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White House honors Rucci
News from the Kent State University Museum: Ralph Rucci was honored with a White House reception Monday for winning the 2008 National Design Award for Fashion Design from the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum.
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Famed artists sculpting ash's remains
What: A 350-year-old white ash cut down three years ago in Tenafly continues to give back to the community. How: Prized wood from the tree, which stood beside Mackay Elementary School until October 2005, is being sculpted by 16 to 18 nationally renowned artists.
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Love, forgiveness is poetry contest theme
Bettendorf Public Library is hosting a poetry contest with the theme, Love and Forgiveness in two divisions, youth (middle through high school) and adult.
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Exhibit features prints from new St. John's Bible
MICHIGAN CITY The Lubeznik Center for the Arts is hosting an exhibition of 20 prints from a modern manuscript of the St. John’s Bible, on display through Aug. 30 at 101 W. 2nd St.
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Festivals abound this weekend
This is one of those weekends where the price of gasoline may be immaterial.
The Times of Northwest Indiana |
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Khristi Zimmeth: Her $8 Diego Rivera is a print, but still has value
'I sure would like to know if it's worth more than the $8 I paid for it," says Christina Hoover of Northville of the matted and framed 10 1/2 -by-15-inch Diego Rivera painting she purchased at an estate sale near Gregory, Mich., a few years ago.
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Jeanine Matlow: Auctions can be cheap source of inspiration
It doesn't take a lot of cash to fill your home with character. Sometimes, all you need is a unique source with an abundance of options.
Detroit News |
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Polish Hill doubling its fun this weekend
Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Polish Hill holds its annual festival today, using chairs and tents that would afterward sit empty until Monday's return to the rental company. ...
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Apples in Stereo Benefit Auction
A top story from this week. Housing Works Bookstore will be holding an online benefit auction of a custom guitar, painted by outsider folk artist Steve Keene, signed by Elijah Wood and The Apples in stereo
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Teen ‘Benchmarks’ on display
It looked like a scene from opening night at an art gallery as 20 budding artists unveiled their masterpieces Friday evening in East Lawrence. “I just wanted to pull the sheet off,” 15-year-old Danielle Galloway said, after revealing her handpainted bench to the director of Raintree Montessori. “She loved it. I thought she was going to start crying.”
Lawrence Journal-World |
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My calendar: Edmond
TODAY United States Specialty Sports Association National Tournament , through Sunday, Hafer Park baseball fields, 1034 S Bryant, 340-5300. World Barrel Racing , through Sunday, Lazy E Arena, 9600 Lazy E Drive, Guthrie, 282-7433. Edmond Farmers Market , 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesdays and Saturdays, Festival Market Place, 26 W First, 359-4630. Guthrie Farmers Market , 9 a.m., Harrison and ...
The Oklahoman |
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Looking to cure the midsummer blues? This weekend's your chance to do it because there is no shortage of events in the ...
HIGHLAND FEST Cleveland Avenue and Ford Parkway in St. Paul This year's festival boasts musical acts including a Beatles tribute band and
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SHORT-ORDER SCULPTORChef cooks up ice sculptures based on onlookers' requests
Kalamazoo Gazette - Local Kalamazoo Area News covering Allegan, Otsego, Portage, South Haven, Vicksburg, Kalamazoo County and Western Michigan University.
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Energy Bar: Fuel for a successful day
To-do list1 Introduce the children to the fine art of outhouse racing. This year, Cedarburg hosts its first German Festival with a special event called Toiletten-Lauf — a.k.a. the team sport of outhouse racing that features four...
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SeaFair has little soul despite buzz
"The rich are different from you and me." — F. Scott Fitzgerald A whole lot of buzz has surrounded the eye-catching private yacht SeaFair docked at the Charleston City Marina since earlier this week. The sleek $40 million, five-story mega-boat actually resembles a fine piece of sculpture rather than a seafaring vessel.
The Post and Courier |
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The Art of Darkness
Images from the "After Nature" show at the New Museum
New York Times |
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Sometimes the Darkest Visions Boast the Blackest Humor
?After Nature,? the big new show at the New Museum, is a strange, lugubrious, wildly uneven dream of an exhibition.
New York Times |
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What Agnes saw through the looking-glass
NEW YORK -- As a tour guide through the nether regions of "Impressing the Czar," the hypertrophied spectacle by William Forsythe that Royal Ballet of Flanders brought to the Lincoln Center Festival on Thursday, Forsythe's spokeswoman, Agnes, leaves something to be desired.
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This 'Devil' scores one for a sculptor fan and Newark
In a city filled with public sculpture, some by America's most noted sculptors, the work of a just-discovered artist will soon be the most visible. "It is the dream of every artist to have your work seen," said Jon Krawczyk. "You want people to see it and respond.
The Star-Ledger |
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Art market boom in India, China boosts Christie's sales
London: Auction house Christie's says it has recorded a 63 percent growth entirely due to the emergence of Indian and Chinese buyers of both their own art and western art.
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Of photographs that simultaneously convey distance and proximity
New Delhi: Can a photograph simultaneously convey a sense of distance and proximity? If it's been taken by a student of prominent German photographers Bernd and Hilla Becher, it most certainly can - as is evident at an exhibition underway here.
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Fresh face for retail
Businesses have set up shop at the new Waterway Village, a 38,000-square-foot complex on the north end of Myrtle Beach. Jersey Mike's Subs, 7 Twelve Boutique, Nail Max and King One Properties have opened in the center, which is near The Afterdeck. An Italian restaurant, art gallery and computer store are scheduled to move in within the next 90 days, said Michael King, the leasing agent for ...
The Myrtle Beach Sun News |
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4-H clothing projects dressed up in blue
Blue ribbon winners in the July 12 4-H Clothing Exhibition at the Knox County Extension office have been announced.
The Galesburg Register-Mail |
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Briefs: Cultural events in the city
Heather Pesanti, assistant curator of contemporary art at the Carnegie Museum of Art, in October will become the curator of an art gallery in Buffalo, N.Y.
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Director: Children’s Museum in dire straits
The Children’s Museum of Bozeman may have to close it doors or relocate sometime soon because of operating costs it simply can’t pay, Christine Lux, the museum’s executive director, said Friday.
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