NEW YORK, NY.- Actor, director, and philanthropist Ben Stiller has joined together with gallerist and art dealer David Zwirner to organize Artists for Haiti, a major, high-profile art auction which will raise funds for education and health programs for…
Color Pictures of San Francisco After ’06 Quake Found at the Smithsonian Institution
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (AP).- A museum volunteer has unearthed what the Smithsonian Institution believes to be the first — and perhaps only — color photographs of San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and fire that nearly leveled the city. The s…
Color Pictures of San Francisco After ’06 Quake Found at the Smithsonian Institution
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (AP).- A museum volunteer has unearthed what the Smithsonian Institution believes to be the first — and perhaps only — color photographs of San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and fire that nearly leveled the city. The s…
Voice from History Exposed by New Zealand Quake
CHRISTCHURCH (AP).- The New Zealand earthquake has exposed potentially historic documents hidden inside a 19th century statue that toppled in the disaster. Christchurch Major Bob Parker said Tuesday that a handwritten parchment in a bottle and a seal…
China Builds Sichuan Earthquake Museum
BEIJING (AP).- Chinese state media says construction has begun on a museum commemorating the nearly 90,000 people who died during a 2008 earthquake. Xinhua News Agency says the museum is located in the worst-hit region of Beichuan in Sichuan province i…