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Photos show lighter side of World War II
A new photography exhibition in Paris shows a milder side of the Nazi occupation of France during World War II, visitors say.Visitors to The Parisians Under the Occupation exhibit by photographer Andre Zucca said the captured images offer a rare take on the brutal forced occupation, one that is without the misery typically associated with the war, the International Herald Tribune reported ...
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Photos show lighter side of World War II
A new photography exhibition in Paris shows a milder side of the Nazi occupation of France during World War II, visitors say.
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Port Vale 2 Northampton Town 2
With Port Vale already relegated and Northampton sitting comfortably in mid-table, this game resembled an exhibition match with Lee Sinnott handing rare starts to several players.
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Stagecoach ready to saddle up again
The country festival hopes to build on 2007's solid start. It's been done before. After debuting in Indio last year on the heels of Coachella, the Stagecoach Country Music Festival returns Friday as a three-night event, featuring the Eagles, Rascal Flatts and Tim McGraw as its top dogs.
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Prince, Waters Top Coachella Saturday Bill
The three-day Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival heads into its second day Saturday, with Prince topping the bill.
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MCA's new director strives to make museum 'necessary'
MCA's new director strives to make museum 'necessary' his has been an exhilarating month for Madeleine Grynsztejn. The 46-year-old former curator in the department of 20th Century art at the Art Institute of Chicago has returned from San Francisco to become the first female director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, and the retrospective she organized for celebrated artist Olafur ...
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dpMatte 2.1 uses Aperture 2.1 SDK
dvGarage this week released dpMatte 2.1, a greenscreen keyer for Apple's Aperture 2.1 photography solution. Based on technology used in dvGarage's existing keyer, the new background replacement tool is the first plug-in to be released using Apertureís new SDK. It uses Apple's SDK for Aperture, which allows developers to use existing Cocoatools to ...
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$1b art show
An art collection worth an estimated $1 billion is going on display in Wellington next year. The collection, Monet and the Impressionists, believed to be the most valuable brought to New Zealand, will be exhibited from February 14 until May 14.
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Coachella Music Festival Ready For Purple Reign
Are you ready for some Purple reign? That's right, Prince is in the house! The three-day Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival -- now in day 2 -- welcomes his Purpleness Saturday evening for a concert where it's been reported the Hall-of-Fame music star will pocket $4 million.
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A new medium emerges at resurgent Artropolis
Show's scope invites more than one visit Art review: Not many times in life can anyone see an artist pioneer a significant new medium. But that is what we see in John Gerrard's "Dust Storm (Manter, Kansas)" and two other pieces at Galerie Ernst Hilger/hilger contemporary, the Viennese showplace exhibiting in this year's revitalized Art Chicago.
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Gilmore Festival volunteers tune into the needs of piano virtuosos
KALAMAZOO -- Pianist Richard Goode wanted a tuna sandwich. On rye. He wanted it waiting for him in his hotel room. By 2 p.m. He wanted that on a Sunday.
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Denver's not all about the Democrats this summer
One of Denver's most iconic pieces of public art is the 40-foot-tall blue bear that peers into the Colorado Convention Center.
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Forties to shut: petrol dearth fears
Most of the oil brought in through BP's Forties Pipeline is actually exported but still the government has been forced to warn the public not to panic buy.
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Festivalgoers, here's Plan B in case of storms
Several festivals and events are scheduled in Tarrant County this weekend. Here's what organizers are planning in case of inclement weather: Art in the Square, Southlake What's scheduled: Southlake Town Square, Southlake Boulevard at North Carroll Avenue. 10 a.m.-10:30 p.m. today; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. Free. Bad-weather plan: The annual arts festival will likely have to shut down, ...
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Student artwork receives awards
Spoon River College is currently conduction the annual student art and design exhibition.
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Iran's "Late for Freedom" awarded at Hot Docs
The Iranian documentary "It Is Always Late for Freedom" directed by Mehrdad Oskuii won the award for the best mid-length documentary (30-59 minutes) at the Canadian international documentary festival Hot Docs
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Films about hockey pressure, maverick surgeon honoured at Hot Docs
A Canadian portrait of the pressures facing junior hockey players and a U.K. film about a British neurosurgeon have taken the two top trophies at Toronto's Hot Docs film festival.
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Photo contest open to youth and adults
For The TranscriptThe Sister City organization (NSIA) will sponsor a photo contest and expo in conjunction ...
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Texoma Jazz Festival kicks off Saturday
The Texoma Jazz Festival will, for the first time, bring the finest in jazz entertainment to downtown Durant. The festival will take place on Saturday at Market Square in downtown Durant.
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Poppy Poster Contest winners announced
CULLOM — The American Legion Auxiliary of Skinner Trost Unit 122 of Cullom sponsored the 2008 State of Illinois American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary Poppy Poster Contest for students at Tri-Point High School, Cullom.
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VIP Gala Awards Ceremony of the 'Sony World Photography Awards'; World Largest Photographic Awards Sponsored by Sony
Tokyo, Japan, Apr 25, 2008 - (JCN Newswire) - The "Sony World Photography Awards" is the first truly global photographic awards for amateur and professional photographers across all categories, being sponsored by Sony from 2007.
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Gallery criticised for promoting Pete pics
A Paris art gallery is criticised for promoting Pete Doherty's paintings.
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Nanamicroscopic Image or Modern Art?
SillyConCarbide writes "Every six months, the Materials Research Society holds a science as art competition. The winners from their most recent meeting are particularly breathtaking. Materials researchers may struggle for years with stubborn instruments, fragile crystals or difficult chemical reactions before obtaining a bit of precious data from the exotic substances they study. Now, the ...
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Biography
John Cooper is a jazz artist and composer who makes his home in Macomb, IL and is Director of Jazz Studies at Western Illinois University. Cooper began his musical career in 1983 in Detroit, Michigan where he completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Wayne State University in Jazz Studies.
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Oman oil prices rise by over 63 percent(Gulf Business Capsule)
Dubai, April 26 : The average price of Omani oil rose by 63.8 percent to $86.78 per barrel by end-February 2008, as against $52.98 for the same period in 2007.
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