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    Apr 23, 2013 |Story| AM News

  1. News briefs for April 23

    <strong>&lsquo;Audubon In Kentucky&rsquo; talk set at library</strong>
    ‘Audubon In Kentucky’ talk set at library Friends of the Library continue its spring program series at 4 p.m. Wednesday with Sarah Vahlkamp’s presentation, “Audubon in Kentucky.” The program will be held in the Community...

    Tags: Libraries, Arts and Culture, Arts

    2. Jan 17, 2012 |Story| AM News

  2. Adventure events set at state parks

    If you&rsquo;re looking for some winter adventure, the Kentucky State Parks have numerous outdoor events planned in January and February to get you outdoors and moving.
    If you’re looking for some winter adventure, the Kentucky State Parks have numerous outdoor events planned in January and February to get you outdoors and moving. They include elk viewing tours, hikes, looking for eagles at the Land Between the...

    Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Trips and Vacations, State Parks, Tourism and Leisure, Caves and Caverns

    3. Feb 14, 2011 |Story| AM News

  3. 'Everyday People' exhibit opens Feb. 17 at Henderson's John James Audubon Museum

    HENDERSON &mdash; In celebration of Black History Month, the John James Audubon Museum will be exhibiting its acclaimed photographic retrospective, &ldquo;Everyday People,&rdquo; from Feb. 17 to March 20.
    HENDERSON — In celebration of Black History Month, the John James Audubon Museum will be exhibiting its acclaimed photographic retrospective, “Everyday People,” from Feb. 17 to March 20. “Everyday People” was displayed at...

    Tags: Minority Groups, African Americans, Black History, African-American History Month

    4. Apr 9, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. Field has mulled selling artifacts

    When the Field Museum sold more than 30 works of 19th-century Western art for millions of dollars in 2004, it eased controversy by announcing plans to spend the proceeds on new artifacts and by holding on to four of the best paintings from the collection.
    When the Field Museum sold more than 30 works of 19th-century Western art for millions of dollars in 2004, it eased controversy by announcing plans to spend the proceeds on new artifacts and by holding on to four of the best paintings from the collection....

    Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Research, Values, Employees, Education

    5. Nov 11, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. 10 things you might not know about Abraham Lincoln

    Steven Spielberg's film about a long-limbed, inspirational figure is finally coming to theaters. No, it's not a re-issue of "E.T." It's "Lincoln," starring Daniel Day-Lewis. Here are 10 facts about "Honest Abe":
    Chicago Tribune reporters
    Steven Spielberg's film about a long-limbed, inspirational figure is finally coming to theaters. No, it's not a re-issue of "E.T." It's "Lincoln," starring Daniel Day-Lewis. Here are 10 facts about "Honest Abe": 1 Lincoln detested the nickname Abe, and...

    Tags: George W. Bush, Abraham Lincoln, John Hay, Folklore and Mythology, Chicago Tribune

    6. Aug 17, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. The beauty — and sorrow — of an empty nest

    The lithographs in Joy M. Kiser's "America's <em>Other</em> Audubon" are works of great beauty and scientific accuracy. But behind them is a tragedy &mdash; the story of a hugely ambitious undertaking begun in heartbreak and completed in grief.
    The lithographs in Joy M. Kiser's "America's Other Audubon" are works of great beauty and scientific accuracy. But behind them is a tragedy — the story of a hugely ambitious undertaking begun in heartbreak and completed in grief. The art book...

    Tags: Smithsonian Institution, Museum of Natural History, Chicago Tribune, Libraries, FBI

    7. Aug 14, 2012 |Column| Allentown Morning Call

  7. Hoover named to PGC board

    It's official. Southeastern Pennsylvania has a new member on the board of game commissioners for the Pennsylvania Game Commission. Brian H. Hoover of Glenolden, Delaware County, will represent District 6, which includes Lehigh and Northampton counties,...

    Tags: Game, Pen Argyl, Culture, Cabela's Inc., Hunting

    8. Jun 27, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Historic document thief sentenced to 7 years in prison

    Barry H. Landau, the once-esteemed collector of presidential memorabilia, was sentenced seven years in federal prison Wednesday for stealing thousands of historic documents from archives and libraries in Baltimore and up the East Coast.
    Barry H. Landau, the once-esteemed collector of presidential memorabilia, was sentenced seven years in federal prison Wednesday for stealing thousands of historic documents from archives and libraries in Baltimore and up the East Coast. The 64-year-old...

    Tags: New York City, War of 1812, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Prisons

    9. Apr 27, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  9. A natural history that almost wasn't: 'America's Other Audubon'

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    As a little girl in Ohio in the mid-1800s, Genevieve "Gennie" Jones would accompany her country doctor father in his buggy as he visited patients. Along the way they'd discuss the natural world, which turned into a lifelong passion. Then......
    10. Feb 6, 2012 |Column| Hampton Roads Daily Press

  10. Animal art gets a boost from Nature

    Most American wildlife artists don't think twice when it comes to taking the super-realistic path pioneered so spectacularly by the great John James Audubon in the early 1800s.
    Most American wildlife artists don't think twice when it comes to taking the super-realistic path pioneered so spectacularly by the great John James Audubon in the early 1800s. No one had ever seen anything like his closely observed, disarmingly lifelike...

    Tags: Fine Artists, Concerts, Animals, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Music

    11. Jan 7, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
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    12. Feb 7, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. Dickens featured on today's Google doodle

    Today's <a href="https://www.google.com/" target="_blank">Google doodle</a> honors Charles Dickens on his birthday. On the letters, you can see characters such as Tiny Tim of <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=U3gPAAAAQAAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;dq=dickens&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=lWQxT_zoM8Og2AW__6S5Bw&amp;ved=0CDkQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=dickens&amp;f=false" target="_blank">"A Christmas Carol"</a> (one of my favorite works, in all forms, including the movie Scrooged and the Mr. Magoo cartoon). I always appreciate Google's playfulness; it's a great way to enliven a dull page.
    Today's Google doodle honors Charles Dickens on his birthday. On the letters, you can see characters such as Tiny Tim of "A Christmas Carol" (one of my favorite works, in all forms, including the movie Scrooged and the Mr. Magoo cartoon). I always...

    Tags: Charles Dickens, Bastille Day, Google Inc.

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