The R.H. Johnson Recreation Center’s “Courtyard Clubs” are hosting an open house 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Nov. 16. Among the clubs ...

The Black Hawk Gem and Mineral Club will present its annual Halloween Rock Show at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds 4-H Building, 2815 W. Locust St., Davenport. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday ...

The Illinois State Museum in Springfield is a celebration of the state’s rich cultural and natural heritage. From woolly ...

Awards will be given for top cars, and there will be music, prizes, a 50/50 drawing, food, hayrides and even antique farm equipment to ... It’s all lapidary: The Pasadena Lapidary Society ...

There will be nearly two dozen gem, mineral and jewelry dealers, numerous exhibits and lapidary demonstrations ... instruction and machine use. Upcoming sessions are Oct. 28-Nov. 6; Nov. 2-10 ...

Visiting the Mineral and Lapidary Museum in Asheville North Carolina ... The area also has some playground equipment so kids ...

With gold and silver stations as well as lapidary machines, they can fulfill customers’ wildest requests. The creative process of building an idea and bringing it to life is what McLean finds ...

Drawing, geometry, and the construction of machines were his delight ... in Westminster Abbey bearing the following iinequaled lapidary inscription, by the late. Lord Brougham.

He quips, “Machines and software don’t understand beauty—humans ... With such a cornucopia of gem materials in front of him, Rex Guo’s lapidary journey has just begun. Aaron C. Palke is a senior ...