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Arab singers join Jordan festival despite Israel claims
AMMAN (AFP) - Jordan said on Wednesday that Arab singers have joined a controversial music festival despite claims it is being set up by the same company which organised Israel's 60th anniversary celebrations in May.
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Markham Paintings Now On Display
Arlington resident Frederick Marham will enjoy an exhibit of his paintings at the Waddell Art Gallery at the Loudoun Campus of Northern Virginia Community College from July 7 to Aug. 1, during regular gallery hours.
Leesburg Today |
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Arab singers join Jordan festival despite Israel claims
Jordan said on Wednesday that Arab singers have joined a controversial music festival despite claims it is being set up by the same company which organised Israel's 60th anniversary celebrations in May.
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Recalling a talented cowboy
“Wow” I whispered to my wife at an art exhibit in Los Angeles. “There is Joe Beeler.” I worked my way across the room and edged up to Joe, who was surrounded by art fans and a reporter presumably from a local art publication.
Wickenburg Sun |
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Smithsonian Puts Mysterious Crystal Skull on Display
Famed museum shows off dubious glass sculpture while explaining that it's probably fake.
Fox News |
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Resolution hearing set in case involving missing artwork
A resolution hearing has been set for July 31 in the case of a man charged with stealing $15,000 worth of art from a downtown Salt Lake City gallery.
Deseret Morning News |
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Museums: When—and Why—Artworks Break
Broken artwork and the challenge of protecting masterpieces.
Newsweek |
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We have a winner
Molly Elizabeth Moncrief, a Brookings Harbor High School student, is the winner of the Energy Theme Poster Contest for the Curry County Fair. Look, for her art design poster in businesses of Brookings-Harbor, creatively and colorfully depicting the Fair Theme: "Sunshine and Sea Breeze, the ‘Power' to Please."
Curry County Reporter |
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Aperture 2, Mac OS X Security Video Tutorials Released
Video tutorial specialist MacProVideo released two new tutorial lessons. One lesson is for users of Apple's photography...
PC World |
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Recapping 2008's Vision and JVC Jazz Festivals
Kidd Jordan felt something stir deep down inside. He just had to let it out. That's the way the tenor saxophonist explained it during a Vision Festival pre-concert discussion when poet Kalamu ya Salaam asked, "Why don't you just play more popular music and make more money?" In New Orleans...
The Village Voice |
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Abu Dhabi buys 75% of Chrysler Building in latest trophy purchase
The oil and commodities boom is sparking another wave of acquisitions of prized U.S. assets, echoing an earlier Japanese shopping spree.
International Herald Tribune |
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La Rivière Gentille
The most recent of three documentaries screening in anticipation of the career retrospective of French artist Louise Bourgeois, which comes to the Guggenheim this fall, La Rivière Gentille finds the 96-year-old sculptor and painter more devoted to her work than many of her much younger...
The Village Voice |
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Mandela asks art gallery to halt lithograph sale
Nelson Mandela's lawyer said Wednesday that he is asking a London art gallery to halt its sale of disputed lithographs bearing the signature of the South African statesman.
Boston Globe |
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ART: Sculpter works for school
BUFFALO — Just a few days ago, David Derner was in his studio in the Tri-Main Center in Buffalo, kicking back with some homemade wine, and took a look at his latest creation, a half-ton sculpture of St. Marguerite d’Youville.
Tonawanda News |
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Silvio Soldini's Days and Clouds
Elsa (Margherita Buy) and Michele (Antonio Albanese) have a problem: They're a married couple in a middlebrow arthouse movie. When Elsa gets her art doctorate, Michele's two-part present is a party and the announcement that he lost his job months ago. A little economic paring-down turns into selling...
The Village Voice |
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Harold Kids Around
LET'S GO from lighter to darker. The opening-night presentation of the 13th Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival, which runs July 11–13 at the Castro Theatre, is 1927's The Kid Brother , Harold Lloyd's penultimate pre-sound film; it shows July 11 at 7pm.
MetroActive |
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Visual art: Artist's Talks
Sat., July 12... By Cinque Hicks Following the opening of several mini solo exhibitions, the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center hosts the out-of-town artists for ARTIST'S TALKS Sat., JULY 12. Daniel Duford, graphic novelist and sculptor, hails from Portland, Ore.; performance artist and video maker Dave McKenzie comes in from New York; and L.A. artist Susan Silton will be on hand to discuss her ...
Creative Loafing Atlanta |
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Visual art: America Elects Its First Black President
Mon., July 14... By Amanda Peterson Joel Gresham painted "AMERICA ELECTS ITS FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT" in 1989, not realizing his fantasy could feasibly become reality in a presidential election almost 20 years later with Sen. Barack Obama's shot at the White House. Gallery visitors can support the cause Mon., JULY 14, and purchase notecards, posters, prints and art shirts featuring Gresham's work, ...
Creative Loafing Atlanta |
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Visual art: Vinyl Show
Sat., July 12... By David Lee Simmons The fourth time is looking like it's the last for New Street Gallery's VINYL SHOW. Which is a shame, considering that this year's silent auction/benefit, taking place Sat., JULY 12, hopes to offer up artfully designed vinyl record discs from an even wider range of figures in Atlanta's art community. That includes efforts by Jonathan Bouknight, Adron and Toya ...
Creative Loafing Atlanta |
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Visual art at the NBAF
The National Black Arts Festival returns to its visual roots... By Cinque Hicks We've seen all this before. In fact, that's the point. Carrie Mae Weems' upcoming exhibition at SCAD-Atlanta's ACA Gallery consists of dozens of black-and-white photos and a video that recreate pivotal moments in history. The re-enactments in Constructing History: A Requiem to Mark the Moment are self-consciously ...
Creative Loafing Atlanta |
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Fire Arts Festival fires up tonight
From tonight (July 9) through Saturday, The Crucible will putting on the 8th annual Fire Arts Festival, which might be best described as something like a pyromaniac's apocalyptic dream. Find out more here.
Contra Costa Times |
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Mandela asks art gallery to halt lithograph sale
(AP:LONDON) Nelson Mandela's lawyer said Wednesday that he is asking a London art gallery to halt its sale of disputed lithographs bearing the signature of the South African statesman.
INO News |
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Festival: What's your frequency?
SATURDAY, JULY 12 ... By Anita overcash What to do with your Saturday night? Why not take a walk on the darker side as local fetish promoters Single Cell Productions (known for their erotica/bondage shows at Purgatory) whip out Nocturnal Frequencies Alternative Arts and Music Festival. It's set to feature live music (from industrial, synth-pop, darkwave and ebm) from Angels on Acid, Filth on ...
Creative Loafing Charlotte |
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Hexham Courant
THE new exhibiton at the Allenheads Contemporary Arts centre was unveiled today for its month-long run.
The Hexham Courant |
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Monterey County High School All-Star Band & Honor Vocal Jazz Ensemble Perform in Salinas, July 20, 2008
July 7, 2008; Monterey, CA; On Sunday, July 20, the Monterey Jazz Festival's Monterey County High School All-Star Band and High School Honor Vocal Jazz Ensemble will perform at the National Steinbeck Center in a special concert kicking off the All-Star Band's annual tour of Japan.
All About Jazz |
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