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Lakemore, Springfield Rock the Docks
SOUTH SUMMIT — Lakemore/Springfield Community Days, also known as Rock the Docks, did just that July 18-20 around Springfield Lake. Local businesses and organizations participated in the event, including Springfield High School cheerleaders, who did some face painting.
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Budapest: fine arts museum holds first-ever photography show
Visitors looks at nude pictures at the Hungarian Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest.
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Eastfield Library presents “People's Lives”
Eastfield College Library (L200) presents “People’s Lives: A Photographic Celebration of the Human Spirit,” a Humanities Texas exhibit, July 21 n September 1.
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Hampton Designer Showhouse: large, energy-efficient, chic
Seashells, unfinished woods, natural stone, rock sculptures, solar panels and a geothermal heating and cooling system are just some of the elements that make this year's showhouse a crib that's eco-friendly and chic.
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Britney memorabilia sold
A host of iconic Britney Spears memorabilia will go under the hammer next month, it has been announced. The Rock & Roll Pop Art Auction kicks-off on August 2 online and features one lot expected to fetch around $25,000.
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Whitehaven News
Are you the Face of 2008? Have you got what it takes to be crowned the Face of Cumbria 2008? How would you like to win the £1,000 top prize - a modelling shoot with Simon Anderson Photography and professional portfolio?
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22nd International Izmir Festival Ends
IZMIR - The 22nd International Izmir Festival has ended with a concert conducted by worldwide famous conductor Zubin Mehta.
TurkishPress.com |
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Kenya: Christian And Muslim Youth Share At Catholic Art Festival
Youth from parts of Kenya and neighbouring South Sudan are taking part in an art festival organized by two associations in collaboration with the north-western Diocese of Lodwar.
AllAfrica.com |
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Budapest: fine arts museum holds first-ever photography show
Budapest's highbrow Museum of Fine Arts has staged its first-ever photography exhibition, causing a sensation with a novel show paying tribute to some of the best artists of the genre.
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Budapest: fine arts museum holds first-ever photography show
Budapest's highbrow Museum of Fine Arts has staged its first-ever photography exhibition, causing a sensation with a novel show paying tribute to some of the best artists of the genre.
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Splash Media Announces New Networks on Adobe Media Player
Splash Media LP, an Emmy Award winning innovator of digital video publishing announced today that selected content from two of Splash's networks, The Success Training Network , and xTrain have been accepted into the Adobe Media Player platform and will be available as new networks effective immediately.
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Exploring a world in watercolours
Nancy Tichborne says her Watercolour World: The creative process explored (New Zealand Calendar Company, pbk, $50) has been 60 years in the making. This beautifully produced book not only reproduces her paintings, but is also about her philosophy and techniques.
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On the fringe
William Chrisman alumni, Jason Bohon, front, rehearses a scene with fellow cast members in the 3 Sticks Theatre Company's production, "The Gypsy and The General," Wednesday afternoon for the KC Fringe Festival in the West Bottoms of Kansas City.
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Teen artists make their mark
Using a hybrid style that combines graffiti techniques with principles of fine art, a group of seven students is creating two murals on the walls of the United Way building this summer. Called "Making our Mark," the students are designing and painting their view of the community for [...]
Owen Sound Sun Times |
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MARKET SNAPSHOT: U.S. Stocks Climb As Oil Drops And Data Better Than Forecast
U.S. stocks staged a rebound Friday, as investor concerns about the economy eased after the price of crude declined and the government's durable-goods report for June showed an unexpected rise in demand for big-ticket items.
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U.S. stocks climb as oil drops and data better than forecast
U.S. stocks staged a rebound Friday, as investor concerns about the economy eased after the price of crude declined and the government's durable-goods report for June showed an unexpected rise in demand for big-ticket items.
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Paint party
Every week, about a dozen people meet in San Andreas to paint and socialize. This week they will display their artwork for the first time at a free art show at The Courtyard Bed & Breakfast.
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Charlie Kaufman makes directorial debut
Sony Pictures Classics says it has purchased the U.S. rights to Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut, Synecdoche, New York, from Sidney Kimmel Entertainment.In the movie, which screened in official competition at the Cannes International Film Festival, Philip Seymour Hoffman plays Caden Cotard, a theater director who views his life in Schenectady, N.Y. as bleak since his wife Adele, played by ...
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Political hues
These days, two art shows in Washington DC are laden with hot political undertones. One is Jacob Lawrence’s “Migration” series — a brilliant set of works documenting how African-Americans from the south went to the west coast in droves, looking for jobs and freedom. This is at the Philips Gallery.
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Spears' wardrobe to go on sale
Clothes once worn by Britney Spears are being sold at an auction in the US.
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Best bets in entertainment for July 25-31.
Through Sept. 7: Trips "up north," boating on the lake and twilight meals with friends — that's the inspiration behind the "Minnesota Summer Dreams" exhibit. Pieces on display include Knife River resident Patricia Canelake's colorful paintings of boats in the harbor, Michael Tonder's striking glass sculptures that evoke the waters of Lake Superior near his home in Two Harbors and Sarah Dudgeon's ...
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The Week[end]: July 25-27, 2008
Summer festivals seem to come in threes 'round these parts, and this weekend offers Waunafest, Fiesta Hispana, and Atwood Summerfest as options for bidding farewell to July. There's also the usual wealth of live music. In addition to a MAMAs showcase, Opera in the Park, JJO Band Camp, there will be shows by Jeremy Jay, The New Mastersounds, Dub Trio, F. Stokes, Paul Cebar 'amp; the Milwaukeeans, ...
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Lee Rosenbaum's cultural commentary
Remember the June 2006 cresting of the Potomac River in Washington, DC, which caused temporary closures of the National Archives, National Gallery, Natural History Museum and American History Museum, not to mention the Internal Revenue Service?
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The RAA is back, just in time for Gallery Night
After six years without a space, the Riverwest Art Works Artists' Association (RAA) is back together under one roof and celebrates with a Gallery Night and Day show.
OnMilwaukee.com |
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Chester Library presents exhibit
Ruth Reilly Palczynski received her master’s degree in painting and printmaking from Rochester Institute of Technology. She currently teaches art at Curtis Elementary School in Chesterfield County, where she was named Teacher of the Year. Palczynski exhibits her work in the Richmond area.
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