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Jawarski still possesses soul of a champion
Sun Jul 27 00:53:46 2008
In that endless string of movies, stretching from the seventies into the nineties, the case can be made no one shed more Hollywood blood than sometimes punch-drunk Rocky Balboa, a guy who spent most of his time throwing and catching uppercuts and some of his time running up and down the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. New Orleans Times-Picayune
News in brief
Sun Jul 27 00:35:19 2008
WHITING CornerStone Gallery show to conclude Saturday The Times of Northwest Indiana
BUSINESS PROFILE: Whimsy Boutique & Gallery, Chesterton
Sun Jul 27 00:32:48 2008
Like many in her profession who have yet to reach superstar status, as an actress, Allison Wojcik is used to having a day job to help her pay the bills. The Times of Northwest Indiana
Cindy Lange-Kubick: Not easy to ignore neighbor’s trouble
Sun Jul 27 00:29:34 2008
IOWA CITY — Along the river, dead frogs litter the bike path, sun baked and brittle, like origami amphibians in a public art exhibit. The first night I slept in this eastern Iowa town, high on a hill on Brown Street, I woke in the darkness to rain. Lincoln Journal Star
Celebrating a culture
Sun Jul 27 00:26:59 2008
Arts, crafts and Native American education were all part of this year’s Ganondagan Native American Dance and Music Festival. MPNnow.com
Artist's work takes a closer look at life
Sun Jul 27 00:20:56 2008
Eldridge Bagley's paintings reflect changing rural landscape. Richmond Times-Dispatch
Shadow, substance surround exhibit at Untitled ArtSpace
Sun Jul 27 00:20:23 2008
A show on view through Aug. 30 at Untitled ArtSpace, 1 NE 3, is called "Romantic Materialism,” but it might also have been called "Shadow and Substance,” based on the work of artists Signe Stuart, Jesse Small and Brandon Reese. Casting elegant shadows are an entrance installation by Stuart and a hanging painted steel sculpture by Small, while many of Reese's stoneware and wood creations have ... The Oklahoman
Impressionist masters' works in Texas show
Sun Jul 27 00:20:14 2008
FORT WORTH — It's a long way from Edouard Manet's dark painting of a "Beggar With Oysters” as a sort of street philosopher in the mid-1860s to Claude Monet's nearly abstract oil of a "Water Lily Pond” in 1922. But a new exhibit at Fort Worth's Kimbell Art Museum makes this and many other leaps of the artistic imagination not only comprehensible but thrilling and inspiring. Called "The ... The Oklahoman
Rural decay, urban sprawl dominate 2 artists' works
Sun Jul 27 00:19:33 2008
There is a bittersweet quality to Justin Marable's photo-silkscreen prints — romantic yet tinged with sadness for the "ever-growing abandonment of small towns and farmland,” as the Kansas artist put it in a statement. Marable's serigraph-monoprints, along with mixed-media acrylic paintings by Tony Westlund, are on view at the Individual Artists of Oklahoma gallery. A blue-green sky and ... The Oklahoman
'Red' is theme of local artists' exhibit
Sun Jul 27 00:19:23 2008
If high temperatures have you seeing red, then you might want to visit an exhibit of red-themed art work at the 50 Penn Place Gallery. The "Red” show contains works by 15 of the co-op's member artists. A vivid "Red Buffalo,” standing in front of a flat black background, turns its dark, featureless face towards us, as if about to pose a cryptic question, in an acrylic painting by Bert Seabourn. ... The Oklahoman
Congress may restore bigger deductions on fractional art donations
Sun Jul 27 00:18:27 2008
By MIKE SPECTOR Jon and Mary Shirley used to give artwork by the likes of Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Alberto Giacometti to the Seattle Art Museum. No longer. A federal crackdown on deductions for so-called fractional gifts of art has made donating too onerous for them. Before, the Shirleys could donate small stakes in their artwork to the museum over time and reap increasingly larger ... Fort Worth Star-Telegram
this week / daniel silva
Sun Jul 27 00:15:41 2008
The new Russia, awash with oil money and filled with dangerous operatives who want to restore the nation's glory, is the setting for Daniel Silva's new international thriller, "Moscow Rules," eighth in his series featuring master art restorer and sometime Israeli intelligence officer Gabriel Allon. Pioneer Press
