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Ganondagan dance gala
Festival celebrates Native American culture, displays variety of traditions. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Park festival: teaching, fun (VIDEO)
It's not every day that a Guinness World Records champ offers to show you the secret to his success. Erie Times-News
Stocks gain as oil falls, orders for durable goods rise
U.S. stocks tallied modest gains Friday after the price of crude fell further and the government delivered upbeat economic data, including a surprising rise in orders for durable goods, which helped offset ongoing issues in the financial sector. Denver Post
ResortQuest Breckenridge Welcomes the Water House Wine Festival to Main Street Station
The Water House Wine Festival is a producition of K-CMV "Colorado's Mountain Voice" and will feature tastings of over 30 Colorado wines, local art and free live music. The event will be held in the ResortQuest Main Street Station plaza, location at 505 South Main Street in Breckenridge Colorado. PRWeb via Yahoo! News
3d Design, Illustration, Pixel Art and More Now Available from Volatyle Flash Web Design
After years of working in the web design and graphics industry, Volatyle Flash Web Design have built up close working relationships with several tried and tested professionals, allowing us to offer our clients an extensive range of services including 3d Design and Animation, Illustration, Pixel Art and Digital Photography to take our website designs to an exceptional level. PRWeb via Yahoo! News
Meeting at Bruce recalls 1940 voyage
Although Ruth Meador, 76, does not remember the voyage that claimed the life of Jacques Goudstikker, a famed Dutch art dealer, she will never forget that it was the same voyage that saved her life. Greenwich Time
Center at core of dispute
The N.C. Pottery Center is part of a simmering feud among potters in the five-county Seagrove area, with two groups now planning to hold separate pottery festivals on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. The News & Observer
Umstead features art
Serious Triangle gallery-hoppers and museum devotees might overlook one sizable collection right smack in the middle of things. The Umstead Hotel and Spa, which opened in Cary last year, now has nearly 70 pieces of art on display. The News & Observer
Dede Smith Named Fine Arts Teacher Of The Year
HONORED: All Saints teacher Dede Smith shows off the plaque she was awarded after being named Fine Arts Teacher of the Year by the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools. Tyler Morning Telegraph
Art in the Park in Holland to benefit scholarships
HOLLAND -- Six months of work will culminate Saturday in the 39th annual Art in the Park festival. Six months before the fair, the Holland Friends of Art begins accepting applications from artists who want to display works. The Grand Rapids Press
Area Briefs
W.S. Ryan Elementary School art teacher Nancy Walkup departed for Tokyo in June as a participant in the Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program. Denton Record-Chronicle
Tribute to the riders
Bruce Williamson, a former Wichita Falls resident and now the Hotter’N Hell Hundred’s graphic designer, is collaborating with famous sports artist Bart Forbes to honor the cyclists who survive the ride year after year and the organizers who make it all possible with their artwork. Wichita Falls Times Record News
Jam session
Being in a jam isn’t always a bad thing, particularly when it comes to bluegrass festivals. Wichita Falls Times Record News
Diane Ronayne: Take an Archwalk, check out Atlanta, learn about Modernism
Columnist Diane Ronayne writes about upcoming events put on the Preservation Idaho and others, a talk to be given by Karl Brooks, a contest for photographers, and a senior art festival. The Idaho Statesman
COMING UP
Prairie Port Festival, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. today, throughout El Dorado. Includes live entertainment, sporting events, barbecue cook-off, children's activities, street dance, teen dance, arts/crafts, flea market, Admission button $4. Information, 316-321-1841. Schedule online at www.prairieport.com . Alternative & Holistic Fair, includes energy workers, readers, lectures, Indian tacos, ... The Wichita Eagle
Tom Lea lecture at El Paso Museum of Art
EL PASO -- The El Paso Museum of Art will present the lecture "The Two Thousand Yard Stare: Tom Lea's World War II" by author Brendan M. Greenley Jr. at 2 p.m. Sunday in the museum's Energy Auditorium. El Paso Times
Hall of Fame unveils O'Neil's statue
You see Buck O'Neil before you see the Hall of Famers. You see Buck before you see the plaques, the artifacts, the art gallery or just about anything else here at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Once you're in the Hall, a life-sized, bronze statue of Buck will smile back at you. The depiction is of Buck's later years, maybe his 70s. He's wearing a three-button suit, pocket silk ... The Wichita Eagle
2nd annual Western show opens Friday
EL PASO -- After a popular first year, the El Paso Art Association will open the second annual "Western Impressions" art show Friday. El Paso Times
'Flavors' exhibit
EL PASO -- "Flavors," a new exhibit, is scheduled to open Friday at The Percolator. Artist and show organizer Jason Lucero said the title of the show reflects the differences among the artists, who are Lucero, Tim Razo, Keith Allyn Spencer, Miguel Bonilla, EKOMS, El Sol 25, POE and Zeque Pea. Related: Visual cue: Artist Tim Razo El Paso Times
'Little Picassos'
EL PASO -- Creative Kids Inc. had an opening reception for the exhibit "Little Picassos" July 19 at the Olo Gallery. El Paso Times
History Museum again comes under fire
EL PASO -- If there's one word to describe the El Paso Museum of History, it's "survival." Since its first incarnation in Far East El Paso in 1974, the museum has faced several challenges. El Paso Times
Maine botanical garden mixes whale watching and white birches
At one of America's newest gardens, the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, you'll find nearly 1,300 varieties of plants, world-class sculptures and a restaurant that uses herbs grown on the grounds. Cape Cod Times
Folks brave the needle at D.M. Tattoo Festival
Clint Kunch winced and closed his eyes. Music blaring from all directions covered the hum of the tattoo gun injecting jewel blue ink into the skin on his shoulder blade. The Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index
Third annual Kids Expo entertains, informs
For more photos of the third annual Kids Expo, visit our online photo gallery. Las Cruces Sun-News