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Reclusive Heiress Bequeaths Her "Monet".

Huguette Clark, a reclusive heiress who died May 2011 in New York, has left a painting from Claude Monet’s “Water Lilies” series to Washington D.C's Corcoran Gallery of Art.Clark,... Read more

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Marilyn Monroe's Little White Dress Sold

They auctioned off Marilyn Monroe's iconic white halter dress from The Seven Year Itch. You remember the one: as she stood over a subway grate in front of the Trans-Lux Theater,... Read more

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Guest Blogger: Handwriting Analyst Michelle Dresbold

My guest today in Handwriting Analysts Michelle Dresbold. She will offer her insights into the Casey Anthony case by examining Casey’s handwriting. Casey Anthon... Read more

The 29 June 2011 by Dplylemd
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Paintings of Nicholas Roerich

Today I found on French Wikimedia the page with many pictures of Nicholas Roerich, some of them quite unknown in the West. Great paintings. Read more

The 17 June 2011 by Luphil
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What is Theatre for Development?

Applied theatre is used in the field of development through a group of practices often referred to as theatre for development. These performances frequently wor... Read more

The 10 June 2011 by Aurorapowers
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WOUNDED KNEE: Part 2, 1890 -- The Massacre.

Photo taken shortly after the massacre/battle, showing defeated Sioux chiefs guarded by a cavalry soldier.[For WOUNDED KNEE, Part I, The Closing Frontier,... Read more

The 14 June 2011 by Kena
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A Ray of Light on Stonehenge

If you have ever suffered through an episode of “Ancient Aliens” on the History Channel, you might believe that every megalithic structure in the world was... Read more

The 15 June 2011 by Cris
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Crazy Corn Children & Ritual Form

In 1977, Stephen King published his short story “Children of the Corn” in Penthouse. Seven years later, movie audiences across the nation were horrified by the... Read more

The 08 June 2011 by Cris
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Interior Obsession: Concept Chandeliers

I certainly have my “ooh, shiny” girl moments but I’ve always leaned more toward the functional than frilly. So when useful objets d’art like these lovely... Read more

The 03 June 2011 by Linsibrownson
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WOUNDED KNEE, Part I: The Closing Frontier.

Lakota Lake, Black Hills, South Dakota.Wounded Knee is a stark, remote place in western South Dakota with freezing winters, blazing hot summers, and hard,... Read more

The 06 June 2011 by Kena
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How to Open a Show

First, write a witty script that sparkles with class while also accommodating words like sodomy (the kudos, in this case, go the composers of the previously... Read more

The 13 June 2011 by Gibbs22manila
Pierre-Auguste Renoir as a Book Illustrator

In 1878, the publishers C. Marpon and E. Flammarion published a lavishly illustrated edition of Émile Zola’s novel L’Assommoir. The title page had a wood... Read more

The 21 June 2011 by Adventuresintheprinttrade
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