Craft Shows

Honolulu Star-Bulletin – 6 to 10 p.m. Friday: 59th annual Narcissus Festival in Chinatown, with the Narcissus court and lion dances, starting at 42 N. King St. Chinatown businesses will celebrate with firecrackers, and the cultural plaza will have food, crafts and more here

CNBC – 2008-01-31 23:46:59 Japanese crafts companies come to Paris in ‘glocalisation’ drive PARIS (Thomson Financial) – For the second year running, a clutch of small Japanese crafts companies, some with know-how hundreds of years old, came to Paris more here

Chicago Tribune – The new center will have interactive exhibits, games and computers along with activities in science, math, arts and crafts, nature, music and story times, Lee said. A major focus will be a bilingual approach to listening, speaking, reading and more here

Newsday – Before this postseason began Crimarco, a lifelong Giants fan who once made the trek to Canton, Ohio, to attend the Hall of Fame induction ceremonies for Lawrence Taylor, went to Michael’s Arts & Crafts to get face paint, applicators, Q-tips — all more here

Chicago Tribune – top five and a new downtown baseball stadium, plus less obvious gems scattered throughout the city, from a 1,000-acre island park in the middle of the Detroit River to a historic pottery that has produced renowned ceramics since the Arts and Crafts more here

El Paso Times – In this day and age of instant everything, most people shy away from spending the time and detailed work that cross-stitch needlework requires. Not so with Leonor Lozada, 80, an El Paso senior who produces amazing cross-stitch images of famous and more here

CelebrityWonder – When the dads expand their childcare magic to Camp Driftwood – serving up sports, crafts and teaching the kids a thing or two about nature, they discover the camp has everything it needs except a plan to put the bullies of rival Camp Canola to more here