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Looking at Home From Out of Town: Photography at Yale
One reason to live in New York City is so that you can get out of town in the summer. I went to New Haven on the Metro-North Railroad — nearly a two-hour trip — to see two exhibitions at the Yale University Art Gallery, "From Any Angle: Photographs from the Collection of Doris Bry" and "Everyday Monuments: The Photographs of Jerome Liebling." Both exhibitions had wonderful photographs of New ...
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Next door: Grainger County Tomato Festival
RUTLEDGE, Tenn. — The Grainger County Tomato Festival was organized in 1993 to promote Grainger County Tomatoes and to provide exposure for area artists, craftsman and non-profit organizations.
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Williamsburg Pottery withdraws acreage from sale
BY LOUIS LLOVIO Times-Dispatch Staff Writer Williamsburg Pottery says it will not sell 1,200 acres after all. In May, the company set up an online auction to sell the property in James City County and York County. Bidding was to end July 1, but was extended to July 15 because of what the company called heavy interest. Today, however, the owners of the retail shopping complex, announced the ...
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Photos: Tech repair nightmares
From 1994 to 2002, Rod Shelley worked as a PC technician at a major computer-retail store in the US. After seeing all kinds of wacky, operator-induced computer issues, Shelley decided to start documenting them. This photo gallery is the result.
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Baltimore's 10th Anniversary High Zero Festival
"Some of the most intense new music being made anywhere, on everything from oboes and one-of-a-kind instruments to the human body itself... unforgettable performances."
All About Jazz |
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'Home Delivery': Playing House at MoMA
This Sunday, after months of construction and crane deliveries visible from the street, the gates in a chain-link fence will swing open on the unusual residential village that's risen on the block-through lot just west of the Museum of Modern Art. No fancy landscaping, just five contemporary houses shoehorned onto neutral blacktop as the life-size, outdoor section of MoMA's innovative show, ...
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LOS GATOS EVENTS: Thursday Gig 'Art and the Spoken Word'
A monthly gathering that highlights the works of local artists, writers and poets, which is free and open to the public, features paintings and drawings by Pia Di Stefano and readings by poets Chris Arcus and Erica Goss.
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Exhibit space is still available for the event. Last year’s expo drew more than 800 attendees. The expo focuses on the needs and interests of older adults, their families and caregivers.
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City's aviation sculpture in disrepair
Downtown's "Flyover" sculpture on South Main Street is losing its blue tiles again — the result of a design flaw city officials thought was fixed in 2003 but continues to plague the controversial memorial to the Wright brothers' first flight.
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No revision yet for public arts ordinance
The Cultural Arts Commission met Monday. Mayor Jon Harrison gave a report saying that $45,000 a year is given from the University of Redlands to the city as contributions, and he said there may be others to contribute who are not stepping forward.
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Sculptures from scoops
Children enjoy ice cream day at the Lawence Hall of Science
Contra Costa Times |
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Turiya Mareya with Charlie Chavez at the Baja Jazz Festival
Casa de la Cultura de Tijuana Calle Lisboa 5, Downtown tel: (664) 687 2604 (info) FREE! Turiya Mareya and Charlie Chavez will perform a Duo concert as part of the opening festivities for the Baja Jazz Festival in Tijuana.
All About Jazz |
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Secretive National Gallery court case begins in Ottawa
The No. 2 man at the National Gallery of Canada took the No. 1 man to the Federal Court of Canada Wednesday. The court case, reflecting a veritable civil war at the National Gallery, was launched by deputy director David Franklin against director Pierre Theberge and the National Gallery itself.
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Ice samples from ANWR glacier give scientists look at Arctic climate change
FAIRBANKS -- Matt Nolan didn’t come to the Alaska Ice Art Museum to learn how impressive ice sculptures are made. The University of Alaska Fairbanks Institute of Northern Engineering professor came to check on ice core samples from McCall Glacier, located in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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Nothing finer than china in Celina
Sure hands and steady eyes create works of art on china in Celina. Patricia Hathcoat and Paralea Pell relax by painting on china plates, cups and saucers during their spare time.
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Sonoma West News
The Arts Council of Sonoma County is presenting The Gallery Show, an exhibit featuring one piece of artwork from each of the Sonoma County art galleries, highlighting the artistic and cultural breadth in Sonoma County.
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Wonderful Affinity
Obsidian Gallery's new owners seek to both support artists and open the public's eyes
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Tree trash: Student's recycling project part of arts center's Green Week
Recycling to save trees is a common enough practice. What about using recycled stuff to make a tree? Not so common. That’s what a group of children between the ages of 7 and 11 did Wednesday morning, July 16, at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts, 400 Culver St., with the help of art teacher Linda Page.
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Christie's Will Sell YSL's Art Collection
Christie's International said it will be selling the art collection of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé in Paris in February 2009. The auction will be held in association with Pierre Bergé & Associates, the Paris auction house owned by the fashion designer's former business partner, Christie's said Wednesday in an e-mailed statement. The specific date and contents of the sale have yet to be ...
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7 p.m.: Artists' work on display at MCVCB
ANDERSON — It took 51 years, but Chuck Rossen finally has an exhibition of his photography. On Wednesday, the Anderson-Madison County Visitors and Convention Bureau unveiled work from Rossen and watercolor painter Lynn Rockwell that will be on display through September.
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Teşvikiye Art Gallery's ‘Summer Picks' on display
The Teşvikiye Art Gallery in the İstanbul's Teşvikiye district opened its 2008 summer exhibition last weekend, showcasing a selection from the works of such famous contemporary Turkish artists as Komet, Altan Çelem, Fikret Yavuzçetin, Mahir Güven, Resul Aytemur, Serdar Şencan, Aka Gündüz Temur and Şahin Paksoy, among others.
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Looking forward, looking back
Venezuela is certainly an interesting place to be a maritime lawyer these days – a hotbed of skyrocketing oil prices, booming business, and volatile socialist politics.
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Buckeye statue designed to inspire neighborhood renaissance
CLEVELAND -- There's a new statue that's starting to get attention in Cleveland, not just because of its size, but because of where it is.
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The Sketch: PMQs, or the battle of the rudeboy vs the tough nut
My sister had been watching Prime Minister's Questions from the public gallery, she'd come up from Lincolnshire, and was a little shocked at what she saw. "He's so rude, isn't he?" she said.
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In its 27th year, Artscape is bigger, but is it better?
With more than half a million visitors expected to flock to Central Baltimore this weekend for Artscape, the self-proclaimed largest free public arts festival in the country, business owners and the tourism board alike say they are excited for a chance to see Baltimore in the spotlight.
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