Durham Fair started on September 23 in Durham, Connecticut, and will end up on September 26th. This fair is well known in all of New England as one of the largest agricultural fairs and every year it takes place in the last week of September. The Durham Fair began in 1915. The important events of [...]
Sep 25 2010 | Posted in
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Today starts the Bloomsburg Fair in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. This is the 156th annual fair since 1855 and it is learned to be the biggest ever. Usually more than 400,00 people attend the fair, which is held every year in the last week of September. This year there will be lots of events and entertainment in [...]
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The National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. is underway. It will start from 10 in the morning and will continue till 5:30 in the evening today between Third and Seventh Streets on the mall. The Festival is in fact an offshoot of Texas Book Festival. It was started by former first lady Laura Bush in [...]
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It’s the Boardwalk weekend. Today is the annual Neptune Festival 2010 kicks. It is the 37th year of the Festival in the Virginia Beach which will wind up on September 26, 2010. The Neptune Festival runs from 2nd Street to 36th Street and the timing of the celebration are 12:00 PM to 11:00 PM on [...]
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The 37th annual Neptune Festival is in progress in Virginia Beach, Virginia. This weekend will be based on something referred to as “Boardwalk Weekend”. It will begin today and sustain till September 26, 2010. The 2010 Neptune Festival will be featuring “Boardwalk Weekend” which will run from 2nd Street to 36th Street on the Virginia [...]
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It is not uncommon for political prisoners to pen down their experience after being freed. The inhuman conditions, the torture and the horror do make a compelling read. And now Ingrid Betancourt has joined the ranks with the likes of Arthur Koestler, Dumas and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Betancourt’s book “Even Silence Has an End” My Six [...]
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The image of nameless green-eyed ‘Afghan Girl’ made the Philadelphia-born American documentary photographer Steve McCurry famous after it was published on the cover page of National Geographic in 1985. This image is one of the most famous one in the world which had put a human face on brutal conflict. After the picture of ‘Afghan [...]
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Video game character Nintendo Mario turns 25 this year and Charles Martinet enjoyed as he provides the voice to Mario, aka Super Mario, a plumber who always abandoned his work running off and saving a princess or something. Few things to know about Charles Martinet, including his weakness. Those are as below: 1. Martinet’s monther [...]
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