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Free D.C. Sites A Great Return On Taxes
There are so many free and cheap things to do in Washington that the biggest challenge is carving out enough time to take advantage of them. Many museums, monuments and other institutions — from the zoo to the botanic garden — that are run by the federal government charge no admission. But even if you've been here, done that 15 times over, the capital is packed with new and overlooked ...
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2: Georgian ballet at Edinburgh festival: we fear for our families
country descended deeper into crisis, the State Ballet of Georgia took to the stage last night for the opening of Giselle at the Edinburgh International Festival.
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Film review: Blindsight
A moving, quietly uplifting documentary in which the photography and sound recording are as sharp as the moral discussions conducted by the participants
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Cool off and get creative with AMOA's ice cube art
The event is the last educational activity in the series of the museum's themed exhibition "LeWitt " featuring the works of renowned artist Sol LeWitt.
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Edinburgh: A day in the life of Festival City
Tanveer Ahmed, 21, Newsagent at Latest News
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Cool off and get creative with AMOA's ice cube art
Summer keeps heating up, but some families used ice cubes to cool off at the Austin Museum's Chill Out Art exhibition Saturday. The event is the last educational activity in the series of the museum's themed exhibition "LeWitt x 2" featuring the works of renowned artist Sol LeWitt.
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In the spotlight: How Camille O'Sullivan sashayed from the drawing board to the cabaret stage
Almost exactly a year ago, at the beginning of the Edinburgh Fringe festival, the award-winning architect turned cab-aret chanteuse Camille O'Sullivan emerged from the wings of a packed, steamy Spiegeltent and sashayed through the crowd in a blood-red cocktail dress, kissing and caressing male and female audience members like a purring cat.
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Cash-strapped Fort Ticonderoga weighs selling art
(AP) TICONDEROGA, N.Y. - Fort Ticonderoga, one of the nation’s oldest and most significant historic sites, is so financially strapped that its trustees are considering selling off some of the fort’s vast collection of artifacts, including artwork believed to be worth millions.
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Cash-strapped Fort Ticonderoga weighs selling art
TICONDEROGA, N.Y. (AP) — Fort Ticonderoga, one of the nation's oldest and most significant historic sites, is so financially strapped that its trustees are considering selling off some of the fort's vast collection of artifacts, including artwork believed to be worth millions.
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Cash-strapped Fort Ticonderoga weighs selling art
Fort Ticonderoga, one of the nation's oldest and most significant historic sites, is so financially strapped that its trustees are considering selling off some of the fort's vast collection of artifacts, including artwork believed to be worth millions.
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LIVERPOOL, UNITED KINGDOM - 'SuperSgtPepperYellowLambSubmarineBanana', one of 124 mini Superlambananas, stands in front of the Beatles Museum as part of the European Capital of Culture celebrations, on August 8, 2008 in Liverpool, England.
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How to sell your house
Two weeks ago, a country home in Dorset sold for £210,000 above its guide price within minutes. How? It went to private auction. Seven of the 12 invited buyers gathered in the dining room of the 18th-century farmhouse in Gussage All Saints, near Wimborne.
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Cash-strapped Fort Ticonderoga weighs selling art
Sat, Aug 9, 2008 (4:03 p.m.) Fort Ticonderoga, one of the nation's oldest and most significant historic sites, is so financially strapped that its trustees are considering selling off some of the fort's vast collection of artifacts, including artwork believed to be worth millions.
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Check It Out
(IsraelNN.com) A new museum dedicated to Gush Katif will open in Jerusalem this Tuesday, displaying the history of Gaza, the establishment of Jewish communities there, and their destruction by Israeli security forces during the 2005 disengagement.
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Jimmy Abeita: Navajo artist made history by changing genre’s style
GALLUP — One of the joys of going to the 87th Inter-tribal Indian Ceremonial is that you meet such interesting people in the exhibit hall. People like Jimmy Abeita.
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Cash-strapped Fort Ticonderoga weighs selling art
Fort Ticonderoga, one of the nation's oldest and most significant historic sites, is so financially strapped that its trustees are considering selling off some of the fort's vast collection of artifacts, including artwork believed to be worth millions. The move comes after the fort lost the support of billionaire Forrest E. Mars Jr. amid disagreements with Fort Ticonderoga's longtime ...
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The hero of Ian Rankin's Book Festival mystery ... Gordon Brown
was worthy of a children's story. A "man of big brain and good heart" was promised by Edinburgh International Book Festival director Catherine Lockerbie. The audience members braced themselves for a character worthy of AA Milne.
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Abol Tabol and pretty sculptures
Nidhi Jalan, who had worked and held exhibitions of her ceramics and paper work in this city years ago, has since moved to New York for advanced studies in visual arts, is exhibiting her installation titled Abol Tabol at Akar Prakar.
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Local Elvis has no cause to be blue,
The lyrics of Elvis Presley’s “If I Can Dream” say, “While I can dream, please let my dream come true, right now.” While local Elvis Presley tribute artist Joseph Angerosa’s dream to sing at Graceland with Elvis’s band hasn’t come true yet, he did get the chance to sing on the Internet during the Elvis Week MySpace Karaoke Contest last week.
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Da Vinci works displayed by queen
Queen Elizabeth II has celebrated her son's 60th birthday with a display of Leonardo da Vinci works from her private collection at a small museum in Scotland.The 10 drawings will be at the Smith Museum and Art Gallery in Stirling through October, The Telegraph reports. In November, when Prince Charles actually turns 60, the exhibit will move elsewhere.Elspeth King, the museum curator, called the ...
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'Rockefeller' saga a tale of multiple identities
BOSTON -- Clark Rockefeller may not be a real decendant of the oil tycoon, but if authorities and reports are to be believed, he sure was a lot of other things:
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Da Vinci works displayed by queen
STIRLING, Scotland, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Queen Elizabeth II has celebrated her son's 60th birthday with a display of Leonardo da Vinci works from her private collection at a small museum in Scotland.
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For Mumbai train bombing survivor, life goes on
Losing an arm in the 2006 blasts has not ended Mahendra Pitale's career as a sculptor. That one time, hanging out the open door of the crowded train was lucky for Mahendra Pitale. Had he been sitting inside the train car, the 34-year-old sculptor almost certainly would have been killed when the bomb exploded.
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47th Annual St. Barnabas Art Show
08/10/2008 - 10:00a.m. to 08/10/2008 - 6:00p.m.
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Software Review: Adobe Photoshop Plug-in - Silver Efex Pro From Nik Software
Silver Efex Pro is a great addition to the photographer's tool box. Silver Efex Pro is the latest addition to Nik's collection of digital photographic filters and effects for Adobe Photoshop. This is a brand new product that is aimed at creating dynamic black and white images by offering the traditional tools of the darkroom while including the flexibility and precision of digital photography. ...
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