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Taj Mahal to Perform at 2008 Telluride Festival of the Arts
Telluride Mountain Village Owners Association, sponsors and organizers of the Telluride Festival of the Arts announced a surprise addition to this year's festival schedule - a special one-night performance by Taj Mahal and the Trio Band on Friday, August 15, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. on Sunset Plaza in Mountain Village, Colo. The performance will be free and open to the public.
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TATTOOS FOR PARENTS
Most popular designs: names, initials, birth dates, footprints, handprints, portraits, children's artwork, butterflies with initials hidden in the wings, teddy bears, sneakers, hearts, flowers, stars, fairies, Disney characters.
Akron Beacon Journal |
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No safety net
A fringe festival is always on the edge, so this year's London Fringe - with theatre, film, art and spoken word - likens itself to a circus with 11 days of 'craziness and buzz.'
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Scientists recreate hidden van Gogh portrait
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- A team of European scientists unveiled on Wednesday a new method for extracting images hidden under Old Masters' paintings, recreating a colour portrait of a woman's face unseen since Vincent van Gogh painted over it in 1887.
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Flower pounding class planned for kids Aug. 9
BREWSTER - The Southeast Museum, 67 Main St., will hold a children's flower pounding workshop at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 9. Participants will be taught to make a work of art using fresh flowers and a clever fabric technique. A $5 materials fee donation is requested. Reservations required; call 845-279-7500.
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Gallery exhibit to help benefit health care
PEEKSKILL - Steel, 1 S. Division St., will present "The Human Body as Icon," an exhibit of limited-edition print works by Andrew Gelfand, from 4 to 8 p.m. Aug. 1. The reception will also include a question-and-answer session.
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Lollapalooza makes its way back to Grant Park stages
Lollapalooza's promoters are fond of the mantra that the giant music festival, which descends upon Grant Park for its fourth year Friday through Sunday, is a tremendous bargain: "130 bands - a dollar a band," they chant for anyone who'll listen. In fact, those numbers are a little squirrelly.
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Madonna to debut documentary in Traverse City
Madonna has arrived, and along with her, the Traverse City Film Festival. Of course, the festival is no slouch on the film-fest circuit, being spearheaded by famed documentary filmmaker and Flint native Michael Moore.
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Scientists Recreate Hidden Van Gogh Pic
Researchers unveil a new method to recreate a portrait hidden beneath paintings.
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Television - National
The fifth New Zealand Affordable Art Show opened in Wellington earlier tonight. Organisers expect over ten thousand people through the doors to appreciate the work contributed by over 800 artists.
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Crucified frog sculpture near Pope's summer holiday base provokes protests
Pope Benedict XVI's summer break at a seminary in the mountains of northern Italy has led to demands for the removal of a "provocative" sculpture of a crucified frog on show in a nearby museum.
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GuelphMercury.com - arts - Calendar
Wellington Artists' Gallery The Softer Side of Nature ... Botanicals, Birds and Butterflies: Pat Armstrong; The Colour Red; 6142 Wellington Rd. 29, Fergus; to Aug. 31; 519-843-6303.
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Progressive group CAFfeine: Contemporary Art Forum holds second event
A progressive artist's group, CAFfeine: Contemporary Art Forum, whose mission is to be a catalyst for the growth of contemporary visual arts in the Upstate is hosting its second event. It is free and open to the public from 6-9 p.m. on Friday, held at 18 East North St. above Dixie Tavern.
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Crucified frog sculpture sparks outrage
A former German senator has declared a sculpture of a crucified frog displayed at a Bolzano, Germany, art museum a public obscenity.Renzo Gubert, a Roman Catholic and a former senator, said late German artist Martin Kippenberger's sculpture of a frog nailed to a cross with a mug of beer in one hand and an egg in the other violates German's public obscenity laws with its display at Museion, ANSA ...
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Record-setting crowds attend Akron Arts Expo
WEST AKRON — The Akron Arts Expo brought thousands to Hardesty Park July 24-27 for food, wine, performances and art. This was the 29th year for the annual event, which has expanded in recent years to include the Taste of Akron restaurant sampling event and the Wine Tasting and Silent Auction.
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NPR to offer Webcast of Newport music festivals
PROVIDENCE — Music fans unable to attend the Newport folk and jazz festivals in person will now be able to listen to at least some of the concerts online.
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Pop forum: Meet today's featured reader
Today's reader loves R.E.M., Andy Warhol, comics ... and his name rhymes! Does it get any better than that? Read on: Real name: Steve Reeves Screen name: Pandabob Why I chose my screen name: Back in the '90s I tried...
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Mo. museum hopes to save Becky Thatcher House
ST. LOUIS -- Officials with the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum hoped throngs of summer tourists would spread the word about their efforts to save the childhood home of Tom Sawyer's sweetheart.
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Photo exhibition shows suffering caused by Maoists
A week-long exhibition of photographs showing the suffering caused to common people due to Maoist guerrillas' actions was organised here by West Bengal's ruling Communist party of India-Marxist (CPI-M).
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Kodak posts quarterly profit fall
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Photography company Eastman Kodak Co said on Thursday net income fell and sees its 2008 earnings at the lower end of its previous forecast.
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Crucified frog sculpture sparks outrage
BOLZANO, Germany, July 31 (UPI) -- A former German senator has declared a sculpture of a crucified frog displayed at a Bolzano, Germany, art museum a public obscenity.
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YDA Awards Open for Entries
The Y Design Awards (YDA), part of London Design Festival, is now open for entries. Covering nine categories, the awards recognise excellence in the UK’s digital creative industries at a designer level.
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Going Out: A Luna among many
Adoration of Juan Luna's genius has sometimes generated unreasonable interpretations of his work. Historian and National Historical Institute chair Ambeth Ocampo, guest curator of an exhibit entitled Juan Luna: Selected Paintings from the Bank of the Philippine Islands Collection, said that the Spoliarium, in particular, was a fan favorite.
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Google Scoffs At Complete Privacy
Google's Street View photography of a Pennsylvania residence drew a lawsuit from the owners, but Google dismissed the plaintiff's opinion as being out of touch with the real world. read more
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Kodak Second-Quarter Net Falls 14% After Year-Earlier Gain
July 31 (Bloomberg) -- Eastman Kodak Co., the 128-year-old photography company shifting its focus to digital products , said second-quarter earnings fell 14 percent from a year-earlier quarter that was lifted by the sale of the health division.
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