Local History

23+ hour, 34+ min ago   (177+ words) It is shaping up to be one u201cdark and stormy night,u201d or at least it could be, when two East Palatka residents take part in a St. Augustine show next week. The Tale Tellers of St. Augustine will present its show…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (454+ words) Archivist Tyler Walker displayed tons of information about military aviation in Alaska throughout the state’s history. The annual open house at the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives and the Alaska Native Language Archive on Oct. 1 was a good reminder…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (230+ words) Everywhere we look, we’re exposed to the lives we should strive to live. A life that is coated with non-stop parties, no money issues, success, friendship and love. But none of this is real—no life is perfect, and imagining…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (429+ words) Home - Projects - The Temple: A Concrete Vow Between Pantheon and Landscape Ando’s influence appears in the material rigor and in the framing of emptiness. Exposed architectural concrete, cast in place, is left raw. The structure does not apologize for its…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (823+ words) FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTUU/KTVF) - Filipino American leaders from across Alaska gathered in Fairbanks this weekend for the state’s first Alaska Filipino Leadership Convening, an event organizers say was created to strengthen connections between Filipino organizations statewide. The two-day initiative, called…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (433+ words) KAISER KUO’S “The Great Reckoning: What the West Should Learn From China” is something less than an argument. It is instead a number of disconnected gestures, intended to cast doubt upon Western hegemony and suggest the ascent of China as…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (85+ words) The Greenwood Commonwealth St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church is selling bricks to help pay for its 75th-anniversary celebration. The bricks cost $100 each and will be laid in front of the church. They may be purchased in memory of someone…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (382+ words) Courtesy of The Department of Accounting and General Services The new fence and cleared pathway leading to Waiʻanae Japanese Cemetery, Waiʻanae. HONOLULU — The Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS) is in the next phase of its plan to improve…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (158+ words) The Black Cultural Society of P.E.I. just wrapped a series of town halls where the group gathered input on what a memorial for Charlottetown's historic neighbourhood The Bog should look like. CBC's Steve Bruce spoke to Ujunwa Aja-Onu, the society's executive…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (14+ words) Brickmaking Comes Back to Life for a Day at Sayreville Historical Society Demonstration TAPinto...