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Community Theatre announces season lineup
Tom Coleman has gotten to know a lot of people on the Savannah arts scene in the last couple of weeks. As the director of the Savannah Community Theatre, he has been making the rounds of the city, figuring out where the theater might stage parts of its upcoming season. "That was Shirley James, with the Black Heritage Festival," Coleman boomed, shortly after ending a phone conversation with ...
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BID incubator nurtures entrepreneurs
For the first year after Cindy Cieluch started a photography business, she met with clients in her home.
Great Falls Tribune |
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Gotham art project gushes potential
NEW YORK - It was Saturday on the first weekend of the New York City Waterfalls public art project, and our reservoir of faith was running dry.
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New art museum in the Bowery attracts galleries - and gentrifiers
"When we heard about the teams of curators that would be involved with the New Museum, we got very excited," said Fabienne Stephan, director of Salon 94 Freemans. "We're here because of the New Museum."
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Sandwich museum has its own magic gardens
SANDWICH - Tucked away on a hilltop above Shawme Pond near the 17th-century village center, this estate-like museum complex is not a typical Cape Cod attraction. You can dine al fresco without a seagull taking a run at your sandwich, for example. But even beach lovers can tire of scorching sand or hit a rainy spell, and when that happens, ...
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Where Afghanistan's crossroads of cultures meet
THROUGH SEPT. 7 WASHINGTON, D.C. "Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul": The motto of Afghanistan's National Museum is "A nation stays alive when its culture stays alive." This exhibition, comprising more than 225 objects, shows the vitality of Afghan culture from 2200 BC to the third century. Thanks to the Silk Road, Afghanistan was a crossroads of several ...
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Plymouth gets artsy
Christine Jansen of Canton Township and her mother, Marge Hay of Plymouth Township, make it an annual ritual to walk Art in the Park on the first day of the three-day event.
Plymouth Observer |
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Advertiser wins 13 first-place awards in SPJ contest
The Honolulu Advertiser captured 13 first-place awards in the 2007 Excellence in Journalism Awards of the Hawai'i Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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O.L. show will feature an array of artworks
Get your holiday shopping done early this year - or treat yourself to a little gift.
Birmingham Eccentric |
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Plan your route through the Farmington Area Founders Festival
There are so many things to check out at the Farmington Area Founders Festival, but here are a few must-do's.
Farmington Observer |
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Artist makes horse sculptures from driftwood
Normally, it takes Rita Dee between six and eight weeks to create a life-sized horse entirely out of driftwood she's collected near her home along the Hudson River.
Calgary Sun |
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Fast-talking auctioneers help sell the bull
These guys speak a mile a minute for a living and even for cash prizes at the Calgary Stampede.
Calgary Sun |
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Bolting from the chute
Strange kind of an athletic contest: You can barely see the start, most of the action takes place away from land, and it's hard to tell who the winners are when it's over.
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Canvas Earth
Bush Barn Art Center's new "Green: Inside/Out" exhibit redefines not only what is art but where you can find it. The show, which opened in the renovated A.N. Bush Gallery last week, finds art in the ground, in videos and in a tree, as well as on the gallery walls. "Green" is the theme not only of the art but also several related activities, including three days of Hands-On Recycled Art Workshops ...
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Serving term
More than 100 pieces of presidential porcelain from the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s McNeil Americana Collection are on display at Mount Vernon for “Setting the President’s Table: American Presidential China.”
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette |
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Salem Art Fair & Festival is going green
It may seem redundant for an event in verdant Bush's Pasture Park, but you can color this year's Salem Art Fair & Festival green.
Salem Statesman Journal |
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Contestants scream for ice cream at Windmill City Fest
BATAVIA – Zach Leonhard knows the secret to eating ice cream fast.
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Contest is not just a day at the beach
IMPERIAL BEACH – Building sand castles is usually a leisurely beach activity. But at the Kids 'N Kastles competition yesterday in Imperial Beach, it was also hard work requiring focus, heavy lifting and serious strategizing.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
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THE EYE: 'Watsonville Olympia, 1977'
Today's artwork chosen by Libby Garrison
The San Francisco Examiner |
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Sailors Valentines' reborn: Hampton artisan re-creates 19th century shell mosaics
HAMPTON — Marci Chamberlain of Hampton is an artisan. She is one of the few people capable of re-creating artwork that started nearly two centuries ago.
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Questions/Answers
Questions and answers on Daily Bulletin stories from readers like you. Rockers get ready: "Reckless Road: Guns n' Roses and the Making of Appetite for Destruction" (Shoot Hip Press, $30) by Marc Canter with photography by Jack Lue is here.
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Ramayana paintings mesmerise Swiss 13 Jul 2008, 1150 hrs IST,PTI
ZURICH: Ramayana is the flavour of the season in this Swiss city with ancient artworks depicting the mythological drama attracting a large audience in perhaps the first such exhibition here.
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Defense attorney's hobby: Painting serial killer portraits
When Modesto criminal defense attorney Martin Baker isn't trying a case or preparing for one, he needs an outlet -- a way to relax and to leave a tough day in court behind.
Modesto Bee |
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Annual Chalk Fest attracts a wide variety of artwork
The sidewalks surrounding Wausaus City Square were transformed Saturday.
Wausau Daily Herald |
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Eisler finds art supplies in castoff junk
Sue Eisler has been making serious art in St. Louis for nearly 40 years. She has been respected within the art world, but she has never been a popular artist. This is a town that likes painting, and Eisler is a sculptor of quirky works made out of hardware-store treasure and trash.
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