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8 Wonders of Kansas Architecture named
The Kansas Sampler Foundation announces the winners of the 8 Wonders of Kansas Architecture. More than 8,000 votes were cast over seven weeks to decide the eight best from a slate of 24 finalists. The contests feature eight rural culture elements and is designed to get the public involved in knowing and exploring Kansas. In alphabetical order, the architecture winners are: Chase County ...
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Angola: Ana Silva's Paintings Displayed At Siexpo
Angolan plastic artist Ana Silva will exhibit next December over 20 paintings at the International Exhibition Hall (Siexpo), of the National Museum of Natural History, in Luanda.
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Record price paid for Koons' purple balloon piece
A sculpture resembling a massive purple balloon model by Jeff Koons has sold for $26.2 million Cdn, a record auction price for a work by the American artist.
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She's 'al-moth' fininshed with the painting
Jessa Huebing-Reitinger, who has been in Muscatine since April with her husband, James, as part of Project Insect, is finishing work on her painting, “Wilbur, the luna moth.” The painting is the 25th in a series she has done in the five years since they launched Project Insect. She will finish the painting on Saturday at the Muscatine Art Center.
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Artists will spread their wings, move on to the next thing
MUSCATINE, Iowa — Project Insect will wrap up at the Muscatine Art Center with the varnishing and signing of “Wilbur,” a painting of a luna moth.
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Palace of the End, Drowsy Chaperone, Arthouse Cabaret Are 2008 Dora Winners in Toronto
Judith Thompson's Iraq War-themed The Palace of the End, now surfacing in theatres around North America, won the 2008 Dora Mavor Moore Award as Outstanding New Play at the June 30 ceremony honoring the best of the Toronto performing arts season.
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Horses inspire world-beating landmark sculpture
Horses inspire world-beating landmark sculpture
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Overrated/Underrated: Invasive Photography
Stealthy techniques for taking video and altering stills.
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Auction raises dollars for return of ‘SATW!’
PEMBROKE — The long-running outdoor drama “Strike at the Wind!” may be taking an intermission, but you wouldn’t know by the number of people opening their wallets at Monday’s annual fund-raiser for the production.
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Mississauga invades Toronto Fringe Fest
Mississauga will be well-represented when the delightfully weird and wacky Toronto Fringe Festival gets underway later this week. The festival, running July 2-13 at various locations and theatres in Toronto, will feature six shows starring, written or performed by troupes and artists from the city.
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Community Calendar
Toledo Zoo animal photos exhibit, 9-3 p.m. Featuring Linda S. Milks' work, which appears regularly in the zoo magazine and brochures. Wesley Memorial Gallery, 1200 Van Buren St., Fostoria.
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Winehouse leaves London clinic
Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse has left The London Clinic where she was undergoing treatment for the early stages of emphysema.The 24-year-old recording artist left the clinic to perform at a concert celebrating Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday and to sing at the Glastonbury music festival during the weekend.The Daily Telegraph said she returned to the clinic by helicopter after her ...
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The ups and downs of life as seen by a Scottish artist
VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition of 14 abstract paintings titled Strikes and Gutters by Scottish artist Daniel Joel Hume is now on at Himiko Visual Cafe in HCM City.
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Churchill's Pub owner talking about retiring
Churchill's: The pub. It's an institution, not only by Miami standards for having been around 29 years but by any standard as a memorable place of British music, avant-garde events and all-around punk joint. In an homage to the famed former British prime minister, the tavern proudly displays a huge painting of Sir Winston's face on its storefront.
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Brussels Guide
It’s not fair that Paris should get all the attention. Brussels is equally accessible via Eurostar and yet it’s often overlooked as a city break destination. Paris may have the cuisine, the architecture, the shopping and the museums, but so does Brussels - and everyone speaks English too!
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'Newly Unearthed Painting by Leonardo Da Vinci'
A new addition to the very rare works of the Master Leonardo Da Vinci has come to light. The painting, a nuptial portrait of a young woman in profile, dates from Leonardo's first Lombard period, ca.1485. The finding is one of the most amazing recent examples of intuition, detective work, technical innovation and connoisseurship.
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Report: Mary Easley's trips cost $109K
RALEIGH -- Gov. Mike Easley's wife took a pair of overseas trips in the past two years to visit museums in Europe - trips that cost taxpayers $109,000.
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Samson Oil & Gas to drill a Bakken Formation well in North Dakota
Samson Oil & Gas currently produces around 100 BOPD (gross) from a horizontal well placed in the Bluell Formation of the North Harstad oil field which is located in the central part of the Williston Basin.
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Art studio to feature "Early Settlers of Sanibel"
Rising Stars Art Studio will have an exhibit beginning Friday featuring photos and artifacts from the early settlers of Sanibel.
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The Outer Post Announces Wild Word Chase Contest Winner
Cody Ventures Corporation's (CVCP) (Pink Sheets:CVCP) web property, TheOuterPost.Com announced today the winner of its Wild Word Chase contest. The Wild Word Chase was a week-long contest that prompted community users to follow clues in search of hidden words on the website. The ultimate goal was to create the sentence, "Dryhump rewards those who promote their minds."
Centre Daily Times |
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Jesus will walk among us
JESUS Christ will literally be among us as 33 life-sized fibreglass statues are erected in Sydney in an exhibition to coincide with the 10 days of World Youth Day.
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Tate's latest art movement wears running shoes
NO one can accuse Tate Britain art gallery of failing to make the running with its latest installation.
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2009 IGF Announces Call For Submissions, New Judges, Awards
Think Services, organizer of the Game Developers Conference (GDC) (and also owner of Gamasutra), is pleased to announce that submissions are now open for the 2009 Independent Games Festival (IGF). Submissions to the 11th annual festival are due by November 2008, with finalists to be announced January 5th. Games selected as finalists will available in playable form on the GDC show floor and ...
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Israeli museum returns artifacts looted by Nazis
Israel's national museum has returned three 1,700-year-old medallions to the Polish noble family that lost them to the Nazis during World War II, the museum announced Tuesday.
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Book highlights tangled relationship of RP, US
QUEZON CITY, Philippines - Jose Maria A. Cariño sold a painting and used the proceeds to publish a book he would later sell below cost. From a purely financial perspective, the transaction was not expected to bring in a profit. But Cariño, a career diplomat and an art and history researcher, considers the undertaking a fair exchange.
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