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Crafts from Kutch
Kutch has a strong tradition of crafts and is famous for its unusual embroidery. And these designs are now in the City. At the Gujarat handloom and handicraft exhibition-cum-sale organised by Gujarat Emporium, on display are richly embroidered fabrics from Kutch and Banki (which is a remote village on the Indo-Pakistan border) to Sankeda furniture complete with Jhula (swing) and more formal sofa ...
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Question making contest
There is a strong perception that the teaching profession does not provide much scope for creative work or professional challenges. The only way in which teachers can utilise their core skills today beyond the school is by taking tuitions. Instead, can these energies not be tapped for a creative activity like making innovative questions or curriculum?
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Local theatre opens
Now that anitAFRIKA! dub theatre has found a home, d'bi.young has entered into full planning mode for fundraisers and festivals. D'bi.young is an award-winning dub-poet, writer and theatre practitioner.
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Artist plans stonecarving demonstration
Northport artist Thomas Bowker will be hosting a demonstration called "Conversation on Stone Sculpture" Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at By The Bight Art Gallery and Studio just north of Northport.
Leelanau Enterprise |
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Dianne Reeves and Chick Corea to perform at the Bucharest Masters of Jazz Festival
Dianne Reeves, Five Peace Band, Chick Corea and John McLaughlin are only some of the artists to enter the stage of the Bucharest Masters of Jazz Festival, due to take place during October 23 – November 5 at the Palace Hall, Media Services Events announces.
Nine O'Clock |
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www.wdio.com - FinnFest 2008 in Duluth
FinnFest 2008 is back in Duluth, and thousands of Finns are expected to enjoy the 5-day festival. Music, dancing, shopping, art, lectures, and a visit from the President of Finland are on the agenda.
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Journal Sentinel 2008 Snapshot Contest winners
A moment caught in a dewdrop. Two sisters in a rare collaboration. A life story held in a pair of hands.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
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Creature features, Van Damme, young heroes slated for TIFF
Down-and-out action star Jean-Claude Van Damme, movies featuring a handful of heroic kids and more than two dozen avant-garde films and videos are among the latest additions to the Toronto International Film Festival bill.
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Kite flying festival offers Palestinian children brief reprieve from camps
A lone yellow kite greeted the visitors approaching Jal al-Baher Beach in Tyre on Tuesday morning. Soon, however, three more buses with Palestinian children from camps all over Lebanon arrived to participate in Tuesday's kite flying festival. Around noon, a bustling crowd of over 600 children could be seen dancing, playing games.
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Related Stories
The pace turns frenetic in the days right before Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival events. Here are Ribs Burnoff-related chores planned for Tuesday, July 29, the day before the Burnoff opens:
The Canton Repository |
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Gay Cinema! Aram Shelton! Museum Party!
WEDNESDAY 23 We hear you, Eight Days reader: It’s Wednesday, and you’re smacked in the face with a mid-week funk. Well bust that funk with some honest-to-goodness funk!
Free Times |
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Yale: Former art student's allegations of improper expulsion have 'no merit'
University officials said there is “no merit” to the allegations made in a lawsuit filed two weeks ago by former School of Art student Annabel Osberg ART ’09, who claims she was unfairly expelled from the Master of Fine Arts program in painting and printmaking.
Yale Daily News |
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‘Atlanta Idol’ finalist prepares to record first music
A smooth-singing artist from Greenwood should begin production on his first recorded music in the next few weeks, his manager says. Willie “Wood” Gatewood was a finalist in “Atlanta Idol” but did not win the June 28 contest.
The Greenwood Commonwealth |
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The trials of Picasso’s ‘Guernica’
X-ray examination shows the painting has suffered a lot but is not in danger
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BC BREAKING NEWS:
Dominating the Sooke ice arena, where the Sooke Fine Arts Show gets underway this Saturday, a life-size bronze sculpture poised as in mid-dive. Roughly 350 volunteers are creating an art gallery in the arena.
Victoria News |
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Impact Film Festival Announces Slate at This Summer's Democratic and Republican National Conventions
The Impact Film Festival announced today its slate of films set to screen for lawmakers, candidates and delegates at the national political conventions. Each film will have a panel discussion featuring members of the filmmaking community alongside policy makers and other issue experts during the daytime hours of the convention, for lively and important discussions. The Festival was programmed ...
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Grants Listed
Sachem Fund grants approved Monday totaled $612,950 in funding, including: Artworks Expressive Art: $10,000. Chelsea Gardens Foundation: $40,000. Children First Norwich: $5,000. Connecticut Pardon Team,
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Award-Winning Chelsea Modern Draws International Crowd
In the heart of Chelsea, at 447 West 18th Street, Chelsea Modern, is ready to welcome its new residents. In a neighborhood where prominent contemporary art galleries meet an emerging residential hotspot, Chelsea Modern has become one of the area's most distinguished buildings.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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John Repucci, 17, wins Boston art contest
At the age of 17, John Repucci has already received several accolades for his artwork, and on July 25 he’ll be receiving his latest award from Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis.
Holbrook Sun |
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Crazy Days to feature Mark Twain contest
Main Street Keokuk, Inc. and Relay for Life have teamed up with local merchants to benefit cancer research during Crazy Days 2008.
Keokuk Daily Gate City |
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Art: Wearable ART and The Alice Project
Tuesday, July 29... By Leilani Polk Two new end-of-the-summer shows at Dunedin Fine Art Center spotlight the talents of Bay area artists while offering a taste (or feast) of whimsy. The center parlays its highly successful Wearable ART Fashion Show into Wearable ART: The Exhibition, which showcases the inventive clothing and jewelry designs of Jennifer Bewerse, Jason Leigh, Maria Saraceno, Kim ...
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Tampa Museum goes green (sort of)
An exhibition gives art the "green" light... By Megan Voeller The same generation that watched in diapers as Kermit the Frog crooned "It's Not Easy Being Green" on national television now faces a different set of growing pains. This time around, being "green" isn't a metaphor for racial difference, being gay or having curly hair — it's about whether to identify with a movement that loftily aims ...
Creative Loafing Tampa |
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Residents circle around roundabout choices
An artist’s rendering of one of the proposed designs for a roundabout in Ocean Shores. OCEAN SHORES — Drivers will be navigating a new roundabout in the center of town late next year.
The Daily World |
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City Museum in St. Louis gives recycled stuff new life
Museum filled with recycled staircase banisters, shoe factory conveyor belt spokes and even an old yellow school bus sits in the building that once housed the International Shoe Co.
Inside Bay Area |
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
If you're anything like Houstonist, you loved Mad Libs as a kid (noun...snot! adjective...stupid! verb...fart! and so on). And if you're not too cool to admit it, you probably still love them now (although, hopefully your vocabulary has expanded somewhat since your playground days). DiverseWorks and the Houston Center for Photography are giving you a forum to flex not only your Mad Lib ...
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