Michelle Knudsen’s ‘Library Lion’ roars from page to stage
A lion in the library? How about a lion on the stage? A near-life-size puppet lion, that is. Handmade by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, the critter — expertly controlled by three puppeteers — dons sharp ...
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Family Sings To Mary At Site of Home Burned To The Ground In California Wildfire
The Halpins moved into the house, a Craftsman bungalow in Altadena, in 1988. It was yellow and had three bedrooms and one ...
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Archaeology breakthrough as rare 2,000-year-old statue discovered at Terracotta Army site
The statue, believed to be of a high-ranking military commander, was discovered at the famous Terracotta Army site in China, ...
Temple Square is getting 14 new sculptures. Here are the first 2 and what’s next
Some 210 feet below, the Temple Square grounds are undergoing a similar makeover that will eventually include 14 new ...
South Carolina statue honoring Black hero Robert Smalls will stare down a segregationist
A group studying where to put South Carolina's first Statehouse monument to an individual African American has decided Robert Smalls' statue should be staring down a notorious white supremacist.
Melville statue ahoy, a grant for Rozzie Bound, and poetry of St. Matthew
Herman Melville will stand in a swirl of waves and whale ribs in a new statue to be placed outside the Seaman’s Bethel in New ...
Richard Gere Spends Holiday Exploring Near His New Home in Spain—After Quitting U.S. and $10.75 Million Mansion To Move to Europe
The 75-year-old "Pretty Woman" star first announced his plans to quit the U.S. and relocate to Europe in April, explaining ...
In the colossus of beef, Argentines are increasingly turning to pork
Grill-obsessed Argentines, facing inflation and economic shock therapy, consumed less beef per capita in 2024 than at any ...
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Orthodox Christian man claims to have destroyed satanic statue outside NH state House
An Orthodox Christian man remains unapologetic after claiming to have repeatedly destroyed the demonic statute that satanists erected outside the New Hampshire State House in Concord last month ...
From our prayers to the divine, the best intentions for an uncertain world
The priest where I go, in Overland Park, calls for us to kneel down at the end of Mass and say, he says, “one ‘Hail Mary’ for ...
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‘Just put me in a pine box’: Some veterans show interest in lower-cost green burials offered at 3 national cemeteries
The green burials are offered at Pikes Peak National Cemetery in Colorado Springs, Colo.; the National Memorial Cemetery of ...
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Statue of Native activist Billy Frank, Jr. headed to Washington, DC in 2025
In 2021, the state passed a law to send a statue of Frank, Jr. to represent Washington at the National Statuary Hall. The piece depicts Frank, Jr. in his later years. Wu envisioned Frank ...