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A discussion will follow. The event is free and open to the public. In Blue Dias , Stevens deals with confrontations of gender, class, religion, and science in 19th century England , given expression by the life, personality, and career of famed fossil collector Mary Anning amidst the changing times when Charles Darwin's theories first came to ...

When Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally sought to create their third Beach House album and Sub Pop debut , they faced great expectations.

The new Brooklyn Community Foundation - the first and only charitable organization of its kind in Brooklyn - is pleased to announce the addition of three new officers to the organization.

Max Kutner, a 2007 graduate of South Side High School who is a junior at Vassar College, was chosen to open for legendary folk singer Pete Seeger atA an Oct.

Hilary Ann Walker, formerly of Lewiston, will appear in "The Crucible" on a Boston stage in November.

Patty Thum was a popular and commercially successful Louisville painter when few women ventured into such independent careers.

By now, Sekou Jackson is used to the questions: Why does he need to leave a work meeting to pray? Don't black Muslims convert to Islam in jail? Why would you even want to be Muslim? "It's kind of a double whammy to be African-American and Muslim," said Jackson, who studies the Navy at the National Academy of Science in Washington.

Photo MIAMI, the acclaimed contemporary international fair of photo-based art, video, and new media, returns this December with an international roster of galleries from Canada, China, Germany, Italy, Spain, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom and the U.S. Coinciding again with Art Basel Miami Beach , the fair, themed A Year of Magical Thinking , ...

New York City alt-rock band The Bravery, whose ominous third release Stir the Blood drops on Dec.

Simon Starling, film still, "Red Rivers ," 2009. POUGHKEEPSIE, NY.- Simon Starling, a conceptual artist and winner of the Tate Gallery's 2005 Turner Prize for Contemporary Art, will discuss his work in a lecture on Friday, October 30.

So, you're ready to sell the Story of Your Life and turn your memories into memoir, but you're not quite sure where to go from here.

Dorothy Dandridge was the first black woman nominated for a best actress Oscar. Almost a half-century passed before another black woman -- Halle Berry -- won the award.

As a youngster in Alabama, John Flowers was moved hearing the then-unknown Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Paul Osterman shoveled mulch onto a blue tarp Thursday. His work was cut out for him, because there was 185 cubic yards of the stuff to move.

Vassar students celebrate in Dec. 1966 after hearing Yale and Vassar officials were considering a merger.

Samuel Birnbaum of Bernardsville graduated from Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., on June 13 with a bachelor's degree in economics.

Dorothy Dandridge was the first black woman nominated for a Best Actress Oscar. Almost a half century passed before another black woman -- Halle Berry -- won the award.

Grizzly Bear is a widely lauded indie rock band from Brooklyn that makes sweeping, epic chamber pop with subtle instrumental flourishes that perfectly complement the four members' gorgeous harmonies.

Nevadans are commemorating two significant anniversaries this year. One marks the 145th year of Nevada's admission to the Union as the nation's 36th state, which falls in just 15 days, on Oct.

Fortran development team leader John Backus, left, and computer scientist John Cocke, circa 1966, on a souvenir matchbook.