Family Calendar (The Lincoln-Way Sun)

Young Rembrandts: 3:20-4:20 p.m. Wednesdays, March 8-29, Wilson Creek Elementary School in Manhattan. For grades kindergarten-second. Kids will explore the world of drawing. Deadline to register is March 10. Fee is $33.

Youth rock talent show at Wheaton Community Center (Wheaton Gazette)

Montgomery Talent Search, a nonprofit dedicated to bringing out performance talent in at-risk youth, held its Black History Month Showcase last month at Wheaton Community Center, which featured dozens of local youth performances.

Bank highlights its community commitment (The Advertiser-News)

OAK RIDGE Employees at Lakeland Bank donated 15,030 hours of their time the equivalent of 1.7 years of working 24 hours a day, seven days a week to community service in 2009.

Can Sackcloth Have Fur Trim? (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

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PAINTER: La Costa exemption surprises UCLA grad Joh (Los Angeles Daily News)

CARLSBAD Tiffany Joh went to La Costa under the guise of playing golf with reporters Tuesday. It was plausible since Joh is one of the friendliest, outgoing, eccentric golfers around.

IN THE PIPELINE: Do oil and Surf City mix? (Huntington Beach Independent)

“I miss the oil wells today. I haven’t been to Huntington Beach in over a month. I want to visit my parents, but there’s so little time left of summer and so much to do. So here’s a picture for me.” So reads the caption next to a classic shot of a Huntington Beach oil well at hboilwells.blogspot.com/, a website created by artist Terri Hughes-Oelrich. You’ll find all sorts of odes to oil on the ...

Can Sackcloth Have Fur Trim? (New York Times)

Reviews of the Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Chloé, Giambattista Valli and Emanuel Ungaro fall shows.

Gorillaz Makes 2010’s First Pop Classic; Hendrix Redux: Review (Bloomberg)

March 9 (Bloomberg) -- “Plastic Beach” by Gorillaz , out today, is a musical mishmash. It’s also ambitious and brilliant: 2010’s best CD so far. The record jumbles sounds and styles: seagull squawks, orchestras, hip-hop, Bollywood, disco, reggae, folk, Sergei Prokofiev , space-age lullabies, techno and calypso.

Merco Classic Foothills Road Race - Women (Daily Peloton)

Merco Classic Foothills Road Race - Women German Champion Ina Yoko Teutenberg toys with the peloton to double on the weekend with back to back sprint victories for the second year running....

Rare Comic Character Toys Debut in Bertoia's Auction of Donald Kaufman Collection, Part III (Art Daily)

Asahi Toys (Japan) friction-powered 1962 Chrysler Imperial in rich royal blue, 15 inches long, original box, $10,000-$15,000. VINELAND, NJ.- The dreams of thousands of toy collectors worldwide have come true since last March when Bertoia’s launched a semiannual series of auctions to disperse the renowned Donald Kaufman Collection.