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Deepak Chopra Does Comics? See The Battle For Good And Evil At LACMA

Where: 5905 Wilshire Blvd. [map], Los Angeles, CA, United States, 90036
October 30, 2009 at 3:34 PM | by Heidi Atwal | 0 Comments

Spider-Man, Batman, and the X-Men are just a few of the superheroes who've earned a respected place in the comic book canon. Dedicated collectors know about mainstream bionic men and woman, and maybe a few underground characters as well, but a new exhibit at Los Angeles' LACMA introduces the public to the transportive world of Indian comics.

Being generally familiar with stories from Hindu epics such as the Ramayana, our interest in modern renderings of ancient gods and goddesses, and the interpretation of said stories, is what drew us to the exhibit. Heroes and Villains: The Battle for Good in India's Comics runs through February 7th of next year, and is a compact representation of cultural comic book art and well-preserved folios from hundreds of years ago.

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Spooky! Haunted Mansions In Real Life

October 28, 2009 at 4:59 PM | by egw | 0 Comments

What if the ghost isn't inside the house, but is the house? NPR rounds up three pieces of fiction where houses want their inhabitants to get out, and quickly, like Manderley, the domain of secrets in Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca where a skittish second wife tries to root out how her predecessor died.

British writer Du Maurier based her depiction of the mansion on two real-life, but sadly private houses, Milton Hall in Cambridgeshire and Menabilly in Cornwall, having visited one as a child and rented the latter as an adult. While you can't tour either one, you can catch a glimpse of Milton Hall from the nearby Peterborough Milton Golf Club (includes free lessons for beginners!) or stay on the grounds of Menabilly in one of two gamekeepers' cottages offered for rent. And really, do you want to get closer? Probably not.

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Get Your Travel Read On Thanks To The Controversial $9 Book Sale

October 22, 2009 at 3:26 PM | by egw | 0 Comments

The book world is shaken this week by a massive price war in which two major retailers and an online behemoth battle it out to prove that avid readers love them best. After Wal-Mart announced it would be knocking the price of 10 recently released and pre-order-ready hardcovers to $10, Amazon stepped up and did the same—so Wal-Mart dropped the price to $9, and Jeff Bezos' baby did the same. Target has since followed suit, and indie bookstores are crying foul; sadly, $8.98 is still $8.96 too many to be paying for Sarah Palin's new "memoir," which is included in the sale at all three outlets.

Just the words "book" and "sale" together tend to raise our blood pressure, but the money you save on these blockbusters can go directly into your travel fund. Here are some of the places the anointed bestsellers will take you this fall:

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The Anne Frank House Joins YouTube With New Footage

Where: Prinsengracht 267, Amsterdam, Netherlands
October 15, 2009 at 9:18 AM | by egw | 0 Comments

A museum's newest treasure has become an international sensation thanks to the magic of Web 2.0. The Anne Frank House in Amsterdam has already strengthened its international profile in 2009 by sending a traveling exhibit called "Anne Frank - A History For Today" all around the world, from San Antonio to Soweto.

Last week, the museum—commemorating the teenage girl whose wartime diary chronicled her family's attempts to avoid the Nazis by hiding in the attic of an office building—took its subject to your home. Yes, you, sitting right there in front of that computer; the museum launched its own YouTube channel. The centerpiece is not a chat with Nelson Mandela or the testimony of diary finder Miep Gies, but instead a recently discovered bit of footage of Anne herself, the only such known moving image of her in the world.

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Find Out 'Where The Wild Things Are' Next Week In New York City

October 9, 2009 at 3:38 PM | by egw | 0 Comments

Spike Jonze's adaptation of the children's classic "Where The Wild Things Are" opens October 16th, and if you can't actually be with Max in the woods, head to New York for some wild activities.

Wild Things Week introduces kids of all ages to Maurice Sendak's book and gets them excited for the Dave Eggers-scripted movie. Aside from fashion collaborations inspired by the movie and reissues of the book, there are tons of events happening around the country to celebrate the favorite childrens' book. We've discovered a few just in New York City, but we're sure that a google search should bring up a few events in whatever city you live in.

NYC's wild rumpus beings after the jump.

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Nobel Prize Winner In Literature Afraid To Go Home To Romania

October 8, 2009 at 1:28 PM | by egw | 0 Comments

This must be the best day ever for all you Herta Müller fans! In case you're not caught up on modern literature, Müller is the 2009 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, announced this morning in Stockholm.

