High Museum to feature folk artist Bill Traylor (Travel News)

February 2, 2012 by  
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Travel News – A new exhibition set to open at Atlanta’s High Museum of Art showcases the work of Bill Traylor, who was born into slavery in Alabama and became a highly respected self-taught artist after he began drawing while sitting on the sidewalks of Montgomery as an old man.

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Winter driving school — humbling, but worthwhile (Travel News)

February 2, 2012 by  
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Travel News – I’m at the wheel of a Buick Park Avenue, driving about 30 mph on a snowy surface, when a sharp curve looms ahead. I tTravel News the brake and steer leftward entering the turn. But something goes wrong. The car skids to the right and — WHOMP — slams into a snowbank, where it’s stuck fast. Auugghh!!

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New exhibit explores Jefferson’s slave ownership (Travel News)

January 25, 2012 by  
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Travel News – Thomas Jefferson wrote “all men are created equal” to declare U.S. independence from Britain, yet he was also a lifelong slave owner who freed only nine of his more than 600 slaves during his lifetime.

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Universal Orlando plans daily parade, night show (Travel News)

January 25, 2012 by  
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Travel News – Universal Orlando, with an eye on bolstering attendance, announced ambitious plans Wednesday for a daily interactive character parade and a nighttime light and pyrotechnics show at the theme park highlighting the company’s 100 years of moviemaking.

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Annie Leibovitz opens new art show at Smithsonian (Travel News)

January 24, 2012 by  
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Travel News – PhotogrTravel Newsher Annie Leibovitz says she has come back from some dark days and revived her creativity with a new project now on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum that marks a departure from her popular celebrity portraits.

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