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Susan Krane to head San Jose Museum of Art
The San Jose Museum of Art has appointed Susan Krane director. She replaces Daniel Keegan, who resigned in January to become director of the Milwaukee Art Museum. Krane, 54, has been director of the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art in Arizona since 2001....
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Art Show Set For Tulsa Boys Home
For eight summers, the Tulsa Boys Home has conducted an arts program and the grand finale each summer is an art show and sale.
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Let’s Talk Food: The joy of cooking with garlic
In Gilroy, Calif., garlic is king. At least it was last weekend, when the city roasted, stewed and baked the glorious bulb as part of the town’s annual garlic festival.
Naples Daily News |
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Monkey from Mars: A Ga. crime lab's museum oddity
Other museums might have more or flashier items to display. But only the mini-museum of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation can boast of possessing such an other-world oddity as the monkey from Mars. The bureau's state crime lab lobby has its requisite displays on forensic science, including an illegal moonshine still and the microscopic fibers that solved the 1981-82 Atlanta child murders. But ...
The Charlotte Observer |
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A Tale of Two Summer Art Openings
So let's take a quick look at a classic social ritual—because, as you know, these openings are never really about the art—over one hot July weekend (a weekend that, alas, will largely be remembered for the ridiculousness that was McCarren Park Pool's MGMT show). Exhibit A takes place ...
The Village Voice |
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San Jose Museum of Art names Susan Krane executive director
The San Jose Museum of Art on Tuesday named Susan Krane executive director.
Silicon Valley - San Jose Business Journal |
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Joyce Carol Oates unravels murder mystery from interesting perspective in new novel
Some of Joyce Carol Oates' books feel as if she wrote them as dares to herself. This novel, her 37th, is one of the wildest. Oates sets out to solve a fictionalized version of the JonBenet Ramsey murder, with skating prodigy "Bliss" Rampike replacing the real-life child beauty pageant contestant. The resolution she imagines is heartrending, grotesque and totally believable.
Ventura County Star |
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The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) Metro Timeout
B> n Till July 30 at Gallery Kanishka's , 2/1 Hindusthan Road, 11 am - 8 pm: Confronting Masters – an exhibition of paintings by Paritosh Sen, F. N. Souza, Ram Kumar, Amit Ambalal, Ganesh Pyne, Kartick Pyne Ganesh Haloi, Rabin Mandal and Shyamal Datta Ray.
The Telegraph |
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On stage
Staging of Tomar Naam and Pakhi at Minerva Theatre, 6.30pm. Untitled and more recent works by Shakila at CIMA Gallery, 2pm7pm. Inauguration of an exhibition by Nilima Dutta at Gallery Chemould, 6pm. Contemplative Inwardness, a solo show by Samir Saha at Artists Circle, 2pm to 7pm.
The Telegraph |
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Organizers seek to expand fest's 'go green' spirit 07/30/08
TRENTON — Adding a "going green" flair to the recent Mid-Summer Festival proved worthwhile, planners say. This year's 33rd annual festival had an environmentally friendly designated block and featured retro music.
The News-Herald |
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Lortie, Lortie, Lortie
If you know of some interesting news or events going on around town - items that would make for great photography – let us know, and we’ll try to track ‘em down.
Hanover Mariner |
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Lee Rosenbaum's cultural commentary
For his audacious, dealer-bypassing London auction of 223 new works (total presale estimate: more than £65 million), Damien Hirst has concocted an instant "retrospective" of 2008 creations, which recap his career's signature styles and motifs---spin art, dots, butterflies and, of course, formaldehyde-preserved beasts.
Arts Journal |
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Heart Robot: red hot date at the Science Museum
Hurrying towards my assignation with a robot that could understand human emotions, I was quite excited. My ex-girlfriends say that I am incapable of understanding human emotion and it was hard not to think of the incredible impact this meeting might have on my personal life.
Times Online |
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National Gallery board says dispute is over
After several days of controversy following the revelation of a serious dispute between the two most senior executives of the National Gallery of Canada, the gallery board of trustees has issued a statement that suggests the dispute is over.
Ottawa Citizen |
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Adobe's Lightroom 2 Targets Avid Shutterbugs
Adobe Systems has begun shipping Lightroom 2, the latest version of its software toolbox for managing, adjusting and presenting large volumes of digital photographs. The new program supports 64-bit operations on Macintosh computers equipped with Intel processors running for Mac OS X 10.5, as well as PCs running Windows Vista 64-bit operating systems, Adobe said.
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Saturday's fair schedule
It's Kankakee Valley REMC Day n Admission entries open at 10 a.m. n Carnival rides open at noon and close at midnight n Pay one price wristband all afternoon and evening $22 n 4-H and open class and agriculture exhibits open at 10 a.m.
Post-Tribune |
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Ground broken on new Utah Museum of Natural History
Ground was broken on a new Utah Museum of Natural History, projected to open in 2011. The museum will be on the University of Utah Campus located near Red Butte Gardens on Wakara Way.
Deseret Morning News |
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Comic-Con 2008: A photo gallery
Kansas City Star staff artist Hector Casanova attended the recent Comic-Con 2008 in San Diego and shares a few of his snapshots.
The Kansas City Star |
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Martinez art gallery offers art and dance classes for youth
Jim Hernandez will offer art and dance classes at his new Martinez gallery.
Contra Costa Times |
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San Jose Museum of Art names new executive director
The San Jose Museum today appointed Susan Krane - currently with the highly-regarded Scottsdale (Ariz.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Panamax MAX ?¢ 5300-PM Chosen for 'If These Walls Could Talk' Exhibition at Biltmore ?¢
DMN Newswire--2008-7-29--Panamax, a world-leading provider of AC power management solutions, today announced that its MAXâ?¢ 5300-PM power management system has been installed at the historic Biltmoreâ?¢ in Asheville, N.C., to enhance video quality and provide power protection for a Blu-ray presentation.
Broadcast Newsroom |
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BACK STAGE
Moments in unstoppable timeStill Life (2006) a.k.a Sanxia haoren is being shown today only at 7 p.m. at the Maru-a-Pula School, A/V Centre (Gaborone Film Society). It is the fifth and final film in a Chinese Film Festival. It won the Golden Lion at Venice in 2006.
Mmegi |
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Peavey making donation
MERIDIAN — Peavey Electronics has designed a special-edition Neshoba County Fair commemorative electric guitar to be auctioned for charity on the fair's 2008 Hometown Proud Day.
Mississippi Business Journal |
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Adobe Flips Switch on Lightroom 2
The promise of digital photography is that it can help any amateur develop into a backyard Ansel Adams, given the right camera, software and dedication. Imaging software company Adobe Systems has known this since 1990, when it rolled out version 1.0 of its trailblazing Photoshop software; it has followed that with a host of related products aimed at different segments of the digital imaging ...
TechNewsWorld.com |
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Be Brazilian for a day at Samba on Dundas Community Festival
The Dundas West Business Improvement Area hosts its second annual community festival, Samba on Dundas, that will once again bring the sights, sounds and flavours of Brazil to a stretch of Dundas Stree...
East York Mirror |
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