Lauren VanderHorst - Making Today's Photos Timeless

Lauren is an award-winning artist, formerly working in watercolor.  She has sold several paintings/drawings at various art shows.  Always having enjoyed photography, she returned to her old passion after having children.  It is a lot less messy and it’s a quicker clean up than messing with paint.  She is a volunteer photographer for the non-profit organization, Inspiration Through Art.  Lauren currently lives in Muncie, Indiana with her husband and two young daughters. [SEE MORE HERE]

Thanks, Chicago

For what, you ask? For providing so many great places to visit, like the Museum of Science and Industry, The Field Museum and the Adler Planetarium. Oh, and let’s not forget the Art Institute of Chicago.

Thanks to an outfit calledCityPASS you can do all this a lot cheaper. [READ MORE HERE]

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No Such Thing as Halfway Irreverent

Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the co-creators ofSouth Park, never do anything lightly. They take irreverence very, very seriously.

Take for example their new Broadway musical,The Book of Mormon. In it they examine the rite of passage every Mormon boy must go through when he turns 18, which is spending time as a missionary away from home. [READ MORE HERE]

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Wine Isn't Pretentious, It's Just Good

Art and wine go together like Christmas and snow, like magic and tigers, like hot dogs and baseball. Neither one needs the other but they just seem like such a good pair it would be a shame not to get them together. So it’s no wonder that wine tastings paired with artistic exhibitions are all over the place. [READ MORE HERE]

How to Guarantee Your Future as a Writer

by Chris Wolfgang

When someone discovers in passing conversation that I’m an editor at a publishing house, I note the sudden light in the eyes. “Oh? I’ve got a book I’ve been working on …”

To which I say here and now, kudos. Well done to you, sir or madam. There are far too many horrid writers out there to be stood for, and you need to keep pushing until you come to the front of the pack. [READ MORE HERE]

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Concentrate, Focus Power

Did you see the 2009 Star Trek movie and absolutely love it? Or at least respect the amount of work that went into writing the thing? Well it’s time for round 2, and Damon Lindelof and Roberto Orci have heard the bell.

The cowriters have reportedly holed up in a hotel room, determined to finish the script for the 2012 sequel in six weeks. [READ MORE HERE]

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Music of the Stars

There is music in space. No, (probably) not made by aliens. Instead the music comes from the stars themselves, reaching us in a variety of pitches. The lower the pitch, the bigger the celestial body. Just like the wooden bars of a xylophone.

The instrument that measures this music is called the Kepler space telescope. [READ MORE HERE]

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