Müller lives and works in Germany now, but grew up in Communist Romania under dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, and many of her books describe the plight of young people in a controlling regime. She revealed in an essay penned earlier this summer for the online magazine Sign and Sight that she is afraid to travel in Romania even now because she believes members of the government are still following her.

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The Vampire Travel Seasons Begins In Philadelphia

Where: 2008 Delancey Place [map], Philadelphia, PA, United States
September 30, 2009 at 2:43 PM | by egw | 0 Comments

Before Edward Cullen swept the field with his skinny sparkliness, Count Dracula was the nonpareil of dangerously irresistible vampires. But Philadelphia wants to introduce you to Dracula this Halloween, if you dare.

The Rosenbach Museum and Library's annual Dracula Festival allows the rare-books vault to bring forth Bram Stoker's original notes on his vampire creation, and in addition, they'll be hosting a free screening of the silent horror classic "Nosferatu" and a visit from Stoker's great-grandnephew to read from his vampire book. (Everyone's written one these days.) Outside Philly, the Tri-County Performing Arts Center will put on a stage version of "Dracula" (October 8-25, 245 E. High Street in Pottstown). If you prefer your vampires dancing, the Brandywine Ballet has you covered there on October 23-25.

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Julia Roberts Deals With Disruptive Asses While Filming In India

Where: India
September 29, 2009 at 12:08 PM | by JetSetCD | 0 Comments

Filming the movie version of the popular book Eat, Pray, Love, Julia Roberts has been all over the world. Now that she's moved on to the "pray" portion in India, a closed set hasn't been easy. As they shoot in the town of Mirzapur, south of New Delhi, Roberts has been hounded by everything from paparazzi to gawking townspeople to—and these won't relent—asses.

Donkeys interrupted filming the other day when, during a scene, they wouldn't stop braying. Stupid asses, making noise about celebrities trying to work. Don't they know who Julia Roberts is?

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Attend Poe's Funeral In Baltimore, If You Dare

September 24, 2009 at 3:53 PM | by egw | 0 Comments

Before "The Wire," Edgar Allan Poe held a monopoly on mapping the scary streets of Baltimore. Now Charm City is repaying the favor by holding a morbid bicentennial only a true Poe fan could love.

The writer will be lying in state at the Poe House and Museum (203 Amity St.) on October 7 from noon to 11PM for admirers to come pay their last respects. Show off your recitatory chops at a candlelit vigil on October 8 at midnight at the Westminster Graveyard (519 West Fayette St.), then don your dress blacks for the October 11 funeral procession from Amity House to Westminster. Creepy!

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Take The Seaside The Jane Austen Way In Bath, England

September 21, 2009 at 12:53 PM | by egw | 1 Comment

It is a truth universally acknowledged that British writer Jane Austen is a huge industry: Look at the runaway success of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and its sequel, Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. But only real Austen fans will make the pilgrimage to Bath—a popular vacation destination in Jane's day that she actually didn't like very much—for the Jane Austen Festival, which runs till next Sunday the 27th.

Austen lived in Bath for six years and set significant parts of two of her novels in the seaside resort town, but privately admitted to not liking it all that much. Back then, visitors would take salubrious dips in the geothermal hot springs by day and go to the theatre by night; you can still do both of these, although you may be more likely to see Bath Rugby and check into an organic resort like the Thermae Bath Spa.

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Top Three DC Tourist Sites Ruined By Dan Brown's 'The Lost Symbol'

September 17, 2009 at 1:53 PM | by egw | 0 Comments

First he came for Rome, and no one was particularly worried. Then he came for Paris, and only the French were upset. But now Dan Brown's latest book The Lost Symbol has set its sights on Washington D.C., and the normally tourist-clogged city will soon have to contend with book-toting thriller nerds who missed the fact that Nicolas Cage already found the secret Freemason treasures, and they're in New York.

Haven't bothered to read The Lost Symbol yet, you lazy so-and-so? David Plotz of Slate called it "awesomely wrong about what makes [Washington D.C.] compelling."

Here's our guide of sites in the book to avoid on your next trip to the Beltway:

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Book It To D.C.'s National Book Festival WIth Our Top Event Picks

September 15, 2009 at 4:12 PM | by Jennifer Kester | 0 Comments

Bibliophiles will want to book it to the National Mall in Washington DC to hang with co-hosts President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama at the ninth annual National Book Festival. Big-name authors are scheduled to come out as well for the free festival, set for 10 am to 5:30 pm on September 26.

Since we want you to have enough time to make it to your favorite events while still having a chance to sight-see around the city, we've consolidated a nice list of the biggest highlights to hit in the Book Festival.

Jaunted's favorite highlights, all on September 26:

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