- Elite B-Schools Keep on Building
The Yale School of Management crams students and faculty into 19th-century homes and former astronomy buildings linked by a rabbit warren of basements in New Haven. It's a far cry from the 40-acre Boston-riverfront campus housing Harvard Business School, which has a chapel, a health club, and its own art collection.
- Astronomer, Albemarle County children create bilingual picture book
Last year, University of Virginia astronomer Kelsey Johnson and a team of student volunteers established an astronomy club, called "Dark Skies, Bright Kids," in rural southern Albemarle County elementary schools.
- B-school building boom becomes arms race
Yale University's School of Management, which aspires to be among the world's best business schools, crams its students and faculty into 19th-century homes and former astronomy buildings linked by a rabbit warren of basements.
- Around Your Town: 9/04/10
Buena High School class of 1980 30-year reunion runs through Sunday. Go to www.buena80.com or contact Dave Gibbs at 266-1394. Free movies on childbirth are offered at 2 p.m. most Saturdays at Gentle Birth Services, 821 Highway 92, Bisbee. Saturday: “A Clear Road.” read more
- Traveller's Guide: Alternative New York tours
Hip-hop is to New York what country music is to Nashville. As we walk (accompanied throughout by a hip-hop soundtrack), guide Jerry Dee Lewis, or JDL to use his hip-hop moniker, explains hip-hop's four elements. These consist of DJing, MCing, B-boying (or breakdancing) and graffiti writing.
- Calendar: Week of Sept. 3, 2010
First Friday Art Reception, The Art Center, 1803 N. Seventh St., gallery talk 6:30 p.m. by juror Sally Strand, reception 7-9 p.m., opening exhibits “From Taos to Denver and Beyond,” guest curator Michael Hurshman; “The Studio Drawings: Works by Dale Leys”; “Fireworks,” Junction Clay Arts Guild; and Mile High International juried art exhibit.
- I have no one to talk to about my love of astronomy
I’m thinking of erecting a sign on the lawn: Wanted – somebody to chat with about the Big Bang, black holes and supernovae
- Janet Dovidio: Nonprofit, Rotary and teachers collect school supplies for Hacienda La Puente schools
New Horizons Caregivers Group, a local nonprofit organization based in Hacienda Heights, partnered with the Rotary Club of Industry Hills and the Delta Kappa Gamma (DKG) group of educators and teachers to collect school supplies for children in need.
- Community Calendar – 8/27
Cape Elizabeth Town Manager Mike McGovern, guest speaker at Saco Bay Rotary Club, Thursday, Aug. 26, 7:30 a.m., Captain’s Galley Restaurant, Saco Avenue, Old Orchard Beach.
- Chicago Calendar
Beyond the Coyote: The Flat Iron Artists Association is reviving the Coyote name for the Wicker Park/Bucktown Fall Arts Festival on Sept. 10 through 12. Beyond the Coyote is a three-day show and sale that will feature the art of more than 150 painters, sculptors, photographers, performers, poets and musicians.
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