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Entertainment calendar
Courtesy of Tangerine Gallery , A salon-style exhibit at Tangerine Gallery, which will run through Aug. 30, features paintings, glass art and sculptures by various artists including Marta Mondragon Acosta, who created this copper vase with silver plating.
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Frank Megargee
Age 90 Eastern Shore correspondent for The Evening Sun loved writing poetry and painting in watercolors. F rank N. Megargee, a former longtime Eastern Shore correspondent for The Evening Sun who was also a poet and an artist, died Wednesday of heart failure at Mallard Landing, a Salisbury retirement community, a day before his 91st birthday.
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Photos on Vietnam exhibited in Germany
VietNamNet Bridge – Photos of Vietnam’s landscapes and people going about their daily life are displayed at a exhibition that opened on July 9 in Halle City in Germany’s Sachsen State.
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There's a knack to hanging artwork in your home
Whether you're a new homeowner with only a few framed posters to your name or a veteran collector with scores of valuable pieces, how and where to hang artwork can be a daunting task. Lacking art? Display collectibles on a shelf.
The Sacramento Bee |
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How and why rugs evolved into valued works of art
In non-western cultures, rugs are highly valued works of art. In some communities, rugs maintain a similar status to that of paintings in Western culture.
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Art goes underground at Aspen Art Museum
ASPEN - The Aspen Art Museum's latest exhibition, Imaginary Thing, stems from the extremely practical consideration that the museum space is relatively small, limiting the number of exhibits, and their size, that can be shown at one time.
The Aspen Times |
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PUD candidates face public at forum
All three candidates in the contested Grays Harbor PUD commissioner race say they are looking forward to next week’s debate. Incumbent Jim Eddy said he welcomes any chance to inform voters about the nuances of public power.
The Daily World |
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Young people trip shutters at shelter
CANASTOTA - Reaching one paw through the wire grating of a cage, playing in a pool, looking through a window - the stories of several animals at Wanderers' Rest Humane Association in Canastota come to life in the photos of area youth in the "Shelter Shutter Story" photo gallery at the Canastota Public Library.
The Oneida Daily Dispatch |
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Fans can help pick Foothills Fall Festival headliner
Would you like Loretta Lynn to perform at the Foothills Fall Festival? Or how about Kenny Rogers or Travis Tritt? Area music fans have the unique opportunity to help pick the closing headliner at Maryville's Foothills Fall Festival in October.
The Maryville Daily Times |
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Area has rich musical tradition
When Roy Haynes headlines the Norwalk Jazz Festival in Veterans Memorial Park today, audience members will experience a living legend with a historic link to the music that few living musicians possess.
Stamford Advocate |
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Entertainment
Indigenous artists from Australia's remote Torres Strait Islands brought their distinctive artworks to the United Nations this week to celebrate the survival of their ancient culture.
The West Australian |
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No toasters, but maybe treasures
Today about 25 artists and vendors will sell their pieces at CityArts' annual art garage sale in Old Town Square. "It's really unique," Tabitha Meyer, CityArts assistant director, said. "It's not the kind (of garage sale) found in your neighborhood." In addition to previously owned artwork and creations by local artists, the sale will feature unused art supplies and books. Meyer said the ...
The Wichita Eagle |
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UN celebrates indigenous art
INDIGENOUS artists from the Torres Strait Islands brought their distinctive artworks to the UN this week to celebrate the survival of their culture.
Herald Sun |
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Sculpture highlights park dedication
YORKTOWN - The sky is a common, recurring theme in Al Landzberg's sculptures, but it was a rejuvenated patch of ground that inspired his newest public display.
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What's happenin'?
Looking for something to do Saturday? Consider the following: FOLK FESTIVAL The free National Folk Festival runs from noon to 10 p.m. throughout the Uptown area, with the main stage at the Original Mine headframe, located on Woolman Street just west of Main Street.
The Montana Standard |
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Riddu Riddu: Sami cultural festival
At the Riddu Riððu Festivalá 2008 you may learn about the diversity of Sámi culture and get to know indigenous peoples from other parts of the world. In the programme you will find music, film, theater, dance and literature as well as separate children and youth programming.
The Norway Post |
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Kontraspionaget Slår Till: Intrig På Balkan! (Till Death Do Us Part)
Featured Story Original story "Til Death Do Us Part" by Jim Lawrence, artwork by Yaroslav Horak. Reprinted from the comic strips published by the Daily Express from 7th July 1975 (strip #2898) to 14th October 1975 (strip #2983)
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'Hot Chili Night' competition fierce
NAMPA -- Cory Mikhals can tell you the secret behind his award-winning chili. But then, of course, he'd have to kill you, he says.Fierce competition fired up the evening at Friday's "Hot Chili Night" in downtown Nampa, where hundreds of chili aficionados converged to judge top chili in the valley.The contestants who battled for the $500 top prize brought their own special flare to the art of ...
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Black-and-white photo exhibit opens in Breckenridge
BRECKENRIDGE - "Quietus," an exhibition of selected photography by local artist Jessie Paige, will be on display at the Breckenridge Theatre Gallery from Saturday through Aug. 3 including an opening reception for the artist on Saturday from 4-6 p.m.
Summit Daily News |
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Performances are brilliant in festival's 2nd concert
After an absence of several years, the Park City and Salt Lake City Music Festival is once again back at the Stanfield Fine Art Gallery on Park City's Lower Main Street.
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Two tons of steel form graceful wind sculptures in Truro installation
NORTH TRURO — The rusted buildings of the Highlands Center received a splash of color and exciting movement yesterday as artist Donald Gerola finished assembling three steel wind sculptures overlooking the Cape Cod National Seashore.
Cape Cod Times |
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Cortlandt Dietler, 86, an 'outstanding person' and oilman
Colorado lost a legendary pioneer in the oil industry this week with the passing of Cortlandt "Cort" S. Dietler, the founder of TransMontaigne Inc.
Rocky Mountain News |
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Gallery Night still the buzz
Despite a recent reminder that downtown Pensacola is an open container-enforced area, Gallery Night patrons were out in droves Friday night for the quarterly event.
Pensacola News Journal |
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Deadwood museum gains $25,000 pledge
Gold Dust Gaming of Deadwood has committed $25,000 to the Days of '76 Museum fund drive to build a new complex for its historical displays.
Rapid City Journal |
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Museum cuts no corners with 1940s hospital beds demo
THE lost art of making beds with hospital corners will be demonstrated at York Castle Museum today. (12/07/2008 06:34:25)
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