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Posted June 2010
While hiking through Arizona’s Painted Desert the other day, my wife and I met a nice couple from New Jersey. When they found out we were from Louisiana, they wanted to know about the food and Katrina. When they found out I am a photographer, they wanted lessons. Framing a shot of the rock you [...]
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Tori Close, Miss Spirit of Caddo, will compete in the Miss Louisiana Pageant this month. Tori, 19, is a 2008 graduate of Alexandria Senior High School and is currently a speech education major at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston. Tori will compete in interview, on stage question, swimwear, evening gown and talent where she will [...]
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The Krewe of Gratiae sponsored “Get Carrie’d Away for the Cure” on May 27th, as its team fundraiser for the upcoming Komen Alexandria Race for the Cure. The evening began with cocktails generously donated by Ray and Kasey Gill of Jack’s, hosted at Walker Mercedes-Benz where “Mr. Big’s” signature Mercedes was on display. Various local [...]
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The modern university has the ancient Greeks to thank for the concept of a liberal arts education. Aristotle wrote in Politics that one needed study in all of the liberal arts to be a well-rounded individual. He defined these as the trivium: grammar, rhetoric and dialectic; and the quadrivium: arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and music. Plato [...]
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The Alexandria Museum of Art starts out the summer celebrating LSUA’s 50 years with the first Annual Faculty and Friends Invitational exhibit which will hang in the 3rd floor galleries through July 4th. This exhibit includes work from eleven artists that either worked with LSUA’s Art Department or as a staff member of AMoA. This [...]
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Dr. David Holcombe has been painting off and on for 45 years. His mother, who was herself an artist, recognized his talent and encouraged him to take Saturday morning drawing classes. He pursued his interest at the University of California at Davis in the seventies and rubbed elbows with such greats as Wayne Thiebaud, Robert [...]
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The Region VI Tobacco Prevention & Cancer Control Coalition in partnership with the Alexandria Indoor Climbing Experience/Indoor Shooting Range, is holding a Men’s Health Event on Saturday, June 26th from 9:00am-2:00pm. The event will focus on men’s health and the importance of prostate and colon cancer screenings and awareness. Men between the ages of 30 [...]
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You are an important part of your community theatre, City Park Players! Whether you choose to sit in the seats in the darkness and take it all in or act, volunteer backstage or in the front of the house, without your involvement there is nothing but a void. Your community theatre enlightens, engages and entertains. [...]
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Spectral Sisters Productions proudly announces their 8th annual 10 Minute Play Festival this year. The show, ‘Damned if You Do,’ features 10 minute plays written by local playwrights. Covering a wide range of subjects, this year’s festival is a rather light hearted affair, featuring play: ‘Blue Agave,’ a woman finds the husband she tried to [...]
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As we get closer to summertime in the U.S., days are longer and exposure to sunlight and potentially harmful UV (ultraviolet) rays increases. Protecting eyes from these UV rays is essential for comfort and prevention of eye conditions associated with exposure to sunlight. Unprotected exposure to UV light from the sun can increase the risk [...]
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