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Baseball, sculpture and treehouses highlight year
Of The Morning CallA list of 2008 favorites in the order they became favorites: SHOWS ''Baseball As America'' (National Constitution Center): More than 500 artifacts, including a red-seamed yamulke and the mitt Yogi Berra used to catch Don Larsen's perfect game in the...Tags: Muhlenberg College, Major League Baseball, Fines, Yogi Berra, World Series
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Tratan de identificar a dueño de la colección
THE NEW YORK TIMESEn alguna parte de México se halla escondida una de las colecciones de arte mexicano más importante del siglo XX. Obras de Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco y otros importantes artistas fueron sacados de un museo en Cuernavaca y colocados...Tags: Diego Rivera, Rufino Tamayo
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Move over greasy tacos: Mexico City is surprisingly trendy destination for pocos pesos
Associated Press WriterMEXICO CITY (AP) — Move over greasy tacos and tacky trinkets: Mexico City is home to a vast network of chic museums, top-notch restaurants and trendy night clubs. There's even an Icebar. What's more, the city remains one of the globe's best...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Bars and Clubs, Restaurants, Dance, Dancing
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The Filth and Wisdom of Madonna
Reporting From New YorkSome showbiz clichés exist for a reason. For nearly a quarter of a century, Madonna, who turned 50 this year, has been a music megastar, a pop culture provocateur and a global brand name. But what she really wants to do is direct. "I've been in...Tags: Marquis de Sade, Chris Cunningham, Movies, Madison Square Garden, Adolf Hitler
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'Antoine's Alphabet,' 'Dresden' and 'Frida's Bed'
Antoine's Alphabet
Watteau and His World
Jed Perl
Alfred A. Knopf: 208 pp., $25
DON'T YOU love it when serious, academic, career critics like Jed Perl, art critic for the New Republic since 1994, let loose? This whimsical little book, informed by a...Tags: Diego Rivera, Book
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Tours and cruises: Southeast Asia, Mexico and Lisbon
Special to The Los Angeles TimesMAMMOTH LAKES Autumn's palette Catch the changing of the colors in the Eastern Sierra with a specialized map for doing just that -- and comfy accommodations too. Info: Westin Monache ([866] 716-8132, mention code PKGFALL), www.westin.com/mammoth....Tags: Culture, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Petroleum Industry, Sociology, Museum of Natural History
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Lila Downs celebrates a new outlook
Times Staff WriterLila Downs is an artist who always seemed to have her act together. The Mexican American singer has a stunning voice, a confident multicultural vision grounded in her Mixtec Indian roots and a successful 15-year career in world music circles. What she...Tags: Culture, Chinatown (Manhattan, New York), Music, West Hollywood, Western Medicines
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Antonio Pineda's craft shines in 'Silver Seduction' at UCLA's Fowler Museum
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMETALLURGICALLY speaking, it sounds paradoxical to talk about a "Golden Age" of silversmithing. But the phrase comes naturally to Antonio Pineda as he recollects the era when his lustrous creations adorned heiresses' throats, commanded praise from heads...Tags: John Huston, Rita Hayworth, Government, Heads of State, Movies
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Feed your hunger on Mexico City's streets
Cox News ServiceThe faithful gather beneath a bridge, drawn by the smell of grilling steak strips and frying sausages. For many, the Chupacabras food stall is a shrine. It's lunchtime, and the line spills onto the street. "Everybody comes here," says Karla Chavira, a... -
Ortega120 in Redondo Beach
MEXICAN cooking doesn't get as much respect as it should in Southern California, at least in terms of formal restaurants. Taco trucks are generally where you find the best Mexican nosh. But now Thomas Ortega -- a veteran of the kitchens of Water Grill,...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Redondo Beach, Metal and Mineral, Beach Vacations
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Coffee table books
Special to the Tribune"One Hundred & One Beautiful Small Towns in Mexico" (Rizzoli, $50; ISBN: 978-0-8478-3028-2) A few things learned along the way: Mexico is the 13th largest country in the world and inhabited by 59 indigenous tribes. In addition, 24 Mexican locales have...Tags: Books and Magazines, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Reviews, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California), Tourism and Leisure
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Coffee, but hold the wi-fi and valet parking
Tribune correspondentWith Starbucks expanding worldwide as if by some caffeinated manifest destiny, traditional Mexican coffee drinkers are making a last stand in a beloved chain of shops with no wi-fi, no pumpkin latte and no Tony Bennett on the stereo. El Jarocho, a...Tags: Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Starbucks Corp.
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