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McLeod Farms draws residents, tourists with peach-themed fun
A stream of cars kept coming all day long Saturday to the McLeod Farms Peach Festival at the McLeod Farms Roadside Market between McBee and Hartsville.
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Sugar Creeks Arts Festival turns 25
NORMAL -- The Sugar Creeks Arts Festival turns 25 this weekend. And true to the style it’s developed over the years, both new and old friends browsed the 170-booth juried festival and sale. Video Photo gallery
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Birmingham’s McWane Science Center Celebrates Its Tenth Birthday
Birmingham’s McWane Science Center celebrated its tenth birthday with a new sculpture and some help from cable network Nickelodeon.
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Masked rockers Slipknot bring 'Hope' to Mayhem
The moment is burned into the mind of Roadrunner Records president Jonas Nachsin. It was 1999, and his label had convinced Ozzfest organizers to put its newly signed band, Slipknot, on the festival's second stage.
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Journalist's writings survive tragic life
BLOOMINGTON -- One of the hidden treasures of the McLean County Museum of History is a collection of newspaper-styled journals written more than 100 years ago. From Our Past page
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£300m: Fashion king's art collection in sale of century
The fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent amassed an art collection that is renowned as one of the most fabulous in private hands. It includes works by Old Masters and contemporary greats, among them Picasso, Mondrian, Warhol, Matisse and Goya, to name just a few.
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Corn Hill Fest Underway
Heat around the 90's and even a heavy rain at one point didn't keep hundreds of people from heading to the 40th annual Corn Hill Arts Festival. The two-day event is known for great food, music, entertainment, and fine arts and crafts by over 400 artists; all against an historic Rochester backdrop.
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YSU Art Festival
Thousands of people have made their way to the Youngstown State University campus for the 10th annual Summer Festival of the Arts.
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YSU Art Festival
Thousands of people have made their way to the Youngstown State University campus for the 10th annual Summer Festival of the Arts. The event features a variety of art exhibits, along with live music and even an ethnic fair.
WKBN 27 Youngstown |
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Travel: Days Out
Abbott Hall Art Gallery in Kendal is celebrating a major coup: the opportunity to host the first major exhibition of Ben Nicholson's work in the UK for more than 14 years.
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And Then He Was A She: Paintings Of Holly Woodlawn
It's not often you get the chance to meet a bona-fide superstar, but I did just that at the launch of And Then He Was a She , a new exhibition at London's Drill Hall.
RainbowNetwork.com |
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Keys divers immersed in campaigns, music
Divers dressed as presidential candidates displayed campaign placards and waved American flags underwater Saturday in the Underwater Music Festival in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
Naples Daily News |
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Suddenly, a Sculptor
Wayne Starks has struggled with drugs, with AIDS, with living on the streets. But when he discovered art, his life began to take shape.
New York Times |
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Pressure on for Ren Square Planners
Senator Charles Schumer says he's secured $19 million of federal money that was in danger of being lost for the Renaissance Square Project. However, the senator says he's still waiting for project leaders to meet some of his requirements.
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Last Chance to See As Far As The Eye Can See
A Lawrence Weiner piece graces the Vienna Skyline Photo by Gastev via Flickr If you've been waiting for the hype to die down and waiting for the crowds to thin before visiting the Lawrence Weiner retrospective, you've almost waited too long. Weiner's conceptual art show at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA ends on Monday and this weekend is your last chance to get in and see As Far ...
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Extraordinary artwork for ordinary folks
For more than 35 years Lou Messa has made his living selling his paintings and prints to ordinary folks.
The Daily Progress |
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Professional Artist Gets Stable Mural Job
BROOKSVILLE - Ellen Snyder will soon be in a very familiar place: up against the wall, paintbrush in hand. And the 61-year-old professional artist will be painting one of her favorite subjects on the side of an antique store in downtown Brooksville.
Hernando Today |
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Audition for Temecula gospel festival
The first Temecula Gospel Music & Art Festival is inviting Christian musical acts to audition next month for a chance to perform. Registration for the open-call audition is available at www.gospelfest08.org.
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CVNP: Photos of Cuyahoga Valley wanted
The Cuyahoga Valley National Park Association and Cuyahoga Valley Photographic Society seek your best prints for the annual Cuyahoga Valley National Park Photography Contest. Photos of scenes in the CVNP will be accepted through Sunday at the Boston Store Visitor...
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Albert Lea Tribune
I stopped by to visit an old friend in Chicago last Sunday, and by “old” I mean 96 years but with all his faculties intact, which makes him a natural wonder you could exhibit on the carnival circuit for two bucks a head, children under 10 admitted free with a parent: “See Man Born Day Titanic Went Down — He Talks, He Makes Sense.”
Albert Lea Tribune |
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Charlie Brown and the gang come to Riverside museum
Do you miss Lucy, Woodstock, Pigpen and Snoopy? Get reacquainted with Charlie Brown and the rest of the gang next weekend at the Riverside Metropolitan Museum, where a new exhibit, Peanuts at Bat: The Life and Art of Charles M. Schulz, will start Saturday and run through Sept. 14.
The Press-Enterprise |
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Heritage Village: a peek into past
Lanterns hanging from wooden beams protruding from walls, wedding chambers plastered in green, and thick wooden doors with brass embellishments are just some of the features of a traditional Qatari house taking shape inside the Doha Exhibition Centre.
Gulf Times |
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Unfolding a creative genius
Tucked in a corner of Karnataka Chitrakala Parishats international gallery on Kumar Krupa Road are three original prints of Robert Rauschenberg great artist created in 1990s.
Deccan Herald |
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Underwater music festival
Divers dressed as presidential candidates displayed campaign placards and waved American flags underwater Saturday in the Underwater Music Festival in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
WTSP - Tampa Bay's 10 News |
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Fallbrook Fighting Back Against Sculpture Thieves
Fallbrook is considering installing new security cameras in the wake of several sculpture thefts.
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