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Biz To Go Razing Riviera casino will level part of Vegas' mobster past

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 14 Jun 2016
The Flamingo has been completely rebuilt at its original location, but the Tropicana still has pieces of its original building, making it the last true mob structure on the Strip, said Michael Green, Nevada historian and a professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas ... A classic mob joint, the Riviera’s place in that seedy time is probably outranked by the Flamingo, historians said ... ....

Nawabs' legacy crumbles in Awadh's 1st capital

Edit The Times of India 14 Jun 2016
Shuja-ud-Daula developed Faizabad as full-fledged capital city, and ruled his em pire from "Dilkusha", a resplendent double-storied palatial building spread across 10,000 sq ft, with about ten grand rooms on each floor."Nawab Shuja-ud-Daula use to live on the first floor of the Kothi with his family members, while the ground floor was used his office," said Professor Raghuvansh Mani, author and historian....

Matt Driscoll: Is the city making a mistake at Valhalla Hall?

Edit The News Tribune 14 Jun 2016
A project billed as an “adaptive reuse” is stretching the definition of the term. Local developers and historians are raising concerns about the whole idea. The goals are admirable, but the process is proving costly and contentious ... ....

National Endowment for the Arts Names 2017 Jazz Masters

Edit New York Times 14 Jun 2016
Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dave Holland, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Dick Hyman and the jazz historian Ira Gitler will be honored on April 3, 2017, with a tribute concert ... ....

Singer Dee Dee Bridgewater among 2017 NEA Jazz Masters

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 14 Jun 2016
The other honorees include the British-born bassist and composer Dave Holland; pianist Dick Hyman, the soundtrack composer for more than a dozen Woody Allen films; Hammond B3 jazz organist Dr. Lonnie Smith, known for his classic soul jazz albums, and jazz historian and writer Ira Gitler, who was recognized for his jazz advocacy ... ....

History of the American flag and Flag Day

Edit Worcester Telegram 14 Jun 2016
.jpg" alt="" />1777While no one knows the exact origin of the American flag, some historians believe it was designed by Continental Congress delegate Francis Hopkinson and sewn by Philadelphia seamstress Betsy Ross ... ....

NY cemetery to honor veterans buried in newly marked graves

Edit The Washington Times 14 Jun 2016
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A Flag Day ceremony is being held at an Albany-area cemetery to honor more than two dozen war veterans who were buried in unmarked graves decades ago. Albany Diocesean Cemeteries historian Kelly Grimaldi spent six years researching the military service of 27 veterans who are buried ... ....

LAURELS: Adams to Receive Enology-Viticulture Merit Award (University of California - Davis)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Jun 2016
(Source ... •••. Four more faculty members of the Department of History have been named to the Organization of American Historians' Distinguished Lectureship Program ... With their appointments, UC Davis now has eight historians in the speakers bureau, the most of any UC campus ... More than 400 scholars nationwide have been Organization of American Historians' Distinguished Lecturers for their contributions to the field of American history ... •••....

Higher Education Council to be reconstituted: CM

Edit The Hindu 14 Jun 2016
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday said that the State’s Higher Education Council would be reconstituted. Inaugurating a two-day conference on “Secularism and its Discontents” here, Mr ... Mr. Vijayan’s comment came in the wake of historian K. N ... “More the merrier,” he said. Mr ... Mr ... Mr ... ....

2017 Recipients of Nation’s Highest Award in Jazz Announced (NEA - National Endowment for the Arts)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Jun 2016
(Source. NEA - National Endowment for the Arts). Washington, DC- This evening at the DC Jazz Festival's concert at the John F ... Gitler is an American jazz historian, journalist, educator, and author who has written several books about jazz and hundreds of liner notes for jazz recordings ... Gitler also taught jazz history at several colleges and is considered one of the great historians and champions of the music ... About NEA Jazz Masters....

ICHR nod to map science in ancient India

Edit Indian Express 14 Jun 2016
Share This Article. Related Article ... 6, slideMargin. 3 }); });. Watch Video ... The Indian Express first reported on October 3, 2015 about the ICHR’s efforts, under its new chairman Y S Rao, to draft historians to study ancient literature — Vedas, Puranas, Dharmasastras, Artha Sastra, Vedanga Jyotisha, Rasasastra and Vastu Sastra — to trace the country’s achievements in technical and scientific disciplines. ....

Vermont Days Offer Free Fishing and Free Access to State Parks and Historic Sites (State of Vermont)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Jun 2016
(Source. State of Vermont). June 07, 2016. Vermont Days Offer Free Fishing and Free Access to State Parks and Historic Sites. Vermont Days are an annual invitation to visitors and Vermonters to explore Vermont's excellent fishing, state parks, and historic culture for free! ... June 11 ... Learn about Revolutionary War characters Seth Warner, Henry Knox, Richard Montgomery, Nathanael Greene and others from historian and journalist Jack Kelly....

Two Monday vigils in Charlotte honor dead in Orlando

Edit The Charlotte Observer 14 Jun 2016
It could happen here. That was the message at the first of two Monday vigils staged in Charlotte to honor victims of the mass killing in Orlando early Sunday morning at a nightclub ... One second for each of the 49 murder victims ... It was just a matter of time, he says ... LGBT historians note gay clubs are more than just bars, just as churches in the African American community are about more than just religion ... Rev ... Mark Price....
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