Colchester: New vendors, fife and drum corps draw hundreds to Festival on the Green
Sun Jul 27 00:14:58 2008
The sound of drums, flutes and musket fire made for a lively afternoon Saturday at the Colchester Historical Society’s 17th annual Festival on the Green. The Norwich Bulletin
All Saints teacher
Sun Jul 27 00:13:44 2008
All Saints Episcopal School Teacher Dede Smith was named the 2007-08 4A Fine Arts Teacher of the Year at the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) awards banquet in San Antonio in June. Tyler Morning Telegraph
Congress may restore bigger deductions on fractional art donations
Sun Jul 27 00:13:06 2008
The change to a frozen, 10-year deduction calculation has slowed donations to museums. Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Agenda: July 27
Sun Jul 27 00:12:36 2008
Lasting impressions Spend Sunday afternoon in Provence. Or, at least, with the film Cezanne in Provence . It’s 2 p.m. at the Kimbell Art Museum, 3333 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth. Free. 817-332-8451; www.kimbellart.org . It’s whack Catch the indie flick The Wackness , with Ben Kingsley and Josh Peck, on its final day at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Screenings are at 2 and 4 ... Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Reitmans share the laughs
Sun Jul 27 00:12:08 2008
MONTREAL -- It was the most affecting show at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, sharing an hour talking to each other about their lives. Jam! Showbiz
Respect the artists, and you can have their masterpieces for a song
Sun Jul 27 00:11:10 2008
Music labels, and artists, have come around to the idea that there is value in giving away some music for free or at reduced prices. Pioneer Press
Contemporary Dance/Fort Worth stages a stunning performance at Modern Art Museum
Sun Jul 27 00:07:44 2008
By MARK LOWRY FORT WORTH — Visitors who showed up at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth between noon and 12:30 p.m. Saturday, perhaps to take in the Kara Walker exhibit or dine at Cafe Modern, witnessed a strange but compelling sight: a cluster of dancers, each dressed in black and white rehearsal clothes, performing snippets of seemingly random movement in unison. They were company members ... Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Latest DNR wildlife stamp contest to feature walleye
Sun Jul 27 00:05:29 2008
Walleye artists, start your paintbrushes. Pioneer Press
Coffee With Carol Anne and Mary: July 27, 2008
Sun Jul 27 00:04:54 2008
Arts awards luncheon Grady Layfield, left, managing director of the Stanford Group Co., congratulates Carol Gikas, executive director of the Louisiana Art & Science Museum, and Barry Kilpatrick, president of the museum board, on the museum’s being named the winner of the Stanford Financial Excellence in the Arts Award for an organization with an annual budget of $250,000 or more. The Advocate
Live After 5 event draws a crowd
Sun Jul 27 00:03:51 2008
HOUMA -- Good live music isn't the only attraction at Houma's regular downtown festival, Downtown Live After 5. Several new businesses and organizations use the event as an opportunity to recruit members, accept donations and simply become known. The Daily Comet
Youth prevails at Glory Days
Sun Jul 27 00:02:46 2008
BEDFORD — The annual Glory Days celebration wrapped up with the charity auction at the Limestone Girls Club Saturday night, but the weekend would not be complete without first crowning a champion on the football field. Bedford Times-Mail
PDA Season 2’s "Small Boy Wonder" Christian Alvear goes home
Sat Jul 26 23:59:09 2008
Christian Alvear, Pinoy Dream Academy Season 2's "Small Boy Wonder," is not your typical reality singing show contestant. The 25-year-old boy, who stands less than five feet, looks more like a novelty singer than a serious artist. PEP
Vendors Are Hopeful Economy Won’t Affect Highland Festival Sales
Sat Jul 26 23:56:26 2008
Bright, big-eyed lobsters and crabs peer from the sides of bowls, glasses and measuring cups in Jo Stephens’ booth. Bristol Herald Courier