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10 / 10
(all day)
Start: 10/01/2008 - 12:51
End: 10/23/2008 - 12:51
Have a look at “5768/5769 Artifacts-atrocities-amen,” the works of Judaic artist Tina Marcus, on display at the Rosenzweig Gallery in Durham. 1933 W. Cornwallis Rd. For more info and gallery hours, call 919.668.5839.
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10 / 11
(all day)
Start: 10/01/2008 - 12:51
End: 10/23/2008 - 12:51
Have a look at “5768/5769 Artifacts-atrocities-amen,” the works of Judaic artist Tina Marcus, on display at the Rosenzweig Gallery in Durham. 1933 W. Cornwallis Rd. For more info and gallery hours, call 919.668.5839.
Start: 5:00 am
End: 5:59 am
“A woman is like a tea bag—you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.” “First Lady of the World,” Eleanor Roosevelt, was born on this day in 1884.
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10 / 12
(all day)
Start: 10/01/2008 - 12:51
End: 10/23/2008 - 12:51
Have a look at “5768/5769 Artifacts-atrocities-amen,” the works of Judaic artist Tina Marcus, on display at the Rosenzweig Gallery in Durham. 1933 W. Cornwallis Rd. For more info and gallery hours, call 919.668.5839.
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10 / 13
(all day)
Start: 10/01/2008 - 12:51
End: 10/23/2008 - 12:51
Have a look at “5768/5769 Artifacts-atrocities-amen,” the works of Judaic artist Tina Marcus, on display at the Rosenzweig Gallery in Durham. 1933 W. Cornwallis Rd. For more info and gallery hours, call 919.668.5839.
Start: 5:00 am
End: 5:59 am
The birthday of Margaret Thatcher, the first (and only) female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Known as the “Iron Lady” she said, “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.”
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10 / 14
(all day)
Start: 10/01/2008 - 12:51
End: 10/23/2008 - 12:51
Have a look at “5768/5769 Artifacts-atrocities-amen,” the works of Judaic artist Tina Marcus, on display at the Rosenzweig Gallery in Durham. 1933 W. Cornwallis Rd. For more info and gallery hours, call 919.668.5839.
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10 / 15
(all day)
Start: 10/01/2008 - 12:51
End: 10/23/2008 - 12:51
Have a look at “5768/5769 Artifacts-atrocities-amen,” the works of Judaic artist Tina Marcus, on display at the Rosenzweig Gallery in Durham. 1933 W. Cornwallis Rd. For more info and gallery hours, call 919.668.5839.
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10 / 16
(all day)
Start: 10/01/2008 - 12:51
End: 10/23/2008 - 12:51
Have a look at “5768/5769 Artifacts-atrocities-amen,” the works of Judaic artist Tina Marcus, on display at the Rosenzweig Gallery in Durham. 1933 W. Cornwallis Rd. For more info and gallery hours, call 919.668.5839.
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10 / 17
(all day)
Start: 10/01/2008 - 12:51
End: 10/23/2008 - 12:51
Have a look at “5768/5769 Artifacts-atrocities-amen,” the works of Judaic artist Tina Marcus, on display at the Rosenzweig Gallery in Durham. 1933 W. Cornwallis Rd. For more info and gallery hours, call 919.668.5839.
Start: 5:00 am
End: 5:59 am
Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on this day in 1979.
Start: 11:00 pm
End: 11:59 pm
Today is National Mammography Day—breast health is important, so get checked out!
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10 / 18
(all day)
Start: 10/01/2008 - 12:51
End: 10/23/2008 - 12:51
Have a look at “5768/5769 Artifacts-atrocities-amen,” the works of Judaic artist Tina Marcus, on display at the Rosenzweig Gallery in Durham. 1933 W. Cornwallis Rd. For more info and gallery hours, call 919.668.5839.
