Nostalgia, passion, money drive 'Star Wars' toy collectors
Jarrod Roll, director of the Monroe County Local History Room in Sparta, Wis., prepares his vintage Millennium Falcon toy for the upcoming exhibit "Star Wars, The Nostalgia Awakens." on Nov. 18. The exhibit of action figures, toy vehicles and play sets ...
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December 5, 2015
The David Mitchell Übernovel: Brian Finney Reviews “Slade House”
Similarly the two villains of the piece, Norah and Jonah Grayer, twin sister and brother born in 1899, prolong their mortal existence, as do the Anchorites in The Bone Clocks, by forcibly decanting the souls of the living. Mitchell's use of fantasy in ...
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December 5, 2015
Clock World auction set for Friday, Saturday in Statesville
The piece is so old that the auction company has not been able to find a value it, Muscarelli said. » A $20,360 (retail) Howard Miller Millenium limited edition grandfather clock with mahogany Chippendale case with satinwood inlay and beveled glass ...
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December 2, 2015
Northeastern's 'The World in Your Cup' spotlights the culture of coffee
The walls were plastered with old cuckoo clocks of all kinds that would chime, sing, or ring. There was also a beautiful old train set that would circle the entire restaurant, which had these loud and wonderful noises. After dinner, my grandfather ...
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December 1, 2015
Germany's Black Forest clock route is full of surprises
At the tidy little town of Furtwangen, once the center of the clockmaking industry, I paused to visit the impressive Clock and Watch Museum. Exhibits included early wooden mechanisms with stones for weights, and a whole wall of historic cuckoo clocks ...
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November 28, 2015
Explore Fredericksburg The town with 'Texas Heart and a German Soul'
This part of the museum tells the story of Fredericksburg native Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, who commanded more than two million men and women in the Pacific during the height of World War II. The George H.W. Bush Gallery Dine inside the high ...
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December 2, 2015
Arts Calendar
and Herr Von Cuckoo, who lives in the cuckoo-clock. Von Cuckoo has a sore throat which is ruining his “cuckoos,” but the Gingerbread Man's efforts to help Cuckoo's sore throat are hampered by the villainous scavenger Sleek the Mouse and by The Old ...
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December 1, 2015
Public Works: Revitalizing Old Architecture With New Construction
Public Works looks at public space, urban design, and city-building innovations from around the world ... is three old buildings saved from the wrecking ball and turned, instead, into viable real estate commodities. Like the cuckoo clock (a Swiss icon ...
torontoist.com
November 30, 2015
Arts Calendar
... lives in the cuckoo-clock. Von Cuckoo has a sore throat which is ruining his “cuckoos,” but the Gingerbread Man’s efforts to help Cuckoo’s sore throat are hampered by the villainous scavenger Sleek the Mouse and by The Old Bag – an old tea ...
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November 30, 2015
Northeastern’s ‘The World in Your Cup’ spotlights the culture of coffee
The walls were plastered with old cuckoo clocks of all kinds that would chime ... the Beloved Country” and Dinesen’s “Out of Africa” had transformed my view of the world and my place in it, so it was particularly moving to be able to spend afternoo ...
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November 30, 2015
Promega's newest building, the Kepler Center, opens for business
like the surfboard clock from California, the brushed metal cuckoo clock from Germany, and the painting of Mount Fuji from Japan. Founded in 1978 by Bill Linton, who continues to lead the company as CEO and chairman, Promega makes biological products and ...
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November 29, 2015
Rain can't dampen spirits at Sugarcreek Christmas Festival
The day-long event, which culminated with a holiday candle-lighting ceremony in front of the World’s Largest ... Schario and his 3-year-old son, Leo, joined the Courys and the Todds and other families gathered around the giant cuckoo clock for the ...
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November 28, 2015
The lessons of time
In the basement of an old ... regulated clocks line his booth at the Founders Crossing antiques arcade, their second-by-second notes harmoniously drowning out other sounds. All you hear is the passage of time. Reaching the top of the hour, a cuckoo emerges ...
triblive.com
November 28, 2015
Nostalgia, passion, money drive 'Star Wars' toy collectors
Some people are thinking of starting a collection while others are wondering if their boxes of old toys might be worth something ... showcased everything from Depression glass to antique cuckoo clocks and Band-Aid tins collected by area residents.
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November 28, 2015
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