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Smithsonian planning to slash executives' pay
- 2008-08-30
WASHINGTON -- At least 17 Smithsonian Institution executives with six-figure salaries will see future pay cuts -- many in the tens of thousands of dollars -- under reforms adopted by the museum complex. According to figures released recently after a request by The Associated Press, the chief financial...
Calendar Event Listing: International Art Gallery Moves Onto Santa Monica's Ocean Avenue, Brings Smithsonian Artist, InStyle Celebrity Photographer and Daughter of Oscar Winner on August 30, September 6 and 27
- 2008-08-23
World-renowned modern artist Stephen Courtney, whose work resides in the Smithsonian and celebrity homes, is exhibiting his fine art furniture and black & white photographs in the permanent exhibition "Affair in the Garden" at Santa Monica's brand-new James Coleman Gallery, located at 1431 Ocean Avenue. Courtney, whose love of cantilever...
CODY MAY GET SMITHSONIAN ARTIFACTS
- 2008-06-22
Wyoming - The Buffalo Bill Historical Center may soon be displaying rare and priceless artifacts on loan from the Smithsonian Institution. The Cody center announced Friday that it has been accepted as an affliate of the Smithsonian, a status granted to 159 museums in 40 states, Panama...
Clear 'America's Attic' of antiquated management
- 2007-03-28
The Smithsonian Institution is headquartered in a building known as the "Castle." But its top official isn't entitled to live like a king at taxpayer expense. That seems to have escaped erstwhile Smithsonian Secretary Lawrence Small, whose resignation was announced Monday after he generated a controversy...
Hope Diamond lecture, reception, signing raises $15,000
- 2007-01-29
The Hope Diamond Event, which celebrates the legendary history of a cursed gem, was held Jan. 20 at the Museum of San Diego History. The cocktail reception, then lecture and book signing by Richard Kurin, director of Smithsonian Institution and author of "The Hope Diamond," was part of a benefit...
Smithsonian Soils Exhibit: with your help, worlds underfoot will open in 2008.
- 2005-11-01
The Smithsonian Institution, the Soil Science Society of America SSSA, and others are planning a 5,000 square foot soils exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. The projected opening for the exhibit, tentatively titled, "Soils: Worlds Underfoot," is 2008. The exhibit, which...
Is the Smithsonian Promoting Religion?
- 2005-03-07
Exhibits at National Museum of the American Indian Criticize Christianity But Not Native ReligionsThe American Civil Liberties Union argued in the Supreme Court last week that two Kentucky counties violated the 1st Amendment ban on Congress's establishing a religion when they posted the Ten Commandments in their courthouses."They have erected...
DC101 and the National Kidney Foundation Celebrate 25th Anniversary of DC Chili Cook-Off
- 2004-09-29
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- WWDC-FM announced that nationally known recording acts Jimmy Eat World and Chevelle will be among the bands performing at the 25th Anniversary DC101 Chili Cook- Off benefiting the National Kidney Foundation. The event is set for Saturday, Oct. 16, at 11 a.m. at Independence...
Indian culture comes home
- 2004-09-10
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Over the past 500 years, the indigenous peoples of the Americas have been invaded, conquered, converted, enslaved, diseased, robbed, removed, confined, massacred and/or assimilated to the brink of extinction. Now, at last, they're about to be officially celebrated here on the National Mall, with a museum they...
Protect Wild Dolphins Specialty License Plate Program Distributes Nearly $430,000 in Grants; Photo Available
- 2004-08-04
FT. PIERCE, Fla., Aug. 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- This week, the Protect Wild Dolphins specialty license plate program is distributing nearly $430,000 in funds generated through plate sales to institutions around the state and beyond. The money will support six new or ongoing dolphin research programs by the Smithsonian Institution,...
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