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Residents invited to work on ‘sound suits’

Denton residents can lend a hand in creating part of a performance art project with the University of North Texas College of Visual Arts and Design and artist Nick Cave.

Cave, a 2012 fellow of the UNT Institute for the Advancement of the Arts, is leading art, design and dance students through a project that will culminate in Nick Cave: Heard.

Cave, an installation artist and former member of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, and the students are making “sound suits” — art that is one part sculpture, one part costuming and one part performance.

The 30 suits include horse heads that are covered...

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EVERYONE is chiming in on the death of Whitney Houston!! EVERYONE!!

While the tweets continue to flow in and the celebrities continue to comment, one singer has A LOT to say about dear Whitney.

Celine Dion always looked up to Whitney as a singing inspiration, but she wasnt too comfortable with her leisure activities, thats for sure!!

Celine explains:

Whitneys been an amazing inspiration for me. Ive been singing with her my whole career, actually. I wanted to have a career like hers, sing like her, look beautiful like her.

Its...

A LIST of do’s and don’ts at a park in Yate has been drastically abridged by town councillors who want to appear more liberal.

Yate Town Council said a proposed 11-page document of rules at Brinsham Fields was not very ‘Yate-ish’ and did not represent the people of the town.

Cllr Chris Willmore said: We are just telling people what to do. These byelaws mean we are putting up signs saying do this, don’t do that. That is not very Yate-ish.

The council agreed it was unnecessary to put up signs telling people who use the fields for walking, picnics and leisure activities what they could and could...

Theater

Murder in the Wings, 7:30 pm Feb. 24-25, March 2-3, Macomb Community Theatre, Pat Crane Memorial Theatre. Tickets: $10/adults; $8/seniors; $6/students. Call 837-1828.

God of Carnage, Corn Stock Winter Playhouse, 7:30 pm Feb. 24-25 and 2:30 pm Feb. 19, Corn Stock Theatre, Upper Bradley Park, Peoria. Tickets: $10/adults; $7/students. Call 676-2196.

3U Shak3sf3st, a three-university Shakespeare festival featuring Bradley University Theatre, Loyola University and Western Illinois University, The Tempest, 8 pm Jan. 24, Measure for Measure, 8 pm Feb. 25 and Henry VI, 2:30 pm Feb. 26, Bradley Universitys Hartmann Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets for all three...

Study reveals impact of hobbies on learning
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound on 27/01/2012. Tags: Family And Leisure

Children who attend after school programs may perform better in reading and maths tests, according to a new report.

The latest research from the Economic and Social Research Institute#39;s Growing Up In Ireland study found children who participate in activities such as sports and cultural pursuits have higher test scores than those who spend their free time watching TV.

However, the study noted those who are categorised as having busy lives, with a wide range of hobbies, also perform less well in school.

It found there are differences between the leisure...

RALEIGH, NC (WECT/WBTV/AP) Democratic North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue will not seek re-election this year.

The first-term Perdue said in a statement Thursday, I am announcing today that I have decided not to seek re-election. I hope this decision will open the door to an honest and bipartisan effort to help our schools.

Perdue went on to say that she is not one to back down from fights, but believes if she were to run again it would only further politicize the fight to adequately fund our schools.

[Read Perdues entire statement]

Im sad, just as Im sure a lot of North Carolinians are, said former campaign manager Louise McColl. Ive known Beverly since she was in the state...

TAMPA –

As colorful moments unfolded at last years Gasparilla parade, thousands of people responded by reaching for their cellphones to send photos and video. That quickly overloaded cellular networks, and some networks even blocked voice calls.

This year will be better, cellular companies say, because theyre adding even more wireless capacity in the neighborhoods around downtown.

A large number of people in a relatively small space all using their phones at the same time, especially data-heavy activities, like downloading or streaming video, can use up all of the capacity in a cell site pretty quickly, said ATamp;T spokeswoman Kelly Starling.

This year, ATamp;T...

Having people skating and playing shinny on the ice of a frozen stormwater drainage pond is presenting a problem for the City of Guelph.

The municipality has signalled it will erect signs to deter such behaviour at a popular eastside skating pond of this sort and at four other civic pond locations within days.

It issued a bulletin to this effect asserting that the ponds are not for leisure activities because of safety risks inherent with their ever-circulating water and lack of civic supervision. The advisory offered an encouragement to use other public rinks in the city, including the new pad in front of city hall.

This is a play at reducing liability exposure for the city...

CHICAGO, Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –
Research Down Syndrome (RDS), a nonprofit foundation that is among the leading sources for funding of Down syndrome related cognitive research, is entering the second year of its national running program, Race for the Extraordinary, to help increase public awareness and funding for Down syndrome research. The mission of RDS is the development of safe and effective therapies to address the intellectual difficulties associated with Down syndrome.

Building on successful marathon and other race events during 2011 in major cities, including New York City, Chicago and San Diego, RDS is expanding its running program to greatly...

US defense contractors are turning
to buyers abroad in an effort to sustain sales and profit as the
Pentagon faces as much as $1 trillion in budget cuts over 10
years.

Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT), Boeing Co., and Raytheon Co., which
announced their fourth-quarter financial results this week, told
investors that export sales may make up for declining US
spending on weapons and technology.

“We foresee significant upside potential in international
markets, which we expect will generate 25 percent to 30 percent
of revenues within just a few years and offer an opportunity to
offset domestic reductions,” Jim McNerney, Boeing’s...