City Beat

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Kent State University’s Downtown Art Gallery and Wick Poetry Center, in collaboration with Soldier’s Heart veterans’ organization, present “Speak Peace: American Voices Respond to Vietnamese Children’s Paintings, The Vietnamese Children’s Art Exhibit” at KSU’s Downtown Gallery, 141 E. Main St. in Kent. Exhibit pairs Vietnamese children’s paintings with poetry written by American children …

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At Home: Cape Cod charm in Chillicothe

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

When she said she liked the hardwood floors and rustic cupboards in the Village Plantation store, he negotiated a deal with the owner and worked through the night salvaging them on the eve of the store’s closure, pulling the planks out, nail by nail.   When she couldn’t find the exact kitchen fixtures to match her dining room chandelier, he took her to the factory in Ohio.   No local stone quite …

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Northfield market to get international flavor

Monday, July 19th, 2010

Howard Shafron is the good kind of tired.

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Designed to Sell: Boutique owner follows family tradition

Monday, July 12th, 2010

When Fort Worth native Melanie Jones returned home three years ago she had planned to stay only six months.

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Business-savvy manager shares positively human insights

Friday, July 9th, 2010

LEXINGTON Ismael Diaz, through his works, words, and ways, has made an impression on many people in town.

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Ann Waldron

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Ann Waldron, 85, of Princeton, died July 2 of heart failure. Born in Birmingham, Ala., she attended the University of Alabama where she edited the college newspaper.

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Designers mix art, commerce

Sunday, July 4th, 2010

Next time you buy a pillow for your living room, it just might be one of Sarah Montes’.   She’s a recent graduate of Savannah College of Art and Design, one of the nation’s premier design schools. Through a student/alumni collaboration called Working Class Studio, her Mediterranean-motif pillows – and an array of other home decor products created by other students, alumni and faculty – are sold …

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Thermaltake Level 10 Review

Friday, June 25th, 2010

Choosing a case has become a personal experience. No longer do you look at the case as just a beige box to house a utilitarian computer.

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More to late night eatery than pasta

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Back in the mists of time when the delights of pasta were being discovered by European palates (i.e. the 1970s), it must have seemed like a good idea to name your restaurant after this exotic-sounding treat.

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Whole New World

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

Its summer-movie time, bringing all those boyish action flicks, indefatigable heroes with glam starlets breathing heavily all over them. This story, however, features a heroine, a dynamic brunette with more energy than Lara Cross, a sommelier with the improbable name of Lisa Redwine.

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