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Sky Watchers Gather to View Rare Transit of Venus
Los Angeles TimesAcross Southern California, sky watchers assembled Tuesday afternoon for a chance to view the last-in-a-lifetime transit of Venus. They donned protective glasses and peered into filtered telescopes to watch the planet as it crossed in front of the sun...Tags: Astronomy, NASA, Research, Arts and Culture, Tahiti (French Polynesia, France)
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Local charters among highest FCAT in state, others among lowest
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelSome of the most extreme performances in Central Florida – both the best and worst — on the third-grade reading FCAT tests released today came from charter schools. In Central Florida, two charter schools posted some of the highest passing... -
Pageant of the Masters gives first look at 'The Genius'
The Festival of the Arts gave a sneak peek Monday of the 2012 Pageant of the Masters, "The Genius." Media gathered around an empty chess set as soldiers marched in the scene for "Waterloo Chess Set," which depicts the epic battle between Emperor Napoleon...
Tags: Auguste Rodin, Arts and Culture, Fine Artists, Norman Rockwell, Chess Playing
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From where it cameth: An 'Iceman Cometh' timeline
1939:Eugene O'Neill writes "The Iceman Cometh," an epic American play set in Harry Hope's New York bar. It premieres on Broadway in 1946. 1986: Brian Dennehy plays the lead in Goodman Theatre artistic director Robert Falls' production of "Galileo," the...Tags: Goodman Theatre, Entertainment Events, Tony Awards, Arts and Culture, Brian Dennehy
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Free Theatre Anyone?
TribLocal - EvanstonEnjoy free theatrical performances at Evanston Public Library on Friday, May 11, Saturday, May 12 and Sunday, May 13. All performances will take place in …... -
Five for your planner: Sunday, April 1
1. W.Va. First Friday to host Nashville duo Nashville duo the Twangtown Paramours will perform Friday, April 6. 7:30 p.m., open mic sign-up. A one-hour open mic precedes the featured artists. Trinity Church Orchard House, 4599 Shepherdstown Road, (W.Va....
Tags: Arts and Culture, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Steinberg: Sporting Green Alliance returns
The human race has shown a remarkable capacity throughout history to ignore physical reality and embrace demonstrably false facts. When Galileo was bold enough to assert the sun rather than the earth was the center of the universe he was put under...Tags: Energy Saving, Environmental Issues, United Nations, China
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Classically Trained: Symphony to take on Tchaikovsky, Chopin
A trip through any of Tchaikovsky's later symphonies is a trip indeed. The Russian composer goes from the tragic to the triumphant, from the reverent to the dejected and doleful. Listening to them is an exercise of the mind into the glories of a past...Tags: Music, Arts and Culture, Culture, Music, Entertainment
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Classically Trained: New piece like a 'familiar soundtrack'
One could call it a concert of the masters. A mastery of the piano, intimate and serene. A performance of the master's symphony, with all its shades of grandeur, subtle and striking. Inspiration from a master of science, whose celestial revelations...Tags: Music, Entertainment, Music, Concerts, Documentary (genre)
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Exhibit brings together 'Eureka' moments in science
Earle Havens can almost hear their voices.
Each time Havens steps inside the George Peabody Library, he senses the muted exclamations, the murmured back-and-forth of a conversation that's been going on now for more than two millennia.
In one corner,...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Astronomy, Colleges and Universities, Religious Texts, Libraries
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Science and censorship
Albert Einstein once said the reason he was able to accomplish so much was because he had "stood on the shoulders of giants" like Newton and Galileo. The Nobel Prize-winning physicist's remark was a reminder how much scientists depend on discoveries...Tags: Research, Human Body, Government, Bird Flu, Albert Einstein
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Our Friendly Skies - January 2012
January Sky For a more detailed tour of the nighttime sky listen to "Skylights" at antpod.com by Chris Kopco of the Brish Planetarium. There are many bright stars and constellations in the January evening sky. The bright winter stars are above...Tags: Astronomy, Johannes Kepler, Science
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