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10 / 19
(all day)
Start: 10/01/2008 - 12:51
End: 10/23/2008 - 12:51
Have a look at “5768/5769 Artifacts-atrocities-amen,” the works of Judaic artist Tina Marcus, on display at the Rosenzweig Gallery in Durham. 1933 W. Cornwallis Rd. For more info and gallery hours, call 919.668.5839.
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10 / 20
(all day)
Start: 10/01/2008 - 12:51
End: 10/23/2008 - 12:51
Have a look at “5768/5769 Artifacts-atrocities-amen,” the works of Judaic artist Tina Marcus, on display at the Rosenzweig Gallery in Durham. 1933 W. Cornwallis Rd. For more info and gallery hours, call 919.668.5839.
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10 / 21
(all day)
Start: 10/01/2008 - 12:51
End: 10/23/2008 - 12:51
Have a look at “5768/5769 Artifacts-atrocities-amen,” the works of Judaic artist Tina Marcus, on display at the Rosenzweig Gallery in Durham. 1933 W. Cornwallis Rd. For more info and gallery hours, call 919.668.5839.
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10 / 22
(all day)
Start: 10/01/2008 - 12:51
End: 10/23/2008 - 12:51
Have a look at “5768/5769 Artifacts-atrocities-amen,” the works of Judaic artist Tina Marcus, on display at the Rosenzweig Gallery in Durham. 1933 W. Cornwallis Rd. For more info and gallery hours, call 919.668.5839.
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10 / 23
End: 12:51 pm
Start: 10/01/2008 - 12:51
End: 10/23/2008 - 12:51
Have a look at “5768/5769 Artifacts-atrocities-amen,” the works of Judaic artist Tina Marcus, on display at the Rosenzweig Gallery in Durham. 1933 W. Cornwallis Rd. For more info and gallery hours, call 919.668.5839.
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Clinton Kelly, host of TLC’s hit show What Not to Wear, is coming to Cameron Village. Hear his words of fashion wisdom at Fab-tastic! An Evening with Clinton Kelly - part of the Weekend of Giving to benefit WakeMed Foundation’s Just For Kids Kampaign. Clinton is launching his new book, “Freakin’ Fabulous”, and will be signing copies – just in time for you to stuff your holiday stockings! Cocktails and heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served and, of course, skirt! will be there!
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10 / 24
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10 / 25
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10 / 26
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10 / 27
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10 / 28
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Tonight's the night! Don't miss skirt! After Work at 518 West Italian Café. This month's event will raise awareness for the Susan G. Komen foundation in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 5:30-7:30pm. 518 West Jones Street, Raleigh. Contact faith.dwight@skirt.com for more info.
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10 / 29
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10 / 30
Start: 9:30 pm
End: 10:00 pm
The season premiere of 30 Rock is tonight! Laugh along with everyone’s dream best friend, Tina Fey, and the rest of the cast.
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10 / 31
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11 / 1
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11 / 2
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 1:59 pm
Today is the birthday of Jessie Daniel Ames. In 1916, she organized a local women’s suffrage organization in Texas and helped it to become the first state to ratify the 19th Amendment. In 1919, she became the founding president of the Texas League of Women Voters. She was also one of the first Southern white women to work against lynching, and founded the Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching, which received over 40,000 signatures from women in a pledge against the violent act.
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 1:59 pm
Today is Marie Antoinette’s 253rd birthday, so watch Sofia Coppola’s film based on her life and eat…what else...cake!
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11 / 3
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11 / 4
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11 / 5
Start: 1:00 am
End: 1:59 am
Today is the birthday of Ella Wheeler Wilcox, born in 1850. A poet, she penned the immortal words, “Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone.” She also wrote that “Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes.”
photo from britannica.com
Start: 10:30 am
Start: 11/05/2008 - 10:30
End: 12/03/2008 - 10:30
Hear educator Joseph Covington talk about why we perform weddings, rites of passage, and rituals of belief in his class, A Ceremonial Invitation. It happens three Wednesdays in November, and the first Wednesday of December at the NC Museum of Art. 10:30am. For tickets, call the box office at 919.715.5923. $75 for four sessions.
