Get a picture of 150 years of hurricane history in your area using the recently enhanced Historical Hurricane Tracks website from NOAA (US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). For those in the eastern half of the continental US, the image can be quite dramatic.

White Plains, NY- GLM has announced 2013 dates for the winter and summer editions of the New York International Gift Fair® (NYIGF®), the nation’s premier gift, home, and lifestyle marketplace.

Mooresville, NC – Wholesalecrafts.com, the premier online marketplace for retailers to source artist-made American and Canadian craft products, announces record breaking third quarter 2012 online sales results.

ATLANTA, GA – The September 11-14, 2012 edition of the Las Vegas Souvenir and Resort Gift Show recorded a 6 % increase in attendance over the 2011 edition. Drawn by the show’s extensive, targeted product selection and a growing reputation as the nation’s largest souvenir and resort gift show, buyers from casinos, theme parks, museums, zoos, aquariums and premier tourist destinations flocked to the seventh annual edition at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

You have been thinking that you need to get your act together and go ahead and make a disaster plan, put together a disaster kit, and do some things to prepare your studio for emergencies but just haven’t gotten around to it yet. September is National Preparedness Month, so why put it off any longer? Here are 4 things to get you started:

CHARLOTTE, NC—It’s festive, it’s family-friendly, and it’s free! Festival in the Park (www. FESTIVALinthePARK.org) returns for its 48th outing in Freedom Park September 21-23, 2012, spotlighting the rich regional arts scene with a plethora of visual arts and crafts, performance arts, and live music accessible to the entire family.