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LONDON - Sand artists create a sculpture of a hand on the foreshore of the River Thames on July 24, 2008 in London. A few days of warm sunshine have come after a very poor Summer in the south of England, with forecasters predicting a mini-heatwave over the coming days.
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Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition comes with a green message
"Sculpted Green," Bellevue's biennial sculpture exhibition, prods viewers to think about nature and their relationship to it. The show continues at Bellevue's City Hall and Downtown Park through Oct. 5.
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25 years of folk
This is a special year for the Champlain Valley Folk Festival as it celebrates its 25th anniversary. The festival is the premier annual Vermont folk celebration, with three days of concerts, dancing, impromptu jams, and crafts set in Kingsland Bay State Park in Ferrisburgh Aug. 1-3. ... - By Art Edelstein Arts Correspondent
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POP! goes the easel
Children make artwork with bubbles, but they don't blow the chance to learn.
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Bulletin Board: A list of Broward County events
Today's highlights Dream Date Auction, 6 p.m. at Spirits Night Club at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, 1 Seminole Way, Hollywood. $30. Benefits Make-A-Wish Foundation. Call 954-967-9474, ext. 320.
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sound check
PDX POP FESTIVAL COMES OF AGE -- FOR ALL AGES -- AND IT'S FREE -- In human years, reaching the age of 5 is a small achievement. For a music festival, though, that's a pretty big number.
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Shows of note
Community Celebration for the Contemporary Northwest Art Awards The Portland Art Museum recently unveiled the first Contemporary Northwest Art Awards, curated by Northwest art curator Jennifer Gately.
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Cape family strikes gold at home
The painting of an orange sun melting into dusky sky over Massachusetts marshland had been hanging in a Cape Cod home, appreciated but unappraised.
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Revisited "Brideshead" makes good theater
The first feature adaptation of "Brideshead Revisited" is a lush retelling of Evelyn Waugh's elegiac 1945 novel that, though not be a masterpiece, makes for good theater.
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Get Out Guide
Estacada Summer Celebration: A festival with hands-on art activities, art booths, a silent auction, dance performances, food, live music and other activities. Visit the Web site for a complete schedule of events. Presented by the Estacada Arts Commission and Estacada Together. Fri-Sun, July 25-27.
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Live Music
Outdoor Concert: Musicians from the Stanford Jazz Workshop Presented in association with "Spared from the Storm: Masterworks from the New Orleans Museum of Art" at the Cantor Arts Center. Sponsored by the Joan and John Jay Corley Fund for Performance. Picnics and lawn chairs encouraged.
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AfroSolo Arts Festival has two shows for sax lovers
"SaxoPhoNia" concert, Coltrane tribute on tap at the annual festival
Contra Costa Times |
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Aspen Art Museum moves forward with expansion plans
ASPEN - The Aspen Art Museum has plans to expand to a different location and has raised $28 million toward the effort, in addition to hiring an architect.
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Art Openings, Events and Museums
Admission is free unless otherwise noted. Water in the Desert Festival: This year's themes are ecopsychology and climate change.
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Friday Jazz at MOCA
Museum of Contemporary Art, 770 NE 125th St., North Miami; 305-893-6211. Outdoor concert featuring the Michael Orta Quartet, as part of ``Jazz at MOCA.''
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Shedding light on, well, light
Jacqueline Ehlis' exhibit at the New American Art Union gives added meaning to the notion of art installation. Rather than merely drawing our attention to the artwork, Ehlis uses her pieces to spotlight the architecture of the gallery and how light moves through the space.
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Saturday Camposition celebrates Miami
ONE-ONE-TWO: IMAGINE MIAMI REBORN Cutting-edge benefit for eclectic art producer Camposition celebrates Miami's 112th birthday with performances by the Michelle Riu Band, Blowfly, right, Otto Von Schirach, The Chongalicious Girls and exhibits by local artists.
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Readers' Corner: July 25, 2008
Local Parents proud of son's sculptures
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Art Pick `Thirteen_08'
From obesity to gun violence, the 13 South Florida artists who won the South Florida Cultural Consortium Juried Exhibition of 2008 tackle social and environmental ills in an impressive range of mediums. Thirteen_08, a show of their winning work is on exhibit at the Museum of Art/Fort Lauderdale through Oct. 6. Among the most eye-catching are the digital graphite illustrations of Diane Arrieta, a ...
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No plans? Here are 10 things to do in Rochester area this weekend
There are plenty of weekend activities, from Buffalo Bills training camp to the ESL International Air Show to the Ten Ugly Men Festival.
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Open art exhibit
The Sacramento Fine Arts Center will hold its annual open art exhibition, "Magnum Opus XIX," from Tuesday to Aug. 16.
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Anita Creamer: An artful umbrella from life's rainy days
She doesn't pry. Kellie Kolenski wants us to know that. Chatting pleasantly with the customers is part of her job as a part-time employee in the Crocker Art Museum's store, so she typically asks people where they're from while they make their purchases.
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A historic folk art village has been in decay for decades, with no funds to restore it
Is it art or a collection of unsafe structures? That's the question that has kept Bottle Village in Simi Valley in dusty disrepair for more than two decades.
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The World's Most Expensive Book Will Remain Under Lock and Key Until the March 2009 Art Dubai
Author Tomas Alexander Hartmann will present the world's most expensive book available today, "the task" to the public one last time at the Art Dubai in March. After the exhibition, the book will never again be accessible to audiences.
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Calendar Listings
Painting Class - With Marilyn Wannamaker. Through Aug. 2. $240 members/$275 nonmembers 636-4128. Memphis Botanic Garden 750 Cherry 685-1566.
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