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Lions & Tigers & Bears & Oh My!

by Mary Jo Manzanares on 1/12/07 at 6:30am
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When I went to see finalists and winners of the 2007 Nature’s Best Photography International Awards, I expected to see those lions and tigers and bears, but what was on display there was a whole lot more than that.

I saw the award winners of this competition last year, and since I’m a big fan of animals, whether live or captured on film, I was looking forward to seeing again this year. It’s always fun to see if the winners ...

Stories of History from the US Holocaust Museum in Washington DC

by Mary Jo Manzanares on 12/06/07 at 8:33am
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It’s an emotionally tough museum to get through, but the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC is a must-see on my list. It tells the story of the Holocaust through artifacts, oral histories, exhibits, films and photographs, and is America’s memorial to the millions of people murdered during that time.

In the museum’s permanent exhibition, you’ll walk through an actual boxcar that carried Jews to the Auschwitz concentration camp. It will send a shiver up and ...

USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor

by Mary Jo Manzanares on 11/06/07 at 6:58am
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I’ve planned a vacation to Hawaii for later in the year, and as part of my planning, I’m making a list of things I’ve done and seen, and a list of things that I’ve yet to get to. On my last trip to Honolulu, I visited the USS Arizona Memorial.

Located at Pearl Harbor, the USS Arizona Memorial honors the site where World War II began for the United States. The memorial was ...

Experience Space Travel at the Astronaut Hall of Fame

by Mary Jo Manzanares on 10/06/07 at 1:00pm
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There are seven people in space right now who are getting the ride of a lifetime. The astronauts onboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis are viewing the world as very few people will ever have the opportunity to see it.

Last night I watched a re-broadcast of the shuttle launch. (On high def television —- oh, so very, very cool!) Amidst the excitement and enthusiasm for the mission came a sobering reminder — while the shuttle may look very much like ...

Japanese Baseball at the Vancouver Museum

by Mary Jo Manzanares on 6/06/07 at 5:13pm
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Do you have a problem getting your sports enthusiast friends to dabble their toes in the cultural waters?

The Vancouver Museum has a great exhibit sure to strike the fancy of baseball lovers, history buffs, and Asian culture fans alike: Levelling the Playing Field, on display now through November 4th.

The exhibit chronicles the Asahis, Vancouver’s legendary Asian baseball team. From 1914 -1941, the team, consisting of Japanese ...

See Tut, the Boy-King, in Philadelphia

by Mary Jo Manzanares on 29/04/07 at 6:41am
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Although I had hoped to see Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs when the exhibit was in Chicago, I missed it. So I was excited when a friend suggested that we go see it in Philadelphia and make a road trip out of it. I eagerly said yes, and boy, am I ever glad that we made the trip.

I missed Tut the first time around (in the 1970’s), ...