Women's Suite Community: All site showcases

The California Academy of Sciences

Morgan Rees — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 15:57:08 -0700

Discover nature’s secret language in Color of Life, a major new exhibit at the Academy. Immerse yourself in a symphony of color and view the world through the eyes of an animal, visualizing how color communicates, attracts, and camouflages in the natural world. Opens June 12. Learn more at www.calacademy.org. The California Academy of Sciences is the only place in the world with an aquarium, planetarium, natural history museum, and four-story rainforest all under one roof. Visit us online to learn more and to get tickets: http://www.calacademy.org.

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100 ways to say GOOD

Morgan Rees — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 18:40:30 -0700

For all of my "Writer/Author friends here is a handy reference tool on a 100 ways to say GOOD. Right-click to download the document.

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One World Trade Center

Morgan Rees — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 09:02:56 -0700

While you are in NYC please visit One World Trade Center which refers to the main building of the new World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It is the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere, and the fourth tallest in the world. Address: 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Opened: November 3, 2014 Floors: 94 Construction started: April 27, 2006 Height: 1,776' (541 m), 1,792' (546 m) Architects: Daniel Libeskind, David Childs Architectural styles: Modern architecture, Contemporary architecture

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Metropolitan Museum Maltese Ceramics-Porcelain

Morgan Rees — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 18:10:12 -0700

You know Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has to be good if it has a Maltese Ceramics-Porcelain on exhibit. Maker: Jean-Baptiste Gille (French, 1798–1868, active Paris) Modeler: after a model by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (French, Anizy-le-Château 1824–1887 Sèvres) Date: 1855–68 Culture: French, Paris Medium: Hard-paste porcelain Dimensions: Height: 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm) Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Morgan Rees — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 17:43:03 -0700

The Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded on April 13, 1870, "to be located in the City of New York, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining in said city a Museum and library of art, of encouraging and developing the study of the fine arts, and the application of arts to manufacture and practical life, of advancing the general knowledge of kindred subjects, and, to that end, of furnishing popular instruction."1 This statement of purpose has guided the Museum for over 140 years. "The Metropolitan Museum of Art collects, studies, conserves, and presents significant works of art across all times and cultures in order to connect people to creativity, knowledge, and ideas."

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Arts of Ancient Egypt exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

Morgan Rees — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 17:28:44 -0700

Metropolitan's collection of Egyptian art, one of the finest and most comprehensive outside Egypt. Among the highlights is the Temple of Dendur. Thanks to its Egyptian excavations, the Museum is particularly rich in both royal and private art. The temple is constructed from sandstone and measures 25 meters (82 feet) from the front stone gate to its rear as well as 8 meters (26 feet) from its lowest to its highest point. A 30 meters (98 feet) cult terrace overlooks the Nile. From the gate, two flanking walls ran around the temple and isolated the structure from the cult terrace and the Nile river. Who wakes up in the morning and says, Let’s move this million ton Temple from Egypt to New York City?

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Whitney Museum of American Art

Morgan Rees — Sat, 20 Jun 2015 15:34:33 -0700

The Whitney Museum of American Art — known as "The Whitney" — is a New York City art museum with a focus on 20th- and 21st-century American art. It was founded in 1931 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875-1942), a wealthy and prominent American socialite and art patron. The Whitney's permanent collection comprises more than 21,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, films, videos, and new media by more than 3,000 artists. It places a particular emphasis on exhibiting the work of living artists for its collection as well as maintaining an extensive permanent collection containing many important pieces from the first half of the last century. The museum's Annual and Biennial exhibitions have long been a venue for younger and less well-known artists whose work is showcased there. From 1966 to 2014, the Whitney was located at 945 Madison Avenue at East 75th Street in Manhattan's Upper East Side. The museum closed in October 2014 to relocate to a new building designed by Renzo Piano located at 99 Gansevoort Street at Washington Street in the West Village/Meatpacking District neighborhoods of lower Manhattan; it reopened at the new location on May 1, 2015. Whitney Museum of American Art 99 Gansevoort Street New York, NY 10014

