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July 4 staples: Fireworks, parades, big cheese sculpture
Ever wonder what a one-ton block of cheddar cheese looks like? Probably not. Want to explore the life of a Revolutionary War soldier? Maybe. Need multiple firework shows to satisfy your patriotic heart? Definitely.
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Museums & Galleries
Amstel and Dutch houses. Amstel House, a 1738 Georgian mansion, interprets 18th- and 19th-century life and exhibits town artifacts. The 17th-century Dutch House is furnished with artifacts that reflect the lifestyle of early Dutch colonists.
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Media Talk podcast: live(ish) and on location in Glasgow at the Radio Academy Festival
Matt Wells presents a special edition of the podcast from Scotland's second city, rounding up all the news and issues from the Radio Academy Festival
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Explore what Eugene's art community has to offer
It's time to leave the gates of the Eugene 08 Festival and venture into our community. There is no better way to experience the character of Eugene than the First Friday ArtWalk.
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Artwork in progress
Couple add architectural interest to a '60s Cape Cod In 2001, Mike and Mary Landavere were renting an apartment in an old Victorian home in Catonsville when, after five years, they decided to search for a home of their own.
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Art outside the frame: Two new installations push boundaries
Exhibitions at Bellevue Arts Museum and Suyama Space explore the spectrum of installation art. Works by Mandy Greer, and Carolyn Healy and John Phillips, are on display.
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'Art of the Car' exhibit gears up at 13 North
Gas prices? What gas prices?
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Kidding Around Flamingo Gardens
Start the holiday with a visit to Flamingo Gardens and bring your camera so your family can take pictures with George Washington and wife Martha or a pair of bald eagles (photos from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m.). Children will receive free flag visors at the Gardens, featuring a July 4th bazaar with jewelry, crafts, photography and more for sale. But most of all, go to tour the gardens and see native animal ...
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Irvine woman makes cut again on 'Design Star'
Emotionally exhausted Stephanie Cook painted her heart out in the second episode, Season 3, of HGTV's 'Design Star' on Sunday. It turns out the nine contestants weren't going to camp on cots in the woods after all.
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Sounds of summer
Riverfront festival brings out the patriotism with live music
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Mountain Festival hosts world famous climbers
A mountainous celebration of all that climbs and is climbable will be grabbing a strong hold on our rocky mecca from July 16-20. The Squamish Mountain Festival presented by Arc’Teryx is set to pump guests up for clinics and competitions with stories of great adventures through film and photography.
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James Hartman landscapes on view at Avenue 25 Gallery
Burlingame artist follows the "Society of Six" in capturing Bay Area scenes before they disappear
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Stolen sculpture
Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2008 at 4:56 p.m. A sculpture is stolen from the front lawn of a Leelanau County art gallery.
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Quilting exhibit on display
Two exhibitions start next week at the Doris Crowston Gallery at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre. Quilters Out of Bounds will show their fabric arts in Quilting Song & Poem, and Michaela Cochran will show her porcelain pieces in Radiance.
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Art Openings, Events and Museums
Admission is free unless otherwise noted. Portraits of Blues and Jazz Musicians: Portland artist Diane Russell offers limited-edition prints of regional and national jazz and blues figures during the Waterfront Blues Festival. On display at Champions Lounge. Fri-Sun, July 4-6.
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Women’s healing in a snapshot
Linwood House is hosting its second annual art show July 13 from noon to 5 p.m., and a key feature will be the photography of Downtown East-side women who took part in photo-therapy sessions during their stay.
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Blues blast off in Portland
As outdoor music festivals go, it's hard to imagine a more picture-perfect start than Thursday's kickoff of the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival at Tom McCall Waterfront Park.
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Franklin to give gallery talk on baseball exhibit
BENNINGTON — The Bennington Historical Society Program will feature a gallery talk on Thursday, July 17, at 7 p.m. by Jamie Franklin, curator of the Bennington Museum on the current exhibit at the museum "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," a Summer of Baseball in Bennington.
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Art Pick 'Life's a Gas'
Titled Life's a Gas after the lyrics of a 1960s folk-rock song by the band T-Rex, Martin Oppel's solo exhibition of sculpture and paintings at Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin continues the Miami artist's exploration of the rampant construction in the city juxtaposed against the beauty of the natural landscape. Born in Argentina in 1976, Oppel craftily opines on precarious building practices in pieces ...
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Ruscha can still go Pop
As a pioneering figure of Pop Art who first gained wide critical notices in the 1960s, Ed Ruscha's place in history is alongside such contemporaries as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Wayne Thiebaud.
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Bulletin Board: A list of events in Palm Beach County
Saturday Acrylic painting classes , 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Professional Artists' League, 19119 Winslow Terrace, Boca Raton . $25. Call 561-883-5033.
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Royal butler's collection of notes to go on sale
LONDON — A royal butler's collection of letters, cards and photographs, including a thank you note from Princess Diana and requests for gin cocktails from Queen Mother Elizabeth, will be put up for auction Saturday.
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The East Bay Today: July 4, 2008
Today's Top Event: Fourth of July at the Berkeley Marina. Brainiac: Learn something new every day. Today's event: Life's Trantric Love Triangles . Large scale video installation by Jessica Gomula. Artist's reception in conjunction with Oakland Art Murmur at 21 Grand Gallery/Performance Space.
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Museum of Aviation hosts annual auction
If you're looking for the party to go to this season, you might want to check out the 23rd Annual Museum of Aviation Foundation's Auction, Raffle and Taste of Local Cuisine.
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Angel falls from his perch at Met
NEW YORK -- A glazed terra-cotta relief by the Renaissance sculptor Andrea della Robbia came loose Monday night from its perch above a doorway at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and crashed to the stone flo
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