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Much more than a party
EAST CHICAGO With more than a quarter century of experience under its belt, the Puerto Rican Parade and Cultural Organization of Northwest Indiana has this parade and festival business down pat.
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Art festival returns with new attractions
Always touted as a family event, this year's Buffalo Grove Fine Art Festival will have a special category for young artists.
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Beijing Olympic victory ceremony components unveiled
A show of all victory ceremony costumesPhoto Gallery(BEIJING, July 17) -- With the Beijing Olympic G...
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Every weekend offers a festival
According to C-J Johnson, who does outdoor media relations for Explore Minnesota Tourism, Minnesota boasts some 800 festivals and events each year, which means you can always find a reason to celebrate outdoor concerts, county fairs, art crawls, historical reenactments and of course, the Minnesota State Fair.
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Pakistani director wants to make typical Bollywood film
By Shivani Sharma, New Delhi, July 18 : Pakistani director Mehreen Jabbar, whose debut film "Ramchand Pakistani" has been widely appreciated at the 10th Osian's-Cinefan Film Festival, says she will make a Bollywood film some day.
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Vampires, Spooks, Beasts Hang Out in Surreal New Berlin Home
July 18 (Bloomberg) -- Barely a month goes by without a new museum opening somewhere in Germany to house a private collection. The latest in Berlin is home to Max Ernst 's monsters, Goya's spooks, Odilon Redon 's poetic floating faces and Dubuffet's fantastic collages made of butterfly wings.
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Other screenings
AFI Friday Nights at the Nasher This week : Big 8pm Friday at Nasher Sculpture Center, 2001 Flora St, Dallas. Free. 214-242-5100; www.nashersculpturecenter.org Bollywood Films at FunAsia FunAsia has theaters in Irving and Richardson that show current films from the Indian subcontinent, in several languages. Most films have English subtitles and intermissions. Shown various ...
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SCAD Museum renovations make exhibiting art easier
A tour of the SCAD Museum of Art's painting gallery on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard will uncover prints by William Hogarth, known for his pictorial wit and skewering of social norms and taboos.
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Robert Wilhite: The Bomb
Robert Wilhite’s sculpture is a thing of beauty — and terror. His molded poplar, mahogany and spruce construction resembles "Fat Boy," the plutonium bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, more than 60 years ago. Wilhite made the skeletal statement in his studio in Hawthorne, Calif., then trucked it across the Southwest. For the next week, the piece, known for its controversial subject matter and ...
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'Colossal' shrimp, fried quail are among Screen Door's haute Southern delights
By AMY CULBERTSON With fountains splashing, sculpture gleaming, social glitterati in residence upstairs, two hot restaurants facing off across the plaza and several more to come, One Arts Plaza is exerting a magnetic pull in Dallas’ arts district. Today’s visit is to the trendy-Southern Screen Door, brainchild of Dallas concepteur Scott Jones (Cafe Italia). We found Screen Door hopping late on ...
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Great Performances Festival: The Mahler Cycle
Individual tickets for the second installment of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra’s three-year Mahler festival go on sale Monday. This year’s event is Aug. 21-24 and begins with a program titled "The Man Behind the Music" on Aug. 21. That is followed by three more traditional concerts, each centered on one of Mahler’s great symphonies: Symphony No. 6 in A Minor, "Tragic," on Aug. 22; Symphony ...
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Events
A Survivor Art Show will open today from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in conjunction with an open house at the new office of Carol Risher at Primacy Oaks Of....
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Memphis' Watoto dé Afrika children's troupe inspires folk artist
Last March, Grammy-winning musician Dan Zanes -- a former rocker turned folksy children's singer -- filled the 824-seat Germantown Performing Arts Centre with gratified parents and kids.
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Jersey Boys, Fort Worth Guitar Guild Festival, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
The musical Jersey Boys , about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, opened in New York on the heels of a spate of musicals using the songbooks of iconic pop musicians, including the Beach Boys, Elvis Presley and John Lennon. But unlike all those shows, Jersey Boys was a hit with both audiences and critics, and picked up a Tony for Best Musical. Directed by Des McAnuff, it takes a Behind the ...
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Edmond statue sidelined for guidelines
EDMOND — City leaders are again debating spending public money on religious art. Karen Morton said she wants a statue in front of her downtown Edmond store like many of her neighboring businesses. The proposed sculpture is of Jesus Christ surrounded by three children. "I think whatever your religion, or if you have no religion, it's not an offensive statue,” Morton said. "It's not out there ...
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Local news in brief
Sweet Pea wristbands are on sale now Organizers of the Sweet Pea Festival are now selling admission bands, posters and shirts bearing the 2008 design. Wristbands are $10 if bought before the festival, and $15 at the gate. Children age 6 and under are admitted free. The festival runs Aug. 1-3.
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24 Hours: Robin Pluer performs; Cedarburg German Festival; Graffiti clean up; Beatles tribute band
6:30 tonightLocal favorite Robin Pluer takes the stage in another Starry Nights Concert at the Gerlach Outdoor Theater at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts. Pluer is a classic French torch-song style singer and a jazz ...
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Stage Aurora puts on a festival
Stage Aurora Theatrical Company will put on the first Aurora Jacksonville Black Arts Festival next week.
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Drawing New Strength From Older Power Sources
The American Dance Festival offered a packed ?Past/Forward? program on Wednesday: four choreographers and a wealth of modern dance history in two-plus hours.
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Joseph McCrindle, 85, Connoisseur of Art, Is Dead
Mr. McCrindle was an art collector who amassed a trove of old master drawings and who founded and edited the Transatlantic Review to showcase young writers.
New York Times |
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Little-Known Arbiter of Regency Taste Was a Man of the World
Thomas Hope?s life and work are examined in an exhibition that opened this week at the Bard Graduate Center in Manhattan.
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?Master of Bronze? Finally Has His Moment
The Frick will dedicate a show to Riccio this fall, whome art historians consider the greatest of the Renaissance sculptors. His work is largely unknown to the general public.
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Art in Review
Edward Hopper at Craig F. Starr Gallery, David Ellis at Roebling Hall, Fia Backstrom at White Columns and more.
New York Times |
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An Emperors? Art: Small, Refined, Jewel Toned
A show at the Sackler Gallery in Washington showcases 82 rarely seen paintings, of the most elegant and refined variety, that were commissioned by Mughal emperors.
New York Times |
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The art of summer creativity
When school boards need to cut budgets, extra-curricular programs like art are usually the first to go. That's why art teacher Wendi Cohen and illustrator/author Kim Adlerman thought it was important to bring a summer art program to Metuchen.
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