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  • Flood waters ruin more than homes in devastated Plymouth Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 9:26PMPLYMOUTH - Almost everything Gavin Ayers, 13, and Gabriella Napersky, 11, had left of their father who died 10 years ago was in boxes in the basement of their Coal Street home. Gavin hoped to one day wear his old sweaters and loved to read notes written
  • This Week Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 11:27PMThe 2011 Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League 44th Annual Juried Exhibit will be held at Tyson Library (Black Mountain Public Library), July 31-August 15. Please visit www.svfal.org for more information and to download the prospectus. Entries are due July 25.
  • This Week Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 11:23PMOwen High School Class of 1981 will hold their 30-year reunion this September 2-4.
  • Keith Irvine, 82, Eclectic Interior Designer Thursday, June 9, 2011 @ 12:26AMMr. Irvine brought a sense of wit and unpredictability to the English country-house style that won the allegiance of clients like Jacqueline Onassis, Cary Grant and Diana Ross.
  • Memorial Gay with MondoHomo Tuesday, May 24, 2011 @ 4:57AMQueer fest's 'Mondo Posse' chats about Sissy Bounce, analog tweets, embroidery hoops and more by Curt Holman "What if people came to a radical event not because they're trying to join the club or get their politics in place, but because it's the coolest, funnest thing to do?" MondoHomo co-founder Kiki Carr asked herself in 2007.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  • more news Sunday, May 22, 2011 @ 2:40AMReba Banta Sewall, 95, passed away peacefully May 15, 2011, at Prospect Park Living Center in Estes Park. She was born in Medina, Texas, on July 9, 1915, to Emma Mayfield Banta and Ernest John Banta. Reba was a member of the First United Church of Crockett, Texas, where she lived much of her life.
  • Vignettes recall Mount Washington Tavern history Sunday, May 22, 2011 @ 1:13AMFARMINGTON — Tony Keefer and Job Miller attempted to play a game of checkers in the bar at Mount Washington Tavern Saturday but stories of the National Road got in the way.
  • Museums & galleries Friday, May 20, 2011 @ 3:35AMAgnes Bugera Gallery Storytelling by Sheila Norgate and Meghan Hildebrand. Opens Saturday and runs through June 4. Information: 12310 Jasper Ave., 780-482-2854.
  • Molly Peacock’s ‘Paper Garden’ is a celebration of creativity Saturday, April 30, 2011 @ 8:01PMWhen prominent poet and memoirist Molly Peacock returns to artist Mary Delany’s “paper garden,” nothing less than a harmonic convergence occurs, uniting two kindred spirits.
  • RICK SMITH: The West Texas Fair time forgot Saturday, April 30, 2011 @ 6:37PMSan Angelo's best-kept secret may be one of the most popular events the city has ever seen.
  • Fairy Tale Frills Saturday, April 30, 2011 @ 2:32AMIt was 'too darn early,' but Jennifer Thompson woke up Friday morning nonetheless to watch the royal wedding.
  • The evolution of a figure painter Wednesday, February 23, 2011 @ 3:24PMGeorge McNeil was not among the most well known abstract expressionist painters, but he was in the thick of it in the 1940s and 1950s, showing his brash, bright, gushing abstractions alongside work by de Kooning and Pollock. In the late 1950s, as the movement sputtered out, McNeil began incorporating the figure into his paintings. "TRANS/FIGURE/ATION'' at ACME Fine Art ...
  • Exhibit Review | Decorative Arts Center of Ohio: Early Ohio had depth of talent Sunday, February 13, 2011 @ 4:28AMLANCASTER, Ohio - In terms of decorative arts, Ohio might have a well-deserved chip on its shoulder: People (often Easterners) who study antiques tend to regard the furniture and fabrics produced in early Ohio as shabby stepsisters of the products of the eastern United States and Europe.
  • Quilling display is February library art exhibit Tuesday, February 8, 2011 @ 10:55AMeditor@sweetwaterreporter.com c-DSC01797.JPG The February art exhibit at the County-City Library is a quilling display by Betty Oliver of Abilene. Oliver began quilling in 2004, when her husband first became ill. "I had seen the work in art digest books for many years and thought it was interesting. When my husband got sick I decided to take up the art because he would ...
  • Dear Abby Saturday, February 5, 2011 @ 1:05PMMay I make a plea to all physicians? Please remove the magazines and children’s books from your waiting rooms! Again and again, I see patients sneezing and coughing over and around these materials without covering their mouths, and handling them with contaminated hands. The next patient who innocently touches one of those items puts him or herself at risk of infection. The same applies to ...
  • Artist Laura Owens to discuss her abstract paintings tonight for UCLA Hammer Museum’s lecture series Thursday, February 3, 2011 @ 1:15PMArtist Laura Owens previously had work showcased at solo exhibitions in New York, London and Los Angeles. She will be speaking at the Hammer Museum tonight.
