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You know that friend of yours who fancies himself a wine expert? The guy who’s always driving everyone nuts with his talk of “varietals” and “mouthfeel” and “nose”? Well, here’s your chance to give him a taste of his own pinot noir.

Therman Statom knows how to manipulate glass. He can cut it, paint it, carve it into huge sculptures. But the Winter Haven native, who now lives in Omaha, wondered if he could also imprint photographs on his medium of choice.

Veteran Irish artist Graham Knuttel faced a difficult creative challenge recently. He was commissioned to create a 9-by-4 foot painting that will hang above the fireplace at Raglan Road Irish Pub and Restaurant at Downtown Disney.

Back in 1989, when Star Tours opened at
Walt Disney World, it seemed plausibly futuristic. But more than two decades later, the Star Wars-themed attraction had begun to feel like it had been designed in a galaxy far, far less sophisticated than our own.

Clearly, something drastic needed to be done. Recently, it was. While the basic framework hasn’t changed, the redesigned ride now seems, well, if not exactly futuristic, then at least vaguely contemporary.