Visitors immersed in China’s history, cultureSaturday, November 29, 2008 @ 11:43PM Editor’s note: From Oct. 28 through Nov. 5, CDT editorial assistant Fran Jacobs and five State College residents traveled to Beijing to visit the city and surrounding environs in a post-Olympic tour. In addition to enjoying stops at local Beijing venues, they also spent a day visiting the Terra Cotta Warriors museum in Xi’an. What follows is the first of a two-part series highlighting excerpts ...
Indian River County School Zone: October 26Saturday, October 25, 2008 @ 11:03PMCheck here for the happenings in Indian River County schools.
Cowboy churches: Where prayers come with a twangSaturday, August 23, 2008 @ 9:08AM MT. VERNON, Ill. - Wearing a white cowboy hat and preaching atop his horse Coby, Pastor Steve Hamson gives a modern-day meaning to "sermon on the mount." With a Bible in one hand and the reins of the horse in the other, Hamson strikes the fear of God in his parishioners - more than a dozen of them listening on horseback in a humid riding arena. The cowboys put their hats over their hearts ...
How to make a cult musicianThursday, August 21, 2008 @ 6:48PMCulture: In the age of the internet, is it still possible to be a true cult musician? Bob Stanley gets a few tips
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