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Illinois has voiced the “Obama For Senate” call before, but according to one poll, the Prairie State may want to repeat it — for Michelle. In a Dec. 5 roundup of Illinois poll data, Public Policy Polling said Michelle Obama leads Sen. Mark Kirk in a hypothetical 2016 Senate matchup. The polling firm said the …
Overview Art Therapist is one of the Top Ten Hot Jobs of 2007, according to AOL’s popular CareerBuilder.com website. Art therapy is an established mental health profession that uses the creative process of art making to improve and enhance the physical, mental and emotional well-being of people at all ages. It is based on the belief …
Inspiration: We’re continually inspired by the power that art has to transform a space. A piece of art adds soul to any space and can directly affect people’s moods and emotions. Whether you’re the artist, or you’re selecting a piece of art for a room, the piece you choose is an expression of who you …
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We Honor and Celebrate African American Artists at ArtPrize 2012 By George Bayard III It is that time of year again. The annual ArtPrize competition is in full swing. ArtPrize, in it’s forth year, brings together 1,517 artists and performers from around the world to Grand Rapids to compete for the worlds largest art prize, …
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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 you’re famous, married, and working in the same industry. Scher and Chwast are firm: Never. “It’s not so much our lack of interest than it …
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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 is to have them leave saying, “Hey, maybe we had a bad experience on TV one time, but we came to Fallon and it was …
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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 such as “Take Five” caught listeners’ ears with exotic, challenging rhythms, has died. He was 91. Brubeck died Wednesday morning at Norwalk Hospital of heart …
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The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Va. | By Ted Strong Posted: 12/04/2012 2:53 pm EST Updated: 12/05/2012 9:41 am EST The nameless graves follow the line of a long-gone fence. They’re mostly marked with fieldstones, if they’re marked at all. And though they sit just outside the stately stone wall of the University of Virginia Cemetery, …
The Huffington Post | By Julee Wilson Posted: 12/05/2012 2:55 pm EST Updated: 12/05/2012 10:43 pm EST We didn’t think it was possible, but Oprah Winfrey has been dethroned as the richest black woman in the world. The new leading lady is oil baroness Folorunsho Alakija from Nigeria. While drilling oil has reportedly made the …
Stanley Kubrick was known for exerting complete artistic control over his projects; in doing so, he reconceived the genres in which he worked. The exhibition covers the breadth of Kubrick’s practice, beginning with his early photographs for Lookmagazine, taken in the 1940s, and continuing with his groundbreaking directorial achievements of the 1950s through the 1990s. His …
WASHINGTON (AFP).- The motel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee where US civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968 is being opened to the public, a spokeswoman said Friday. It is the first time that visitors to the erstwhile Lorraine Motel, now the National Civil Rights Museum, will be able to …
HOUSTON, TX.- On November 11, 2012, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, debuts an unprecedented exhibition exploring the experience of war through the eyes of photographers. WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath features nearly 500 objects, including photographs, books, magazines, albums and photographic equipment. The photographs were made by more than 280 photographers, …
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I’m becoming pretty familiar with my feet. More specifically, I’m becoming familiar with how much abuse they’re getting while I’m training for this half-marathon. My ankles are covered in blisters, the sides of my pinky toes have never-ending peeling skin, and I get weird toe cramps after a long run. It’s not that I’m wearing …
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Over the last 5 years, commuting by bike has risen 25%, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Dozens of companies have sprung up to fill the demand. Oakland-California based Xtraclycle is out to prove that bike commuting means more than just riding to work, but using pedal power for routine chores as well. Its extended …
Newark Mayor Cory Booker said Hurricane Sandy pushed back his decision on whether to run for governor of New Jersey in 2013.https://octobergallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/CORY-BOOKER-HURRICANE-SANDY-large570.jpg “The reality is Sandy has pushed my timeline back,” Booker said on his monthly radio program, according to the New Jersey Star-Ledger. Booker and current New Jersey Governor Chris Christie have both been …