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What Artemisia Heard, a classical music project based around the life of painter Artemisia Gentileschi.  

  • July 10, 2012
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    A series of miniatures in The Royal Collection showing a young Queen Victoria. She’s shown at the ages of one, three, four, and seven.

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    May 24, 1883: The Brooklyn Bridge Opens

    130 years ago today, the Brooklyn Bridge opened to the public.

    The Brooklyn Bridge was the first Ken...

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    Filmmaker Brings Attention To A Latina Soldier Who Fought In The U.S. Civil War

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    The U.S. military may have recently lifted the ban on women...

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    A lost Pearl S. Buck manuscript, found in a Texas storage unit, will be published this fall.

    For more of this morning’s roundup, click here.

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