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“In Conversation: Modern African American Art” comes to the Peabody Essex Museum just as interest in art by black Americans is — belatedly — bubbling to the surface in New …
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It appears that this California teacher has truly reached his students. In an effort to avoid doling out detentions for graffiting at the alternative high school where he teaches, Reddit …
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There’s something playful about anything inflatable. Blown-up objects remind us of a birthday party balloon animals, childhood bounce houses and bubbles of Bazooka Joe. Yet when artists work with inflatable …
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James Franco is going ‘Psycho’ for his most recent art exhibit, on view at London’s Pace Gallery this week. For the cinematic-inspired show, the actor performs his best Janet Leigh impersonations …
“Bittersweet.” That’s how Kyla McMullen describes what it feels like to be the first African-American woman at the University of Michigan to graduate with a doctorate in computer science. “I …
When a $1 million stolen Matisse painting is recovered after 26 years missing, we’d say that is cause for celebration. The work in question, Henri Matisse’s 1920 painting, “Le Jardin,” …
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Over 150 masterpieces by Pablo Picasso will be displayed at the Art Gallery Of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto. For the first time since 1964, works from Picasso’s private collections will …
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The Huffington Post | By Ron Dicker Posted: 01/02/2013 12:35 pm EST | Updated: 01/02/2013 1:14 pm EST Defying Western stigma and school-age angst over wearing braces, some Asian teens are reportedly …
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NEW YORK — Ty Pennington is doing some traveling again, this time for the HLN television network. HLN said Wednesday that Pennington, who stars in “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” will …
No one can know exactly what the year ahead will bring. But those who work in and monitor the fitness industry can make some pretty good guesses. If 2012 could …
01/02/13 12:15 PM ET EST NEW YORK — Bobby Womack has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member told the BBC in a recent …
Caroline Tiger, For The Inquirer Posted: Friday, November 30, 2012, 2:53 PM Reporters are always asking Paula Scher and Seymour Chwast when they’re going to collaborate. That’s what happens when …
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By David Haglund Posted Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, at 10:21 AM ET The man who books musical guests on Jimmy Fallon has said the show’s strategy for getting great acts …
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AP | By PAT EATON-ROBB | Posted: 12/05/2012 11:55 am EST Updated: 12/05/2012 9:18 pm EST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Jazz composer and pianist Dave Brubeck, whose pioneering style in pieces …
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