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Baroque festival goes Russian
GREAT BARRINGTON — The phrase "surprising but inevitable" rates more than six and a half million Google references, to which one more should be added.
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Life Skills quilt auction sets new record
A new record, both number of quilts and dollars raised, was set at the 12th annual Life Skills Foundation Quilt Auction Saturday in Century Hall at the Plymouth County Fairgrounds.
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McCain, Obama to get the comic book treatment
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- It's a year of superheroes in Hollywood, with the big-budget epics of Batman, Iron Man and the Hulk, but a big-budget production out of Washington, D.C., is carving a niche in the animation trend.
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Mystery woman found under van Gogh painting
A previously unknown portrait of a woman by Vincent van Gogh has been revealed in a high-tech look beneath another of his paintings, it was announced today.
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Scientists recreate hidden Van Gogh portrait
By ANRICA DEB AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- A team of European scientists unveiled on Wednesday a new method for extracting images hidden under old masters' paintings, recreating a color portrait of a woman's face unseen since Vincent van Gogh painted over it in 1887.
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Acclaimed wildlife artist James Fenwick Lansdowne dead at 71
Renowned wildlife artist James Fenwick Lansdowne has died in Victoria, B.C, at age 71, the Canadian Press reports. According to his family, the artist, who has had works exhibited around the world, died July 26. Born in 1937 to British parents in Hong Kong and raised in Victoria, [...]
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U.S. Stocks Lose Steam As Crude Oil Adds On To Gains
U.S. Stocks Lose Steam As Crude Oil Adds On To Gains
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Hit of the Sonoma County Fair
Scott Weaver's nine-foot tall toothpick sculpture of San Francisco's most renowned tourist attractions -- the Golden Gate Bridge, Lombard Street and the Ferry Building -- is winning oohs and ahhs at the Sonoma County Fair.
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Sale of the century: YSL-Berge collection set to fetch 300 mln euro
Expected to fetch at least 300 million euro (almost half a billion dollars), an art collection amassed over four decades by late fashion king Yves Saint Laurent and his companion Pierre Berge goes up for sale next February.
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Scientists recreate hidden Van Gogh portrait
Wed, Jul 30, 2008 (10:42 a.m.) A team of European scientists unveiled on Wednesday a new method for extracting images hidden under old masters' paintings, recreating a color portrait of a woman's face unseen since Vincent van Gogh painted over it in 1887.
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Artist has first solo show in Sarnia
By PAUL MORDEN The Observer Sarnia artist Jenna Powell will do something for the first time Friday. She’s opening her first solo exhibition and sale, Dirty Realism, at the Grace Brothers Gallery on Front Street. “It’s very exciting and scary,” Powell said while taking a short [...]
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Tucson man's wall a masterpiece of desert scenes
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- When Gary Morrow's truck was broken into two years ago, his wife told him she wanted a wall around their house. What she got, though, was a mystical desert scene, blending towering saguaro sculptures, handmade flowers and rebar ocotillo.
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Scientists recreate hidden Van Gogh portrait
A team of European scientists unveiled on Wednesday a new method for extracting images hidden under old masters' paintings, recreating a color portrait of a woman's face unseen since Vincent van Gogh painted over it in 1887.
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Fair judge’s job not an easy one
Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder but the blue ribbons are in the hands of the judges. The domestic and fine arts building at the Knox County Fairgrounds was buzzing with activity and a few pesky flies Tuesday morning as judges ranked entries in nine categories ranging from quilts and paintings to table place settings and needlepoint.
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Scientists recreate hidden Van Gogh portrait
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands July 30, 2008, 01:31 pm ET · A team of European scientists unveiled on Wednesday a new method for extracting images hidden under old masters' paintings, recreating a color portrait of a woman's face unseen since Vincent van Gogh painted over it in 1887.
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Flying Pie - 8th Street Wine - Seasons - Winefest - Idaho Wine Festival - A Chef's Night Out
By Rachael Daigle.
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Lincoln Park Music Festival Draws Over 40,000 People to Newark
Over 40,000 people attended the third annual Lincoln Park Music Festival last weekend. The peaceful Festival continues to be a community highlight each summer. Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District (LPCCD) presented over forty performances; jazz legend James Moody, award winning gospel artists, The Clark Sisters, Broadway star Elisabeth Withers, international house music DJ Joe Claussell and hip ...
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Museum officials to discuss saving black history
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Officials with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington are meeting with museum officials in Charleston to discuss preserving black history.
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Hidden van Gogh painting unveiled for first time
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- A team of European scientists unveiled on Wednesday a new method for extracting images hidden under old masters' paintings, recreating a color portrait of a woman's face unseen since Vincent van Gogh painted over it in 1887.
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You've Come A Long Way, Baby
It's almost August, and some of us know that means it's almost SummerWorks . The juried theatre festival has taken a bit of a different turn this year, under the new artistic leadership of Michael Rubenfeld, and is branching out into music and performance art.
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Scientists recreate hidden Van Gogh portrait
A team of European scientists unveiled on Wednesday a new method for extracting images hidden under old masters' paintings, recreating a color portrait of a woman's face unseen since Vincent van Gogh painted over it in 1887.
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Lincoln Park Music Festival Draws Over 40,000 People to Newark
NEWARK, N.J.----Over 40,000 people attended the third annual Lincoln Park Music Festival last weekend. The peaceful Festival continues to be a community highlight each summer. Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District presented over forty performances; jazz legend James Moody, award winning gospel artists, The Clark Sisters, Broadway star Elisabeth Withers, international house music DJ Joe Claussell ...
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Dunedin exhibition for Bannockburn artist
Bannockburn artist and archaeologist Megan Huffadine opens her first Dunedin exhibition tomorrow, "A Cache of Talismans", at Milford Gallery. Huffadine, who has a bachelor of fine arts in sculpture and a degree in archaeology, digs deep in search of art with stories to tell.
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VMS Opens New Innovation Center
Creative exhibits and samples invite visiting customers to brainstorm on their designs Twinsburg, OH - Visual Marking Systems, Inc. open its newly designed Innovation Center today. The Innovation Center at VMS was created to provide visiting customers with an environment to brainstorm with the technical staff of experienced designers about the creative concepts and design of their parts. Located ...
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Okemos woman's journey around the world shared in photo exhibit
EAST LANSING - The East Lansing Public Art Gallery in August will display photos taken by an Okemos resident as she traveled across the country and abroad.
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