Mark Roessler |
12-22-2009 |
Tech
Pass on the Grape Juice: Pair Your Holiday Meal with a Triple Alenew
What wine goes best with Christmas dinner? Most sommeliers recommend their favourite oak-y white wine, while the more adventurous will suggest a Pinot Noir. They are all wrong. Belgian triple ales are best for the fest.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Mike Tessier |
12-21-2009 |
Food+Drink
Miami Dolphins' Tony Sparano is a Conservative Coach Who Takes Huge Risksnew
Though Sparano is a conservative coach, he has also been known to take huge risks. Take, for instance, the time two decades ago when he gave up a high-paying job to earn pennies an hour at his first football gig. Then there was last year, when he introduced the wildcat and nailed the hated Patriots.
Miami New Times |
Eric Barton |
12-21-2009 |
Sports
Roger the Dodger Gets Called Back to Lead One More Super Bowl Drivenew
Super Bowl XLV comes to Arlington, Texas in 415 days (February 6, 2011), and Roger Staubach, former Dallas Cowboys quarterback, just happens to be the chairman of the host committee, the familiar, flawless face of our monumental moment.
Dallas Observer |
Richie Whitt |
12-21-2009 |
Sports
What Will We Remember as the Biggest Dallas Fort-Worth Music Stories of the Year?new
Chris Flemmons has been running a South by Southwest showcase for Denton artists called North by 35, the college town's best punk bands step out into the limelight, and a fresh-faced rapper named Dorrough all highlight DFW's 2009 Music Scene.
Dallas Observer |
Pete Freedman |
12-21-2009 |
Commentary
Fruitcake, That Traditional Holiday Brick, Need Not Be Inedible: Try This Onenew
There's only one fruitcake in the entire world, right? Wrong. Here’s a recipe for an entirely edible fruitcake, made more delicious with a side serving of creole whiskey sauce, and some egg nogg to wash it down.
Artvoice |
Katherine O'Day |
12-18-2009 |
Food+Drink
Crossing Over: When a Calligrapher Meets a Graffiti Artistnew
One afternoon, Lisa Engelbrecht invited Jose Martinez and his crew to her house, on the east side of Long Beach. They spray-painted a fence in her backyard. When two street artists collaborate, she saw, they don’t speak. They just paint, in a kind of dance.
L.A. Weekly |
Gendy Alimurung |
12-18-2009 |
Art
Moon Walk: Art of the Cosmos Unveils a Creative Look at Explorationnew
"I think in a way, art and science come from similar kinds of sensibilities, in terms of discovery and in terms of pushing our known boundaries," says Blake Milteer, curator of a new exhibit of space art.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Edie Adelstein |
12-17-2009 |
Art
