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Jane's Addiction

rock group To many, Jane's Addiction epitomized the alternative rock scene that developed during the mid-1980s. Merging elements of punk and metal among other styles, the band's first release,…

Utzon, Jørn

(Encyclopedia) Utzon, Jørn, 1918–2008, Danish architect, grad. Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen (1942). He worked for Eric Gunnar Asplund in Sweden and Alvar Aalto in Finland before opening (…

Johnson, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Robert, 1911–38, African-American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter, b. Hazelhurst, Miss. A sharecropper's son, he grew up absorbing the music of Delta bluesmen,…

Carlsson, Arvid

(Encyclopedia) Carlsson, Arvid, 1923–2018, Swedish pharmacologist, grad. Univ. of Lund, Sweden, (M.D., Ph.D., 1951). Carlsson was a professor at the Univ. of Lund (1951–59) and at the Univ. of…

1996 Grammy Awards

Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds and Eric ClaptonArchive PhotosRecord of the Year“Change the World,” Eric ClaptonAlbum of the YearFalling Into You, Celine Dion (550 Music/Epic)Song of the Year“Change the…

Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children

Source: National Education Association (NEA). Web: www.nea.org/readacross/resources/catalist.html . This list was compiled from an online survey by the NEA in 2007. See also Kids' Top 100 Favorite…

2009 Geography Bee

21st annual National Geographic Bee by Beth Rowen Related Links World Geography Geography Hall of Fame Basic U.S. Geography…