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Michelle Obama visits Cape Town museum after trip to island prison is cancelled
(AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Michelle Obama on Thursday toured a museum that memorializes the forced segregation of a once vibrant and racially mixed area of this South African coastal city. The visit to District Six Museum was a
Updated: 06/23/2011 07:38A
Schools Out ... 10 Fun Things To Do
You can meet up with friends, wait on line at the American Girl Store or check out a museum. But, with several days to fill, there are things to do closer to home. This is no way a definitive list but a few ideas. Feel free to share some of yours in
Updated: 06/23/2011 07:36A
Installation view of Lee U-fans “Dialogue” at the Solomon R. Guggenheim
The first retrospective exhibition in the US on South Korean artist Lee U-fan opened on Friday at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. Titled “Lee Ufan: Marking Infinity,” the exhibition looks back on the artists career of almost half a
Updated: 06/23/2011 07:33A
Tomatoes once ruled in Morgan County
Tamme Marggraf, executive director of the Museum of Berkeley Springs, said the county was a great place to work for seasonal jobs and the areas climate helped the tomatoes grow, with temperatures from May to October ranging from 50 to 80 degrees.
Updated: 06/23/2011 07:33A
Elgar Country With The Ladies: Music, Schoolgirls... And A Gorilla.
But at the Elgar Birthplace Museum? Incongruous, somehow. Yet there they were - a crowd of uniformed and boisterous schoolgirls bellowing it while seated on the lawn of Elgars parents cottage. Encouraged, I might add, by a couple of adults.
Updated: 06/23/2011 07:32A
Guggenheim Museum introduces Lee U-fan
The first retrospective exhibition in the US on South Korean artist Lee U-fan opened on Friday at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. Titled “Lee Ufan: Marking Infinity,” the exhibition looks back on the artists career of almost half a
Updated: 06/23/2011 07:30A
Live music preview: free Music Under the Star series begins July 1st
The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum has announced the Summer line-up of the eigth season of Music Under the Star. The free concerts will take place for five Fridays from 6-9pm on the plaza under the 35-foot bronze star.
Updated: 06/23/2011 07:30A
Sheboygan museum to feature exhibition about memory in arts
(AP) -- A Sheboygan art museum will soon feature an exhibition about memory in the arts. The exhibition is titled Hiding Places: Memory in the Arts and features 50 artists works, music performances, dance and theatre. It is divided into four themes:
Updated: 06/23/2011 07:30A
Rowling unveils New Harry Potter website, e-books
Harry Potter creater JK Rowling Thursday unveiled an interactive website featuring new material about the boy wizards world, while his adventures will also now be sold as e-books for the first time. Rowling made the announcement at a press conference
Updated: 06/23/2011 07:29A
Harry Potter wizard series to be sold as e-books
LONDON - Harry Potters adventures are going digital — JK Rowling says the boy wizards adventures will be sold as e-books for the first time in October. All seven novels will be available as audiobooks and ebooks in multiple languages through a new
Updated: 06/23/2011 07:29A
