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Telfair Museum holds Military Appreciation Day
Troops and their families were getting some much deserved special treatment today.
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Planets, sun align in local park
Joe McGrane doesn't have much patience with people who say Pluto isn't a planet. It's not that the landscape architect boasts any great knowledge of astronomy. In fact, most of what McGrane knows he recently picked up from the Internet while getting ideas for his new art project, "Our Solar System: Myths and Matter." The artwork was installed Thursday at Miramonte Park, at Miramonte Boulevard ...
Boulder Daily Camera |
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Cancer: Mio, Myself & I
Mio Matsumoto was a 25-year-old art student with a fabulous career ahead of her. Then she got cancer. But the experience - which she has turned into a charmingly wry graphic book - might just have been the making of her. She tells Lucy Cavendish why.
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North West Evening Mail
PLANS for the first Furness Fest Live Music and Arts Festival are chugging along nicely. On Thursday July 9 there will be an official Festival Launch Party taking place at the Nines.
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In the frame
We first come across Fergus MacFarlane eating sushi from the naked female body of a "human plate" at an exclusive Japanese restaurant, in the company of two wealthy Russians and his art dealer.
Guardian Unlimited |
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Radical Light: Italy's Divisionist Painters 1891-1910, National Gallery, London
The trouble with the National Gallery's exhibition, "Radical Light", is that it is dominated by Gauguin and Signac, Seurat, Millais and Courbet. Not that any of these artists is actually in the show. Instead, we are given approximate work by a group of painters with names like Pellizza, Morbelli and Segantini, of whom, unless late 19th-century Italian painting happens to be your bag, you may ...
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Barrett tribute events announced
A stage show, art exhibition and book are planned for this year to celebrate the life of Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett.
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Banned! The statues they won't let you see
Banksy and Ronald Reagan make strange bedfellows. But they, together with the eminent sculptor Sir Anthony Caro, have something in common – they're not welcome in central London. Not, at least, in the eyes of the jury of experts that decides what public art should be allowed.
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Black Family Day in Reidsville opens up African culture to festival-goers
Saturday was a day of celebration in downtown Reidsville. A celebration of African culture, that is. Saturday marked the 12th Annual Black Family Day.
Eden Daily News |
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This Weekends Events
Until 27 Jul 2008 Exhibition by photographer Adrian Talbot.... more details Until 31 Dec 2008 Interactive tours where participants can have a look at, and try, a collection of toys, costume and furniture....
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Fort Wayne art museum nears goal for expansion
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The Fort Wayne Museum of Art is nearly 80 percent of the way toward its $7.5 million fundraising goal for an expansion project after receiving a large donation from a Kendallville foundation.
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Wind blows over tents at Evanston art festival
Police unsure if there were injuries Several tents at an art fair in Evanston were blown down by the wind Saturday afternoon, police said.
Chicago Tribune |
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Clock officially uncovered at Heritage Days
A new downtown centerpiece was unveiled during the city’s Heritage Days festival.
Rockford Register Star |
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Camper Van Beethoven @House of Blues/SSMF 6/26/08
Camper Van Beethoven/Photo by "Friends of Camper Van Beethoven" via their website By Roger Park This June marks the 25th anniversary of one the most unique bands still rocking the sonic cosmos: Camper Van Beethoven . On Thursday, Camper Van Beethoven performed at the House of Blues in Hollywood as part of the Sunset Strip Music Festival (SSMF). On the same bill that night was ...
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Balloonfest flies into Howell
The second day of the 24th annual Michigan Challenge Balloonfest was in full swing on Saturday with carnival rides, an art festival and the huge, billowing hot air balloons.
Detroit News |
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Carmony enters cattle at 2008 National Jr. Angus Show in July
Alexis Carmony, Falmouth, will exhibit Angus cattle at the 2008 National Junior Angus Show at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, Iowa, July 13 through 19, Bryce Schumann, chief executive officer of the American Angus Association® reported.
Rushville Republican |
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Stanford Jazz Festival: Terence Blanchard quintet weaves spellbinding tales
Trumpeter Terence Blanchard is at the top of his game. The New Orleans native is 46 years old and has reached that point where every note is a boiled-down signature statement.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Cheese carving gets Wisconsin sculptor spot on TV
LITTLE CHUTE, Wis. -- Troy Landwehr doesn't mind if people thinks his art is cheesy.
Detroit News |
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Noted Black Sculptor's Harlem Piece Getting Restored
A prominent black sculptor's statue in a high-profile spot in Harlem is being refurbished after enduring decades of corrosion and graffiti.
WNBC |
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Venice Biennale to honor architect Gehry
The Venice Biennale art exhibition will honor U.S. architect Frank Gehry next year in Italy, the event's board announced Friday.The board of the 11th annual prestigious art and architecture showcase said the 79-year-old will receive a career achievement award for his architectural accomplishments, which include the Guggenheim Museum in the Spanish city of Bilbao, the Italian news agency ANSA ...
Moldova.org |
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Students use art to express frustration over youth violence
Contest highlights pain, fear of dying young Esther Ikoro graduated from Morgan Park High School a few weeks ago, but several of her classmates never made it that far: Each was killed by youth violence.
Chicago Tribune |
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Children's Art Festival Extravaganza Attracts Kids to Downtown Huntington
Activities at Pullman Square and Downtown Depot
WOWK-TV West Virginia |
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What’s new at the Newseum?
MANILA, Philippines - On a gray, drizzly spring day in Washington DC, the best and warmest spot to be in is what is touted to be the most interactive museum in the world today—the Newseum.
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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Abe, We Hardly Knew Ye This Way
StudioEIS, a sculpture workshop in Dumbo, is fabricating a statue of Abraham Lincoln to stand outside the former president?s historic summer cottage, the Soldiers? Home in Washington.
New York Times |
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Nearby notes
Fourth of July Georgia A star-spangled Scarlett weekend In Marietta, the Gone With the Wind Museum's “Scarlett on the Square” is center stage for “Star-Spangled Weekend,” a three-day celebration of Independence Day, Friday through next Sunday. Joining the festivities will be five original cast members from the movie “Gone With the Wind” – Fred Crane (Brent Tarleton), Ann Rutherford (Carreen ...
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