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Art/Culture Review
Addressing injustices through the art After taking up residence at Thapong Visual Arts Centre for sometime, top Zimbabwean artist Zodwa Mnkandla has mounted a thought-provoking exhibition at the centre.
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Shop on ice to raise money for museum
Rather than walking into a store, shoppers can head out onto the ice Friday and Saturday for "Shopping on Ice." The shopping event, including area art, crafts and home-based businesses, will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Coral Ridge Ice Arena.
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Exhibit, speaker to 'educate others to differences'
WOOSTER -- Unity Project leaders are busy preparing their second-annual Embracing Our Differences display. The billboard-size art exhibit will open with a special ceremony at 2 p.m. on Sunday at Ohio State University's Agricultural Technical Institute.
The Daily Record |
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Richardson: Meer music man swings into gear at Central Park
The music is about to get hot again around Central Park's Harlem Meer. The Harlem Meer Performance Festival kicks off the last week of next month, and artistic director Rob Blumenthal vows to have uptown swinging for the 15th year in a row.
New York Daily News |
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Musician Prince gets a royal welcome
"We're ushering in a golden age," said Prince, addressing the audience at Empire Polo Field at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival. "Young people will lead the way."
The Desert Sun |
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London's Latest Masterpiece
LONDON — St. Martin-in-the-Fields, perched on a corner of Trafalgar Square, is one of London's most extraordinary entities. And now, after a $69 million renovation that represents one of the most complex architectural overhauls in recent British history, the church is ready to welcome the public in grand fashion. Eric Parry Architects has spent seven years on the site, which includes the church, ...
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'The girls next door'
A group exhibition of Lake County female artists will showcase some of their works depicting women at the Leesburg Center for the Arts.
Orlando Sentinel |
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SF Film Fest Celebrates Global Cinema
With a half-century of cinematic excellence bolstering its reputation as a provocative and celebratory showcase for the finest in world cinema, the San Francisco International Film Festival continues its 51st anniversary edition with a characteristically abundant schedule of movies, presentations and special events.
Bayinsider |
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Olympic Update
Arts and cultural groups, schools, art galleries and museums that want to be included in next year's Cultural Olympiad have until 6 p.m. Wednesday to send their submissions to Vanoc.
Vancouver Sun |
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Bernard Pictet, Glasswork Artist, Presents Five Projects Carried out in Conjunction With Other Artists
For the boardroom of the Macif in Paris, he has created a remarkable piece of glass work: a dual layer work expanding on a painting by Richard Texier. The original painting, inspired by Magellan and the connections between the continents, meets its glass echo.
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Wigan photographer wins top awards
David A Stanbury, of Classic Photography, in Gidlow Lane, beat off 1,000 competitors to scoop Reportage Wedding Photographer of the Year and Studio Portrait Photographer of the Year at the North West arm of the British Professional Photography Awards. (25/04/2008 14:50:05)
wigantoday.net |
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Value of mural presents problem for Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH - A mural in a subway station that is being demolished is worth $15 million, more than the cash-strapped transit agency expected, raising questions about what to do with the artwork once it is removed.
The Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Event
A new exhibition of 007 book covers charts the changing image of the suave British spy and his world of fast cars, luxury casinos and alluring women.
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Local & live
Monday, April 28, 2008 • "EXIT": Ryniker-Morrison Gallery, Tech Hall, Rocky Mountain College. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Works by graduating RMC art majors. Up through May 2.
Billings Gazette |
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Music Fans Endure Heat to Attend Coachella Music Festival
Afternoon temperatures hovering near 100 degrees grilled thousands Sunday at the Coachella Valley Music & Art Festival. Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters helped close the show with "Dark Side of the Moon." FOX 11's Jane Yamamoto has the video report.
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Flora and Fauna, a maker of artistic cards, needs to focus on marketing
Christine Brandt cranks out wedding invitations and stationery on a vintage Vandercook letterpress. It's a labor of love but also a venture she hopes to make profitable. Abandoned in the Nevada desert for two decades, the rusty hunk of junk didn't look like much. ¶ Except to Christine Brandt. The former art student had spent months searching for just such a 1,200-pound treasure. ¶ Brandt paid ...
Los Angeles Times |
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Lynn Public Schools Art Exhibition coming
LYNN-Budding artists from throughout the Lynn Public Schools Fine Arts Department will take hold of all three LynnArts galleries next month when the annual Lynn Public Schools Art Exhibition gets underway.
The Daily Item |
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The queen stays home to watch telly
Blessings upon the San Francisco International Film Festival for a one-big-room opening-night party, at which music at one end left enough room at the other end for people to talk. The Metreon party space, scannable from one end to another, allows guests to...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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Jason Lee, Rose McGowan nab Midnight Awards
A stepping-out kind of crowd, dressed in cocktail party finery, gathered at the W Hotel late Saturday night to honor Rose McGowan and Jason Lee with the San Francisco International Film Festival's Midnight Awards. At 11:59 and 50 seconds, everybody began to...
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Legendary Saxophonist Alfonzo Blackwell is Releasing his 7th CD ``Dance To This'' April 29th on Utopia Records
2008 is a defining year for Utopia Records executive and recording artist, soul saxophonist Alfonzo Blackwell. This music legend's new CD release is a must have instant-classic masterpiece.
Centre Daily Times |
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Rahner Q&A: Robert Downey Jr. on becoming Tony Stark/Iron Man
I had picked up the Parade mag from where I threw it and was looking at Robert Downey Jr.'s face while we talked on the phone. If his renaissance weren't...
Seattle Times |
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Blast from the Past: Arts Festival Showcases BC students' creativity
Published in The Heights on Tuesday, May 2, 2000 The second annual Boston College Arts Festival, exhibiting the artwork of both students and faculty, opened with a ceremony in O'Neill Plaza last Thursday. The two-day event included performances by musicians, visual artists, filmmakers, writers, and performing artists around campus.
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Refinery strike enters second day
Extra supplies of fuel are being shipped to Scotland as a strike by workers at the Grangemouth oil refinery enters its second day.
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Business Leads
Entertainment Davie-based Party Time DJs Inc . was recently selected as a 2008 Pick for The Knot Best of Weddings magazine, in its second annual survey of recent brides for a guide to U.S. wedding sites, photographers, florists and more. Party Time, formed in 1979, also recently launched a spinoff company, Limelight Studio LLC , a boutique photography studio.
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Renaissance revisited at Hooker Oak School
CHICO -- A new museum just opened in Chico, but you'll miss it if you'll don't visit within the next couple of weeks.
Chico Enterprise-Record |
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