Homes for the Holidays (Rapid City Journal) Stunning views, historic charm and elegant homes all dressed up for the holidays will greet visitors to the annual Black Hills Symphony Home for the Holidays Tour on Sunday, Nov. 4....more...Homes for the holidays (Star-Gazette) Enjoy decorations and interior design on Near Westside Neighborhood Association's 23rd annual holiday home tour in Elmira....more... Federal period secretary is valuable (Bradenton Herald) M y grandfather owned this secretary. He died in 1948. He was born in 1880, and we were always told that the secretary was his father's. The writing compartment doors fold back into the sides, inside are little drawers and doors and pigeon holes. We were told that this secretary is from the Revolutionary times. Do you think this could be right? Recently someone told us it is not valuable. We ......more... Miami city manager turns in resignation (The Joplin Globe) MIAMI, Okla. ? City Manager Michael Spurgeon will leave at the end of the year to take a position in St. Charles, Mo. Spurgeon submitted his resignation Wednesday....more... Deck the halls, the ceilings, the floors, the nooks and the crannies ... (The Telegraph) JAMES B. RITTER: Sharilyn Beem of Brighton sets a holiday table. This will be the first time she and her husband, Don, will open their log home for a holiday tour....more... Gifts That Don't Kill (Metro Santa Cruz) The conscientious consumer (which we like to think of as an ideal and not an oxymoron) can find herself beset by angst each time she steps out the door. Is this bauble/tchotchke/food item fair trade/local/sustainable?...more... Jeremy Lipking: Careful Observation, Conscientious Rendering (American Artist) When Jeremy Lipking returned to the California Art Institute (CAI), in Westlake Village, to teach a three-day weekend workshop this past spring, it was a homecoming of sorts....more... What's On: Galleries (Toronto Star) Art Gallery of Peel (Peel Heritage Complex, 9 Wellington St. E. Brampton): "Michael Thompson: Paintings and Drawings" with works by the Canadian realist is on display to Jan. 6....more... Things to do places to go (Pacific Daily News) Philippine stars Sitti, also known as the "Queen of Bossa Nova," and Kitchie Nadal team up for two shows at 8 p.m. Nov. 15 and 16 at the Sheraton Laguna Guam Resort and Spa. $30 for general admission and $50 and $75 for VIP tickets....more... |