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Writer turns artist this weekend with opening and kickoff event
This is news, I have an art opening this weekend in concert with a season kickoff for the Potomac Overlook Regional Park that readers know is one of my favorite places in the DC Metro. Martin Ogle, Chief... Public Intellectuals: Rise of Librarian and Decline of Author
By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" There are two flavours of public intellectual: librarians and authors. Librarians possess a synoptic view of mostly trivial and anecdotal data, interspersed with histories, accepted truths, slogans,... Libraries - SHhhh
Now, here is a story about a protest against closing libraries in Scotland. Closing libraries and cutting services is a topic as relevant in the USA as Scotland or anywhere I suspect. If you go to a library... Children's Books in Pakistan
The following article written by me has been published in the May 2010 issue of the monthly Himal Southasian magazine, published from Nepal. "There is pure delight in the oral tradition of storytelling. Children...
created by rumana husain | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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2738 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
Student finds letter 'a link to Jefferson'
Nice find for a history student and the fact this very clever man was a humble being. To some he is like a God the man that never veto a bill in congress. The principle author of the Declaration of... Seattle libraries closed for week to save money
Seattle's main library is well known for it's tourists visiting the architectural landmark, it's a relaxed place to read and is also recognized as one of the most heavily used libraries in the country. "Just...
created by LarryDeezell | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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135 views | 10 recommendations | 2 comments
Saltire branded racist by National library
Bosses at Scotland's national library (NLS) have found themselves in the middle of a row where they've branded their own national flag as 'racist' and 'offensive'. Staff have been told to remove any St. Andrew's... Transsexual wins $500,000 lawsuit
The American Civil Liberties Union had argued the case on Schroer's behalf. Paul Cates with the ACLU's Lesbian and Gay Rights Project said the ruling was significant because a federal judge said that discriminating against someone for changing genders is sex discrimination... The famous British Library mislays 9,000 books
The world famous British Library, which holds some of the most famous books in the world, many of them first editions and originals that are irreplaceable, now claim that they have lost over 9,000 books, including an... Preserving 1000 year-old Thang Long-Hanoi culture
A project to build a library to store and preserve one thousand years of Thang Long culture has been built by Ha Noi Publishing House, said its director, Nguyen Khac Oanh.A project to build a library to store and preserve one thousand years of Thang Long culture has been... DC: Library Lineup
Washington, DC – At 1pm on a Thursday people lined up for reduced hours of service at the Cleveland Park Library. “Due to the economy”, libraries across DC are opening a half hour to 4 hours later and closing... ContainR : Solarpowered Mobile Cinema
My friends are doing this project. They've curated a programme of sports art films and are screening them in a custom built solar powered mobile cinema made from reconstituted shipping containers. It will be located... A Great Poet Ghalib Died Today
Perhaps the best known poet in the classical Urdu poetry tradition of the 'ghazal' or love poetry is Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, popularly known as Mirza Ghalib. Today is his 140th death anniversary. Born in the...
created by rumana husain | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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898 views | 46 recommendations | 11 comments
English Carnivals on Show
"Carnival season comes early to London this week with the opening of English Carnival, a new photographic exhibition at the Barbican Library. If pictures of drunken grannies in bumble bee costumes find...
created by peter marshall | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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159 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Armstrong donating his papers to Prude...
"West Lafayette, Nov 01: Former astronaut Neil Armstrong has agreed to donate personal papers dating from the start of his flight career to his alma mater, Purdue University. Armstrong's papers, boxes of which have already begun arriving at Purdue, will be an inspiration for...NowPublic on Facebook
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