NetQuantum :: World :: Rumantsch :: Art ::

• Have fun in NYC without spending a bundle
The elegant art deco skyscrapers, Channel Gardens, and statues of Prometheus and Atlas are worth seeing in person, no matter how many times you've seen them on TV.
• Rock on at these top venues
The Showbox at the Market has a terrific Art-Deco interior and a spring-loaded dance floor — a throwback to its days as a dance hall. A swanky side-bar called The Green Room helps to further enforce the old-time vibe.
• Hurricane victims rebuild fortress-like homes
More than three years of renovations and $200,000 later, friends now jokingly call the 6,000-square-foot home and art studio "Fort Noguere." From watertight ship doors and a 400-pound main door to exterior walls reinforced with concrete and rebar ...
• Italy museum defies pope over crucified frog
ROME - An art museum in northern Italy said Thursday it will continue displaying a sculpture portraying a green frog nailed to a cross that has angered Pope Benedict XVI and local officials. The board of the foundation of the Museion in the city of ...
• Brazil spending $160M on nuclear propelled sub
Roberto Mangabeira Unger told reporters Brazil wants to create a rapid deployment force and build a state-of-the-art weapons industry — one that would become an active exporter of arms.