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Olympic flame casts light on cultural understanding
Half an hour’s drive to the southwest from the 2008 Olympics’ venue, the Bird’s Nest, the Capital Museum is quietly stealing some of the glamour from the quadrennial games.
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Couples dance as one
Gherman Mustuc (left) and his partner Iveta Lukosiute perform their ballroom dancing routine tonight during Ballroom’s Best, a very popular addition to the Vail International Dance Festival for three years in a row.
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Around the Tri-State Area this weekend
The West Point Sweet Corn Festival officially opens today in West Point. The Vision for Space Exploration Experience Trailer sponsored by NASA is a new feature this year.
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Midday Update
Is it the weekend yet? Midway through Friday and we have new listings for Donavon Frankenreiter , Jason Ricci & New Blood , Tokyo Police Club and Man Man , and links to items about "Virgin Mobile Festival," Live Nation, Warner Music Group, Bernie Mac , Clay Aiken and the guy arrested for major CD / DVD counterfeiting who was nabbed by a bike patrol cop.
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Ballet Magnificat! To Perform in International Festival
Jackson's Ballet Magnificat! Alpha Company has been chosen to represent the United States at the fourth annual Festival Internacional de Ballet "Puerta de Oro de Colombia" in Barranquilla, Colombia.
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Community calendar
56th annual Sweet Corn Festival - activities all day, West Point. Hamilton School District registration for students preK-12 - 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at each school building. Students should register at their building grade level.
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Jill Newman Productions Presents Eight Concerts in August/September
NEW YORK - Following two successful concerts at New York's JVC Jazz Festival at Carnegie Hall and the New York Society for Ethical Culture, Jill Newman Productions presents a diverse line-up of exciting music at the Kennedy Center, Highline Ballroom, The Blue Note and Hammerstein Ballroom.
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When Technology Becomes Art: Photography of the Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremonies [Olympics Pictures]
While we're waiting until tonight to see NBC's delayed rebroadcast of the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games, we can show you some of the most beautiful images from the event. An incredible...
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Police recover 3 of 4 artworks stolen from Sao Paulo museum
Police have recovered three stolen works of art and arrested two suspects in a major art heist at the Estacao Pinacoteca Museum in Sao Paulo in June.
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CB artist nearly sweeps awards at Maritime show
COOS BAY — For Coos Bay artist Bill Selden, museum recognition was a little slow coming. But when it came, it came in abundance.
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Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival
Tonight Lula Washington Dance Theatre Presenting a fusion of African, modern dance, ballet and performance art, the company achieves the perfect balance between telling stories and breaking new ground with vividly expressive and often jaw-dropping choreography.
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NY NY Frears' "Deal" At Walter Reade, Film Forum Celebrates "French Crime" and MoMA Puts Dali On Film
It was a quiet week as New York welcomed August. Stephen Frears came to the Walter Reade with his " The Queen " prequel " The Deal ", and the Museum of Modern Art 's comprehensive exhibition of Salvador Dali films started its latest chapter.
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Exhibit unveiled at College of Lake County
GRAYSLAKE – There is nothing more natural than being curious about your own surroundings. Whether it is a simple view of the lake or a sculpture in the park, artists have a way of expressing these images in ways that even our own eyes would have never pictured them.
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'Man on Wire' a wild ride
Philippe Petit is alive. Alive and quite well, in fact, living in Shokan and nearing 60 but exhibiting the strength and enthusiasm of a man half his age.
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8 Women, 10 Minutes and Generations Are NYMF Partner Events; "Musicals on Television" Series, Too
The musicals Midnight Madness, Generations and Soul Searching are among the partner events announced for the fifth annual New York Musical Theatre Festival, which gets underway Sept. 15.
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China strides onto Olympic stage with massive opening ceremonies
BEIJING — China didn’t just walk onto the world stage. It soared over it. At last playing its long-sought role as Olympic host, China opened the Summer Games in spectacular fashion Friday with an extravaganza of fireworks and pageantry dramatizing its ascendance as a global power. Olympics coverage Olympics photo gallery Central Illinois boasts wealth of Olympians
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Elton Bennett art exhibit opens
WESTPORT—Barbara Bennett Parsons gazed at a black-and-white photo of her father, the late Grays Harbor artist, Elton Bennett, as he crouched over one of his many handcrafted frames he used for silk-screening.
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Art Sale By Young Boy is a Fundraiser
A Brockport seven year old isn't letting a gastrointestinal disease stop him from enjoying life. It's actually motivating him to help others. Brockport is hosting its annual art festival this weekend.
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Regents Study Possible Sale of Mural
CEDAR FALLS (AP) - The Iowa Board of Regents has agreed to study a possible sale of a famous Jackson Pollock painting at the University of Iowa to help pay for flood recovery on campus.
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Art Preview: Caroline Wright's Migration
Caroline Wright Migration: Recent Works by Caroline Wright Saturday, August 9 Bay6 Gallery and Studios ( 5305 Bolm Rd ) One night show, Saturday, August 9, 7-10pm, gallery hours Sunday, August 10, 2-5 pm [ info ] Caroline Wright’s entire world is about calculated movement. The yoga instructor/cellist/painter's deft hands and agile body carry her from one artistic endeavor to the ...
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Culture & Heritage Projects in the UAE Top US$51 Billion
The UAE has a planned investment outlay of AED 190 billion in the cultural arena to spearhead positive cultural development and heritage conservation across the country including archaeological sites, museums, historic buildings, cultural landscapes and collections according to UK's leading event organizer CMPi who has announced the launch of the Middle East Attractions, Amusements, Parks, ...
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Rodger Painter CAVA August Member of Month
Rodger Painter fell in love with the art of photography at an early age and soon learned to develop his own film and prints at home. He went to work for The Gaffney Ledger in 1969 as a news and feature writer and photographer.
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Virgin Mobile Fest Brings Major Artist To Balt.
Other than the Preakness, the Virgin Mobile Festival is the biggest event of the year at Pimlico Race Course, and it happens this weekend.
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Warning of oil supply 'crunch'
An oil supply "crunch" could hit the world in five years time and drive up oil prices to more than 200 US dollars (£100) a barrel, a think tank has warned.
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FTSE closes at 5489.2
A sharp slide in oil prices helped the FTSE 100 Index close 11.7 points higher at 5489.2.
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