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 1:59 pm
Today is the birthday of Ella Wheeler Wilcox, born in 1850. A poet, she penned the immortal words, “Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone.” She also wrote that “Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes.”
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 1:59 pm
Ida M. Tarbell was born on this day in 1857. A pioneer in the field of investigative journalism, she wrote a scathing exposé about John D. Rockefeller and his business practices, which instigated the formation anti-trust acts that led to the end of Standard Oil. Later in life, she wrote many books about the role of women in the early 1900s, including The Business of Being a Woman and The Ways of Woman. She was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls in 2000.
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11 / 6
(all day)
Start: 11/05/2008 - 10:30
End: 12/03/2008 - 10:30
Hear educator Joseph Covington talk about why we perform weddings, rites of passage, and rituals of belief in his class, A Ceremonial Invitation. It happens three Wednesdays in November, and the first Wednesday of December at the NC Museum of Art. 10:30am. For tickets, call the box office at 919.715.5923. $75 for four sessions.
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 1:59 pm
Today is the birthday of Julia Agrippina (Agrippina Minor), born c. 15-19AD. The great-granddaughter of Emperor Augustus, wife (and niece) of Emperor Claudius, and mother of Emperor Nero, Agrippina was regarded critically by ancient historians because she overstepped the conservative female ideals of the time. She was considered ruthless and domineering for her influential role in Roman politics.
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11 / 7
(all day)
Start: 11/05/2008 - 10:30
End: 12/03/2008 - 10:30
Hear educator Joseph Covington talk about why we perform weddings, rites of passage, and rituals of belief in his class, A Ceremonial Invitation. It happens three Wednesdays in November, and the first Wednesday of December at the NC Museum of Art. 10:30am. For tickets, call the box office at 919.715.5923. $75 for four sessions.
Start: 1:00 am
End: 1:59 am
Today is the 141st birthday of Marie Curie, who, among other achievements, came up with the theory of radioactivity as well as discovering and naming the element “polonium,” and being the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 1:59 pm
Today is the 141st birthday of Marie Curie, who, among other achievements, came up with the theory of radioactivity as well as discovering and naming the element “polonium,” and being the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.
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11 / 8
(all day)
Start: 11/05/2008 - 10:30
End: 12/03/2008 - 10:30
Hear educator Joseph Covington talk about why we perform weddings, rites of passage, and rituals of belief in his class, A Ceremonial Invitation. It happens three Wednesdays in November, and the first Wednesday of December at the NC Museum of Art. 10:30am. For tickets, call the box office at 919.715.5923. $75 for four sessions.
Start: 1:00 am
End: 1:59 am
“I would rather feel things in extreme than not at all.” Bonnie Raitt, legendary musician, activist, and feminist, turns 59 today.
photo from boscotheblog.blogspot.com
Start: 11:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
If you missed the last Handmade Market, don’t let it happen again. Check out handmade wares like jewelry, clothing, and paper goods, just in time for the holiday season. 11am-5pm. Marbles Kids Museum, Raleigh. thehandmademarket.com
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 1:59 pm
“I would rather feel things in extreme than not at all.” Bonnie Raitt, legendary musician, activist and feminist, turns 59 today.
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11 / 9
(all day)
Start: 11/05/2008 - 10:30
End: 12/03/2008 - 10:30
Hear educator Joseph Covington talk about why we perform weddings, rites of passage, and rituals of belief in his class, A Ceremonial Invitation. It happens three Wednesdays in November, and the first Wednesday of December at the NC Museum of Art. 10:30am. For tickets, call the box office at 919.715.5923. $75 for four sessions.
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Run one, run all! Participate in this 5k, Kids’ Fun Run, Family Fun Run, or Diaper Dash – all to benefit First Candle, a leading charity dedicated to infant health and survival. North Ridge Shopping Center, Raleigh. firstcandle.org/fitforthefuture2008/
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