October 17th, 2007
Well, not actually in France, but on French soil…at the French Embassy.
La Maison Française at the French embassy is hosting it’s annual champagne tasting with some of
France’s finest champagnes from the Champagne region (not to be confused with non-Champagne sparkling wines - read more here).
Keep watch over this list for actual participants in […]
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October 16th, 2007
Using the story of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland as a loose guide for this dance performance, this somewhat adult-themed University of Maryland Theater Department student-produced dance performance explores “body and movement”.
Alice in WonderlandClarice Smith Performing Arts Center - Laboratory Theatre Stadium Drive and Route 193 (University Ave.) University of MarylandCollege Park, MD 20742 (map it)
Dates and Times - […]
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October 16th, 2007
Yup, one year old today!!
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October 15th, 2007
While not as controversial as the Vietnam War, the The Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the Mall honors the 58,000 soldiers who were killed in the war and has it’s own history of controversy.
Six years after both the end of America’s longest war and the fall of Saigon, Congress authorized a three-acre plot of land […]
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October 14th, 2007
At least that’s what Stevie Wonder was called as a young performer starting out on the Motown scene in the 1960s. One hundred million albums later, he’s one of the most popular and prolific songwriters, producers, and R&B and pop music performers, as well as a huge influence on popular music.
His first hit, at the […]
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October 14th, 2007
Take a “relaxing” 20-minute stroll through some local woods on a dark and cloudy night.
But watch out. It is Halloween season. Trick or Treat? You never know what may be around the next bend.
What was that noise?
Did you hear something or was it just your imagination?
Is someone following you?
Ghouls, chainsaw slashers and the living dead….
Are you […]
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October 13th, 2007
Do you love all the Hollywood gossip? Can’t miss your weekly fix of American Idol, Desperate Housewives or Dancing with the Stars? Love to see the latest pics of Britney, Paris or Lindsay out and about?
Then you need to check out our new and innovative Entertainment Gateway, Spekked.com.
Spekked is a new destination for TV and entertainment […]
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October 13th, 2007
In a musical and choral tribute to his late wife and photographer Linda, who died of breast cancer in 1998, Paul McCartney wrote Ecce Cor Meum (Latin for Behold, My Heart).
The deeply personal oratorio, which took the legendary Beatle eight years to write, includes orchestra, choir and soloists. It expresses his pain of loss, lost love […]
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October 12th, 2007
On June 12th, 1776, by a unanimous vote, the Virginia Convention of Delegates drafted by George Mason approved Virginia’s Declaration of Rights. The 16 rights are the first modern Constitutional protection of individual rights for citizens of the New World.
The Declaration’s first Right was “That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and […]
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October 11th, 2007
If you’re a fan of American painter Edward Hopper, as I am, the title says it all.
Nighthawks, the icon of American art is normally on display at the Art Institute of Chicago, where I first saw it as a kid. It’s now on display at the National Gallery of Art as part of […]
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