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...world's oldest rock star is coming to Houston. Starting Aug. 31, the 3.18 million-year-old hominid skeleton known as Lucy (so dubbed because researchers were blaring the Beatles' Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds the night of her discovery) will headline the Houston Museum of Natural Science's (HMNS) new exhibit, "Lucy's Legacy: The Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia" - only her third public appearance in nearly 30 years, and the kick-off to a planned six-year nationwide tour. But while HMNS curators celebrate Lucy's arrival, some famed paleontologists are grumbling that the rare opportunity simply...
Cartier 1899-1949: The Journey of a Style (Skira) Photographs of 230 dazzling jewels?including delicate floral motifs and earthy acanthus scrolls?capture 50 years of Cartier's history. Additional essays by museum curators offer a surprising new view of the French jeweler...
Balenciaga (V&A/Abrams) Accompanying a major exhibition at London's Victoria & Albert Museum, this book by Lesley Ellis Miller examines the career of legendary couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga and his place in the international fashion scene...
...this "Death to Israel" stuff is of a piece with normal Hizballah propaganda. But what's different about the Spider Web museum as a whole is the macho, bragging tone. Hizballah was once famous for being one of the few Arab organizations that let its actions speak louder than words. The swagger shown since last summer is both a sign of newfound confidence, and of weakness. For though Hizballah may have won the war against Israel, it has not yet won the peace...
...that will change the fate of the war and the region," said Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a speech last night. Long-range missiles? A war pact with Hamas and Iran? Weapons of mass destruction? Whatever Nasrallah's surprise, it wasn't on display at the war museum...