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PRNewsFoto/Museum of Nature & Science DALLAS — After years of planning and gathering donations ranging from a few dollars to millions, the Museum of Nature & Science celebrated "the ultimate dig" by breaking ground on the...
Posted Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 The three scenarios When you enter "CSI: The Experience," you can choose to solve one of three crimes. You’ll analyze the driver’s blood-alcohol level and use clothing fibers, shoe prints and the...
Genteel Edinburgh would never want to boast — but its tea, scones and palatial history is every bit as enthralling as London's — and can be had for a fraction of the price and at a much more leisurely pace.
If you thought Tim Burton had a delightfully twisted imagination based on his feature films such as “Edward Scissorhands” and “Beetlejuice,” you ain’t seen nothing yet. MoMA opens a blockbuster show tomorrow with a cornucopia...
LONDON.- Bonhams will offer the Mary and George Bloch Collection of Lin Fengmian paintings at its 2009 Autumn Auction. A foremost collector of fine arts in Hong Kong, George Bloch (12 October 1920 - 27 April 2009) was born into...
By Sharon Wootton As status symbols go, the Bugatti Veyron ($1.7 million), Ferrari Enzo ($1 million) or even the Lamborghini Murcielago (only $279,900) work well in the 21st century. The wealthy at the turn of the 20th century...
About the only thing missing Friday at Holy Cross Episcopal School was The Bangles -- you know, the '80s band that sang "Walk Like an Egyptian" -- as pupils welcomed parents and other guests to the Egyptian Museum.
If you visited the Alpine Museum during the past dozen years, you probably met Dick Edwards, its garrulous and gregarious director. But even many Alpine locals never realized what a fascinating history Edwards himself brought...
"A Salute to Queens Parks: A Photo Book" celebrates stunning amateur photography of parks in Queens. The photographs reflect the diverse ways in which the communities of Queens use and view their parks and offers a moment to...
"The big empty" is how my seatmate describes the landscape as our plane makes its descent to El Paso. To me it is the opposite: this is a place I've visited and lived in for the last 13 years, and it is a land filled with...
