Yann Tiersen's Endearing Eclecticism

Source: Mother Jones

Even if you've never heard of Yann Tiersen, you've probably know his music. Several tracks from Tiersen's album Rue Des Cascades featured in Amélie, Jean-Pierre Jeunet's quirkily endearing 2001 film. The songs that accompanied ...
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Guide to summer day trips for Abilene families

Source: Abilene Reporter News

Although we won't officially welcome summer until the calendar recognizes it on June 20, Memorial Day marks somewhat of an unofficial beginning to the warmest season we all love. It's a time for children to enjoy fre ...
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Robert Hampson, "Répercussions"

Source: Brainwashed

Even with his recent return to the guitar and reactivation of Main, Robert Hampson has still made time to record new material under his own name, with another album to follow this Fall. Repercussions is not quite an al ...
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Planetarium proposal calls for $240 million, 47-story tower near Capitol

Source: Austin American-Statesman

A local nonprofit group, with help from a big-name developer with projects across the globe, is shooting for the stars, pitching plans for a $240 million, 47-story tower near the Texas Capitol that would include a planetarium, science museum ...
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Heads up, Michigan: See why NASA says you'll want to catch Venus' once-in-a-lifetime show

Source: MLive.com

View full sizeNASAVenus, the small black dot, transits the Sun on June 8, 2004. What appears to be perforated lines across the Sun is the International Space Station also transiting the Sun. Oh, the irony: Next week, a space pheno ...
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This is the Seven-Screen Theater Where Kanye West Debuted His Short Film

Source: Complex

When Kanye and Hov wanted to play their collaborative album for NY-area press, the duo rented out the Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History. With that in mind, it shouldn't be much of a surprise to ...
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New show coming to Intech centre

Source: The Hampshire Chronicle

Animated guides Raj and Sooki will take viewers through the human body in the latest show at The Astrium Planetarium at the Intech Centre near Winchester IT is normally used to show things that are millions of miles, if not ...
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Memorial Day skywatching: See the half moon pass Mars

Source: MSNBC

Monday evening bring us a first quarter moon, offering U.S. skywatchers a chance to close out the Memorial Day holiday with a lunar treat and the fading planet Mars. The first quarter moon is also sometimes called the "half" moon, although as dark ...
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Fernbank Science Center in jeopardy

Source: Clairmont Heights Civic Association

From the Druid Hills Civic Association and others: The DeKalb County Board of Education proposes to close Fernbank Science Center!! Dear Community Member, Thursday, May 24, 2012. We are faced with a crisis in science educ ...
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