11 Beautiful Famous Castles in Massachusetts

Massachusetts is a state with a rich history and that includes the castles located in the Bay State. Some of these castles were built by the richest people in Massachusetts while other castles were built by cities in the state for various reasons.

A couple of these castles are on college campuses and one serves as a dorm for 120 students.

One castle in Massachusetts was built by an inventor who held over 400 patents and was mentored by both Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell and his father ran most of Cecil Rhodes mines in Africa.

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Realism in Fabric - The Work of Lisa Lichtenfels

Lisa Lichtenfels studied traditional oil painting at an early age, attended the Governor’s School while a teenager and continued her education at the Philadelphia College of Art. There she met Judy Jampell, who was becoming well known for her three dimensional soft-sculpted facades. Inspired, Lisa was going to be an illustrator until the prospect of independent animation and filmmaking fascinated her. Graduating with majors in Illustration and Film, she was immediately hired by the Disney Studios as an apprentice animator.

Lisa works in her studio of her Victorian home in Springfield, Massachusetts. There she creates startlingly realistic sculptures with a wide variety of subject matter, including fantasy, myth, humor, and portraiture. The individual figures range from less than 5 inches to life-sized figures of over 5 feet tall. She also does large environmental installations with many characters. In this she is helped by her husband, the poet Jeremy Ward Wilson, who does her carpentry. LINK

Ted Kennedy Dies of Brain Cancer Age 77 ( RIP )

Sen. Ted Kennedy died shortly before midnight Tuesday at his home in Hyannis Port, Mass., at age 77. Link, Via: Twitter Via: Neatorama upcoming Queue