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Briefs: Exhibit comes to Des Plaines
The Portrait of a Soldier memorial exhibition, in Schaumburg earlier this year, will be unveiled at 10 a.m. today at the Des Plaines Public Library, 1501 Ellinwood St., in a ceremony involving several elected state officials.
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Sherman Lee, Who Led Cleveland Museum, Dies at 90
Mr. Lee was an expert on Asian art who as director of the Cleveland Museum of Art for a quarter of a century elevated it to the top echelon of American museums.
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Joining the Band
Mikaela Montanaro, 4, of Fairfield was among performers in the Fairfield Gaelic Pipe Band at Festival Italiano in Westport tonight. Mikaela is in her first season playing with the band, which includes her grandmother.
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Red Raw taps into Broome time
THE colours of the Pilbara and Kimberley regions blended together on canvasses adorned by local artist Emma Blyth’s vibrant paintings during her recent exhibition in Broome.
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CFT receives grant for fall festival
The Colonial Fox Theatre received a mini-grant this week, but it won’t go toward building up the walls or the building’s interior.
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Art show honors slain teen
Boys and Girls Club will benefit.
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Kittis for sale: Auction part of 2nd Saturday Stroll
CATSKILL — The Catskill Kittis now grace a storefront at 397 Main St., between MOD Gourmet Cafe and Mahalo gift shop, where they were removed by Lillian Johnson of Imagine That! ceramic shop, Eileen Dees of The Garden Gate Cafe, and Tina Gagliardy of Mahalo for better display.
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Smithsonian’s new crystal skulls display: Fact or fiction?
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Some mysteries are such fun you almost don’t want to know the truth. That may help explain why people are fascinated with crystal skulls. Happy to share the spotlight with the latest Indiana Jones movie, the Smithsonian’s Museum of Natural History is putting its crystal skull on display starting Thursday.
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NZ Dance Royalty Leaps into the Spotlight
Two of New Zealand's most acclaimed contemporary dancers launch their new company Okareka Dance Company with a premiere performance of Tama Ma at Tempo - New Zealand Festival of Dance.
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Holding steady
Marcos Aguiar (front) gets his makeup done by Festival Makeup Artist Liz Reed prior to Wednesday night's performance of "Manon Lescaut" at the Ellen Eccles Theatre.
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Museum Investigated in Purchase of Painting
The Association of Art Museum Directors is investigating the Denver Art Museum?s purchase of an 1892 painting by Thomas Eakins in April.
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David Keens: Reflection
Signs of renewed life are appearing at the Arlington Museum of Art, where a show of colorful glasswork by David Keens is on display. The bright, multicolored, high-energy works are just what this light-infused space needs to be re-energized. A reception for the artist is 6-9 p.m. Friday and is free to the public. — Gaile Robinson David Keens: Reflection Saturday through Sept. 14 ...
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When London and Paris Looked to the Nile for Inspiration
?Thomas Hope: Regency Designer,? a new exhibit at the Bard Graduate Center in Manhattan, has a few imaginative examples of Egyptian Revival furniture.
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MoMA Buys a Suite of 3 Johns Paintings
Its latest Johns acquisition, which took over a decade to negotiate, is a suite of canvases ?Tantric Detail I,? ?Tantric Detail II? and Tantric Detail III? from 1980-81.
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A Celebration of Sand, in Vast Quantities or One Grain at a Time
A baggy compendium of artworks at the Parrish Art Museum offers a chance to meditate on the many meanings of one of the world?s cheapest and most precious materials.
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Elizabeth Peyton at the Aldrich Museum
Admirers can now view her snapshots, an important but rarely acknowledged source of her paintings, at the Aldrich Museum. Karen Rosenberg reviews.
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A Painter?s Social Network, Traced in Her Photographs
Admirers of Elizabeth Peyton can now view her snapshots, an important but rarely acknowledged source of her paintings, at the Aldrich Museum.
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For the Family
Brilliant Women Fine-art reproductions of works by Annette Alessi and 15 other local artists will be part of a show and sale presented by Brilliant Studio and the Eagle Gallery. Alessi studied with Brandywine Valley artist Karl Kuerner, who was mentored by Andrew Wyeth. She teaches adult art classes at the Darlington Arts Center in Boothwyn. An opening reception is scheduled for 6-8 p.m. ...
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Art house screenings
The Magnolia at the Modern Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 3200 Darnell St., Fort Worth, 817-738-9215 themodern.org Young @ Heart Angelika Film Center Dallas 5321 E. Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, 214-841-4700 angelikafilmcenter.com As It Is in Heaven Bloodline Brick Lane Gunnin’ for That #1 Spot Mongol Savage Grace Sex and the City Then She Found Me ...
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Other screenings
AFI Friday Nights at the Nasher This week : Grease 8pm Friday at Nasher Sculpture Center, 2001 Flora St, Dallas. Free. 214-242-5100; www.nashersculpturecenter.org Bollywood Films at FunAsia FunAsia has theaters in Irving and Richardson that show current films from the Indian subcontinent, in several languages. Most films have English subtitles and intermissions. Shown various ...
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‘Women only’ exhibition at former men only club
New Zealand’s biggest ‘women only’ art exhibition will be launched later this year at a former men-only club in Gisborne. The exhibition opens on October 1 and will run for a month at the Historical Poverty Bay Club, which in its heyday was an exclusive gentleman's only establishment.
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Latest Additions
Embracing and reaching out from Africa, Michael Alfano’s sculpture, “The Journey,” is a fitting focal point for Zion Union Heritage Museum on North Street in Hyannis.
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Specialist magazine launches photography competition
A specialist magazine is launching its second photography competition for both amateur and professional snappers. Digital Photographer is offering eight category prizes with the overall winner taking home a Fujifilm camera worth £500.
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What's coming up: Performing arts
Dennis Miller Bass Hall announced a summer date for this loquacious funnyman just last week, but it hasalready been rescheduled. The show is now Aug. 9 at Bass Hall. $41-$71. 817-212-4280; www.basshall.com Fort Worth Guitar Guild Festival One of three Cowtown classical guitar organizations, the Fort Worth Guitar Guild, brings back its summer festival at the Modern Art Museum of Fort ...
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