Area museums (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)

BROOKGREEN GARDENS, U.S. 17, between Murrells Inlet and Pawleys Island. 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Seven-day gate admission for ages 13-64, $12; ages 65 and older $10; ages 6-12, $5; and 5 and younger, free. 235-6000 or 800-849-1931, or www.brookgreen.org . CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 2501 N. Kings Highway, Myrtle Beach,10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday with extended hours until 6 p.m. ...

The best local events of 2008 (The Post and Courier)

2008 proved that local events rule. Small ideas executed by few and enjoyed by hundreds, sometimes thousands of people. You may have forgotten how much fun you had in 2008. Let me remind you how I saw you walking the runway, dancing your heart out or expressing new talents.

Fine Folk Art Debut at the Plaza Hotel (Art Daily)

NEW YORK, NY.- Fine Folk Art will make its debut at the Plaza Hotel for the first week of March 2009. The Artist, John Daso of the Gifted Artists Gallery, Ltd (G.A. Ltd) in Buckhead, Georgia is bringing some of his best Originals, Reproductions and Prints as the feature of the event.

Waterfowler's rig is rooted in Vineyard's past (The Martha's Vineyard Times)

There is no practical reason for a modern duck hunter to rely on decoys carved from wood. Outdoor catalogs offer light, inexpensive, and easily replaced plastic models that will fool an unsuspecting duck into shotgun range.

“Daso in Manhattan 2009” (NBC New York)

Fine folk art will make its debut at the Plaza Hotel for the first week of March 2009, featuring the work of a black artist who made it despite the odds against him.

12-18-08 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGE (Eurweb)

AKON PLEADS GUILTY TO TOSSING FAN: Singer avoids jail time in plea bargain entered Wednesday. *Singer Akon pleaded guilty to harassment Wednesday for throwing a fan off stage during a concert last year in Fishkill, New York.