NewYorkology: A New York Travel Gui (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
In case you find yourself in New York City on Nov. 26, 2009 looking for something to do besides share a bird with your beloved family members, here are some places that will be open on Thanksgiving Day in NYC : The Macy’s 83nd Thanksgiving Day Parade will begin at 9 a.m. at 77th Street and Central Park West. The new route this year starts out the same, traveling south down Central Park West...
There exist a variety of things to see and do while in Tennessee! So explore out the new and thrilling Tennessee attractions when you vacation in our vast state! Whether you enjoy – cities, vast lands, forests, or oceans, the State of Tennessee offers incredible diversity of tourism attractions and activities. Everyone can discover the [...]
Courier Press The Evansville Museum will throw a Halloween welcome party Saturday for its newest guest, a 2,000-year-old baby mummy. A family public opening for the new show, "The Child Mummy," will run from noon to 2 p.m. in the museum, where the exhibition will remain through Nov. 29. The display features the mummified remains of an Egyptian child who scientists believe was 7 to 8 months...
Chicago Breaking News reports that Gary, Indiana Mayor Rudy Clay announced fundraising plans for a Michael Jackson museum. The onetime King of Pop was born in Gary and spent his early childhood there. Well, I would have a little more confidence in the project if plans for it were announced in the Northwest Indiana city, not Las Vegas. Details are sketchy, but besides the museum, the endeavor includes...
Bee readers voted Fairytale Town as the giant among giants for best place to hold a child's birthday party. Hundreds of families have spoken on the best things to see, do and eat in the Sacramento region. The Bee conducted a two-part online survey recently to solicit your ideas and then let you vote on them. More than 900 readers participated in the survey, and now we're sharing the results to help...
The city of Boston celebrated the arrival of the Harry Potter: The Exhibition with a "Very Important Muggle" preview reception last night at the Museum of Science. The exhibit, which includes artifacts and displays inspired by the Hogwarts film sets, will open Sunday, October 25th. More than one thousand guests attended the soiree to catch a first glimpse of the 200+ artifacts displayed...
Yet another Indoctrination Alert, and the fall from grace of another once great British institution. Only last month it was the Natural History Museum, unveiling a hysterical "Climate Change Wall" (see here ), and now it is the Science Museum which has joined the alarmist bandwagon, and will be indoctrinating the thousands of school age children that pass through its doors each month: BRITISH...
Heads should turn and take notice when 10 institutions are awarded the nation’s highest honor for outstanding museum and library service. Thanks to the bloggers at BlogJunction Illinois for the great write up featuring Illinois’ own Gail Borden Public Library. I’ve had the pleasure of connecting with Denise Raleigh, the library’s director of marketing, [...]
I intend to write a set of blog posts addressing the comments and thoughts on Darwin’s Dilemma from people who have seen the film. This is useful because people who do not have a background in the Cambrian Explosion or palaeontology are the people that the Discovery Institute is hoping to mislead. So what such people are taking away from the film, the messages that the Discovery Institute is...
INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- The Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) has been named one of 10 recipients of the 2009 National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the nation's highest honor for museums and libraries. The annual award, made by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) since 1994, recognizes institutions for outstanding social, educational, environmental, or economic contributions to...
Tennessee Attractions There exist a lot of things to see and do while visiting Tennessee! Now check out the new and thrilling Tennessee attractions while you travel in our great state! Whether you enjoy – cities, vast lands, forests, or water, the State of Tennessee offers exceptions diversity of tourist attractions and events. You can discover [...]
The 13 cultural institutions that will open their doors for free during the 22nd semi-annual free event, including Alliance Française de Pasadena, Armory Center for the Arts, Art Center College of Design, Norton Simon Museum of Art, One Colorado, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena Central Library, Pasadena City College, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena Museum [...]
The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa, courtesy Getty Museum Museums across Los Angeles and Orange County this weekend -- Oct. 3 and 4 -- are taking part in the fifth annual Museum Free-for-All . Twenty-four museums will open their doors gratis, courtesy of the Museum Marketing Roundtable , inviting weekend warriors to experience one or more of the city's (or county's, for those O.C. folks)...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Youth around the country will become bona fide butterfly researchers as part of a new science curriculum developed by University of Florida faculty and staff.
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