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Category Archives: Civic Life

March 21, 2016

Language as Art in Pittsburgh

Arts, Civic Life, Pittsburgh PA

Language as Art in Pittsburgh

by Deborah Fallows

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Exiled writers use words as art and inspire a community. (Read it here.)

March 17, 2016

Listening to Montana

Arts, Chester MT, Entrepreneurs, Life on the Road

Listening to Montana

by Deborah Fallows

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In Chester, Montana, a world away from city life inspires an artist’s music.  (Read it here.)

 

March 11, 2016

How Libraries Are Becoming Modern Maker Spaces

Civic Life, Local Institutions, Washington DC

How Libraries Are Becoming Modern Maker Spaces

by Deborah Fallows

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They’ve long served as communal gathering spots, but these civic institutions are becoming gateways to technological tinkering. (Read it here.)

March 9, 2016

With the PBS NewsHour, in Greenville, SC

Civic Life, Economic Life, Greenville SC, Life on the Road, Uncategorized

With the PBS NewsHour, in Greenville, SC

by James Fallows

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This post calls readers’ attention to a recent segment the PBS NewsHour did [see here: http://player.pbs.org/viralplayer/2365684930] on the American Futures reporting series of James and Deborah Fallows, including some footage from Greenville, SC, and from the Fallows home in Washington, DC.

March 8, 2016

A Public Library Tells the Civic Story of a Town

Civic Life, Greenville SC, Local Institutions, Uncategorized

A Public Library Tells the Civic Story of a Town

by Deborah Fallows

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Greenville’s public library puts its past and present on full display: mills, racial history, internationalism, public-private collaborations, and culture.

Read it here.

February 22, 2016

How America is Putting Itself Back Together

Civic Life, Economic Life, Education, Life on the Road

by James Fallows

Most people in the U.S. believe their country is going to hell. But they’re wrong. What a three-year journey by single-engine plane reveals about reinvention and renewal.

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Read the cover-story article here. 

February 16, 2016

Pitching In to Save a Library

Civic Life, Local Institutions, San Bernardino CA

Pitching In to Save a Library

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by Deborah Fallows

In San Bernardino, one way to help save the city is to save its library.  (Read it here.)

August 17, 2015

A Library Writes Its Own Story

Civic Life, Local Institutions, Redlands CA

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by Deborah Fallows

A California library becomes a living legend. (Read it here.)

August 10, 2015

Gone Swimmin’

Civic Life, Sports and Recreation

Gone Swimmin’
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by Deborah Fallows
How Public Swimming Pools Show You the Heart of a Town (Read it here.)

August 2, 2015

A Library of Good Ideas

Bend OR, Civic Life, Local Institutions

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by Deborah Fallows
Formula for success in Central Oregon: know the users, spot the opportunities, act with vigor.  (Read it here.)

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