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How to sock it to yourself
Because I have somehow (sadly) become one of those people who gets his news through Twitter, I was recently confused at an explosion of outrage on my feed over something called "sock puppetry." I couldn't imagine why the long-departed Shari Lewis would...
Tags: The New York Times, Authors, Harry Potter (fictional character), Chicago Tribune, J.K. Rowling
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Michigan author Elmore Leonard wins prestigious book award
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Michigan (AP) — For a man who built his career on word economy, the title is pretty darned long — The National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Still, Elmore Leonard says he's...
Tags: Authors, Quentin Tarantino, Automotive Equipment, Saul Bellow, Arthur Miller
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What's happening at the library
Clark County Public Library Adult Services LibrarianPrograms are scheduled every day at the library this week. Here’s a run-down of events. On Tuesday, Sept. 18, Allen J. Share will present a talk about The Revolutionary Impact of Steamboats on the Western Waters. Mr. Share will focus on is the early...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Arts and Culture, Libraries, Garlic, Entertainment
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New will.i.am Song Transmitted from Mars Curiosity Rover
Los Angeles TimesPASADENA -- The Curiosity rover transmitted the first-ever feature song from the surface of Mars on Tuesday -- a track penned by singer and producer will.i.am to celebrate the NASA robot's successful landing on the Red Planet. The song, called "Reach for...Tags: Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Black Eyed Peas (music group), Music, NASA
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JPL names Curiosity's landing site after Ray Bradbury
Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury passed away on June 5, two months before the NASA rover Curiosity landed on Mars. But the "Martian Chronicles" author, who visited the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Caltech often, wasn't left out of the mission....
Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, Google+, Science and Technology
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Theaters from Burbank to South Pasadena
Shakespeare, Moličre, musical romps, contemporary classics, comedies of all Jordi Galcerán's descriptions, cutting-edge new work — theater in Southern California is varied, plentiful and far-flung, from the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego and...
Tags: George Bernard Shaw, Valerie Harper, Los Angeles Times, Fine Artists, Charles Dickens
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The theater that Colonized Burbank
Barbara Beckley, pencil thin and fiercely emphatic, sits in an armchair in the living room-style lobby of the Colony Theatre in Burbank. Sounds from the stage indicate that rehearsals are underway for the second show of the Colony's 38th season: the...
Tags: Lobbying, Politics, Lorenz Hart, David Rose, Noise (movie)
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Happy birthday, Carolyn Keene!
Jacket CopyToday is the birthday of Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson, who wrote 23 of the first 30 Nancy Drew books under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene.... -
Ray Bradbury dead at 91
Ray Bradbury, the science fiction genius, has died at age 91. He wrote classics such as “The Martian Chronicles” and “Fahrenheit 451,” as well as dozens of fantastic short stories. My personal favorite was “Something Wicked...
Tags: The New York Times, Waukegan, Obituaries, Science, Lifetime (tv network)
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National Endowment for the Arts announces new Big Read grants
Jacket CopyThe National Endowment for the Arts will make 78 grants totaling $1 million for The Big Read projects nationwide in 2012-2013.... -
Planetfest opens up Mars landing to the public
While Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineers bring the rover Curiosity to the surface of Mars next week, many of the leading authorities on the Red Planet will be celebrating with the public six miles away. The Planetary Society, a Pasadena-based nonprofit,...
Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, SpaceX, Media Industry, Science, Bill Nye the Science Guy (tv program)
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San Gabriel Valley roundup: Pasadena teen wins Olympic gold, Ray Bradbury remembered before Curiosity landing
Good morning, readers. Today is Wednesday, Aug. 1. Ray Bradbury's death earlier this year had a deep impact on the science community. Steven Paul Leiva, a friend of the "Martian Chronicles" author, remembers Bradbury as a "romantic with a 19th Century...
Tags: Missy Franklin, Google+
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