Taekwondo made its initial appearance at the Summer Olympic Games as a demonstration sport in Seoul, South Korea in 1988. After a hiatus from the Olympic program in Atlanta in 1996, it has been a full medal sport at each…
Daily Archives: March 25, 2012
Stories of a lost landmark: The Robert E. Lee Hotel – Winston
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The Robert E. Lee hotel was a gleaming 10-story symbol of Winston-Salem’s boom time when it opened its doors in 1921. In the heart of downtown on Fifth Street between Cherry and Marshall streets, it was a local gathering place…
Good-cause calendar: upcoming fundraisers
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March TODAY: Strides of March, Renaissance Park, noon, 17th annual walk to benefit Chattanooga CARES. Register online: www.chattanooga cares.org or at walk. TUESDAY: JA Spirit of Achievement, Chattanooga Convention Center, 11:30 a.m., $75 ($600 table of eight), featuring former Atlanta…
Kentucky-Baylor Preview
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MADNESS MAKERS: When the spotlight is brightest, the cream rises to the top. Here are the top 10 moments in NCAA tournament history.
Photo essay: Readers are moved to make a statement for Trayvon Martin
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Could that have been me? Could that have been my son or daughter? People across the country asked those questions when they submitted photos of themselves in hooded sweatshirts in support of Trayvon Martin and his family. Martin, wearing a…
Doc Stovall, 74, co-founder of Cowboy Performing Arts Society
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Print E-mail By Veronica Fields Johnson The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Doc Stovall loved uniting people through music and poetry and encouraging them to uphold music traditions. Special Doc StovallArticle source: http://www.ajc.com/news/doc-stovall-74-co-1397414.html
Producing works of art in The Last Frontier
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Monroe Ice sculptor Glen Hughes returned recently from Fairbanks, Alaska with a plethora of knowledge and memories while finishing fifth in the World Ice Art Championships. Participating as part of the Atlanta Ice Marvels, Hughes and his teammate Jim Duggan…
Composer Jennifer Higdon pursues friendly music
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Jennifer Higdon, who won the Pulitzer Prize for music in 2010, says her desire to write classical music as hospitable as a Southern dinner stems from a childhood trauma: seeing performance art in the 1960s. She blames her father, a…
Artist Mandy Kjellstrom unveils a new exhibit of portraits showing “The Faces … – Asheville Citizen
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<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 10–> “He is a sweet and dear man — a man I call friend,” Kjellstrom said. “He says he does not have everything he wants, but he has everything he needs, and he no longer needs to…
propaganda to pop art
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