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Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00 Landmark advances in video-projection technology led to 'the new painting'
Some of today's most adventurous artists could not be who they are if they could not project their art.
Video projector - Business - Arts and Entertainment - Tools and Equipment - Business Services
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00 Liz Lerman Dance Exchange explores the universe in 'The Matter of Origins'
Veteran choreographer Liz Lerman melds science and art, brain and body, for a production called "The Matter of Origins."
Arts - Paul WS Anderson - Three Musketeers - Logan Lerman - Milla Jovovich
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00 For indie rockers, 'jam band' increasingly no longer a shameful term
On Saturday, Vampire Weekend will headline at Merriweather Post Pavilion. It will be the New York-based indie-rock quartet's first gig at the Maryland amphitheater, but for the band's drummer, Chris Tomson, the show will mark an anniversary of sorts.
Jam band - Music - Arts and Entertainment - Rock - Art
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Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00 Hirshhorn's 'Chief Tech, Al Masino, lighting matters
Al Masino has the grand title of Director of Exhibitions, Design and Special Projects at the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum -- but you can think of him as Chief Tech.
Business - Electrical - Lighting - Shopping - Business and Economy
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00 First lady Michelle Obama's travel attire is picture of a fashionable tourist
In a society where public attire has grown increasingly pajama-fied, the first lady offered proof that informal doesn't mean sloppy and pulled-together doesn't have to be stuffy.
Michelle Obama - Recreation - Fan Pages - Magazines and E-zines - Bluewater Productions
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00 "Make sure you do today what you can't do tomorrow"
By January 2000, Ed Urbaniak knew what he wanted: not just a relationship, but the kind of love that could sustain a family.
Health - History - On This Day in History - Arts - Music
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00 Study shows love is, indeed, like a drug
One after another, the college students participating in psychologist Art Aron's study on romantic rejection walked in with wrenching stories of heartache.
Health - Substance abuse - Addictions - Drugs - Illegal
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00 Nuptials: Bliss Hanlon and Chase Lansing
Bliss Hanlon, 22, is a graduate student. Chase Lansing, 23, sells building products. They now live in Utah.
United States - Arts - Literature - Scottish - World Literature
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:00 Week 884: Combine two products to make a new, funnier one
The Escaladder: A combination escalator and ladder, similar to an escalator that you climb step by step. This device is often found in Metro stations. (Jennifer Hart, Arlington)
New Zealand - Oceania - Business and Economy - Shopping - Health
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:41 "Real Housewives of D.C." recap of recaps: Catching up on rerun week
Sorry, everyone -- no new episodes of Housewives this week, giving us a well-needed reprieve from the job of fact-checking this crazy show. So if you're only now catching up on the first half of the season, please enjoy these links to our neurotically thorough truth-squad treatment of episodes one...
Real Housewives - Television - Drama - Programs - Arts
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:49 First lady Michelle Obama's travel attire is picture of a fashionable tourist
First lady Michelle Obama returned to the White House last week after spending her summer vacation walking the fine fashion line between comfortably casual and utterly camera-ready. Her travel attire served as a wake-up call to all those American tourists who have blighted the national landscape ...
Michelle Obama - Recreation - Fan Pages - Magazines and E-zines - Bluewater Productions
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00 Hints From Heloise
Dear Readers: Do you need to send a CHILD ALONE ON A TRIP by commercial airline?
Games - Video Games - Cheats and Hints - Computer Platforms - United States
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00 Ask Amy
DEAR READERS: Recently I ran a letter from "Wandering Husband," a 72-year-old man who offered a biological and evolutionary explanation for why men cheat.
Ask an Expert - Opinion - Massively meta - Ask Massively - Advice
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00 Finalist No. 8: Stephanie Booth
Six times a bridesmaid, never a bride. That fact irked Stephanie Booth. But not for the reason you'd think. She didn't mind her singleton status -- she was flying solo by choice. Yet the constant remarks -- for a while, in her mid-20s, too many well-meaning friends inquired about her plans for procreation -- drove her bananas. Rather than stew about it, Booth created the series "Spinster," which she uploaded to Real Art D.C.
United States - History - Presidents - Assassination - Lincoln Abraham
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00 Bio: Stephanie Booth
I've taken images of me as a bridesmaid in various weddings and, using a polyester lithography process, transferred them to embroidery cloth.
United States - President - History - Assassination - Lincoln Abraham
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00 'The Tillman Story' tackles story of soldier lost to far more than friendly fire
Of all the stories Americans love to tell ourselves, none is more seductive than the tragedy with a happy ending.
Friendly fire - Pat Tillman - Death - Tillman Story - Afghanistan
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00 Natural History Museum's Origins of Western Culture hall will close for a 3-year renovation
The mummies at the National Museum of Natural History are going into storage. Their antiquated hall, the Origins of Western Culture, will close Sept. 26 for an extensive three-year renovation, although a few specimens will be viewable next spring.
Natural History Museum - Museum - Natural History - United States - California
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00 Theater: Sarah Ruhl's 'In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play' doesn't resonate
Sarah Ruhl has been polarizing audiences ever since her breakthrough play, the daft but tenderly embraceable domestic comedy "The Clean House." Her work straddles a precarious line between offbeat observation and outright preciousness, a characteristic that can leave cold those with low tolerance...
Sarah Ruhl - Art - Theatre - In the Next Room - Performing Arts
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00 African American Museum's revised design gets favorable reviews by NCPC
A revised design concept for the National Museum of African American History and Culture shifts the building to the southern boundary of its location across from the Washington Monument grounds, giving an unobstructed view of the landmark.
African American - Ethnicity - African - NCPC - United States
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00 "Three Stations," the new thriller by Martin Cruz Smith, author of "Gorky Park"
Martin Cruz Smith's new thriller, "Three Stations," depicts a dysfunctional society that makes it so alluring that we evidently can't get enough of this ongoing story.
Gorky Park - Martin Cruz Smith - United States - California - Arts
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00 Artwork 'safe and secure' after fire closes the Phillips Collection
A fire at the Phillips Collection closed the Dupont Circle art museum Thursday after smoke spread throughout the building, forcing its evacuation, authorities said.
United States - Phillips Collection - Museums - Arts and Entertainment - Art Museums
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00 Scorsese, Weir, Frears films lead Telluride fest lineup
LOS ANGELES -- The Telluride Film Festival unveiled the lineup of movies Thursday for this weekend's event, which is regarded as an early highlight for Oscar hopefuls.
Film - Arts - Movies - Filmmaking - Telluride Film Festival
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00 Eric Meyrowitz, general manager of District's WDCW, leaves for N.Y.C.'s WPIX
For the second time in three months, the general manager of a Washington TV station has been nabbed to run a flagship station in New York City.
New York City - District - United States - WDCW - WPIX
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00 Sept. 3 TV highlights: ??Camp Rock 2,' ??Flashpoint,' ??Need to Know' and more
Disney Channel original movies (or DCOMs, to those in the know) are unstoppable forces of nature, particularly when they star the Jonas Brothers, and Friday night's film, "Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam" (at 8) is no exception. In the sequel to 2008's "Camp Rock" (starring Joe Jonas and Demi Lovato),...
Flashpoint - Camps - Recreation - United States - Canada
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00 Carolyn Hax: Reader advice on weight, texting while driving and true 'like'
While I'm away, readers give the advice. On being dismayed at a mate's weight gain:
Weight loss - Health - Shopping - Carolyn Hax - Programs
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