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Starbucks selects new featured book Puget Sound Business Journal 02/24/2009 | A refurbished Alice Tully Hall reopens in NYC International Herald Tribune 02/19/2009 |
 Coffee chain Starbucks Corp. has chosen the next book to be featured in its stores: a memoir by an actor on the TV show “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” |  NEW YORK: Alice Tully Hall, one of the leading U.S. concert venues, reopens at Lincoln Center this weekend after a $159 million, 22-month renovation that left it with superb acoustics and walls that glow amber before a performance. |
Marvel Comics Celebrates President’s Day With Abraham Lincoln And Barack ObamaLouis Holt ComicBook.com 02/15/2009 | Verdi With Popcorn, and TrepidationDANIEL J. WAKIN The New York Times 02/13/2009 |
 Presidents have been very, very good to Marvel Comics lately. President Barack Obama’s appearance in Amazing Spider-Man #583 has led to five printings of the issue. So it should come as no surprise that Marvel Comics is celebrating President’s Day with another Presidential appearance. |  FOR 400 years humans have stood on stages and conveyed passion through song. Great buildings were raised for them to perform in. The titled and the rich paid homage with cash and devotion. |
James Earl Jones to fete Lincoln at Ford's Theatre USA Today 02/13/2009 | Lincoln's 'rare eloquences' on display in bicentennial exhibitPaul Courson CNN 02/09/2009 |
 WASHINGTON (AP) — James Earl Jones, Sidney Poitier and Kelsey Grammer were on hand Wednesday night to honor Abraham Lincoln on the eve of his 200th birthday at a gala celebrating the $25 million renovation of Ford's Theatre. |  WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Library of Congress marks 200 years since the birth of Abraham Lincoln on Thursday by opening a special exhibit featuring his handwritten speeches and artifacts, including the Bible used last month by President Obama during his swearing-in. |
Six more books on LincolnRandy Dotinga and Marjorie Kehe 02/09/2009 | Reexamining the life, and death, of LincolnSam Allis The Boston Globe 02/08/2009 |
 In addition to being president, Abraham Lincoln was also a writer, commander of troops, assassination target, family man, and peer of other great men. The 16th president can be examined from many angles and, as we celebrate the bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth, biographers have overlooked few of them. |  You can never have too much Abraham Lincoln. Adams, yes, Jefferson, yes, but not Lincoln. He remains the most elusive of presidents. If Jefferson was the Sage of Monticello, Lincoln was the Sphinx of Springfield. |
Lukas Foss, versatile and prolific American composer, dies at 86Chris Pasles Los Angeles Times 02/03/2009 | Virginia: In Black History Month, One-Room School Opens to Offer LessonsJennifer Buske The Washington Post 02/01/2009 |
 Lukas Foss, the polyglot American composer, conductor and pianist who directed half a dozen Ojai Music Festivals, led marathon concerts at the Hollywood Bowl and succeeded Arnold Schoenberg as head of composition at UCLA, has died. He was 86. |  A 19th-century school that served Prince William County's African American population opens for public tours today in honor of Black History Month. |
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