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Pointillism Lovers Shown at de Young’s Post Impressionist Exhibit

By Renee Blodgett on December 5, 2010 in California, Europe, Events, Featured, North America, Photos, San Francisco/Bay Area, USA

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Three of my favorite post-impressionist artists are currently filling several rooms at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco. In from Musee d'Orsay in Paris, which I've been to at least a dozen times, I saw pieces...

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Tochigi’s traditional craftsmanship: mikoshi

By Ryo Kubota on December 5, 2010 in Asia, Events, Festivals, Japan, Photos, Tokyo

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Ten years ago, I took part in an event celebrating the 400th anniversary of Tokaido, in which I got deeply involved in mikoshi, portable shrine. In 1601, Ieyasu Tokugawa, the first shogun of the Edo...

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Dwell on Living “Recycled” Quarters

By Rosa Abbott on December 4, 2010 in British Isles, Europe, Ireland, North America, Photos, USA

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You wouldn't expect anything less than a dream home from the founder of interiors magazine Dwell and her architect husband. Just as well then that Lara and Chris Deam's pad measures up to my high...

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Tamil Nadu Women’s Development Project

By Danielle Nierenberg on December 4, 2010 in Asia, India, Photos

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Over the last two decades, women in rural India have found “safety in numbers” through group workshops and finance education that have given them economic safety. In a political and social atmosphere typically adverse to women’s...

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South Africa’s Kalk Bay Books – Events 24 Nov – 9 Dec 2010

By Jade Scully on December 3, 2010 in Africa, Cape Town, Photos, South Africa, Southern Africa

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“One of the best independent book stores in South Africa, Kalk Bay Books is situated in the fishing village of Kalk Bay, 30 minutes drive from the centre of Cape Town.” – Kalk Bay Book...

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A Whale of a Heritage Route

By Jade Scully on December 3, 2010 in Africa, Cape Town, Featured, Photos, South Africa, Southern Africa

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False Bay, Cape Town is a wonderful destination with great places to visit, sights to see and things to experience. This is why the group, A Whale of a Heritage Route, decided to...

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Hannukah’s Potato Pancakes are also Korean?

By Robert Aiudi on December 3, 2010 in Europe, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Jerusalem, Latvia, Lithuania, New York, New York City, North America, Photos, Poland, Russia, Scandinavia, South Korea, Tel Aviv, USA

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First of all, Happy Hanukkah!   Oh wait, or is it Channukah, or wait maybe it's Hannukkah?    I truly stumble every Hanukkah when I try to spell it in e-mails, letters and cards.  OY VAY!  There...

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Eugene Magowan’s Textural Complexity

By Rosa Abbott on December 3, 2010 in British Isles, Dublin, Europe, Featured, Ireland, Photos

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Eugene Magowan's works make masterful use of colour, but their strongest point has to be their textural complexity. Some of the works are built up, layered, scoured and moulded so much that they seem more...

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