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Shape and form
Listen closely: Those heavy but graceful furry steps you hear might just be a friendly neighborhood woolly mammoth. And if the furry, extinct beast does return these parts, it will be thanks to sculptor Bob Shannahan, whose natural-material, life-size-and-then-some furry creature is featured at the Mill Brook Gallery's annual sculpture garden.
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Valparaiso University events
Abstract art Abstract art from the Brauer Museum of Art's permanent collection is on display through Aug. 4 at the Brauer Museum of Art, Center for the Arts, 1709 Chapel Drive. Abstract works in a variety of media will be featured in this exhibit, including many which will have their first public showing at Brauer Museum. Brauer Museum summer hours (May 20 n Aug. 24) are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday ...
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Celebrate families with Club Jano Festival Saturday night
VALPARAISO "Celebrating Families & Our Town" will be the theme for Saturday's Club Jano Festival on the Square.
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You can... Challenge your mind
Challenge your perceptions of what art is and see the exhibit "Uneasy" at the Paint Creek Center for the Arts in Rochester. Artists, such as Thomas Carey of Ann Arbor, Cyrus Karimipour of Bloomfield Hills and Carl Oxley III of Hamtramck, create works that are unexpected and lay bravely outside the mainstream of the art world.
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In a digital world, "Dark Knight" takes film route
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - From chilling close-ups of Heath Ledger's Joker to heart-pounding aerial photography, few summer movies have attracted filmmakers' attention like Christopher Nolan's landmark addition to the Batman franchise.
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Indian film festival opens in Germany
Stuttgart, July 17 : An entertaining documentary about a village and its problems with a wild bull opened Germany's only annual festival of Indian cinema Wednesday in the southern city of Stuttgart.
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Diversions from July 17, 2008
Ticketmaster events are sold at Macy’s and Giant Eagle, both Hermitage; ticketmaster.com; and at 330-747-1212. • See a retrospective of paintings by Timothy J. Clark through Aug. 3 at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown.
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Arts fest turns 5
Now in its fifth year, the Hermitage Arts Festival becomes more of a community event each time. Aside from a long list of artist booths and musical acts and food vendors, the festival also will feature children’s events, reduced price movie admissions and a car cruise.
The Sharon Herald |
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Youth briefs - East Lake County
ART SHOW Cedar Lake Cedar Lake Parks and Recreation Department hosts its fourth annual Youth Art show from 9 am. to 1 p.m. Aug. 9 at the Park of the Red Cedars, 7408 Constitution Ave. Youngsters can share their creations, from paintings to crafts to drawings, and ribbons and certificates will be awarded in eight categories to ages 6 to 18. Call the park office for an art show entry ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana |
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Photographer sponsors downtown block party
Mattthew Pearl wants to play a role in the cultural renaissance of New Bedford.
The Standard-Times |
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It's all happening at the zoo
A preview of the family fun day at the zoo, and an update on the Amazonia exhibit.
The Gleaner |
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Writers confirmed for Writers' Festival
FESTIVAL PROGRAMME WILL BE RELEASED JULY 23!
Scoop.co.nz |
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Self-taught artist gained knowledge from California artists
The work of artist Cathy Marberry can be found at Gallery on the Row on Broad Street.
The Augusta Chronicle |
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Museum Notes
The Royal Academy of Arts in London has appointed Kathleen Soriano as its new director of exhibitions.
New York Times |
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Middleboro Youth Advocates announces teen video contest
MIDDLEBORO — Middleboro Youth Advocates (MYA) is sponsoring a video contest this summer for Middleboro students and "Most Don't" members in the 7th-12th grades. The theme for MYA's video contest is "What's good about Middleboro?"
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Newsmaker of the day: Jose B. Gonzalez
Jose B. Gonzalez of Quaker Hill will read his poetry at 7 tonight at the Hygienic Art Gallery, 79-83 Bank St., New London.
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Recent Original Stories
Adobe introduced the public beta of Adobe Lightroom, an all-new digital imaging solution for professional photographers. With its modular, task-based and streamlined environment, Lightroom's goal is to deliver a complete photography workflow.
OS News |
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An Apocalyptic State of Mind
The apocalypse and its aftermath have been a recurring theme in art for thousands of years. There is something satisfyingly narcissistic, hopeful even, in believing that our time has been chosen for the End of Days. And the New Museum's pseudo-apocalyptic exhibition "After Nature," which opens to the public today on its third floor, puts a contemporary twist on an old theme. You will not see any ...
The New York Sun |
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A list of exhibits currently on display at area galleries July 17-23
A list of exhibits currently on display at area galleries July 17-23
The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star |
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Arts notes
Big Durer showThe Museum of Biblical Art in Manhattan on July 26 will open "Durer: Art in Transition," a show of more than 100 works by the German Renaissance artist.
The Star-Ledger |
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Lee Rosenbaum's cultural commentary
I've always thought that ceding a museum's nonprofit space to a for-profit Louis Vuitton boutique (as occurred at the Takashi Murakami retrospective at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art and the Brooklyn Museum) was a bad idea and an even worse precedent.
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Brooklyn Museum plans exhibit on fake art
NEW YORK - SOME museums might not want to admit they have fakes in their collections. Not The Brooklyn Museum: It's planning an exhibition of them. The museum in the New York City borough of Brooklyn says that a third of the sculptures in its small Coptic art collection are fake.
Straits Times |
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This Just In: Home/Garden Notes
Living In An Equestrian World The people who make up the Bay area's thriving horse community don't drop their lifestyle at the stable door. Their love of all things equestrian tends to follow them through the house, from paintings in the living room to bucking toothbrush holders in the bathroom.
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Winery art show involves community
'HOW DO YOU DO'- Above, artist Douglas Tharalson, right, a Cornell resident, greets the Eroclono family- Conrad, Julie and baby Raven- as they arrive to view a recent art show at Cornell Winery by Tharalson and Robin Ray Branham. The historical, Santa Monica Mountains winery is at 29975 Mulholland Highway in Agoura Hills.
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Funds may shrink as fewer dine out
Higher gas prices and an overall economic downturn mean people are eating out less in Columbia — which is bad for restaurants but could be worse for the Main Street Latin Festival, Riverbanks Zoo and a RuPaul event sponsored by S.C. Pride. Those groups depend on hospitality tax money — the two cents on the dollar you pay every time you eat out. The city already has committed $4.4 million of that ...
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