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Christmas Houston Style

Amora McDaniel — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 06:15:51 +0000

How Houstonians bring out the Christmas season when the weather feels more like Easter.

Movement Speaks Harlem (Versions 1 and 2)

Amora McDaniel — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 05:23:56 +0000

Version 2

Version 1

Lisa Shaub Millinery

Lindsay Armstrong — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:45:51 +0000

New York is filled with artisans. Lisa Shaub is one of them. She uses her artistic skills to create unique hats for people in New York City and around the world.

Gary Lin and His Kingdom of Bubble Tea

Menglin Huang — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:17:29 +0000

Gary Lin has opened six bubble tea shops in New York City since 2006, including four in Brooklyn and two in Chinatown. His dream is to develop his bubble tea business to an international beverage brand as Starbucks.

Double Dutch

Gwendolyn McClure — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:13:12 +0000

At Harlem’s Apollo Theater, the 20th annual Double Dutch Holiday Classic brings teams from as far as France and Japan.

Vandalism hits home

Lisa Turner — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:36:47 +0000

Residents react to how they feel about the recent acts of vandalism – what’s being done about it.

Glögg Takes Manhattan

Julie Strickland — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:28:48 +0000

Glögg, a beverage of hot spiced wine that has long been a favorite in countries like Norway and Sweden, is attracting a following in New York City. A Scandinavian restaurant in Manhattan, Smörgås Chef, has taken on the challenge of charming New … Continue reading →

Santa’s Other List – Was Your Pet Naughty or Nice?

Mary Shell — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:28:23 +0000

Find out how New Yorkers are treating their four-legged friends this holiday season!

Beat the winter blues on the rocks

Kevin Loria — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:12:08 +0000

Stay active and have fun instead of huddling inside all winter…

Painting the Stuffed Animals

Elbert Chu — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:05:40 +0000

Stephen Quinn loves animals— especially painting them. But Quinn does not want his work to be noticed.

Quinn is a wildlife artist at the Museum of Natural History. He designs and constructs life-size dioramas. One of the oldest group of dioramas is the Hall of North American Mammals, which is 70 years-old. Over those decades, the lights in the dioramas bombarded the stuffed animals and natural elements with ultraviolet and infrared rays. Those rays faded fur and dust dulled the eyes of the animals.

So Quinn and his team of three conservators are part of a $2.5 million fur-lift for the fuzzy critters. They spray American brown bears with dye, paint noses for a wet glint and rub the dust of glass eyes for a sparkle.

“It’s great to be a part of the latest blockbuster new dioramas, but it’s an even greater honor to work on these historic and legendary dioramas that really have made the museum what it is today,” said Quinn.

His goal is “ars celare artem”— latin for “art to conceal art.” Quinn wants his art of diorama to be objective truth of the scenes depicted.

Quinn said, “Think of it as the first version of virtual reality.”