The Creative and Cultural Economy

It’s the kind of creativity that made Silicon Valley famous as a birthplace of ideas. “It’s almost as simple as birds of a feather flock together,” Fogarty said of Portola Valley’s lure.

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Today is Wednesday, January 28 and on this day in 1956 — gosh, that was only 58 years ago! — Elvis Presley made his first TV appearance. That was on the Dorsey Brothers Stage Show…

“It’s a great (chance) just to see how much talent we have in the valley – it’s incredible,”

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"To most people, the worlds of science and art seem separated," said Roald Hoffmann, a Cornell chemist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1981.

"We don’t think they are. This is a fun, wonderful way to show the connection between them," said Hoffmann, who does double duty as a published poet and playwright.

Today is Wednesday, January 21, and on this day in 1908 an ordinance was passed in New York City that made it illegal for a woman to smoke in public. And here you thought that…

”Probably a lot of people think we got the building and don’t need their help anymore. But we don’t have the building and we do need everyone’s help.”

Last fall, Weber was invited to host a showing of Montana contemporary art at the Caven County Museum in Ireland. The show was part of a trade venture put together by the University of Montana-Missoula’s Montana World Trade Center organization.

"Everybody is excited about it," said owner Annette Carter. "We don’t have to drive downtown to Corbin or the Spokane Art Center."