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Baltimore colleges push to improve neighborhoods
Change has swept through the University of Baltimore — and the surrounding neighborhood — over the past decade. Striking new academic buildings, an apartment building and the university's first dormitory have appeared among the brownstones...
Tags: Family, Behavioral Conditions, Lexington Market, Science and Technology, Hospitals and Clinics
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Florida travel calendar for February
Check out festivals and events in February across the state.
This list is organized by region.
Central Florida (including Orlando, Kissimmee, Daytona Beach, Sanford, the Space Coast, Lakeland/Polk and Lake County)
Through Feb. 3: 24th Annual Zora Neale...Tags: DeLand, Photography, Boats, Concerts, Daytona 500
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Video game creator Eugene Jarvis is Player One
The young guy in the trucker cap, skinny jeans and Air Jordans squeezed the trigger on the toy shotgun and his umpteenth round of “Big Buck Hunter” blasted to life. The guy was maybe 25 and so focused on bagging digital deer, the butt of the...
Tags: Culture, Arts and Culture, Casino and Gambling Industry, Bally, Wrigley Field
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Governor's Budget Cuts To Address Deficit Affects Arts Groups
Hartford CourantGov. Dannel P. Malloy's $150 million in immediate cuts to deal with a looming deficit has an effect on many arts, cultural, heritage and tourism organizations. The governor cut a total of $1,038,742 from the Department of Economic and Communuity...Tags: Culture, Arts and Culture, Waterbury, New London (New London, Connecticut), Executive Branch
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Spence Perry: We must not scare away hope
The legislative machine in Washington crept back into motion early this month, and there were indications amidst the screeching and growling that it might be good to go long enough to get the country out of its self-inflicted economic ditch. The holiday...Tags: Culture, Arts and Culture, College Baseball, Religion and Belief, Philosophy
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Video/Q&A: 'A Haunted House' star/co-writer Marlon Wayans
Within the first three minutes of our conversation, Marlon Wayans mocks my shoes, imagines an ethnically diverse array of naked women surrounding him, describes the peaceful way to strangle a cow and his plan to delay sitting on the toilet in order to...
Tags: Requiem, Marlon Wayans, Entertainment, Music, Richard Pryor
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In Theory: Have Christians retreated from the world?
Writing in on the Huffington Post, Phil Cooke claims that Christians' voices are being drowned out because of a love/hate relationship with the media, a relationship that is driving Christians to retreat to safe zones instead of engaging with the wider...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Evangelical Christianity, Car Safety Tips and Advice, George W. Bush, Book
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Business Briefs - Jan. 6
Greater Chambersburg Chamber of Commerce CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — The Greater Chambersburg Chamber of Commerce welcomed 11 new members in December, bringing its membership to 950. New members are: - Aflac, Andrew Powell, 550 Cleveland Ave.,...Tags: Arts and Culture, Culture, Cambridge (Dorchester, Maryland), Hybrid Vehicles, FirstEnergy Corp.
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Gangsta's paradise? U. of Arizona offers minor focusing on hip-hop
Universities across the nation have offered courses on hip-hop culture for several years, but the University of Arizona has decided to take its program further, adding the subject as as a concentration in its Africana Studies minor program. The...
Tags: Culture, Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities, Entertainment, Music
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Jared Diamond's 'The World Until Yesterday' is as ambitious as it sounds
-------------------- The World Until Yesterday What Can We Learn From Traditional Societies? Jared Diamond Viking: 500 pp., $36 -------------------- A number of years ago, I found myself at a dinner party with Jared Diamond, the UCLA geography...Tags: Culture, Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events, Guinea, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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A Chicago casino is coming; make sure culture wins
Tribune criticA casino is surely coming to Chicago. Sooner rather than later, the lure of so much new revenue flowing into needy city and state coffers, and the prospect of so many badly needed jobs, will overwhelm those who see any further expansion of Illinois...Tags: Casino and Gambling Industry, Culture, Arts and Culture, Cirque du Soleil, Architecture
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The New York Review of Books turns 50
Finally, a commemoration I can get behind: On Feb. 5, at Town Hall in Manhattan, the New York Review of Books will celebrate its 50th anniversary with an event featuring, among other contributors, Joan Didion, Michael Chabon and Daniel Mendelsohn. The...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Culture, Ceremonies, Book, Authors
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