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Booming Banning
BANNING - Five years ago, Rich Lopez moved from Fontana to the San Gorgonio Pass because he saw the potential for a thriving art community. Photo Gallery: Redevelopment Boom in Banning
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Garden calendar
Gabriel's Garden Lavender Festival: 6th annual event offers all things lavender, including gifts, handmade products, gardening advice, workshops, harp music, food, art, alpacas, chair massage and more.
Detroit Free Press |
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Louvre breaks ground on new Islamic Arts gallery
PARIS: 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.
Zawya |
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Bob Marley - Marley Tribute Statue
Reggae legend BOB MARLEY will be immortalised in a sculpture in Serbia, according to the planners of a local rock music festival. Organisers for the Rock Village ...
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Gas bills 'could soar by 70 per cent'
British Gas customers have been warned to expect their bills to rise by 70 per cent if the price of oil remains high.
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Passmore captures pepper spraying
Recently, a painting depicting a tense moment in history left the Coast bound for a Simon Fraser University gallery.
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Renowned climbers kick off Mountain Festival
Some of the best climbers from around the world have descended in town for the Squamish Mountain Festival. The event opened Wednesday (July 16) with a night of photography and film at the Eagle Eye Theatre headed by local great Matt Maddaloni and the renowned Sonnie Trotter.
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Major institutions
Brattleboro Museum & Art Center: In the Zone II, through Aug. 3, work in various media by artists within a 100-mile radius of Brattleboro; The Magic of Chris Van Allsburg, art work by Caldecott Award-winning author and illustrator; Inside-Outside, installation by Dianna Rust and Walter Ungerer, Union Station, Main Street (Route 5) and Routes 119 and 142, Brattleboro, (802) 257-0124 or visit ...
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Schein spellbinding in Chopin Sonata, Schubert 'Wanderer'
ASPEN - Ann Schein, an Aspen Music Festival faculty artist favorite, delivered a spellbinding piano recital Wednesday in Harris Hall that included Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy and Chopin's Sonata in B minor.
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FENNELLY COLUMN: Tubman show shines bright light on important subject
"With an Even Hand: Brown v. Board of Education" is the title of the Library of Congress exhibition now at the Tubman African American Museum, and it is well worth a visit, particularly for those too young to recall this epoch-making court decision.
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Business Association hosts family festival
BELLINGHAM — The Barkley Business Association will host a family festival from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 19. The festival will take place at the Barkley Village gazebo, 2915 Newmarket Place.
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"Please Ring Bell" at PCNW a collection of masterful work
"Please Ring Bell: 13th Annual Photographic Competition Exhibition" at Seattle's Photographic Center Northwest provides a compelling variety of photographic art talent, with juror Rod Slemmons, the former curator of prints and photographs at the Seattle Art Museum and current director of the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College, Chicago, providing interesting choices for the ...
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Indian art now a top draw at Christie's
High value Indian art has boosted sales and profits of Christie's to 1.8 billion pounds in the first six months of 2008, the reputed UK-based auction house said.
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Get Out Guide
Salem Art Fair & Festival: The 200-booth artists marketplace offers works ranging from paintings to textiles to glass art. Take part in hands-on craft workshops, watch demonstrations and listen to live music each day.
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Five Live: Get Out
1. Hood River County Fair Offers the requisite carnival rides, 4-H animals, exhibits, evening entertainment and, of course, food. Highlights: the popular "Trash or Treasure?" antique appraisals and exotic animal show.
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Three Great Ideas for Your Next 48 Hours
1. George Washington was here. Steeped in history and in fun, the annual Waterford Heritage Days festival begins today at 3 p.m. and runs till dusk. It continues Saturday from 8 a.m. to dusk and Sunday from noon to 4:30 p.m.
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Art Openings, Events and Museums
Admission is free unless otherwise noted. PROMENADE: A (Much) Larger Than Life Experience: The July artist in residence, Bill Will, and dance artist Linda K.
The Oregonian |
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All things classical come to the fore with Mozart
Three-week midsummer festival devoted to the great composer's works
Contra Costa Times |
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07/18/08 On the Record
* The Yakima Valley Museum's 2007 special exhibit "In Memory Of: Expressions of Mourning in Victorian America" was recently presented an Award of Exhibit Excellence from the Washington Museum Association.
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For Andy Warhol, image was everything
"It was his spontaneous intuition that not to be received as an image in the common consciousness is to be bereft of the only reality that matters.
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Drawing pianos and raves
Up at the World Forestry Center, folks have been celebrating all things piano this past week, listening to recitals, attending master classes, watching films about Mozart and the music of Bach -- all part of the Portland International Piano Festival.
The Oregonian |
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Gift to Portland Art Museum allows free school tours
The Portland Art Museum got some good news Wednesday when The Bank of America Charitable Foundation pledged $600,000 to the museum to underwrite free museum tours for school groups, grades K through 12. The museum says it's the second-largest corporate gift ever to the museum.
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Quilts go beyond mere bedding in exhibit By Jennifer Leigh Johnson Loveland Reporter-Herald
The artsy and unique quilts on display in the Fabric of Legacies International Art Quilt Exhibition at the Lincoln Center in Fort Collins are a little different than the quilts grandma makes. When viewing the quilts, it is easy to forget that they are made with fabric, and not created with canvas and paint.
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Golem brings klezmer-punk to Mount Tremper -- WITH VIDEOS
The Mount Tremper Arts Summer Festival opens its first year Saturday with an evening party that includes a klezmer band whose unlikely namesake is the legendary Jewish Frankenstein of Prague.
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Uganda: Painting the Music
Art continues to explore new horizons to reach out to the public. The latest attempt in this ongoing struggle is an effort to marry the performing and visual arts.
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