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Goat Hill Fair

Morgan Rees — Fri, 15 May 2015 19:56:24 -0700

What? Goat Hill is a unique antiques and artisan fair with over 80 booths! Goat Hill boasts over 80 dealers on the scenic grounds of the Santa Cruz Fairgrounds. Our fabulous vendors represent all things we love… vintage treasures, antiques, clever up-cycled junk, artisan food, all in a beautiful venue. Guests will find exceptional and unique vintage treasures. The dazzling displays of items and collectibles by the vendors that love to sell them, will make a fun and memorable outing! Come and see us at Goat Hill and find your perfect treasures. What kind of event is Goat Hill? Goat Hill is an Antique/ Vintage show, featuring some of the best juried vendors on the west coast. Goat Hill is not a craft fair. Each vendor is only allowed 20% craft items or new items. The rest of the inventory must be vintage or antique. (Exception: jewelry) Where? Santa Cruz Co. Fairgrounds 2601 E Lake Ave Watsonville, Ca 95076 When? Sat - May 16th - 10 to 4 Sun - May 17th - 10 to 3 http://www.goathillfair.com/

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Maker Faire Bay Area – May 16 & 17

Morgan Rees — Fri, 15 May 2015 19:47:59 -0700

Come celebrate Maker Media's 19th Maker Faire and 10th anniversary in the Bay Area, showcasing creative and resourceful people in the areas of science and technology, engineering, food, and arts and crafts. We call it the Greatest Show (& Tell) on Earth. Maker Faire is part science fair, part county fair, and part something entirely new! As a celebration of the Maker Movement, it’s a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity, and resourcefulness. Faire gathers together tech enthusiasts, crafters, educators, tinkerers, food artisans, hobbyists, engineers, science clubs, artists, students, and commercial exhibitors. Makers come to show their creations and share their learnings. Attendees flock to Maker Faire to glimpse the future and find the inspiration to become Makers themselves. May 16 & 17 Saturday: 10AM – 8PM Sunday: 10AM – 6PM

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Target announces Lilly Pulitzer brand -

Morgan Rees — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 14:43:43 -0700

Who’s Lilly? Lilly Pulitzer began the brand in 1959 by having a shift dress made to camouflage the orange and grapefruit juices she spilled on herself working at her Palm Beach juice stand, the New York Times wrote in her obituary. (She died in 2013, after creating “a look that proved to be so popular it would become a mark of membership for old-money families at play for more than five decades,” the paper reported.) What will be sold? The 250-piece Target collection will include clothing, housewares, beach gear and accessories for outdoor entertainment. It features 15 designs created specifically for Target, characteristically brightly colored, whimsical prints. Some – including all plus-size clothing – will be sold only online. What are the price differences? Steele (a Wisconsin native who was delighted to see so much Lilly when she moved here) notes, “It’s Target’s clothes, so they are made a little different from ours.” Those differences, in fabrics and construction for example, are reflected in price: Target items include a shift dress in the Happy Place print for $48, gold sandals for $30, palazzo pants in Giraffeeey (yes, it’s spelled like that and yes, there are giraffes on them) for $28, and a strapless maxi dress in Nosie Posey for $34. Similar-looking pieces sold on the Lilly website: palazzo pants in Cambridge for $148, a Marlissa strapless maxi for $188 and Phipps leather sandals for $88. At the SouthPark store, shift dresses run $98 to $298, beach pants $118 to $138. Still, these are a far cry from previous haute couture designers collaborating with Target: Altuzarra, for instance, which offered a Target collection last fall, typically sells for thousands of dollars – much further from Target price points than the Lilly goods. Where can I see more? You can preview a sample of the collection on Target’s website. It includes drinking glasses, bikinis and beach chairs. There are crocheted tops, fringed scarves, sandals and dresses. Most items are under $30, and prices start at $2 and go up to $250 – unless you’re buying on eBay, which often sports pieces produced by tony designers in affordable Target collaborations.

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