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Comic Notions
YOU CAN just hear old man Crumb saying, "It's only lines on paper!" But it isn't anymore. This catalogue for a multimedia show at the Vancouver Art Gallery includes photography and other imagery from electronic media.
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Into Orbit
JOHN ADAMS' Doctor Atomi Symphony, in its West Coast premiere at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music on Saturday night, revealed the difficulties the composer had previously admitted in making a symphonic synthesis from his opera of the same name.
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Silicon Alleys
FREMONT resident Xavier Nuez specializes in urban blight photography. For 17 years now, he's slithered into desolated wastelands across America and documented rundown shipyards, busted fire escapes, defunct ballparks and deserted alleyways. He makes photographic monuments out of ruins.
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WHITBY -- Opportunity was knocking for children at the Station Gallery's art camp this summer when organizers added an exciting new door-painting activity to their program. The young...
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Visual art: Lost Kingdoms of the Nile
Thurs., Aug. 14... By Cinque Hicks King Tut wasn't the only game in town on the ancient Nile. To prove it, Emory University's Michael C. Carlos Museum presents LOST KINGDOMS OF THE NILE, continuing Thurs., AUG. 14. The exhibit explores the erstwhile empire that held sway in southern Egypt and northern Sudan from 3,000 B.C. to 350 A.D. Some bloated, Brendan Fraser-fueled Hollywood excess may have ...
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Steve Slotin celebrates a folksy 15 years
Folk Fest visionary... By Helen Herbst Steve Slotin's a lover of folk art from way back. In 1994, suburban CL paper Gwinnett Loaf ran an article in which he promised a folk-art show in Atlanta — though he had no exhibitors and no location. This gamble paid off. Atlanta's annual Folk Fest now reigns as the largest folk-art show in the world, and celebrates its 15-year anniversary Aug. 15-17 at ...
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Dragon finds a new home
When Doug Murray met Daned the dragon, he knew his backyard oasis would be the perfect home for the 400-pound sculpture. Featured last May in The Mississauga News , Daned was described as a dragon with a heart of steel, seeking an outdoor locale, and who's good with children and animals.
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Hoghead Festival on track
The 33rd Annual Hoghead Festival, celebrating Proctor’s railroad heritage, continues today. An Art Show featuring railroad and green-theme art is on display at the Proctor Area Community Center - 100 S. Pionk Drive. Viewing times are: Thurs.,
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ARBORFIELD – REME Museum of Technology, Isaac Newton Rd. Out of the armoury and on display. Open Mon 9am-4.30pm, Fri 9am-4pm and Sun 11am-4pm. Details: (0118) 976 3384.
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What's going on
"A Face Only a Mother Could Love," face jug pottery from the American South - Love Little Gallery on display at the Walter Anderson Museum of Art, 510 Washington Ave., Ocean Springs, through Sunday. For more information, call (228) 872-3164.
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Three Rivers Festival board asks exec to resign
The Fort Wayne Newspapers Three Rivers Festival board of directors asked its executive director to resign Monday night and will put together a committee to recommend how the festival should be managed in the future, board president Jerry White said this morning.
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Mr. Gay, in Pictures
Philly has a new Mr. Gay Philadelphia. He was crowned—well, bannered—Friday night at the Mr. Gay Philadelphia 2008 contest held at the Gershman Y on the Avenue of the Arts. At the end of an evening that included star-studded celebrity judges, amazing entertainment, contestants in evening wear and swimwear, and a Q&A, John Caputo beat out all the others to take the title. He was then mugged on ...
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Hilton Family Hotels Invite Guests to Experience Waterfalls Exhibit in New York City
To celebrate New York City's groundbreaking Waterfalls installation, Hilton Family hotels are providing travelers an up-close view of the innovative art exhibit with a sightseeing cruise down the East River.
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Mehregan Artistic Design Competition
The 2008 Mehregan Festival Committee is announcing the 13th Annual Mehregan Festival to be held on Saturday and Sunday, October 11th and 12th at Orange County Fair and Expo Center in Costa Mesa, California. This year for the first time, Mehregan is offering an Artistic Design Competition.
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Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog
On the Chronicle of Higher Education's Brainstorm blog, Laurie Fendrich reminds the University of Iowa regents of their institution's mission.
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Grants favour 'useful' research projects
An investigation into the therapeutic potential of taking museums into hospitals is among 13 research projects to win over £3m in public funding
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Cash to perform at Flower Pickin' Fest
Famed recording artist Rosanne Cash is to headline the 2nd annual Johnny Cash Flower Pickin' Festival in Starkville, Miss., festival organizers said.The event is to take place in the city where Cash's late father, music icon Johnny Cash, was arrested more than 40 years ago.Paying tribute to the Man in Black's life through redemption and flowers Oct. 17 through 19, Cash's friends, family and fans ...
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'Moo'lah for youth
For 10 years the dairy youth have been recognized by an auction during the Dodge County Fair. Live animals are not sold, but rather are a symbol of the dairy showman's achievements."We're proud that the auction has gone this long," Bonnie Borden of the Dodge County Extension Office said. "We are one of the only counties in the state to hold this type of event. It's pretty unique in the way it's ...
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FAIR ROUNDUP - Sheriff fights back tears as he marks last year as pageant MC
Richard Sutherland normally doesn't answer questions at the Huron County Senior Royalty Contest. For the past 21 years, the Huron County Sheriff has asked the questions.
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Mary Queen of Scots re-enactment at the Tolbooth
An opportunity to see a fascinating re-enactment of a visit to Aberdeen by Mary Queen of Scots to meet with a friend before he was beheaded will take place on Saturday, 16 August at Aberdeen's Tolbooth Museum, Castle Street. 2008/08/13 00:00:00
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Museum needs your help, ABC
The newest exhibit at the Iowa Children's Museum needs your help."ABC's: Letters in Disguise" is a photographic exhibit showcasing the letters of the alphabet as they appear in everyday life. And the photographer is you.The museum is asking children and adults to photograph alphabet letters in nature, architecture and everyday life, and submit their discoveries to the museum. For example, a ...
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Cash to perform at Flower Pickin' Fest
STARKVILLE, Miss., Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Famed recording artist Rosanne Cash is to headline the 2nd annual Johnny Cash Flower Pickin' Festival in Starkville, Miss., festival organizers said.
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Purple Door rocks Ski Roundtop with Christian music
Parents don't like the music, but they come anyway. And they bring the kids. While the annual Purple Door Arts & Music Festival of alternative Christian music mainly draws teenagers and young adults, more grade-school children are attending chaperoned by their parents, said Chris Strayer, the festival's producer and administrator.
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SPORTS HEADLINES
The eighth annual Art on the Riverfront — an outdoor juried art show on Grand Haven's boardwalk — will be held Saturday.
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Repose for Iowa's Pollock? Museum's Director Is Optimistic
The blogosphere ( including my blog ) has been getting bent out of shape about the request by one of the University of Iowa's board members, Michael Gartner , for an updated appraisal of the Pollock owned by the university's art museum, which he suggested could help defray the cost of recovering from damage caused by the major June flood.
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