Paul Simon performed a fund-raiser with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, with many of the arrangements by the orchestra members.
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Music Review: Paul Simon With the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
SECOND-GUESSING the design of the nation’s memorials is as American as the iconic figures they honor. When the Lincoln Memorial was being planned, no less an authority than Frank Lloyd Wright called it the “most ridiculous, most asinine miscarriages of building material that ever happened.” Critics of the Jefferson Memorial wondered why this father of democracy was housed in a Roman temple. So controversial was Maya Lin’s spare homage to those who died in Vietnam that the highest-ranking member of the executive branch to show up for its dedication was the deputy interior secretary. Read full article > >
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Editorial Board: Ike’s memorial
Researchers at Lincoln University build a “learning” potato sorting system out of everyday computer equipment
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Gamer technology spots sick spuds
District police on Sunday morning were investigating a death in a park near the Lincoln Memorial that officials believe was a suicide. U.S. Park Police were initially handling the investigation after a U.S. Park Service employee made an emergency call early Sunday. Park police handed the investigation over to District police just before 10 a.m., D.C. police spokesman Officer A. Clay said. Read full article > >
An Illinois lawyer who had a way with words once characterized a particular argument as weaker than soup made from the shadow of a pigeon that died of starvation. The argument for Mitt Romney benefiting from South Carolina’s voting is almost as weak as Lincoln’s soup, but here it is: Read full article > >
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Can Romney the turnaround artist do it again?
George Steel, managing director of New York City Opera, says that its move from Lincoln Center comes at a price, but he’s optimistic.
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Critic’s Notebook: Ushering City Opera Into a New Era
City Opera’s decision to bail out of Lincoln Center led to laments by company veterans and opera world officials on Monday.
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City Opera Departure Brings Questions
The 18-month, $30.7 million project to replace the 80-year-old Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which began in November, is well underway. Read full article > >
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Construction at the Lincoln reflecting pool
On the set of “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” history is being both respected and rewritten.
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Aside From the Vampires, Lincoln Film Seeks Accuracy
Public Domain/Gregg DeGuire (AP)Mary Todd Lincoln and Sally Field.Sally Field was officially in Washington Tuesday for the Vital Voices gala — and unofficially to research her role as Mary Todd Lincoln.
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Sally Field to play Mary Todd Lincoln; actress prepped for role with visit to Ford’s Theatre
Lights went out Tuesday night at the Lincoln Memorial and nearby areas after an electrical cable was apparently damaged, the National Park Service said.
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Lincoln Memorial blacked out on Civil War anniversary
Chu NguyenThe White House replica house on Towlston Road in McLean, Va. It actually survived the alien death ray in “Independence Day.” There is a full-scale, lived-in replica of the White House in McLean. The Oval Office, the Lincoln Bedroom, the Portico, everything. And the owner, who hired a historical architect to help design and build it, is unloading it for the low low price of $4,650,000. Act now!
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The White House is for sale! $4.65 M! CHEAP!
President Barack Obama stopped by the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday, telling visitors that they were able to see the sights because of last night’s budget deal. (April 9)
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Obama surprises tourists at Lincoln Memorial
President Barack Obama stopped by the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday, telling visitors that they were able to see the sights because of last night’s budget deal. (April 9)
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Obama surprises tourists at Lincoln Memorial
The two black Lincoln Navigators — the first was deemed unacceptable because of the color of the interior — could end up costing D.C. taxpayers more than $30,000 for just a few weeks of use.
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Kwame Brown team asked for costly SUV hours after election as council chairman, D.C. officials testify
Music Review: Paul Simon With the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
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