Corset News Archive - 27-Nov-2006
Sci-fi and fantasy fans meet peers and compete for attention at the LAX Marriott.
A flurry of CD box sets and DVDs to please the music- and movie-lovers on your list
Here's the dilemma with boxed sets - with all the bonus cuts, videos, and obscure unreleased tracks, they are often targeted to and savoured by hardcore fans.
Trying to find the perfect gift for that goth fan on your Christmas list? How about a black-leather corset? No, not one to cinch himself...
WASHINGTON ? Platform shoes could be the eighth architectural wonder. They are remarkable examples of design but, like most of the seven fabled monuments of the ancient world, surely these extravagant pillars of footwear cannot last.
Another Thanksgiving has passed, and once again the dreaded Christmas shopping season is upon us. But fear not: The task is easy -- at least when there are music lovers on Santa's list.
Because Isabel Melendez grew up poor in Puerto Rico, her family couldn't afford to give her a quinceañera, the ritual-filled 15th birthday celebration that marks a girl's transition to womanhood in Latino tradition. So when she came to Massachusetts and had daughters of her own, Melendez, a community activist in Lawrence, was determined to give them quinceañeras -- simple parties ...
As you stroll through the exhibits in the Linn County Historical Museum in Brownsville, take a close look at the mannequins and photographs that depict pioneer women.
(AP) - Selected music reviews of boxed-set offerings in time for the holidays:
Where: Pacific Theatre, 1420 W. 12th Ave.
