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Pols are all wrong on oil crisis policy
Saturday, July 19 Media sound bytes provide politicians the perfect venue to ply their art of misleading assumption.
Berkshire Eagle |
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New Arts Festival Linking Weimar and Shiraz Planned For 2009
A new arts festival now taking shape in Germany may help avert a "war of civilizations" by highlighting a shared reverence in the Islamic world and the West for classical poetry and fine art.
Deutsche Welle |
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Nonprofit groups essential at art fair
Teri Magee has gone to the Salem Art Fair & Festival for five years, and every year she looks forward to one particular booth: Habitat for Humanity's gourmet ice cream bar booth.
Salem Statesman Journal |
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Check It Out
(IsraelNN.com) A video game called "The Night of Bush Capturing; A Virtual Jihadi" challenges players to kill American President George W. Bush. The video is on display at a free-speech exhibit in Chicago.
Israel National News |
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Dark masterpieces
Osamu Tezuka played such a central role in Japanese comic books (manga) and animation (anime) that he is often called the Asian Walt Disney. Tezuka himself cited “Bambi” and other Disney works as inspiration, while his most famous creation, “Astro Boy” (1952-68), bears an uncanny resemblance to Mickey Mouse.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
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stuffed with history
A new museum will celebrate a former Jackson resident known around the world but nearly forgotten in his adopted city. He was Richard Steiff, a German immigrant who invented the most popular toy in history, the teddy bear, and lived his last 16 years in Jackson.
The Jackson Citizen Patriot |
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Eleanor Antin exhibition opens at Museum of Art
Eleanor Antin, visual artist, performance artist, filmmaker and professor emeritus at the University of California San Diego, is having her first museum exhibition in California in nine years.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
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Brazil police find stolen Picasso
São Paulo, 07/20 - Police in Brazil have recovered an engraving by Pablo Picasso that was stolen from a museum in Sao Paulo. The Painter and the Model was taken in a daylight robbery in June from the state-owned Estacao Pinacoteca museum.
AngolaPress |
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Business Briefs: July 20, 2008
CHAZY -- Chazy Westport Communications has announced winners of its seventh annual art contest and the prizes they received. They are as follows: First place: Ashley Gilmore, Chazy Central School, grade 6; $100 savings bond, art set and $200 worth of art supplies for her school.
Plattsburgh Press Republican |
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Warhol's Rose print offered as limited-edition poster
The Cincinnati Art Museum will unveil a limited-edition poster -- the first ever -- of its 1985 painting "Pete Rose" by the late American pop artist Andy Warhol on July 30.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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Next weekend offers soul and summer fun
With the elevated gas prices, close-to-home fun is looking even more attractive. This region becomes a giant festival next weekend.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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Miss Brooklyn wins state pageant title
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The city's own Leigh Taylor Smith, Miss Brooklyn, won the crown at last night's Miss New York State pageant, earning her ticket to represent the Empire State at the Miss America contest in January.
Staten Island Advance |
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Top newspapers are recognized at APA convention
The Birmingham News, The Opelika-Auburn News, the Shelby County Reporter and the Call News of Citronelle were honored Saturday for General Excellence, the top prize in the Alabama Press Association's 2008 Better Newspaper Contest.
Mobile Press-Register |
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On Today
Sandfest: Family Fun Day at Cadboro Bay, Gyro Park. Professional sand sculptor Fred Dobbs completes a giant sand sculpture plus bouncy castle, activities, food and family fun, 11 a.m.-
Victoria Times Colonist |
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Trash or Art?
Piles of boxes left over Saturday from the Westport Public Library’s annual book sale take on a look of pop art--very timely as just down the road the Westport Fine Arts Festival is under way in Parker Harding Plaza.
WestportNow |
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Lincoln Presidential Museum a contender for Fort Wayne collection
SPRINGFIELD - The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield--is a finalist for a $20 million collection of Abraham Lincoln materials being given away by the Lincoln Financial Foundation, owner of--a Lincoln museum in Fort Wayne, Ind., that recently closed.
SouthtownStar |
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Open-air art gallery marks its 34th year
GRIFFITH -- Brazil, Ind., artists Carolyn and Stephen Phillips have been coming to Griffith's Park Full of Art for at least 25 years -- Carolyn with her silver jewelry and Stephen with his metal work.
Post-Tribune |
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Spin control
ELECTRONIC Girl Talk, "Feed the Animals" (Illegal Art) One of the most exciting performers in the electronic music underground -- his gig at last year's Pitchfork Music Festival set off a veritable frenzy -- laptop composer Gregg Gillis is arguably as significant for his politics as he is for his unbelievably dense, incredibly enjoyable musical pastiches.
Chicago Sun-Times |
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CYBER TRIP
What would it take to persuade you to take this summer's vacation in Wyoming? How about a dynamite music festival set against the backdrop of mountain scenery?
The Naperville Sun |
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Coming soon: One million-dollar museum
White Nose Pete, a fabled brook trout. Cornelia "Fly Rod" Crosby, Maine's first licensed guide. Carrie Stevens, who landed a nearly 7-pound fish, then a name for herself.
The Lewiston Sun Journal |
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Candidate-related art taking off
Last week's New Yorker magazine cover, an illustration depicting Sen. Barack Obama and his wife as fist-bumping terrorists, has been all over the news. But that isn't the only Obama-related artwork attracting attention these days.
Chicago Sun-Times |
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Elgin Public Museum part of Museum Madness
Forty-one Chicago-area museums have come together for the seventh annual "Museum Madness" summer program.
The Courier News |
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Library hosts artist Mort Luby's show, visit
Mort Luby's love of the Fox Valley is evident in his Americana-style paintings. The renowned artist's work can be enjoyed by all as the Dundee Township Public Library showcases Luby's paintings through the end of July. The library also will host a Meet the Artist reception from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday.
The Courier News |
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Police return photographs seized from gallery
LONDON. The New South Wales police force has decided not to prosecute the Roslyn Oxley9 gallery in Sydney or the artist Bill Henson for an exhibition of works that was shut down by the police.
Art Newspaper |
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Arts Festival continues today
The Midsummer Festival of the Arts at the John Michael Kohler Art Center in Sheboygan, formerly called the John Michael Kohler Arts Center Outdoor Arts Festival, continues today from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the block surrounding the Arts Center on New York and Wisconsin avenues and the Arts Center grounds.
Sheboygan Press |
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