  • Office items home to host of germs Thursday, February 3, 2011 @ 9:48AMD ear Abby: May I make a plea to all physicians? Please remove the magazines and children's books from your waiting rooms!
  • Louise Bourgeois: Moi, Eugénie Grandet - review Tuesday, January 4, 2011 @ 8:39AMMaison de Balzac, Paris, is perfect setting for Bourgeois's final exploration of a daughter suppressed by a domineering father In the last weeks of her life Louise Bourgeois, who died last May , was still working, her energy focused on the heroine of Balzac's novel Eugénie Grandet , whom she saw as the archetypal daughter broken by an odious, all-powerful father. Born in 1911, into a Parisian ...
  • This Week Tuesday, December 14, 2010 @ 11:23PMW.D. Williams Elementary School is collecting mittens, gloves, and scarves for their giving tree. The tree is outside the school office.
  • This Week Sunday, December 12, 2010 @ 6:07PMBlack Mountain Woman's Club will continue the tradition of a sock Christmas tree to benefit the Hand in Hand program. This year the tree will be located at the Chamber of Commerce Welcome Center on State Street.
  • This Week Tuesday, December 7, 2010 @ 11:25PMBlack Mountain Woman's Club will continue the tradition of a sock Christmas tree to benefit the Hand in Hand program. This year the tree will be located at the Chamber of Commerce Welcome Center on State Street.
  • JFP Person of the Day: Gwendolyn A. Magee Tuesday, November 23, 2010 @ 1:35PMTextile artist Gwendolyn A. Magee never intended to tell stories through intricate needlework, but after taking a quilting workshop to make quilts for her family, she discovered an outlet for her creativity.
  • This Week Tuesday, November 9, 2010 @ 11:24PMThe Mountain Ridge Wellness Center in Ridgecrest is holding a food drive through November 12 for Swannanoa Valley Christian Ministry. There will be a barrel located in the front lobby for donations. For questions call Elaine Spielberg at 669-9991.
  • Needlework Stolen Tuesday, November 9, 2010 @ 2:04PM:Early in the Nineteenth Century, girls in Burlington County, N.J., made samplers depicting multistoried residences set in farmyards crowded with animals and framed by tall, tapering cedar trees.
  • Conference Draws Needlework Enthusiasts From Near And Far Tuesday, November 9, 2010 @ 2:04PM:More than a 100 enthusiasts from around the country attended a one-day conference on early American needlework on October 30 at the Connecticut Historical Society Museum and Library.
  • This Week Thursday, November 4, 2010 @ 2:19PMThe Mountain Ridge Wellness Center in Ridgecrest is holding a food drive through November 12 for Swannanoa Valley Christian Ministry. There will be a barrel located in the front lobby for donations. For questions call Elaine Spielberg at 669-9991.
  • This Week Thursday, October 21, 2010 @ 12:35AMWe need your input! We need your input! The Town Square Steering Committee needs your input to report back to the board of aldermen regarding the Town Square property. Please answer your phone during the week of October 18-22 and complete the automated survey. Your opinion matters!
  • Club news: Embroiderers to meet Oct. 27 Tuesday, October 19, 2010 @ 8:12PMThe Channel Islands chapter of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America will meet at 9:30 a.m. Oct. 27 in Camarillo United Methodist Church, 291 Anacapa Drive.
  • The Cobbs Auctioneers LLC Important Antique, Fine Art, Asian Art & Sporting Auction ~ Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010 at the ... Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 11:21PMA weekly newspaper serving the antiques and arts industry, collectors, and institutions. New information each week on antiques shows and auctions around the country and antiques dealer listings.
  • Autumn color is downtown Friday, October 8, 2010 @ 11:11PMDowntown galleries are in full autumn swing, with a broad variety of quality artwork being displayed for collectors and browsers alike. Last weekend's Open Studios event gave shoppers and viewers an ideal opportunity to see working artist's studios, talk...
  • Calendar of events | Oct. 8 Friday, October 8, 2010 @ 4:04PMAMY’S CITY REVIEW: Catch this weekly show featuring downtown Bremerton projects, events, history and interviews every Sunday at 6:30 p.m. on BKAT channel 12 or WAVE channel 3.
  • What do you collect? Thursday, October 7, 2010 @ 11:10PMThe nation's leading newspaper and source of information on antiques and the arts.
  • Douglas Auctioneers AUCTION FRI. EVE. OCT. 8, AT 6 P.M. Route 5, South Deerfield, Mass. 01373 Thursday, October 7, 2010 @ 11:10PMA weekly newspaper serving the antiques and arts industry, collectors, and institutions. New information each week on antiques shows and auctions around the country and antiques dealer listings.
