BATHROOM ART: Hedy Shepard LTD has an intriguing new powder room decor. Drawings and sketches of Grownbeans designer Karen Groner now decorate the walls. “It’s a real conversation piece,” say owners Lynn Rabinowitz and Rachel Reiss. Shown is 20-months-old Addison, Rachel’s daughter.
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It’s New to Us by Jean Stratton (Princeton Town Topics)
If you’re wondering where old Colorado meets new, the 31st annual Holly Berry House Folk Art Festival has your answer. Not only does it provide a chance to tour the Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site (3202 Chambers Way, 633-2026) and visit ranch animals, but it’s also putting up some collectible Santas for sale.
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Current Temp: 53°F Sunday, September 20, 2009 (Colorado Springs Independent)
NEWELL, W.Va . (AP) — Born of the Great Depression, it was a glossy, color-saturated line of cups, bowls and plates meant to affordably brighten lives and dinner tables. Seven decades later, Fiesta dinnerware is still designed to send a subtle message of optimism, but it’s no longer quite so cheap.
Continue here: Depression-era dinnerware keeps maker afloat (Jefferson City News Tribune)
Japan’s soon-to-be first lady, Miyuki Hatoyama, is an outgoing former actress with an interest in spirituality, who says she shares a common “sensibility” with Michelle Obama. Miyuki, sporting new red streaks in her trademark shoulder-length bob, looks set to liven up the traditionally staid role of a premier’s wife with her extroverted and sometimes quirky personality. After her husband’s …
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First lady who moonwalks (People’s Daily)
A wife who looks after the home. A husband who is an inventor. Two growing children. A knowing and unreliable maid, and two pets. The Antrobuses are the classic American family.
Continue here: Art Briefs (Fort Worth Business Press)
A year after opening its doors, the new Santa Maria Public Library continues to shine as the focal point of the city’s civic center.
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City’s ‘jewel’ nears first birthday (Santa Maria Times)
&$ &$The “Glass Box” room at Vision Fashion Hotel, Shenzhen. (Global Times Photo)&$ &$ Many people regard hotels as simply a place to rest during a trip, however, a new kind of concept hotel is changing the way tourists think about travel. Combining art with functionality, “design hotels” are adding cultural dimensions to accommodation options in China. Originating in the 1980s, design hotels …
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Design hotels capture new niche market (People’s Daily)
The 614-room Omni Fort Worth just opened in January across from the Fort Worth Convention Center.
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Ruptured pipe damages downtown Fort Worth hotel (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
When it comes to Olana, visitors are captivated by everything from the trees to the river to the subtle, unique details found both outside and inside artist Frederic Church’s historic home.
More here: Olana summer party brings spotlight to Chinese objects (Register-Star)
About the exhibit: Fred Conlon a metal artist from Salt Lake City, Utah has created whimsical bug art from everything under the sun including lady bugs made from WWII helmets and beetles from air tanks.
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Big Bug Art and Carnivorous Plant Exhibition (CBS4 Quad Cities)