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A bite of Bergen 
Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel
Bergen's old Hanseatic Quarter has a crude yet romantic charm. I crouch under creaky timbers, as I wander through the Hanseatic Museum. The oversized cupboards around me once housed humble Norwegians each miniscule "bedroom" giving them darkness and...
Complete list of NEA grants to Minnesota arts groups
Star Tribune
Star Tribune
This listing was provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. Some details of these projects are subject to change, contingent upon approval by the NEA. ARTS MIDWEST Minneapolis $1,390,800 Category: Partnership Field/discipline: State &...
Ron Olsen's life told a tale of 2 cultures
Seattle Times
Seattle Times
Ron Olsen, half the broadcast team behind the Ballard-based weekly radio show "The Scandinavian Hour," died Saturday (April 26) in Norway following a car accident. Mr. Olsen, who was visiting southwestern Norway with his brother John, had suffered...
Ron Olsen: 1938-2008 -- 'Scandinavian Hour' co-host
Seattle Post-Intelligence
Seattle Post-Intelligence
Ron Olsen, who co-hosted Seattle's long-running radio program "The Scandinavian Hour," died Saturday in Norway. He was 69. Under the 48-year guidance of Olsen and co-host Doug Warne, "The Scandinavian Hour" was a radio link to one of Seattle's...
Hear the singing strings of Stanley Ritchie
Seattle Times
Seattle Times
Over the years, you can always count on Stanley Ritchie for one of the most elegant violin sounds around. Ritchie, whose history here extends way back to the 1970s (and such ensembles as the Philadelphia String Quartet and the Duo Geminiani), will...
Madonna April 30 U.S. Performance at New York City's Roseland Ballroom Available to the Public for Free on MSN
PR Newswire
PR Newswire
Control Room and MSN present Madonna live - exclusively on music.msn.com/madonna; new songs including No.1 single '4 Minutes' unwrapped from Material Girl's highly anticipated Hard Candy CD. LOS ANGELES, April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Madonna's...
Madonna April 30 U.S. Performance at New York City's Roseland Ballroom Available to the Public ...
Stockhouse
Stockhouse
Control Room and MSN present Madonna live - exclusively on music.msn.com/madonna; new songs including No.1 single '4 Minutes' unwrapped from Material Girl's highly anticipated Hard Candy CD. LOS ANGELES, April 29, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via...
THIS COUNTRY: HOCKEY: WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: CANADA 2, NORWAY 1 Slow starts becoming a Canadian trademark
Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail
