Author: Blueplate PR
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When No One Could Travel Faster Than A Horse
By Frank Harmon, FAIA August 2011 I bumped into a friend recently at a coffee shop who asked, “Did you recognize me waving at you from my car” last week? I had to admit I didn’t recognize her or her car. But thinking about it later, I remembered a remark by the social critic Lewis Mumford,…
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Frugal Travel: Avoiding Airlines’ Baggage Fees and Fuel Surcharges
Rick Ingersoll, The Frugal Travel Guy, suggests ways around pesky travel fees. August 9, 2011 (Traverse City, MI) — Nothing is more frustrating than getting to the airport counter and being told you now owe for the baggage you’re bringing on your trip — except trying to book an award ticket and finding out that…
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Detachment: Jason Craighead Art Exhibition To Open At Flanders Gallery
Featuring all new works on paper, canvas, and installation. August 9, 2011 (Raleigh, NC) – Artist Jason Craighead’s newest works will be featured in a special exhibition entitled “Detachment” at Flanders Gallery in downtown Raleigh from September 2 through October 1. The show will include works on paper in a full range of sizes up…
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Umicore Building Products USA Hires Blueplate PR
To provide public relations services for the global company’s VMZINC® products and applications. August 8, 2011 (Raleigh, NC) – Umicore Buildings Products USA, Inc., has hired Blueplate PR in Raleigh, NC, to provide public relations services for its Raleigh-based architectural products and services, specifically VMZINC, the architectural zinc manufactured by Umicore. The VMZINC brand name…
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Chapel Hill Realtors, Durham Library Host “Mayberry Modernism”
Triangle Modernist Houses’ George Smart will discuss NC’s Modernist legacy. August 4, 2011 (Durham, NC) — George Smart, founder and director of the award-winning non-profit Triangle Modernist Houses (TMH), will present his signature talk “Mayberry Modernism: North Carolina’s Modernist Legacy” at the South Regional Library in Durham on August 16 and to the Greater Chapel…
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Triangle Modernist Houses Sponsors Hillsborough Modernist Tour
Featuring two new Modernist residential designs. July 28, 2011 (Hillsborough, NC) – Triangle Modernist Houses (TMH), the award-winning non-profit dedicated to promoting and preserving Modernist residential design, will host a Hillsborough Modernist Tour on Saturday, August 13, from 9 a.m. until noon, sponsored by Prime Energy Group and Hill Country Woodworks. Hillsborough Mayor Tom Stevens…
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RHA Howell To Host “Put It On The Table” Design Competition, Fundraiser
To benefit children and adults with disabilities in the Tar River and Greenville group homes. July 26, 2011 (Greenville, NC) – Creative holiday table settings and table top design are the themes for a special fundraiser to benefit RHA Howell’s Tar River and Greenville Group Homes this year entitled, “Put It On The Table.” On…
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The Bridge at Concord
By Frank Harmon, FAIA At museums and visitors centers, less interpretation is more. One day in the 1970s, I wandered into the rare documents room at the British Museum, where cloth-shrouded glass cases held poems, speeches and letters written by famous people. You could pull back a cloth, read the document, and cover it up…
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