Golf helps push tourism spending to record levels

June 2nd, 2006

Golf helps push tourism spending to record levels
Opelika-Auburn News – Auburn-Opelika s designation as the top American metro area for golf by Golf Digest Magazine last year is being credited for boosting local tourism spending to record amounts in 2005. The popularity of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, along with

Shadow Player
Washington Post – LOS ANGELES, May 10 Every parent with a child who plays video games should know Doug Lowenstein, the same way that everyone here at E3 — the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the annual Lollapalooza for gamers — should know him. He's the architect of

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Santa Cruz Sentinel – Scotts Valley Educational Foundation sponsors ice cream social, noon to 5 p.m. today, May 21, at Skypark, Kings Village Road, Scotts Valley. Admission free. Corporate Kids Events and VIP Babysitting Services sponsors first Nanny&Babysitter Fair

The derby girls
San Jose Mercury News – Janine Marie, aka Racey Lane, of S.F. Shevil Dead celebrates during bout against the Oakland Outlaws. Audio slideshow: Hell on wheels Graphic: A roller derby primer Whatever happened to . . . Walt Harris and roller derby stars?'Voice'of roller

On those dog day afternoons, get your flick fix
Georgia Straight – What s on the menu for this exceedingly odd summer? To anyone paying attention, the world seems to be teetering between chaos and something like self-awareness. Until we choose a direction, there is at least a third Fast and Furious movie to remind

Archives for: January 2006
Cape Cod Today – He wants to send the windmills five miles farther out in the interests of the fishermen? Or is it because at five miles farther out he knows the windmills would be beyond the horizon and thus invisible from shore? C'mon, Bobby! Join us and support

Quilters to hold first pro exhibition Saturday

June 1st, 2006

Quilters to hold first pro exhibition Saturday
Atlanta Journal Constitution – The two south DeKalb County residents attended a quilting class at a fabric shop near their homes many years ago and went their separate ways when the class was over. They were reunited about six years ago, when Jocelyn Carter went onto the Internet

VISUAL: Museum showcases its best contemporary Native art
Anchorage Daily News – The Anchorage Museum of History and Art's new exhibit of contemporary Alaska Native artworks represents a museum at its best: recognizing, acquiring and preserving art that transcends the ordinary, challenges norms and provides a venue for high

EMBASSY LISTINGS Embassy Cultural Listings
Embassy – Asian Heritage Month Breakfast Jean Piggott Place, City Hall, 111 Lisgar St. (613-580-2424 ext. 14299; www.asianheritagemonth.net) 7:30 a.m. Mayor Bob Chiarelli and Senator Vivienne Poy co-host this year's invitation-only Asian Heritage Month

Local, Global SFBFF Has It All
San Francisco Weekly – Angels in Son of Man at the SFBFF. The San Francisco Black Film Festival is getting on in years; this one is number eight, which makes it a young adult in the film fest world. Time flies, as they say. No less respected a critic than Roger Ebert is a

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The State – COLUMBIA MUSEUM OF ART: The Viktor Schreckengost National Centennial Exhibition Series, a celebration of the industrial designer s 100th birthday, on display through June 25. Museum collection includes art by Monet, Botticelli, Tiffany, Canaletto

Dubai shows to help build dreams
MENAFN – Dubai-based conference and exhibition organisers dmg World Media Dubai Ltd and Streamline Marketing Group yesterday announced that trade visitors to their shows, due to take place from June 4 to 6 at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre (DIEC

Coming soon: the digital drive-in movie theater
Boston Globe – The owners of the 406 surviving drive-in theaters in the US have long memories: They can recall 10-cent Cokes, B-movies like “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein,"and tail-finned Cadillacs driving off with the speaker still clipped to the window. And many

Foster seeks healthy season
Charlotte Observer – Before you label DeShaun Foster"fragile,"the Carolina Panthers'new feature running back would like to make a point."I do have 11 people chasing me,"he said."They're all bigger than me. It's all part of the game."Perhaps that, and not the

Get on board for summer of thrills at theme parks

June 1st, 2006

Get on board for summer of thrills at theme parks
Nashville Tennessean – Summer is coming, and the roller coasters are ready. If flying through the air upside-down at unmentionable speeds is your idea of fun, you'll find this summer a season of thrills. Many of the regions'favorite theme parks from nearby Dollywood

Archives for: December 2005
Cape Cod Today – Here are my picks for this week. I always listen to the dozens and dozens, and what they told me last week is that they want odds for this week. While I don't bet for money personally, I can understand where someone reading my picks would wonder how

Tim Cain @ 10:09 am
Herald&Review – There will be plenty of time to share Oscar thoughts as the ceremony approaches, but a few knee-jerk reac-tions just a couple of hours after the nominations were announced: * Joan Allen ( The Upside of Anger ) and Eric Bana ( Munich ) are

Objection Overruled
Baltimore City Paper – Members of the Greenspring Trails Association and residents of the Woodberry neighborhood in Northwest Baltimore say they re upset over a city official s decision to hand a major development project to a politically connected company over the

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Washington Post – I know you magazine has to charge for subscriptions to operate (and more than most magazines because of advertising revenue) but it concerns me that your recommendations are therefore only available to those able to afford them. Can't remember where

EchoStar Shares Fall on Weak 1Q Results
Washington Post – DENVER — Shares of Dish Network operator EchoStar Communications Corp. fell 4 percent Thursday after the satellite television company reported slower subscriber growth and a charge from its patent disputes with TiVo Inc. Shares fell $1.30 to close

Retail figures show signs of recovery
Australian Broadcasting Corp. – MARK COLVIN: It's been a year that retailers might prefer to forget, but finally today there were signs of a recovery. Official figures showed retail spending jumping by 1.4 per cent in April, the biggest rise in 10 months. But economists warn that