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News from Summer’s Pop and Jazz Festivals Load Their Lineups – New York Times: HOLLYWOOD BOWL June 22-Sept. 30. Along with their fine al fresco opera offerings (“Don Giovanni” will rear its stone head a few times this season), the Hollywood Bowl delights in pairing pop figures with classical power for bombastic, cinematic evenings; this [...]

News from Boston Globe: Wellesley’s Linden Square will be a good place to shop on Saturday, as businesses will offer steep discounts as part of a sidewalk sale. Among them, Kenzie Kids/K Girl (200 Linden St., Wellesley, 781-237-3666, www.kenziekids.com) will have select items marked down up to 60 percent; National Jean Company (180 Linden St., [...]

News from Local 10: Small Text Medium Text Large Text By Linda Merrill, Networx Back in the 1960’s and ‘70’s, shag carpets became all the rage. In retrospect, they were of a piece with long hair on women and men, maxi-skirts, long bell-bottom pants and the general loosening of social mores.  In fact, the name [...]

News from Tne Moscow News: © Courtesy of Gridchinhall ‘The Carpet is the Message’ by Joy Neumeyer at 14/05/2012 20:03 Until June 3 at Gridchinhall, 23 Tsentralnaya Ul., Dmitrovskoye village, Krasnogorsk district, Moscow region, www.gridchinhall.ru © Courtesy of Gridchinhall Open Fri.-Sun., noon-8 pm Both denounced as a bourgeois frivolity and revered as a symbol of [...]

News from Ocala: The key to decorating with lots of color is to not completely saturate a room in bright hues. (Scripps Howard News Service) Published: Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 12:21 p.m. High Point, N.C., is the market where the world’s best designers launch their [...]

News from Casual Living: Casual Living Staff — Casual Living, 5/11/2012 10:38:32 AM  Kim – Resort Collection (outdoor) polyester  Alpa – wool and silk combination with dimensional textures LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The Rug Market America announces the addition of rug designs crafted to meet the design, construction and price requirements of the contract, hospitality [...]

News from Parramatta Sun: A colourful array of eye-catching patterns married with intricate weaves have become today’s in-demand “kind of” rug. Two popular rugs taking the home decor market by storm are the shagpile and the bold-patterned contemporary rug. These colourful editions can add style and beauty to your room — saving homeowners time and [...]

News from Washington Post: SATURDAY INTERNATIONAL BAZAAR: Food, crafts, imported rugs, jewelry, copperware and more for sale by embassies of Islamic nations. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Islamic Center, 2551 Massachusetts Ave. 202-332-8343. theislamiccenter.com. STAMP OUT HUNGER: Leave a bag of non-perishable food next to your mailbox before the time of regular mail delivery for the [...]

News from Home Textiles Today: HTT Staff — Home Textiles Today, 5/7/2012 8:36:03 AM Minneapolis – Kelly Marshall, a designer of contemporary hand-woven home textiles, has published a new book featuring an array of her signature designs, photographed in her own home. Marshall said her designs emphasize color and pattern, and in her new book [...]

News from Otago Daily Times: John Grainger with samples of the Ascend Rugs range during the New Zealand Merino Company’s conference in Christchurch. Photo by Sally Rae. They have adorned the floor of the late Elizabeth Taylor’s bedroom and the homes of Paris Hilton, Kanye West, Ernie Els and Magic Johnson. Ascend Rugs are hand-crafted [...]