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Easy-Biking Seattle to Smith Cove at Terminal 91
Thrilled with our ongoing summer weather, wanting to take advantage of it while we can, Seattlest hopped on the bike on Saturday and headed downtown. We haven't given nearly enough face time to Olympic Sculpture Park since it was pulled together, so that was our real destination. We had a book in our sack, and intended to just lie in the warm grass and read. Of course, once we got biking, we ...
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Florida man wins Hemingway look-alike contest
KEY WEST, Fla. - A white-bearded Florida man won an Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest, a highlight of a festival that ended Sunday honoring the late Nobel Prize-winning author.
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Carving his niche
Retired minister John Birkelbach spent his career carving out a place for Jesus in the hearts of his various flocks over the years. Now he spends his time doing much the same thing to wood.
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Heart Gallery Photography exhibit looks to help regional youth get adopted
UTICA - Most people use a camera to try and capture a memory, but with the Heart Gallery Exhibit, photographers are attempting to capture something else...and that's hope.
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Downtown comes (515) alive
Event organizer Richard McCabe, aka DJ Flash, wants to amp up 515 Alive after the reaction he saw to the 80/35 Music Festival earlier this month.
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Fundraiser will help Iowa families
auction as part of Heartland Family Service’s Strike a Chord fundraiser. "Rebels With a Cause" is the 1950s theme of the Heartland Family Service Strike a Chord 4 fundraiser for southwest Iowa children and families.
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Traverse City Film Festival Schedule
Anvil! The Story of Anvil 2008/USA/NR/90 min. Director Sacha Gervasi’s amazing documentary follows the criminally overlooked Canadian metal band Anvil -- a group whose core members started playing together in high school and are still going strong 35 years later.
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Frances Bean Cobain: Rolling Stone's Summer Intern
Spawn of Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain, Frances Bean, has taken an internship for the summer at Rolling Stone -- the magazine that once commemorated her father's death with a tribute issue . Earlier this year she told Harper's Bazaar that her career aspirations involved photography and journalism, while hinting at the upcoming internship at the rock rag. The NY Post reports via some ...
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Kids Day draws hundreds of families to Civic Center
HOUMA -- There were ponies, face-painting booths, costumed characters and a rock-climbing wall, among a slew of other attractions.
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Whiz of the Web: Monday Meat Slices
The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. The Center City District is running a pretty cool contest: submit your best photos from Center City Sips and you could win $200 worth of Center City restaurant gift certificates. (Via RJ) The AV Club takes a look at 20 cases of The Darrin Effect , that being, when a character is recast and the result ...
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Quilt Extravaganza set for August 1-2
The city of Berea will celebrate the art of quilting during the fourth annual “Quilt Extravaganza” weekend, Aug. 1-2.This citywide event, sponsored by the Berea Arts Council and the city of Berea, will feature a wide array of quilt displays, including an exhibit of contemporary art quilts, traditional and antique quilts from private collections and a community show featuring quilts created by ...
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Summer Art Workshops for Kids
School's out for summer and there's still time to sign up for two exciting kids' art workshops at the Long Island Museum of American Art, History & Carriages in Stony Brook. On July 22 & 24 from 1 to 3 p.m., children in grades four and up will have a chance to create their own still life paintings in Exploring Acrylics.
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Having Lost Project Runway, Bravo Picks Up SJP's Reality Show
The Sarah Jessica Parker-backed reality show that promised to be the Project Runway of the art world has finally been picked up by Bravo, according to The Hollywood Reporter . America Artist is an hour-long art competition show in which contestants compete in front of judges—start guessing names!—to draw, paint, sculpt, and hopefully do some performance art until a winner is ...
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Getting to the root of things at Oshawa gallery
OSHAWA -- Kathleen Ritter was born and raised in Oshawa but now lives and works in Vancouver. Meredith Bingham was born in Winnipeg, raised in Leamington and now lives and works in Port...
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Happy hour at the Albany Museum of Art
Where can you eat some good food, hear some great music and dance the night away for only five dollars? The Albany Museum of Art. As part of it's Full Blown Blues Fridays Summer Concert Series, the museum is bringing in renowned musician Carlos Barrientos to perform.
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Free (Or Incredibly Cheap) Festivals For Summer
Summer is festival season, but they can set you back a small fortune -- that is unless you can find free (or incredibly cheap) ones to attend.
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‘ArtParis-Abu Dhabi’ returns to Emirati capital
Over 700 artists will be exhibiting more than 3,300 artworks in art exhibition Novemvber at Emirates Palace.
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A hotel that caters to both the biker and businessman
It's in the details at Milwaukee's Iron Horse When you're building a hotel called The Iron Horse, selecting a site just across a bridge from the new Harley-Davidson Museum may seem like an obvious choice. But Milwaukee's Tim Dixon decided to convert a 1907 brick warehouse into a hotel two weeks before the museum's proposed address had been revealed.
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Worldwide events calendar for August
Through March 30, 2009 : "George Lois: The Esquire Covers," New York, 212-708-9400; www.moma.org . 1960s at issue at the Museum of Modern Art.
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Governor tries to imagine new economy for Mass.
(AP:BOSTON) Hanging high in the chambers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives is the wooden sculpture of a cod fish _ a silent reminder of what was once the backbone of state's economy.
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Focusing on artwork
New Iberia now has a place for youths to indulge in creativity and arts and crafts free while building self-esteem at the same time.
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Fundraising for museum
If you’re one of more than 300 Bayou Teche museum supporters, you’ll have a chance to see and meet pieces of New Iberia’s history while eating, socializing, bidding on auction items and listening to music Friday night at the museum’s fundraiser.
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Art from the Heart: Studio by the Tracks
Since 1989 Studio by the Tracks has helped children and adults with autism, Asperger's, and other developmental challenges learn art. Director Ila Faye Miller said a Sunday auction featuring their work gave her students the chance to earn more than money. It's about respect.
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Diane Tanios Gallery Highlights 'Lowbrow' Artists in New Gallery Exhibit, SUPERDOGunderdog: 'Knuckle-Opera for the ...
Move over Iron Man, Batman, Hancock and Hellboy, Chicago gallerist Diane Tanios, owner of the Diane Tanios Gallery, has assembled her own team of superhumans for what can only be described as a thrill ride of a new show at her Lakeview art gallery at 3243 North Broadway.
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Columbia Museum of Art unveils gallery of ancient art
COLUMBIA - The Columbia Museum of Art has unveiled a new and permanent installation of its ancient art collection. The world of the ancient Romans is represented by 2nd century glass and bronze items and portrait sculpture. Many of these works have not been seen since the museum moved to its location on Main Street in 1998.
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