  • Two Exhibitions Highlight Historic Connecticut Needlework Thursday, October 7, 2010 @ 11:01PMRich Legacy Of Domestic Art By Women And Girls The history of visual art in Connecticut usually is traced to the first professional painter, William Johnston of Boston, who began working in the region around 1762.
  • Local woodworker will be featured artist at Maramec Thursday, October 7, 2010 @ 10:18AMWith Old Iron Works Days approaching this weekend, demonstrators are in preparation so they can showcase their crafts to the visitors and residents of the St. James community. Entertainment, quilting, needlepoint, glass painting, blacksmithing, and many other skills will be on display at this weekend’s festivities.
  • Harvest of Talents planned Oct. 23 Thursday, October 7, 2010 @ 7:29AMAt 7 a.m. Oct.23, the doors to the Fellowship Center of Lincoln Christian Church will open to the 27th annual Harvest of Talents for World Hunger.
  • Berea painter whose work is sold around the world will visit Berea Arts Fest Friday, September 10, 2010 @ 1:28PMBerea is well represented in puzzles sold in airports and stores across the country and distributed around the world. Thank Anthony "Tony" Kleem.
  • CHELSEA: Local woman named champion homemaker Friday, September 10, 2010 @ 1:55AMChelsea resident Andrea Webb was named champion homemaker at the 2010 Chelsea Community Fair.
  • Residents bead to promote peace Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 1:09AMBeads for Peace aims to bring educational empowerment and cultural awareness to women of different faiths while participating in the historic Middle Eastern tradition of beading.
  • Smith’s Auction Gallery, Plainfield, NH Day 1: Sunday, September 5th at 1pm, Preview at 11 am Day 2: Monday, September ... Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 11:07PMPresented by William A. Smith, Inc.
  • Home arts remains integral part of fair Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 2:14AMRoss Andreson/Elko Daily Free Press Fair volunteer Tami Laughter looks at a stained glass piece during check-in at the Home Arts building Thursday at the 2010 Elko County Fair. The art was made by Rose Hooker.
  • Featured quilter keeps project under wraps Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 11:09PMFAIRMONT - Janet (Pinky) Saxton's sewing room is filled to overflowing with piles of quilted fabric.
  • Opportunity House displays crafts from Hendersonville Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 3:42AMThe 48th Annual Arts & Crafts Fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Opportunity House.
  • Hawkshead Horticulture and Homecraft Results 2010 Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 10:29AMHorticulture & Homecraft Flowers. 6 Candulas: J Gunner; 2 N Davies, 3 C Atkinson. Sweet Peas, 6 stalks: 1 J Gunner; 2 Gallagher/Jones. Bowl of Nasturtiums: 1 R Wilson; 2 C Atkinson; 3 Gallagher/Jones. Annuals 5 different kinds, 1 bloom, spike or spray: 1 J Gunner, 2 N Davies; 3 G Middleton. Dianthus, six: 1 G Fletcher; 2 G Middleton. Phlox, three: 1 I Worthington; 2 N Davies; 3 B Haydock ...
  • Mid*Week In Manchester Marks 17th Year Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 2:35PM:"We are 17 years old, and still going strong," Frank Gaglio, manager of the Mid*Week in Manchester Antiques Show, said a few days after the show closed on Thursday, August 12, from his vantage point on Lake Winnipesaukee.
  • Manchester Pickers Market Gets Antiques Week Off To Fine Start Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 12:06PM:"I could see the front of the Furniture World Building from my hotel window and people were starting to line up for the Manchester Pickers Market Antiques Show at 6:30 am," Frank Gaglio, manager of the show said.
  • Widow finds strength and solace in spacious garden villa Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 1:23PMWidow finds strength and solace in spacious garden villa A street lined with villa homes in the Harford County community of Bulle Rock appears unremarkable, with exteriors that at a glance appear pretty much alike. It is only upon closer look that Bulle Rock residents' personalities shine through gardens, flags and lawn adornments.
  • Paint-Decorated Dutch Cupboard Star Lot At Jeffrey Evans Auction Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 1:36PM:On June 26, Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates conducted its semiannual cataloged auction of Americana, antiques and decorative arts. The 567-lot auction began at 9:30 am Eastern time and concluded in just under five hours.
  • Whatcom County residents share their memories of the Northwest Washington Fair Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 6:36PMThe Herald recently asked local folks to submit their favorite memories of the Northwest Washington
  • Embrace being bored and learn to love it Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 10:53PMMore erudite and poetic writers than me are probably able to wax lyrical about the glorious summer holidays of their youth; how the days slipped past in a sun-dappled haze while they frolicked gaily, using only their imaginations and the dressing-up box to construct endlessly entertaining role-playing games involving kings and queens, cats and dogs or fantasy worlds. Related Stories Bored? Learn ...