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An act of science
After shooting for Deepa Mehta’s film Heaven on Earth in Toronto, it’s London calling for city-based theatre director Ramanjit Kaur. Ramanjit’s theatre group Creative Arts has bagged the chance to stage their latest production Crab Soup at the Theatre Science Festival from July 13 to 18.
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British royal auction nets nearly $900,000
A collection of letters, photographs and artifacts related to the British royal family sold for nearly $900,000 Saturday, an auction house says.The Reeman Dansie auction house said the auction, which included items that had belonged to former royal servant William Tallon, drew nearly 400 people in person and another 1,000 potential bidders online and by telephone, the BBC reported.When the ...
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World in Brief: Wax Hitler vandalised; Californians flee fires
A man tore the head off a wax figure of Adolf Hitler at the new Berlin branch of Madame Tussauds yesterday. Police arrested the man, aged 41, who leapt on the waxwork minutes after the museum opened. The sculpture, which showed Hitler contemplating defeat, was removed.
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British royal auction nets nearly $900,000
LONDON, July 5 (UPI) -- A collection of letters, photographs and artifacts related to the British royal family sold for nearly $900,000 Saturday, an auction house says.
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The choice of stage
At an exhibition at Palette Art Gallery in Delhi in 2007, artist Preeti Arora's installations had six men dipped in tar with road building material spread on the gallery floor. To prevent the tar from spreading around, it was thought of putting a wooden barricade.
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36 Hours in Pittsburgh
Great restaurants, excellent shopping, breakthrough galleries and prestigious museums make this city of 89 distinct neighborhoods a hip destination.
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The Phildelphia Orchestra set to play first concert Sunday
VAIL — Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival hosts The Philadelphia Orchestra today through July 14 at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater. Lead by Conductor Charles Dutoit, the orchestra will play the first in a series of six concerts at 6 p.m tonight.
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Environmentalists say green is the new color of patriotism
This Independence Day was all about painting the town. Not just red, white and blue though. Green was on the minds of those with Austin Green Art. Environmentalist Randy Jewart with Austin Green Art said going green is an American value.
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Thai Museum at Angkor Raises Ire in Cambodia
With few artifacts remaining at the site of the Angkor temples, a Thai company?s new museum there is being criticized for everything from politics to its displays.
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Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of wine in hand
ARGANDA DEL REY, Spain - Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday.
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Big Oil in Ireland--the people won't play the Shell game
By June 2005, the residents of the tiny community of Rossport, Ireland, had had enough. For years, they had registered objections and appeals to the Shell gas pipeline project proposed to run through their farming and fishing community.
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Discovery Station creates own exhibits to save money
Editor's note: This is the first in a series of occasional stories about local nonprofit agencies and how they are dealing with difficult economic times.
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One-time fixtures on Plains become part of artwork
STUART — Tilting at windmills isn’t Jim Taylor’s style. Instead, the retired art educator from Stuart sees the intrinsic beauty of the wheel that spins life for farmers and ranchers across the state.
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Summer Exhibition Opening Reception at Peter McPhee Fine Arts
07/05/2008 - 7:00p.m. to 07/05/2008 - 10:00p.m.
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Man rips head from Hitler wax figure
BERLIN (Reuters) - A man tore the head from a controversial waxwork figure of Adolf Hitler on the opening day of Berlin's Madame Tussauds museum on Saturday, police said.
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Mandela disputes sale of Robben Island lithographs
Former South African president Nelson Mandela is taking legal action against an art gallery in London to prevent the sale of sketches that are attributed to him.
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Winehouse Sings In Spain, Glass Of Wine In Hand
Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday.
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Sculpture near D/FW pays tribute to 9-11 flight crews
Hundreds turned out Friday for the dedication of a bronze memorial sculpture of five figures near Dallas/Fort Worth Airport.
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Sculpture near D/FW pays tribute to 9-11 flight crews
By TERRY LEE GOODRICH GRAPEVINE — Family members of flight crews killed in 9-11 came from across the country Friday for the dedication of an 18-foot-tall sculpture dedicated to their loved ones. Nearly 1,000 members of the public and community officials joined them for the ceremony marked by the release of doves, a flyover by World War II airplanes in missing-man formation and a roll call of ...
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Water games big hit at Patriotic KidsFest
MERRITT ISLAND — Dozens of families turned out Saturday for the Patriotic KidsFest at Kiwanis Island Park on Merritt Island. The fifth annual festival, hosted by the Brevard County Parks and Recreation, featured football, crafts, coloring and sack races.
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Historic political printing plates up for auction
CONCORD, N.H. - As Americans watch history being made in this year's presidential race, researchers in New Hampshire have been examining a one-of-a-kind treasure of printing plates that gave earlier generations a front-row seat to political history.
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Swedish artists showcase works in Singapore
SINGAPORE : A group of eight young Swedish artists are showcasing their works in Singapore. Called Swedish Cliches, the exhibition gives a peek into the country's culture. Drawing inspiration from everyday life, the artists' works are a smorgasbord of Swedish content.
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Tiffany art to be displayed in Winter Park museum
WINTER PARK —The famed Daffodil Terrace from Louis Comfort Tiffany’s Long Island estate will be displayed in a new wing of a Winter Park museum. Morse Museum of American Art boasts one of the world’s most extensive collection of Tiffany works.
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Hundreds remember 9/11 flight crews with sculpture
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Peter Sís – children’s author and illustrator "forever caught between two realities"
Peter Sís was born in Brno in 1949 but has been living in the US for over a quarter of a century. He won a Golden Bear for best animated film at the West Berlin Film Festival in 1980, before later launching an extremely successful career as a children’s author and illustrator. Indeed, he is a seven-time winner of the New York Times Book Review award for best illustrated work of the year. His ...
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