November 24 - 30 (Anime News Network) It's the Holidays, folks! That most magical and depressing time of year, where togetherness and warmth and bitterness and loneliness are magnified tenfold, as we all hurry to the mall to either buy gifts for our loved ones or to sell expensive crap to snobby customers!...more...Smithsonian Is Planning a Big Fund-Raising Push (New York Times) The Smithsonian Institution?s Board of Regents voted Monday to undertake the first large-scale private fund-raising effort in the organization?s history....more... Good Terms - Improving Commercial-Noncommercial Partnerships for Mass Digitization (D-Lib Magazine) In 2007, OCLC Programs and Research engaged Intelligent Television to study the partnership agreements between cultural institutions and for-profit companies for the mass digitization of books and other media. This report presents the findings of that study....more... Night Life (The Springfield News-Leader) Ahoy's, Mo. 13 South, Kimberling City, 739-4044: Scott Lancaster, 7-11 p.m. Sunday....more... Show Incorporates Magic and Gospel (R News) There's a traveling magic stage show that's making a stop in Henrietta this weekend. It combines illusion with the Gospel. The performance is designed to entertain and benefit the less fortunate....more... Out and About: Nov. 2-8 (The Morning News) The Thing to Do Shaolin Warriors Monks from the Shaolin Monastery in China will demonstrate Shaolin Kung Fu and share the philosophy of the cycle of Buddhism when they visit the Walton Arts Center this weekend....more... |