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Garage sales vs auctions which is better?
Garage sales are the Saturday morning ritual.
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Gadar Thor Cortes breaks the ice: European singing sensation to make his American debut at the 2008 Newport music ...
You’d think Mark Malkovich could go out for dinner and not think about the Newport Music Festival, the annual chamber music marathon he has presided over for the past 33 years.
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Vintage bar books, hot off the press
For a culinary movement taking place in the digital age, the classic cocktail renaissance is resolutely analog. While online forums and blogs help connect mixological devotees, the richest vein of information comes in the form of vintage bartending manuals -...
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Someone 2 Know: Bev Carpenter
Bev Carpenter is relatively new to the medium of watercolor. "I haven't been painting that long. Only this year." And after just a few brush strokes, Bev's love for the arts blossomed. "I didn't know I could draw until I came here."
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Fright Night
Give them half a chance and the musical menagerie Sleepytime Gorilla Museum will unsettle your dreams. The Oakland-based rock band combines a haunted house aesthetic with textured noise and catchy melodic themes that have a strange way of infiltrating your memory.
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Artist Jim Denevan creates a circle of admirers
Nevada Jim Denevan, above, stands in the middle of one of his latest creations – a giant geometric artwork etched into Black Rock salt plain in Nevada.
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Joshua "The Heart of a Warrior" Starts Filming
Los Angeles, CA (BlackNews.com) - Principle photography will begin on the drama film Joshua "The Heart of A Warrior" starring Choice Skinner (The Shield, How I Met Your Mother), Farley Jackson (Cold Case, I Want To Be A Soap Star), Ouin Walters (April Fools, Bad City) and recording artist Lazarus Guidry (Alpha Dog). The movie directed by Addison Henderson (The Forgotten City) is based on a ...
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Hitler wax statue unveiled at Tussauds 4 Jul 2008, 0134 hrs IST,REUTERS
BERLIN: Berlin's new waxwork museum on Thursday unveiled a figure of a glum-looking Adolf Hitler in a mock bunker during the last days of his life, an exhibit that has been criticised as in bad taste.
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Local entrepreneur takes home 'grand' prize
Persistence has paid off for Alex Eaves, a Norwell resident who won Advanta’s monthly contest for the best small business idea on the website: ideablob.com...
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Stolen sculpture
A sculpture is stolen from the front lawn of a Leelanau County art gallery. Thursday, July 03, 2008 at 4:56 p.m. LELAND -- T he 7 foot oval shaped sculpture, made of copper and stainless steel, was worth about $ 1 , 2 00 . I t was taken from the M ain S treet G allery in L eland sometime over the past 2 weeks.
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Friday, July 4, 2008
Sakshi Gallery and Gallery Sumukha recently presented ‘Stillness … Moves (Us)’, a preview of sculptures in wood by Ravi Shah. After a year in Baroda and two years of study in Poland, Ravi moved to Bangalore to complete his degree from Chitrakala Parishat.
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Diana's thank-you letters, Christmas cards auctioned off
LONDON - There is a letter from Diana as a new bride, saying thank you for flowers in her room the day before her wedding. There is a photograph of Princes Charles and William at an alfresco lunch under a shady tree. And there are years and years of Christmas cards and the occasional request for gin cocktails from the Queen Mother.
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Museum Road Show returns for summer edition
Want to know more about that oil painting you found at an estate sale or the antique silver tea service left to you by great- aunt Mildred?
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American Artist: Sargent's "Venetian Canal"
This painting depicts a famous spot in Venice, a view of Rio de San Barnaba looking toward Campo San Barnaba. The fascinating thing about Sargent's watercolors is his use of a lot of raw umber, even in the shadows. Much of the building color is raw umber, sometimes diluted and used as a pale yellow.
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Bite Size News
Tree-smashed car in Allston photographed by bradsearles Just what we always needed: a cheese sculpture of our independence. [ Reuters ] Got shingles? Too bad. A shingle clinics in Vermont are being canceled due to lack of the vaccine. [ Globe ] Thomas Howes of Chatham is among the people rescued in Colombia yesterday after being held hostage for five years. [ WBZTV ] ...
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Britney's Wardrobe Headed to Auction
An old T-shirt once worn by the singer is expected to fetch $20,000
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Art on the Commons is a festival of fine arts and crafts
Kettering Parks & Recreation: "Art on the Commons," a festival of fine arts and crafts, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 10, Lincoln Park Civic Commons. Art in all media will be featured by 110 artists from all over the U.S. at Lincoln Park Blvd. and Shroyer Road. Entertainment, food and music. (937) 296-0294, www.ketteringoh.org.
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Pitchfork.tv: July 3: Stephen Malkmus / Xiu Xiu / Asobi Seksu / Free Blood
In one fortnight, we here at Pitchfork (and hopefully you, too, dear reader) will congregate in Chicago's Union Park for the annual Pitchfork Music Festival. To get your appetite whetted for what promises to be the most mind-blowingly awesome festival of the summer, we're taking a peek back at last year's event, when Pavement mastermind Stephen Malkmus wowed the crowd with the opening track ...
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DISPATCH FROM SAN FRANCISCO Frameline Celebrates 32, Bids Lumpkin Adieu
Frameline , the oldest and largest LGBT film festival in the world, wrapped this past weekend after an ambitious 11 day run. The 32nd edition of this Bay Area fest also served as a bittersweet send-off for its director of 25 years, Michael Lumpkin . The man responsible for Frameline's evolution from a three day exhibition of local film into an eleven-day event of international stature ensured ...
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Luzerne Chamber Music Festival to begin Monday
The Luzerne Chamber Music Festival kicks off Monday with "A Celebration of American Chamber Music," featuring Works of American composers of the past and present. Concerts will run at 8 p.m. Mondays throughout the months of July and August. The schedule includes:
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Join Spin's Team at Bumbershoot '08!
Attention aspiring video editors, cameramen, and VJs! Spin is seeking an up-and-coming talent to act as a member of our crew, interviewing and filming bands at Seattle's marquee event, the Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival , featuring performances from Beck, Stone Temple Pilots, Neko Case, and many more. More on SPIN.com: Beck, Stone Temple Pilots, Neko Case Top Bumbershoot Bill ...
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Big cheese carving celebrates Independence Day
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A sculpture of the signing of the Declaration of Independence made from a one-tonne block of cheddar cheese glistened on the sidewalk of Times Square in New York on Thursday as an artist's tribute to the Fourth of July.
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Photography Youth Baseball Clinics
SPOKANE, WA - LEO's Photography and the Spokane Indians will be holding the first youth baseball clinic of the season this Sunday from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Avista Stadium.
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SoundSession takes it from the top today
Providence’s annual SoundSession Festival kicks off today, treating Rhode Island music fans to a week of performances in many different kinds of music, from hip-hop and jazz to Brazilian and funk — and more.
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A Bar With a View
Slava Mogutin’s new book of photography captures the exotic nightlife of New York City go-go boys.
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