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New York Festivals Announces Restructuring of International Film and Video Awards and Call for Entries for the 2009 ...
NEW YORK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 07/25/08 -- On the heels of an overall restructuring, the New York Festivals announced its call for entries for the 2009 International Film and Video Awards.
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Gaps in aging levees leave D.C. landmarks exposed
Strolling beside the Reflecting Pool with the Lincoln Memorial in the distance, it's easy to overlook a gentle rise in the landscape a few yards to the north. The small berm is part of an inconspicuous levee system designed to protect world-famous museums,...
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Highwayman brings his art to riverfront
ne of Florida’s treasures walked the bank of the St. Johns River at Palatka’s riverfront Wednesday morning. Robert Lewis Jr., one of the original Florida Highwaymen artists and a member of the Florida Artists Hall of Fame, brought his insight and paintings to the riverfront.
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Gorrie Museum to Chill Out Saturday
APALACHICOLA — A 300-pound block of ice will take center stage Saturday at the Apalachicola museum that is dedicated to the city's most famous son, Dr.
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New York Festivals Announces Restructuring of International Film and Video Awards and Call for Entries for the 2009 ...
On the heels of an overall restructuring, the New York Festivals announced its call for entries for the 2009 International Film and Video Awards. Now entering its 52nd year, the award honors "The World's Best Work(TM)." The competition recognizes work on a global scale in feature-length, short and documentary films; informational, educational and industrial film productions; and corporate and ...
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On the eve of the sale of a rare Eastwood period work by Gerard Sekoto, Sean O'Toole rewinds the clock to 1946
of human curiosity and social exclusion. Coolly observed from a distance, Gerard Sekoto's painting Soka Majoka ("Sixpence a Door") shows groups of township residents, among them three boys balancing on a ledge, craning their necks to see a ticketed performance going on behind a makeshift partition.
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Jeff Koons Has A 'Ta-Da' Moment In Chicago
Naked ladies, rabbits, basketballs and a big, shiny blue heart are all on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art, courtesy of the American painter, sculptor and artist-provocateur. The exhibit leaves most visitors smiling, laughing or just plain puzzled.
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Andrew McLeod, saltwater spear thrower
HIS artistry on the football field is undisputed but Crows champion Andrew McLeod chose to immortalise a different side of his personality on canvas for the South Australian Living Artists Festival.
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Gaps in aging levees leave D.C. landmarks exposed
Strolling beside the Reflecting Pool with the Lincoln Memorial in the distance, it's easy to overlook a gentle rise in the landscape a few yards to the north. The small berm is part of an inconspicuous levee system designed to protect world-famous museums, the National Archives and federal office buildings from flooding. But the nearly 70-year-old levee is at risk of failing during a major storm ...
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Marion Popcorn Festival deadlines approaching
MARION - The Marion Popcorn Festival is fast approaching and the deadlines to become a part of the 2008 Popcorn royalty are near.
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The FDRs of Green explain the gentle art of planet saving
Flunking economics the Green New Deal Group way A "triple crunch" of financial crisis, climate change and soaring oil prices threatens the world with a new Great Depression so, 'drawing inspiration from FDR' the Green New Deal Group proposes "a modernised version" of the solution. FDR himself being unhappily unavailable, we have the newly-formed group and its eponymous report instead. And ...
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Garden heaven
IF THE parks and shopping malls seem empty of people this weekend, it may be because there is another attraction in town - the Singapore Garden Festival.
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CRAZY, an Award-Winning Film Inspired by the Life of Guitar Legend Hank Garland, is an Official Selection at Cape Cod, ...
CRAZY, an independent feature film inspired by the tragic life and groundbreaking music of legendary 1950s-era guitarist Hank Garland, is an official selection at the 17TH Annual Woods Hole Festival in Woods Hole, MA.
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Finishing touches
Peyton Binkley, 10, of Crooksville, puts glaze on a ceramic piece she made during the National Ceramic Museum and Heritage Center pottery camp on Thursday. The camp, held in two-week sessions throughout the summer, was run by 16-year-old Henry Peller of Roseville.
Zanesville Times Recorder |
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Corbett swoops to unveil bird statue
COMEDIAN Ronnie Corbett is set to unveil an iconic bronze sculpture of an Arctic tern, which has been returned to North Berwick.
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Possible Dreams Tests a Change
It’s been called the biggest event on the Vineyard social calendar, and the Possible Dreams Auction organizers found how to count just how big it had grown when a storm hovered over the lawns of Edgartown’s Harborside Inn on the first Monday in August last year.
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OnMilwaukee.com Weekend Preview: July 25-27
This weekend, it's Brewers, Bradford Beach Jam, Gallery Night and Day, The Police, German Fest, Armenian Fest, Brady Street Festival, the Great Downer Avenue Bike Race, Washington County Fair and more.
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Womad acts fail to get UK visas
The cancellation of three acts who failed to obtain UK visas will not spoil the Womad festival in Wiltshire, organisers say.
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Summer Gallery Night highlights
The summer edition of the quarterly art takeover known as Gallery Night and Day has arrived. There are 57 venues to peruse, so give yourself plenty of time. Here are a few, among many, worth checking out.
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Israel festival planned for Australia
The Australian government will host a weeklong festival in Israel next year. the government hopes to raise Australia's profile in Israel. An initiative of the Australia Israel Cultural Exchange, the festival is planned for June 21-29, 2009 in various venues across the Holy Land.
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Artist dips town's history in paint
Dozens of paint cans, a mixer, brushes, sponges and a whole lot of energy and creativity are the necessities of Ron Artis' work. The local artist has been busy trying to re-create the charm of old Wahiawa by painting murals throughout the town.
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Correggio and the sensuality of the saints
Correggio, an Italian Renaissance artist known for depicting humanity with freshness and sympathy, is the subject of an unprecedented gathering of more than 50 paintings and drawings at the Galleria Borghese in Rome.
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Friday the 25th of July 2008
Aseries of 26 exquisitely detailed watercolors depicting almost-extinct traditional Khmer houses have gone on show in Phnom Penh. The exhibition by novice artist Chhum Channa was opened to the public on July 22 at the Reyum Institute of Arts and Culture.
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Argos QBs reading same playbook
TORONTO -- No trick photography was used to capture the scene that unfolded near the end of the Argos' victory against the Edmonton Eskimos Sunday at the Rogers Centre.
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Swiss Days setup
Photo caption: J.D. Tarr, left, Rachel Fahl and Sam Heckard set up the South Adams High School student government booth Thursday for Berne Swiss Days. The festival runs through Saturday. Photo by Clint Keller The Journal Gazette
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