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Diversions calendar
FESTIVALS Mineapolis Urban League Family Day -- A Family Reunion: Parade (beginning at noon at Washburn and Plymouth Avs.), pony rides, inflatable slide, Double-Dutch competition, financial seminar with Kelvin Boston, live music and entertainment.
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune |
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Jumsoft expands Aperture Web Themes pack
Designer Jumsoft has expanded its Aperture Web Themes pack, an add-on for Apple's photo workflow software. The pack is intended to improve the appearance of web galleries generated through Aperture, with an aim towards professional photography sites. The new version more than doubles in size with six new variants, divided between "frames," "grid"...
MacNN |
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THE NATURAL WORLD
Review Date: JUNE 02, 2008 Publisher: Channel Photographics (212 pp.) Price (hardback): $75.00 Publication Date: February 28, 2007 ISBN (hardback): 978-1-890310-42-4 Category: AUTHORS Classification: NONFICTION
Kirkus Reviews |
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Hidden Van Gogh Revealed in Color by Scientists
Scientists have made a colored view of an early rejected painting underneath Vincent van Gogh's 'Patch of Grass' painting, using advanced X-ray techniques.
Baseline |
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Crucified frog sculpture sparks outrage
A former Italian senator has declared a sculpture of a crucified frog displayed at a Bolzano, Italy, art museum a public obscenity.Renzo Gubert, a Roman Catholic, 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 public obscenity laws with its display at Museion, ANSA reported Wednesday.Local Bishop ...
Moldova.org |
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Fuji Film Deploys Isilon IQ to Power Internet Digital Imaging Service
Isilon® Systems , the leader in clustered storage, today announced that Fuji Film has deployed Isilon IQ clustered storage to power the Fuji Film Museum and Shop located at http://www.fujifilmmuseum.com.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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People will be the canvas at bodypainting championship
Up to 50 body painting artists from around the world will congregate in Nanaimo in September for the first annual Canadian National Bodypainting Championships to held in the city.
Nanaimo Daily News |
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Strange Brew: Meth Coffee and Conservative Baristas
Former art teacher Dave Beckham was sick of “traditional liberal bastion coffeehouses” so he opened Conservative Café an uber-conservative, "pro-American" coffee house in Crown Point, Indiana Things found in Conservative Café include: Stacks of Ann Coulter books, Fox News playing on every television, T-shirts for sale that say, “Peace through Superior Firepower” and “Silly ...
Chicagoist |
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Weekend July 31-August 3
Let's Get out and Enjoy the Summer! Have Fun with Music, Boats, Theater, Festivals and the great outdoors.
WWNY - WNYF Watertown |
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Arts center thrived under Hotchner
Under Kathy Hotchner, the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts has received a national reputation for high-quality performances, festivals and annual attendance of more than 300,000.
The Arizona Republic |
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Black Patch Festival planning focusing on county heritage
Organizers of this year’s Black Patch Festival are promising three days of activities that harken back to the festival’s early days in the late 1930s.
Princeton Times Leader |
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Oakley residents offer input on downtown revival
Art gallery, book store and deli are among the suggestions offered at public forum
Contra Costa Times |
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Festival of the Chariots returns
The 32nd annual Festival of the Chariots, a Hare Krishna celebration with food, entertainment, and exhibits, will return to Venice Beach Sunday, August 3rd.
Marina del Rey Argonaut |
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Mad About Art in August
The Mad River Valley has a thriving arts community, but in August local artists really put on a show! The Vermont Festival of the Arts includes more than 125 events, each one as unique as the artist, artisan, musician or muse creating them.
Valley Reporter |
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Christie’s plans first modern-designer auction
The move reflects collectors' growing appetite for modern decorative art and design, and will include furniture and objects by the most important designers alive today.
Crain's New York Business |
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Opening of eclectic exhibit kicks off Waterloo Arts Fest
Amid an array of midsummer festivals, Cleveland's North Collinwood neighborhood will hold its sixth annual Waterloo Arts Fest this weekend, beginning with the Arts Collinwood Annual Members' Show. It opens with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Arts Collinwood Gallery, 15605 Waterloo Road.
The Plain Dealer |
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Memories Of 'Spider-Man,' 'Star Wars' For Sale
Everybody is a collector, the way Joe Maddalena sees it, just not everybody wants to collect paintings by Andy Warhol or Roy Lichtenstein. Some would prefer to own a Spider-Man costume.
CBS News |
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Martin Parr: Why Photojournalism Must "Get Modern"
British photographer Martin Parr, whose work straddles documentary and fine art photography, argues that photojournalism “has to get modern” to regain the attention and support of mainstream magazines.
PDNonline |
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Behind Walls of Warehouses, a Trove of Artwork
As art museums and galleries have developed larger collections, an art services industry that has sprung up in the dark warehouses of New York City?s boroughs is also growing.
New York Times |
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Customer Service
LOS ANGELES - Everybody is a collector, the way Joe Maddalena sees it, just not everybody wants to collect paintings by Andy Warhol or Roy Lichtenstein. Some would prefer to own a Spider-Man costume.
Brandon Sun |
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An Eternal Future
An exterior view of a micro compact home by Horden Cherry Lee Architects/Haack + Höpfner Architects. SASCHA KLETZSCH HOME DELIVERY: FABRICATING THE MODERN DWELLING Museum of Modern Art 11 W. 53rd St.
Gay City News |
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Carnegie Center showcasing cowboy artist's work
The Dodge City Area Arts Council is pleased to announce that Earl Kuhn, cowboy artist, is currently exhibiting his award-winning Western-themed art at the Carnegie Center for the Arts during Dodge City Days. This exhibit is sponsored by Winter Livestock and will continue though Saturday.
The Dodge City Daily Globe |
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Dixieland Dali
Brian Carpenter gathered together leading lights of the modern New York jazz scene for a gig in MoMA's sculpture garden. LIZ LINDER/ BEATCIRCUS.NET The sculpture garden at the Museum of Modern Art has been one of the city's secret venues to hear jazz for decades; well, maybe not secret given the couple of hundred people there July 24 watching Brian Carpenter's Ghost Train Orchestra, but less ...
Gay City News |
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Mo. museum works to save Becky Thatcher House
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.
AP via Yahoo! News |
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Blues Fesival has national, local performers at Herkimer County Fairgrounds
FRANKFORT — The Mohawk Valley Blues Festival, Saturday at the Herkimer County Fairgrounds offers 10 hours of music with local and national acts including Jeremy Wallace, Sharrie Williams, Clarence Spady, Darrell Nulisch and Magic Slim & the Teardrops.
Rome Sentinel |
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