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Rodney G. Stieff
Rodney G. Stieff, former chairman of the board and CEO of Kirk-Stieff Co., which was the oldest silversmith firm in the country, died Tuesday of kidney cancer at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson.
The former longtime Orchards resident was 87....Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Lacrosse, Baltimore Museum of Art, Renal cell carcinoma
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Endeavour Exhibit Opens at California Science Center
KTLA News/Los Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- If you missed the shuttle Endeavour's trip through the streets of Los Angeles, you can see it in person starting on Tuesday. That's when the California Science Center will open the doors to the display pavilion housing the retired...Tags: Arts and Culture, Science and Technology, Satellite Technology, Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, Museums
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Family's racial history comes into focus
On a warm late September evening in one of the nicer high-rises on Chicago's Marine Drive, Brenda Fredericks peered over her glasses and surveyed a large group of relatives from her husband's family, many of whom she had never met before. Some were...
Tags: Art Institute of Chicago, Arts and Culture, Research, University of Chicago, Bronzeville
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Early Halloween decorations were more artistic than frightening
Halloween decorations today include jack-o-lanterns, black cats, spiders, bats, ghosts, vampires, witches and other spooky, scary things. But in past years, many of these creatures were not threatening. In the early days of Rookwood Pottery, an art...Tags: Halloween, Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Government, Ronald Reagan
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New portrait of Gov. Daniels unveiled in Statehouse ceremony
The Indiana Statehouse now has a new portrait of Gov. Mitch Daniels. The governor’s official portrait was revealed Tuesday during a public ceremony at the Statehouse. “I hope that long after anybody can name the person in this portrait,...
Tags: Executive Branch, Government, Fine Artists, Washington, DC, Arts and Culture
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NETXPRESS: Hispanic Heritage Month continues through Oct. 15
sheila@amnews.comSeptember 15 to Oct. 15 is designated as National Hispanic Heritage Month. Here are a few websites to learn more about this celebration of heritage. - The Public Broadcasting Service has a special section devoted to this celebration of heritage at pbs....Tags: Microsoft Windows, Halloween, Hispanic Heritage Month, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, PBS (tv network)
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Holocaust tapestries at AVAM help explore the nature of narrative
Sometimes the only barrier separating a pastoral paradise from hell on earth is a thin line of birch trees. Before she died in 2001 at age 74, Frederick dressmaker Esther Krinitz created 36 oversized fabric panels that provide persuasive proof that...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Museums, Religion and Belief, Human Interest, American Visionary Art Museum
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Melvin B. Lowe Jr., floral designer
Melvin B. Lowe Jr., a floral designer and funeral home attendant who was also a partner in a special-events and decorating company, died Sept. 27 of renal failure at his Washington home. The one-time Northeast Baltimore resident was 47.
"Melvin was a...Tags: Entertainment, Fashion Shows, Entertainment Events, Religion and Belief, Fashion Trends
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Joni Gordon dies at 75; Newspace gallery owner nurtured L.A. art
Joni Gordon, an art world novice who bought a failing Melrose Avenue gallery, Newspace, 37 years ago and turned it into an incubator for Los Angeles' contemporary art scene, has died. She was 75. Gordon died Sept. 11 in Bend, Ore., 10 days after a...
Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Arts and Culture, Robert Redford, Fine Artists, University of California, Irvine
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The past is prologue for Elkridge's Belmont Manor
From the front steps of its large manor house, the Belmont estate in Elkridge looks the same as it has for more than two centuries, with rolling pastures and woodlands as far as the eye can see. Inside, the house retains much of its character from when...
Tags: Education, Science and Technology, Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities, Howard Community College
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Aberdeen airport tackles threat posed by birds
Even small birds are a big problem at airports. All sorts of feathered and furry creatures are a threat to aircraft - both commercial and private. Part of an airport manager's job is to take care of wildlife effectively, said Mike Wilson, who handles...Tags: Entertainment, Fashion Shows, Embry-Riddle University, Entertainment Events, Wildlife
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More than 4,000 re-enactors commemorate battles of South Mountain and Antietam
dona@herald-mail.comThe thunder of cannons and muskets had some competition from the real thing Saturday, but following an afternoon downpour, Union and Confederate forces squared off in a re-enactment of the Battle of Fox’s Gap. More than 4,000 re-enactors took to...Tags: Corporate Officers, England, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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