Artists Laura Turón and David Delgado are offering an immersive art experience that heightens the senses at Hacienda Apodaca in Socorro. For $15 on Friday, visitors to the site at 10180 Socorro Road can immerse themselves in interactive art projects, see three musical performances and enjoy a ramen and taqueria food pop-up by El Charlatan and […]
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During pandemic, Detroiter turns love of painting into Paint’d Party Services
Feeling like she had no choice but to quit her job during the pandemic, a Detroit mother of two knew she had to quickly come up with a plan to draw an income. The joy of painting clicked with LaShay Heard, 24, before she entered kindergarten. So she decided to turn […]
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The First U.S. Cathedral Turns 200
Baltimore’s Bishop John Carroll had a decision to make. It was 1805, and the diocese then encompassed the entire U.S. Years before, Pope Pius VI had urged Carroll to build a cathedral church. But what kind of building would it be? And what would it say about American Catholics? His […]
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Marley Max Candles & More owner turns hobby into business | Journal-news
HEDGESVILLE — It wasn’t that long ago that Marley Max Candles & More owner Robbie Newcome was crafting candles as a way to provide gifts for loved ones, a hobby in which he found a passion. But fast forward, a little more than a decade later and Newcome has transitioned […]
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Artist Chris Wormell Turns Words into Birds
The British illustrator Chris Wormell, 65, knew early on that the kind of art he wanted to make would be “a bit backward-looking.” As a boy in London, some of his favorite pictures were wood-engravings by Thomas Bewick, the 18th-century British illustrator known for his vignettes of the natural world. […]
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Walmart turns four stores into e-commerce laboratories
Walmart store testing new technology Source: Walmart Walmart is turning four of its stores into laboratories that test ways to turn the retailer’s huge physical footprint into a more powerful edge for e-commerce. The big-box giant said Thursday that it’s designating two stores near its headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, and […]
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A company turns millions in profits bringing call-center jobs to Black communities
Taylor Pride considered a viable job opportunity in her distressed Dallas neighborhood “too good to be true.” It did not make sense to her that a company would set up a call center in the nearly desolate former Red Bird Mall (now Southwest Center Mall), and employ 500 residents from […]
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London’s Shreeji Turns From Local Newsagent to Culture Concept Space
LONDON — Sandeep Garg first opened Shreeji in 1982 as a local newsagent and tobacconist in London’s Marylebone area. Fast forward to 2020 and Shreeji finds itself surrounded by some high-flying neighbors. Across the street is André Balazs’ now-famous hotel and restaurant Chiltern Firehouse, while an array of specialty stores […]