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About 50,000 Museum Pieces Lost
18 July 2008 A sweeping government audit has revealed that up to 50,000 pieces are missing from Russia's museums — everything from pre-Revolutionary medals and weapons to precious works of art, a member of the survey team said Thursday.
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Game Inspired Exhibit I Am 8 Bit Announces Fourth Show
Independent touring art show I Am 8-Bit has announced that it will be appearing at Hollywood's World of Wonder gallery on August 14th for its fourth installment, featuring game inspired works from artists like Joe Ledbetter, Amanda Visell and Luke Chueh. Over 100 artists will be contributing to the fourth show, and will feature paintings, drawings, sculpture, prints and plush works, as well as ...
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Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival
Friday, July 18 Redlands Symphony Orchestra "Symphonic Diversions": Frank Paul Fetta, conductor. The orchestra and guest pianist Xin Xin take the audience on a sonic journey with Beethoven, Mozart and Ibert. Co-sponsored by Paul & Joann Barich.
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Philadelphia Musicians Take Center Stage
A lively and diverse line-up of Philadelphia-based performers will take center stage this summer at the Philadelphia Museum of Art's popular “Art After 5" program.
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Olympic gallery to organize celebration of opening ceremonies
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White Sox to honor Baines
CHICAGO (AP) - 1 of the top hitters in Chicago White Sox history will be honored Sunday when the team unveils a life-size sculpture of Harold Baines in the plaza above the seats in center field.
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Show Business: The Portfolio Review Diaries
We asked a photographer, Doug Menuez, and a gallery director, Debra Klomp Ching of Klompching Gallery in Brooklyn, to keep notes of their experiences as reviewee and reviewer during Review Santa Fe, the portfolio review organized by the Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Arts around the Mid-coast; July 17, 2008
Jazz weekend BOOTHBAY HARBOR — The Queen City Big Band begins the Lincoln Arts Festival's Jazz Weekend with a Friday performance at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor starting at 8 p.m.
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McDonald's robber a finalist in contest
A Miami man who spent 12 years in prison for robbing a McDonald's is now a finalist to mix the fast food restaurant's new jingle.Tamien Bain, who robbed a McDonald's at gunpoint when he was 14, is now 29 and famed in hip-hop circles as BAiNG The Locksmith, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Thursday.Bain was told by the fast food giant this week that he is one of the final five artists in ...
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Planner’s day job becomes her muse
As you enter Nunavut's legislative assembly, the first thing you notice are Michèle Bertol's giant paintings, each resembling a huge window offering a fresh view of Iqaluit.
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Dig into history of lost gardens
Heritage Museums & Gardens exhibit shows 'golden age' of estate landscaping.
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Best bets
Travel to Falmouth Museums on the Green, 55 Palmer Ave., for some fiddling about farming. From 5 to 7 p.m.
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Louvre breaks ground on new Islamic Arts gallery
In the first major modern architectural addition to the Louvre since its famous glass pyramid was built in the 1980s, Wednesday saw the laying of the first stone at the museum's new Arts of Islam gallery. President Nicolas Sarkozy and Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a major donor for the project, took part in Wednesday's groundbreaking ceremony.
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Operetta marks opening of Salalah Festival
MUSCAT - A riveting operetta narrating the tale of Oman’s rich cultural past and underlining the country’s drive to promote sustainable tourism, brilliantly choreographed, marked the start of the 45-day-long Salalah Tourism Festival (STF) in the southern Dhofar governorate on Tuesday evening.
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Oakwood artist's storyboards in exhibit
"No Country for Old Men," "Leatherheads" and "The Big Lebowski" were visualized on paper by J. Todd Anderson before being filmed for the screen.
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McDonald's robber a finalist in contest
MIAMI, July 17 (UPI) -- A Miami man who spent 12 years in prison for robbing a McDonald's is now a finalist to mix the fast food restaurant's new jingle.
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Bringing summer home to Toronto
Toronto, as it turns out, is a nice place to visit. There are lots of reasons to come here: from cultural attractions like the Royal Ontario Museum's new Michael Lee-Chin Crystal addition, to big-t...
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Smithsonian dishes the dirt on dirt
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dishing the dirt has a long history in Washington, but the Smithsonian Institution is taking it to new depths. The National Museum of Natural History opens a new exhibit on Saturday — “Dig It” — exploring the mysterious and complex world of soil.
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What’s Cookin’: Kirkland Uncorked
On the Seattle side, this weekend brings Bite of Seattle , but on the Eastside it’s time for Kirkland Uncorked: A Festival of Style and Taste. Kirkland Uncorked is a three-day festival featuring more than 60 wines from Washington wineries, along with pairing plates and picnic boxes from the Rotary Club of Kirkland Downtown and The Crab Cracker . Entry to the beer garden includes a ...
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Cohen Brothers' storyboarder has exhibition
J. Todd Anderson will present an exhibition of his storyboards from the films "No Country for Old Men," "Leatherheads" and "The Big Lebowski" on Tuesday, July 22 at the Cannery Art & Design Center's 520 Gallery.
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'Nanosculpture' Could Enable New Types Of Heat Pumps And Energy Converters
Researchers have discovered a new technique for growing single-crystal nanorods and controlling their shape using biomolecules. The research could enable the development of smaller, more powerful heat pumps and devices that harvest electricity from heat.
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"Nanosculpture" Could Enable New Types of Heat Pumps and Energy Converters
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered a new technique for growing single-crystal nanorods and controlling their shape using biomolecules. The research, published in the journal Advanced Materials, could enable the development of smaller, more powerful heat pumps and devices that harvest electricity from heat.
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Monterey Jazz Festival Records to Release Six Archival Recordings
Monterey Jazz Festival Records, in collaboration with the Concord Music Group, will issue the second wave of six never-before-released, archival live recordings taped on the Arena stage of the world-famous Monterey Jazz Festival.
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'Nanosculpture' could enable new types of heat pumps, energy converters
A new technique for growing single-crystal nanorods and controlling their shape using biomolecules could enable the development of smaller, more powerful heat pumps and devices that harvest electricity from heat.
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Arts Agenda
Elena del Rivero's [Swi:t] Home: A Chant , 2001–2006, installation of found papers mended, burnt, embroidered, and stitched to five rolls of muslin. Courtesy of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., and the artist. (c) Elena del Rivero. If the scant number of press releases in our inbox is any indication, we have officially reached the start of summer in the art scene. Take ...
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