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Cattle show winners prove who's top beef
It's not the way cowboy artist Charlie Russell would have done it, but Ashlee Olson considers herself pretty good at painting cows.
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Peterborough Ex goes wild
Quilts and reptiles were among the main attractions inside the Memorial Centre yesterday as part of the 163rd Peterborough Exhibition. The newest attraction -- the Crocodiles of the World show -- shared the stage with one of the oldest attractions, the homecraft show. Little Ray's Reptiles, a [...]
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Harry Trescher's photography is on view at the Niles library
NILES - It's safe to say photographer Harry Trescher has seen plenty. A former naval photographer during the Korean War, Trescher came to Niles from Chicago after he'd been discharged and got a job working for none other than the Niles Daily Star.
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Photography business may fly overseas
A small Chatham-Kent firm is hoping to land a huge aerial photography contract in Saudi Arabia. The work involves photographing the tops of 50 flare stacks in Saudi Arabia's rich oil fields with cameras strapped to remote-controlled miniature helicopters. "We've sent off our proposal and are hoping [...]
Chatham Daily News |
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The Eye: Brian Singer
Today's artwork chosen by Brian Singer, aka 'Someguy'
The San Francisco Examiner |
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Artist's passion shows through 'Trees'
A circular arrangement of eight reflective glass leaves twinkles in the light like sun-speckled water, supported by a towering silver trunk. Christie Beniston's sculpture, titled “Trimming the Tree,” is one of 31 works included in the new Urban Trees 5 exhibit that opens today along North Harbor Drive in San Diego.
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Fragile Bonds
After an interminable search for employment to bolster my paltry university grant, thanks to the recommendation of a film director friend of one of my buddies, I finally got an interesting part-time job as one of the men who escort beauty contestants down the pageant catwalk.
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Ricky Skaggs to appear at Shenandoah Valley Music Festival
No number of superlatives does justice to the nearly 40-year career of Ricky Skaggs.
The Warren Sentinel |
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Cortland to host second annual arts and wine festival
Wine connoisseurs, art buffs and music lovers will find something that targets their tastes at today's Cortland Arts and Wine Festival, a celebration of music and culture in downtown Cortland.
The Ithaca Journal |
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Travel Briefs
The 29th Annual Schuyler County Italian American Festival will be held Friday through Saturday, Aug. 1-3, at Clute Park, Route 414 in Watkins Glen.
The Ithaca Journal |
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4-H Fair encourages variety of activities
What do cats, sewing, and candy making have in common? How about forestry, creative writing, child development, floriculture and glass? The top three were all the categories that Abigail Anderson, 11, of Minooka exhibited in the Grundy County 4-H fair.
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Harley-Davidson museum full of wonder
The wonders are both big and small at the new Harley-Davidson Museum, a fortress of black brick and steel by the Menomonee River in Milwaukee. There are fascinating small details that can be found, for example, by inspecting the bill of sale beneath a 1956 KH V-Twin, purchased for $1,143 by a 21-year-old Elvis Presley with his proceeds from "Heartbreak Hotel."
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Tibetan cultural festival 2008 at Lake Tahoe
Come celebrate the vibrant cultural traditions of Tibet at Valhalla in the beautiful Tallac Historic Site just 10 minutes south of Emerald Bay at Lake Tahoe on Aug. 25-29 and Aug. 31.
Tahoe Daily Tribune |
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sNIDe Remarks
This is a very special weekend in North Idaho. Beginning today, hundreds of artists will descend on the North Idaho College campus to exhibit their wares during the annual "Art on the Green."
Coeur d'Alene Press |
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Sculptors' art makes return journey home
He's bringing his work home. Gerald Jank has been sculpting metal for more than 40 years; and he has no plans of stopping anytime soon...
The Hants Journal |
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"Watercolor" 2008 Cover Competition Finalists
Winner: Deborah L. Chabrian “I push the medium of watercolor to create paintings that are perhaps richer and denser than one would normally expect from a watercolor painting,” Connecticut artist Deborah L. Chabrian says. The artist does this in two ways. First, she works on Bristol board.
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Events for this weekend in New York
View hundreds of ship models and chat with the people who built them at the 16th Annual Ship & Boat Model Festival at Pier 16 of the South Street Seaport.
New York Daily News |
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Encaustic painter drawn to subject of nature
Encaustic painting dates back to Greece before the time of Christ. The surviving examples from the ancient world of this hot wax process are portraits painted by Greek artists in Egypt. The portrait was then placed over the person's mummy as a memorial.
Midland Reporter-Telegram |
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Midland Marquee
THE ARTS CALENDAR OF EVENTS A project of Arts Assembly of Midland P.O. Box 3494, Midland, Texas 79702 687-1149 FAX 687-1600 SUNDAY Arts Assembly of Midland: Midland's non-profit arts council and umbrella organization for performing and visual arts organizations, 401 W. Texas Ave., Suite 508, 687-1149. EXHIBIT: Art in the Park, four selected sculptures, Duet by David Hickman, Gypsy Rose by Ben ...
Midland Reporter-Telegram |
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Exhibit shows off advances in prefabricated houses
NEW YORK -- Prefabricated houses don't have to be ticky-tacky.
Midland Reporter-Telegram |
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Artists share the spotlight with athletes at festival
Artists as well as athletes are flooding into the Cowichan Valley for the North American Indigenous Games.
Victoria Times Colonist |
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WDM hosting art auction
The Western Development Museum is hosting an art auction Monday.
Saskatoon StarPhoenix |
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Carry-out Caravaggio
A painting attributed to the 17th Century Italian artist is stolen from a museum in Ukraine. The theft of the painting 'The Taking of Christ', also called 'The Kiss of Judas', is being mourned by art experts as a cultural catastrophe for ex-Soviet states.
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News Categories
Writers participating in the Sana’a Fourth Story Festival have called for more encouragement of the publishing industry in Yemen.
Yemen Observer |
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Lake festivals eye downturn
As belts tighten, Lake's tourism staples could suffer. Now that festival and event organizers have begun preparation for the 2008-09 season, two questions are on their minds:
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