Cynthia Collins's Blog, page 8
August 31, 2013
Fast Food Workers March Their Dream to Civil Rights Museum
Fast food workers protest in Memphis, TN
Thursday, August 29, the day after the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, employees of fast food restaurants in several major U.S. cities went on strike. In Memphis, local civil rights activists and union members joined seven of the workers for a march of their own.
Read full article here. (Written for the Guardian Express, Cynthia Collins, August 31, 2013)
Boston’s USS Constitution Museum Offers Labor Day Family Fun
USS Constitution Museum in Charlestown, Boston, MA.
Boston’s USS Constitution Museum will be open Labor Day, giving adults and school children the chance to experience the life of a sailor aboard the USS Constitution. This family-friendly, interactive exhibit covers everything from signing up, deciding what to pack, scrubbing the deck, and much more.
Read full article here. (Written for the Guardian Express, Cynthia Collins, August 29, 2013)
Labor Day: Idea to Federal Holiday
U. S. factory worker
Labor Day is an annual federal holiday in the United States. The actual calendar day changes from year to year, but it is always the first Monday of September. To most school children, it is another day when there is no school.
Read full article here. (Written for the Guardian Express, Cynthia Collins, August 28, 2013)
Tall Ships Festival to Dock in San Diego
Tall ships in San Diego Bay
The tall ships are coming to San Diego Bay, Thursday, August 29, for the annual Festival of Sail. This Labor Day weekend event, hosted by the Maritime Museum of San Diego, begins with a parade of ships as they enter the bay and make their way to the docks of the Maritime Museum on the North Embarcadero.
Read full article here. (Written for the Guardian Express, Cynthia Collins, August 26, 2013)
Discovery of Medieval Ring Reveals Deadly Purpose
14th century ring found in Bulgaria
In what could be a scene right out of any murder mystery or detective story, archaeologists have discovered a ring believed to have been used to poison enemies in medieval Bulgaria. The excavation took place at Cape Kailakra in the Dobrudja area, a region shared by modern day Bulgaria and Romania…
Read full article here. (Written for the Guardian Express, Cynthia Collins, August 24, 2013)
August 23, 2013
Car Museum Redesign Looks Like a Car
Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles
Instead of a car belonging in a museum, it is the museum that will fit inside a car. The Petersen Automotive Museum of Los Angeles is getting a complete makeover both inside and out. The redesign, by the architectural firm of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF), is to be finished in time for the 20th anniversary in 2014…
Read full article here. (Written for the Guardian Express, Cynthia Collins, August 22, 2013)
United Kingdom’s Happy Museum Project Is Serious Business
Happy Museum Project
The United Kingdom’s “Happy Museum Project” is serious business. Now in its third year, it was launched in April, 2011, to encourage museums to create links with organizations and communities to show how “sustainability and well-being” can lead to long-lasting cultural change…
Read full article here. (Written for the Guardian Express, Cynthia Collins, August 22, 2013)
Egypt’s Violent Turmoil Leads to Stolen History
Malawi Antiquities Museum damaged in Minya, Egypt
Statues of pharaohs and other priceless artifacts have not been exempt from the recent riots in Egypt. Vandals stole over 1,000 items and smashed sculptures at the Malawi Antiquities Museum, last Wednesday, in the city of Minya.
Read full article here. (Written for the Guardian Express, Cynthia Collins, August 21, 2013)
August 19, 2013
Hudson River Annual Tugboat Race Includes Dockside Competitions
Tugs prepare for Hudson River race
Tugboats in the New York Harbor area will have a chance to compete for bragging rights in the upcoming Great North River Tugboat Race & Competition. The race is set for Sunday, September 1st, and is open to tugs of all sizes that are available for a few hours of fun…
Read full article here. (Written for the Guardian Express, Cynthia Collins, August 19, 2013)
August 18, 2013
Dispute over Where to Bury Richard III
Portrait of Richard III
England’s Richard III is still having his “winter of discontent.” His skeletal remains were found not “in the deep bosom of the ocean buried,” but under a parking lot. Now there is a dispute over where to bury this “tragic” monarch who reigned from 1483 until his untimely death on the battlefield in 1485…
Read full article here. (Written for the Guardian Express, Cynthia Collins, August 17, 2013)
