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Celebrating world music at family festival
Emeline Michel is a New York-based Haitian singer who's sung her French and Creole songs across North America and western Europe.
The Union |
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More trouble for Art in Public Places program
Miami-Dade's Art in Public Places program is under scrutiny again -- just five months after county officials completed an extensive audit that revealed mismanagement and neglect of the county's public art collection.
Miami Herald |
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Greyfox Bluegrass Festival shows off fancy pickin'
OAK HILL -- The venerable Greyfox Bluegrass Festival opened its gates in a new location on Wednesday in this small Greene County town, a spot much closer for Capital Region day trippers. The fest, which has long been anchored at Rothvoss Farm in Ancramdale, kicked off musically on Thursday at the Walsh Farm, and Friday's schedule was ripe for the pickin' with, what else, fancy pickin.'Music ...
Albany Times Union |
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Exhibit honors late longtime Camarillo painter
heirs was a love affair — for each other and for his art — that stayed vibrant and strong during 54 years of marriage and beyond.
Ventura County Star |
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Calling all shutterbugs
The Chaffee Art Center and Rutland Dismas House will host Rutland's Amateur Photo Contest, Capturing the Heart of Rutland, from Aug. 8 to Sept. 6. ... - By ROSA BENETATOS Herald Correspondent
Rutland Herald |
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New Columbia County Fair events: more music, pig catching
It was hard to tell Friday afternoon that the Columbia County Fair would be coming to town in a matter of days.Except for Portage city workers trimming the lawns, teachers setting up the school art exhibits and an occasional pedestrian walking through the grounds, all was quiet — and muggy, and hazy, and hot — as fair association members Butch Gunderson of Pardeeville and Marianne McMillan of ...
Portage Daily Register |
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God Ganesh goes overseas for Indian devotees!
By Varada Bhat,Mumbai, July 19 : Lord Ganesh may traditionally have a tiny mouse for a mount, but the portly elephant-headed god is now travelling across the seven seas - into the homes of Indians abroad for the Ganpati festival!
New Kerala |
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Lakefield Literary Festival continues Saturday and Sunday
LAKEFIELD — With a touching tribute to journalist, author and social activist June Callwood, the Lakefield Literary Festival paid homage to “vigilant watchdog” journalists at Friday night’s kickoff event. After a short video featuring archive footage from past festivals, still photography and interview clips of Callwood, three acclaimed journalists [...]
The Peterborough Examiner |
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Wild Kingdom visits museum
Recently, Jim Fowler of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom presented three public shows to almost 1,000 people at the Mid-Hudson Children's Museum in Poughkeepsie.
Poughkeepsie Journal |
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No-contest pleas in case of child endangerment
AUBURN - The parents of an Auburn baby girl who was found in what police described as a starving condition in December agreed Friday to plead to charges related to child endangerment, the Placer County District Attorney's Office reported.
The Sacramento Bee |
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UK Photography School Adds New Program of Lifestyle Portrait Photo Training Courses
Responding to an overwhelming number of requests, top UK digital photography training school The Trained Eye has launched an exciting new program of Lifestyle Portrait Photography Courses. This comprehensive program of classes complements their existing range of wedding photography training. In addition, one- to-one consultancy days are now offered to cover both wedding and lifestyle portrait ...
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What's happenin'?
Looking for something to do Saturday? Consider the following: ART IN THE PARK The annual Anaconda arts and music festival continues Saturday and Sunday in Washoe Park. Tickets are $6 per day for 17 and older or $15 for a three-day pass. See the story on Page A1 today for details.
The Montana Standard |
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Vision Festival 2008: Day 2
It has become customary for the second night of the Vision Festival to be used to honor the lifetime achievement of one of the luminaries of the free jazz firmament and tonight, following in the footsteps of Bill Dixon, Sam Rivers and Fred Anderson, it was the turn of New Orleans saxophonist Edward Kidd Jordan.
All About Jazz |
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Art exhibit dedicated to Mexican-American vets
Carlos "Wolf" Sanchez stands in a small, stuffy, studio with a proud glint in his eye. Next to him are two portraits of Mexican-American veterans that he painted. • Photo Gallery: Wolf Gallery
Whittier Daily News |
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American Fork residents face tax increase
With the economy sputtering and the price of oil affecting the cost of many everyday purchases, American Fork residents might have another pocketbook problem higher property taxes.
Deseret Morning News |
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Fountain is out, murals are in
Plans to convert a downtown grain silo into a work of public art featuring an interactive fountain have been jettisoned in favor of a less expensive and lower-maintenance project.
The Indianapolis Star |
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Dillon Art Festival -- 07/19/08 at Dillon
Dillon Art Festival -- 07/19/08 at Dillon
Rocky Mountain News |
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Downtown Aspen Art Festival -- 07/19/08 at Aspen
Downtown Aspen Art Festival -- 07/19/08 at Aspen
Rocky Mountain News |
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Ricky Davao wins UK acting award
MANILA, Philippines -- Ricky Davao bagged the Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his indie film Signos at the International Filmmaker Film Festival in England on June 27.
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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Jeweler's art gallery to show work of Bernal, Escamilla
When Susan Eisen decided to open a gallery in her West Side jewelry store, she knew she would be increasing the amount of work and level of stress.
El Paso Times |
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Carnegie Center hosts Day at the Museum event
Maverick Belden, 4, is all boy. While his sister was busy molding a pretty clay pot outside the Carnegie Center for Art and History on Friday, Belden was shaping something a little more slithery.
The Evening News and the Tribune |
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Iron aviary: Oscar Benson's yard decorated with whimsical, majestic metal birds
Born of a whim to buy welding equipment, Oscar Benson's bird sculptures have nearly taken over the yard of his Missoula home. “I don't know why I made a bird,” he says. “But once I did it, I kept making them, I guess because of my diminished attention span.”
Missoulian |
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Deer Lodge theater effort sees construction, fundraising progress
A dinner and auction in Deer Lodge last month netted nearly $50,000 for the Rialto Community Theater restoration project. Not bad, for a town of 3,500.
Missoulian |
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Events on Jul 25, 2008
At the behest of my good friend, Weekly photographer Marcella Volpintesta, I headed over to Exhibition Hall during last year's Bumbershoot to check out Kill Hannah. The Chicago quintet took the stage with plenty of smoke, purple lights, eyeliner, hair product, and nü-goth attitude, and I...
Seattle Weekly |
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Permits lacking in Arts District
Seven months after the City Council passed a zoning law permitting artists living in the Haynie's Corner Arts District to sell work from their homes, only one gallery has applied for the permit, but several others appear to be operating in violation of the law.
Evansville Courier & Press |
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