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Photographer's son helps open Grand Rapids Art Museum exhibit
GRAND RAPIDS -- The life's work of Life Magazine photographer Gordon Parks are pieces of American history caught in moments. The black-and-white portraits illuminate the walls of the Grand Rapids Art Museum as quiet reminders to young and old that the world is defined by its past.
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The Viewer's in the Picture, Too
Max Hirshfeld's solo show at Hemphill, "Looking at Looking," is a series of photographs taken at the National Gallery of Art. The 56-year-old District resident has more than 100 images of museum-goers gazing at works of art; nine of them are on display at Hemphill. The project grew out of one of ...
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POP MUSIC
The music of San Antonio, which was celebrated Thursday night at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, is sometimes called "Tex-Mex," but that tag barely begins to cover all the styles heard at the festival tent dubbed the Dancehall. There were Spanish-language ballads and Nashville-style country...
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CPN Festival 2008 continues through Sunday
Eleven new members of the recently constituted Citizen Potawatomi Nation legislature will be on hand to meet tribal members at the 10th annual Family Reunion Festival. Through Sunday there will be more than 4,000 tribal members traveling to Shawnee from across the United States. The new legislators will operate from a tent that will be set up as a base for visiting with tribal members. The ...
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Smith County Commissioners Vote To Buy Crescent Laundry Buildings
This artist’s rendering shows new Smith County offices that are planned to be moved to buildings that previously contrained Crescent Laundry. Smith County commissioners on Friday voted to acquire the old Crescent Laundry buildings east of the county annex building for $425,000.
Tyler Morning Telegraph |
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Burning Man arsonist pleads guilty-sentenced to four years
A San Francisco man has been sentenced to up to four years in prison and ordered to pay $30,000 in restitution for prematurely igniting the signature effigy of the Burning Man festival last summer four days earlier than planned.
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Ottawa Jazz Festival 2008: Days 4-6, June 23-25, 2008
When you run an outdoor festival you're at the mercy of the weather, but one thunderstorm aside, the first three days of the 2008 Ottawa International Jazz Festival (OIJF) managed to beat the poor weather forecast.
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SMALL BUSINESS PROFILE: THE ARTIST’S VINEYARD
Buy fine wine. Have a good dinner. Browse fine art. Usually, two out of three is not bad. But at The Artist’s Vineyard, customers can do it all. The wine bar/restaurant/art gallery on 9th Street on Noblesville’s town square features a long, narrow retail space, its walls lined with bottles of wine and works of art—all for sale.
Indianapolis Business Journal |
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Cape Commerce
Cape Cod Museum of Art in Dennis has received a Cultural Facilities Fund Award of $38,220 from the Massachusetts Cultural Council to support the building of the new Harry Holl Sculpture & Clay Studio.
Cape Cod Times |
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Youngsters 2-5 learn martial art from hall of famer
WHITTIER - What happens when a hall of fame athlete encounters 40 toddlers at one time? A good time was had by all. • Photo Gallery: Preschoolers learn kickboxing
Whittier Daily News |
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Liberty drawing top talent, big crowds to Idol
The top 10 Liberty Idol contestants are set to take the stage tonight in hopes of making it to the coveted finale.
The Greenville News |
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Home and garden happenings
The monthly market features items made by local artists, including paintings, ceramics, woodwork, jewelry, candles and soap. Free. Rain date is Sunday.
New Orleans Times-Picayune |
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Former Bristolian’s Statue Made International History in 1955
The sculpture issued from the hands of a leading Italian artist, was praised by Italy’s president and labeled a “divine piece” in art circles.
Bristol Herald Courier |
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Camp brings inspiration
Lee Ferriss, of Prairieville, center, plays the Ultimate Tractor video game created by her son Jackson, right, on Friday, the final day of the Baton Rouge Community College’s 2008 Art & Entertainment Technology Camp. Students also learned how to film movie trailers as well as create wire sculptures and art books.
The Advocate |
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Panel reviews trends in art auction sales
Consumers' growing interest in both owning artwork and acquiring it at competitive prices has driven art sales at auction houses higher in recent years. But weakness in the national economy may be slowing that trend, experts on a Louisiana Artworks panel said this week.
New Orleans Times-Picayune |
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Art museum stays up late to mark its 50th anniversary
East Texas insomniacs can spend the late-night hours in cultural enrichment this weekend.
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Collecting history’s record
The Methodist memorabilia collection of the Rev. Russell Clunan, associate pastor of St. John’s United Methodist Church, includes antique lithographs of Methodist founders Charles Wesley, left, and John Wesley at Clunan’s church office.
The Advocate |
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FestivALL schedule: June 28, 2008
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. - FESTIVALL ORAL HISTORY PROJECT: West Virginia Public Broadcasting, 600 Capitol St. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. - CAPITOL STREET ART FAIR: Capitol Street.
The Charleston Gazette |
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The Week Ahead: June 29-July 5
The Floating World as photo spread: Anna Tsuchiya in “Sakuran,” part of a film festival at the Japan Society.
New York Times |
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Freedom Fest events planned at Lakeside Assembly of God
Though adjacent new homes have curtailed the annual fireworks extravaganza at one northwest Oklahoma City church, the ministry still plans to offer a family festival with a July Fourth holiday theme. Lakeside Assembly of God will host its Freedom Fest 2008 at 6 p.m. Sunday, with music, food, children's activities and other festivities. Mary Jo Alfaro, Freedom Fest coordinator, said the ...
The Oklahoman |
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Painter Paritosh Sen receives Legends of India award
Type verification code in the box and submit. Kolkata: Eminent painter Paritosh Sen was conferred the Legends of India Lifetime Achievement Award for Fine Arts 2008 by West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi here Friday evening.
SiliconIndia |
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Swiss Firm to Design New TriBeCa Tower
The Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron has been enlisted to design a new residential tower in TriBeCa that will incorporate a monumental public sculpture at ground level by the artist Anish Kapoor, the project?s developer said. The real estate company Alexico Group, which also developed the Mark Hotel, said a design would be released in the fall. The tower is to rise at the intersection ...
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ART SPREADING THE NEWS!
THESE days, everyone complains that the art world is all about big bucks. And generally, everyone's pretty much right. But a stellar outdoor art lineup this summer - largely courtesy of the New York Public Art Fund - means goodbye steep museum fees...
New York Post |
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Readers’ Picks: London
The National Portrait Gallery is a free trip through the history of British art.
New York Times |
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Channel surfing: Everybody plays tonight
Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs: Local anchor Tracy Rowlett gets not-so-local in this special, in which he travels to Egypt and London to give a preview of the King Tut exhibit coming to the Dallas Museum of Art in October. 6 p.m., KTVT/Channel 11 Camp Rock: Had enough of this movie yet? Wait’ll you get a load of this "Rock-a-Long" version, which features the song lyrics ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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