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Waverly Central School District: Lincoln Street origami to be part of Japan’s Peace Day
One thousand paper origami cranes folded by many Lincoln Street Elementary art students throughout the school year will be placed in Peace Park, Hiroshima, Japan, today as a part of the annual Peace Day celebrations.
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Skateboard company with local ties works to turn tragedy into positive change
CU art student Austin David Myers would have been 23 this year, but a tragic experimentation with heroin ended his life in December of 2006.
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August is the sun-lovers' January when it comes to art exhibitions. Most galleries close while their staffs steal away to the beach with the slightly-soured Chardonnay and expired Brie leftover from the previous season's shows.
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Homeless woman killed in busy park
A homeless woman was stabbed and killed Tuesday afternoon in a landmark Philadelphia park across from City Hall.Another homeless woman was taken into custody, WXTF-TV reported.Love Park, which gets its name from a sculpture that spells out LOVE, was crowded at the time. The dead woman was identified only by her first name, Yvette, CBS3 said.Tony Stewart, who described himself as Yvette's ...
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Scarlett, Penelope in a steamy kissing scene 5 Aug 2008, 1630 hrs IST, ANI
Actresses Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz would set the screens on fire with a lesbian kiss in their upcoming movie. The scene set in a red-tinted photography dark room, features in Woody Allen's upcoming release Vicky Cristina Barcelona . Both the actresses have talked so much about their onscreen kiss that now they have run out of lines.
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Mattapoisett Sculptor Honors Fallen Worcester Firefighters
On the evening of December 3, 1999 the people of Massachusetts and the rest of the nation began to hear the news of tragedy that occurred as firefighters responded to a fire at the Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse just east of the business district in Worcester. The five-alarm blaze in the six-story building was reportedly cause by the flame of candle that had been knocked over during an ...
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Marion Adirondack Chair Auction Winners Announced
For the past month and a half, businesses and establishments throughout the Town of Marion have been the temporary homes to a series of colorful, hand-decorated Adirondack chairs which were created for the Sippican Woman's Club's "The Best Seat in Town" fundraiser. This Silent Auction made its debut this summer to benefit the club's ongoing efforts to restore their historic Handy's Tavern ...
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Fayetteville Arts Festival Gets $12,500 From City
FAYETTEVILLE - The Fayetteville Arts Festival got more than it bargained for Tuesday night when the Fayetteville City Council unanimously agreed to fund it $12,500.
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Beijing 798 art zone
Visitors watch paintings at an art gallery at 798 Art Zone in Beijing, August 5, 2008. Beijing 798 Art Zone was once the place for Beijing North China Wireless Joint Equipment Factory.
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Sotheby's Says Rich Still Buying
Auction house bounces back from a disappointing first quarter to post a second-quarter profit.
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Fair officials announce new photo guidelines
Curry County Fair officials have announced new guidelines for entries in this year’s open photography classes. Also new is all prints must be at least 5 inches by 7 inches to be considered for judging and there will be no distinction between digital and film entries.
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Re-SOLVE - exhibition at Thistle Hall
Playing with a range of ideas, materials, options and difficulties makes for a fresh and engaging series of new work in reSOLVE currently showing at Thistle Hall. Offering an exploratory approach to recent practice, the young contributors pull together ideas and techniques that challenge and engage them in a variety of disciplines, ranging from photography and painting to design and sculpture.
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Sculpture is returned to its historic home
TENAFLY – A six-foot tall sculpture removed years ago from a property listed on the borough’s history registry has been returned following a New Jersey Supreme Court decision not to hear the case.
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Berlusconi gets flak for covering up famous nude
The Italian Government has been criticised by art lovers, academics and historians for covering the breast of a female nude in a reproduction of famous Renaissance painting Truth by Giambattista Tiepolo.
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Artist off to the US
PAINTING has always been a passion of Sue Nagel’s life, along with sport and animals.
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Artist Christopher Gonzalez is dead
Artist and sculptor Christopher Gonzalez died Sunday, closing a rich and sometimes controversial chapter in the history of Jamaican art that earned him notoriety worldwide.
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Sotheby's Q2 profit falls 11 per cent
Sotheby's, one of the world's largest art sellers, said on Tuesday second-quarter profit fell 11 percent, but the company beat Wall Street expectations, boosted by Contemporary art sales.
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An art gallery along the curb
Most of the signs feature edited photos taken around St. Paul. They are the same size as regular street signs. This one was at the intersection of Hamline and Edmund avenues.
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Art prize judge quits in disgust
Top prize for religious art embroiled in controversy over "only woman bleed" painting.
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Performance Review: NOW Program 3
The closing program of the fifth annual New Original Works Festival (NOW) ended this weekend at REDCAT with a trio of works-in-progress. Composer Anne LeBaron with librettist Douglas Kearney , choreographer Rosanna Gamson and performance artist Kristina Wong presented excerpts from projects they’re currently working on in all their not-fully-edited, let’s try this, and ...
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'Bree' has a grand opening on Friday
Bree Richey, a jewelry designer who sells to galleries, jewelry stores and boutiques across the country, will celebrate the opening of her own gallery in Roslindale on Aug. 8. “Bree” will be located at 4266 Washington St. and the public is invited to attend the grand opening from 5 to 9 p.m. on Friday.
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Walk of the arts
You’re invited to be a “Street Walker” and Stroll the sidewalks of Old Town Elk Grove on Saturday, Aug. 16 from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. It will be a very cool event where you will be exposed to Art Exhibits, Musicians, sidewalk “Chalk Art” contest, Make & Take, such as scrap booking, soap marking, & hand sculpted clay and Art Demonstrations where you can learn about drawing “Webkinz”, cupcake ...
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Clockwise, top left: New Canadian Julie Clark, left, with husband Cory and son Hamish celebrate after the swearing-in ceremony Monday in Barkerville; more than 100 musicians were on seven stages throughout the weekend in Wells and Barkerville during ArtsWells Festival Of All Things Art; mini road racers from across Western Canada, tore up the track this weekend.
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Art Display Expected To Be Approved By City Council
MADISON, Wis. -- Another piece of public art is expected to pass the Madison City Council Tuesday without much debate. That's despite three different selections by three different city committees.
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Rare Images Mean Big Money for Labels
As CD sales sink, Sony BMG and Warner open their art archives • Photo Gallery: Rare Photos Taken at Columbia's Famed 30th Street Studio Amid drastic drop-offs in CD sales, the major labels have discovered new sources of revenue — by looking in their basements. Sony BMG recently launched Icon Collectibles, a line of rare photos from the label's archives, with candid, unpublished shots of artists ...
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