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Take a jaunt from Paris to see Giverny
GIVERNY, France — If they still used the guillotine in France, this little village 45 miles west of Paris probably would lop off the head of any homeowner who didn't plant flowers in the yard.
And not a couple of rosebushes and a clematis. No ...Tags: Death, Paris (France), France
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In the arts
LPAPA welcomes new board members The Laguna Plein Air Painters Assn. has welcomed plein air colorist Camille Przewodek and art historian Jean Stern to their board of directors. Przewodek, whose work invokes that of Claude Monet, has been a guest...Tags: History, Easton (Talbot, Maryland), Napa (Napa, California), Napa Valley (Napa, California), Holidays
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Reel Critics: 'Narnia' sequel succeeds in special effects
The third installment of the "Narnia" films seeks to revive the series as a continuing movie franchise. The producers made a real effort to restore the magical qualities of this fantasy adventure tale. They definitely succeed on a technical level.
The...Tags: Movies, Vincent Cassel, Natalie Portman, England, Dancing
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Irresponsible watering reigns
Last Sunday I decided to dash over to the new Fresh & Easy store to pick up a few things. It was after 7 p.m., nice and quiet with the lazy evening shadows just beginning to form. Along the way I enjoyed seeing the Claude Monet-like misting effect...Tags: Water Restrictions, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Colorado, Mexico
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Monster Mash: More on Deitch's MOCA contract; Monet found in Poland; Domingo announces WNO season
Culture Monster-- Dotting the i's: Jeffrey Deitch's contract with L.A.'s Museum of Contemporary Art has safeguards against conflicts of interest, according to museum leaders. (Los Angeles Times) -- Recovered masterpiece: Police say they have found a Claude Monet... -
Monster Mash: a Monet water-lily painting goes up for auction; reality TV seeks 'Next Great Artist'
Culture Monster--Major sale: Claude Monet's 1906 "Nympheas" -- one of the artist's celebrated water-lily paintings -- is expected to bring up to $58 million at a Christie's auction in London that also will feature a "blue period" Picasso and works by...... -
Art review: Andrea Bowers at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Culture MonsterAn imposing pair of new landscape works and seven small figure drawings by Andrea Bowers speak in smart, blunt and compelling terms about a fundamental trait of American experience. The progressive promise of a better life, especially for the next...... -
Lost L.A.: A view of U.S. history in 1887 El Molino Viejo photo
Tucked away at the Sierra Madre Historical Preservation Society is an intriguing photo of a young woman sitting in a leafy, patchy garden. A man with folded arms stands quietly behind her as she paints.
Photographs like this made their way from West to...Tags: History, Family, Arts and Culture, Los Angeles, Tourism and Leisure
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Authors: Chapter and verse with C.K. Williams
C.K. Williams — Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning poet — will turn 74 this year, but he clearly retains traces of the young man for whom "everything always was going too slowly, too slowly."
This spring, he has two new books...Tags: International Military Interventions, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Demographics, Death, Awards and Prizes
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'Hope for Animals in Their World' by Jane Goodall; 'Dawn Light' by Diane Ackerman
Hope for Animals
and Their World
How Endangered Species
Are Being Rescued From the Brink
Jane Goodall
Grand Central: 378 pp., $27.99
Dawn Light
Dancing With Cranes
and Other Ways to Start the Day
Diane Ackerman
W.W. Norton: 240 pp., $23.95...Tags: Conservation, Death, Dog (animal), Barack Obama, Endangered Species
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Elin Brekke Vanderlip dies at 90; grande dame of the Palos Verdes Peninsula
Elin Brekke Vanderlip, the Norwegian-born grande dame of the Palos Verdes Peninsula and founder of a Los Angeles group that raised millions of dollars to help rescue France's cultural riches, has died. She was 90.
Vanderlip, who was a member of the...Tags: Tour Operations Industry, Iowa, Death, Family, Los Angeles
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