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Stephen Robert Skaling 1948 - 2022 KINGFIELD - Stephen Robert Skaling, 73, died unexpectedly on April 23, 2022, at home in ...

Holidays sometimes I think about her. She was the kind of girl who made you want to celebrate. Life. Youth. Love. Saturday. I always considered it great...

Description This is a Matthäus Merian view of London, engraved in 1638 for inclusion in his Archontologia cosmica. It was based on an earlier, 1616 panorama of the city by Claes Visscher (1587 - 1652.) The four-sheet, nearly seven-foot-long Visscher is an all but unobtainable rarity, with only a handful of known copies in institutional and private hands. (An example sold at Christies in 2018 for nearly $150,000.) The Merian expertly reduces the image, preserving much of its detail and elegance. The detail and recognizability of the image are particularly remarkable, given that neither Meria...

11 thursday Online: Great Lives Lecture Series: Mohandas K. Gandhi. Presented by Anand Rao. Zoom webinars open at 7:15 p.m. and the lectures begin at 7:30 p.m. Prerecorded lecture will be followed by live Q&A. umw.edu/greatlives. Spotsy “To Go” Restaurant Week. Order takeout, delivery or curbside pickup from a number of locally owned restaurants. Collect a stamp from five different spots to earn your chance to win prizes. Through March 14. More information, including a contest passport and list of participating restaurants, is available at spotsyrestaurantweek.com. 12 friday Fredericksbur...

4 thursday Online: Great Lives Lecture Series: Zora Neale Hurston / Eudora Welty. Presented by Gary Richards. Zoom webinars open at 7:15 p.m. and the lectures begin at 7:30 p.m. Prerecorded lecture will be followed by live Q&A. umw.edu/greatlives. 5 friday Spotsy “To Go” Restaurant Week. Order takeout, delivery or curbside pickup from a number of locally owned restaurants. Collect a stamp from five different spots to earn your chance to win prizes. Through March 14. More information, including a contest passport and list of participating restaurants is available at spotsyrestaurantweek.co...