Contemporary sampin wins 2nd prize in Asean contest

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 4 — A contemporary sampin, the sarong worn with a Baju Melayu, woven by Sukma Kipli has made Malaysia proud by winning the Silver Prize Award at the Asean Silk Fabric and Fashion Competition last month. Twenty-year-old Sukma is a weaver at the Royal Terengganu Songket, a heritage brand under Yayasan Tuanku Nur Zahirah. The ...

What's on this weekend?

Whether it's an indoors event you're looking for, or something with a bit of fresh air attached, there's always something for you to do.

Eat, pray, love, design

The influence of Elizabeth Gilbert’s literary travelogue, “Eat Pray Love,” now a movie starring Julia Roberts, continues to spread.

Jasper County residents capture awards at 2010 Iowa State Fair

Photography Contest

Papercutters guild exhibit showcases centuries-old art form

The Westmoreland Museum of Art's "Cutting Our Own Paths: Contemporary Works by Paper Artists"exhibit features 21 works from the Guild of American Papercutters.

Pixellated interiors: the computer style that is more than the sum of its parts

In 1957, Russell Kirch, a scientist at the National Bureau of Standards, took a picture of his infant son and scanned it into a computer, creating the first digital image. It was made up of a mere 176 by 176 pixels or squares - roughly one one-thousandth of the information that one would find in a photo taken with one of today's digital cameras.