Arts & Culture

– Manuscript – The national museum of the Netherlands is holding the largest show ever of paintings by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer. The Rijksmuseum is in the capital, Amsterdam. It has placed 28 paintings on exhibit. It says they represent about half of the 17th century artist’s body of work. Vermeer is known for his expertise at representing light in his paintings. … [Read more...] about Museum to Hold Largest Showing of Vermeer’s Paintings

– Manuscript – The size of the ship and the shoes seized Robert Ballard’s attention when he saw the wreckage of the Titanic from a submarine deep below the sea. “The first thing I saw coming out of the gloom…was this wall, this giant wall of…steel that rose over 100 and some feet above us,” Ballard told the Associated Press. “I never looked down at the Titanic. I looked … [Read more...] about New Video of the Wreck of the Titanic Released

– Manuscript – LeBron James is the new all-time scoring leader of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He set the record with a jump shot in the third quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers game Tuesday night against Oklahoma City. James pushed his career total to 38,388 points and passed the scoring record that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar held for nearly 39 years. After he … [Read more...] about LeBron James Sets NBA Scoring Record

– Manuscript – In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Carnival is back. The Carnival is a week-long celebration marking the beginning of the Easter season in the Catholic church. Brazil’s federal government expects 46 million people to join the festivities that officially begin Friday and run through Feb. 22. It features many parades filled with music and samba dancing. Among … [Read more...] about First All-female Samba School to Compete in Brazil’s Carnival

– Manuscript – College student Rhapsody Stiggers is one of 38 students at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee taking a dance class that is the first of its kind. Her teacher, Amarisa LeBar, is a current member of the Radio City Rockettes, a famous precision dance team in New York City. Stiggers has been dancing since she was two years old. She has taken many kinds of … [Read more...] about Rockette’s Dance Class Popular with College Students