Christmas String Lights Calendar of Home Events Trade in your holiday lights that don’t work for a $3 coupon at any Home Depot. US Auctions Australian Auctions Austrian Auctions Belgian Auctions Canadian Auctions French Auctions German Auctions Indian Auctions Irish Auctions Italian Auctions Dutch Auctions Polish Auctions Spanish Auctions Swiss Auctions UK Auctions Best Match [...]

Plastic Santa Blog post of the week: L.A. sends plastic bags packing Parts of Los Angeles County are joining other forward-thinking communties in saying “No thanks” to plastic bags, as county supervisors voted Tuesday to approve an ordinance banning stores from using single-use plastic bags and requiring a 10-cent charge for each paper bag. US [...]

Yard Art Stores relieved as consumers buy more yard decorations Outdoor holiday decorations, widely known as “yard art,” are going even bigger this year. Think more watts, more lights and more power. They are, pardon the pun, one of the bright spots for retailers this holiday season. US Auctions Australian Auctions Austrian Auctions Belgian Auctions [...]

Art Decoration It Speaks to Me: Lari Pittman on Henri Matisse’s ‘The Black Shawl’ at the Norton Simon This week Culture Monster is introducing a new feature, asking a local artist to discuss a work from a local museum that means something to him or her. Our first artist is painter Lari Pittman. This painting [...]

Possible Dreams Tom Bowles: Five things we learned at Phoenix For the first 250 laps, the NASCAR action at Phoenix wasn’t peppy enough to engage your local librarian. One driver was dominant, the championship battle appeared to be over and the only question was how quickly a planned repaving project could begin once the checkered [...]

Artificial Christmas Tree Local Christmas tree growers mixed on proposed ad campaign BLADE STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES WASHINGTON – Got Christmas tree? Just in time for the holidays, some domestic Christmas tree producers are hoping to emulate the nation’s dairy, beef, and cotton farmers, who tax themselves to pay for advertisements shared by all in [...]

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