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Fort Wayne Museum of Art Expanding
FORT WAYNE, IN (Indiana's NewsCenter)--A downtown landmark is about to undergo some changes. The Fort Wayne Museum of Art held a groundbreaking ceremony this morning.
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Worth the drive 8/14/08
Less than 2 hours awayVarious locations, Paducah, Ky.The fourth annual River's Edge International Film Festival will be today through Sunday in Paducah. Films from directors in Africa, Europe and North America will be played at three venues in the city.
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The rising price of fuel also sees a rise in petrol, diesel and oil theft
There is plenty of evidence that thefts of petrol, diesel and heating oil are rising, but Channel 4 News now has figures to prove it.
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Can't Miss This!
Happy birthday Social Security ! Here's to another 73 years—or at least until we retire. NEIGHBORHOOD HEARTS AND HANDS: A CHILDREN’S PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT The children of the Goodlands Community Arts Program live in some of the roughest areas of the city. But that doesn't mean they can't do their part to empower themselves and their neighbors. As a project of the grassroots ...
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Mavuno events fill the calendar
Sweetwater Center for the Arts is preparing to kick off the 12th annual Mavuno Festival of African American Art & Culture. read more »
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Thieves steal children's art from Regina shop
A Regina gallery that was filled with children's artwork is trying to rebuild after thieves ransacked the shop.
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Painting on the edge
Splashes of color and transparent reflection leap from the page in a spectacular mixture of paint and water. It's a unique display of talent and creativity exhibited from some of Odessa's very own painters - all part of the locally chartered Watercolor Horizons Group.
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Artist celebrates 20 years
Jim Harrison Gallery in Denmark, S.C., will kick off a celebration of its 20th anniversary in August 2008. The celebration begins on Sunday, August 17 from 1 pm until 4 pm to be followed by an event each month (Sundays from 1 pm until 4 pm) during the anniversary celebration year. During these events, Jim Harrison will be in the gallery to meet Gallery patrons.
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“Big galleries such as ours, will help by setting standards”
BASEL. Chinese curator Leng Lin who founded the Beijing Commune in 2004, a centre showing emerging and established Chinese artists, is the new director of PaceWildenstein’s Beijing gallery.
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Guggenheim Bilbao director admits to E4.2m loss
NEW YORK. The director of the Guggenheim Bilbao, Juan Ignacio Vidarte, has admitted that the Spanish museum lost e4.2m of public money when it purchased Richard Serra’s The Matter of Time, 2005, using US dollars rather than euros to buy the work.
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Read and Romp family event
Reach Out and Read- South Carolina announces the 4th annual Read and Romp Family Benefit Event. Read and Romp will take place on Sunday, October 19, 2008 from 1- 4 pm at the S.C. State Museum and will be a day of fun best suited for families with children 10 and under.
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Wassaic Project to bring artists, community together for weekend
WASSAIC - As the summer winds down, artists from near and far will converge in the Harlem Valley to celebrate and create in a new all-encompassing arts festival called the Wassaic Project.
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It's happening right here in your community
-ANIMALS The South Carolina Wildlife Federation will host The 2008 Wild Summer's Nite Auction and Wild Game Feast August 23 at the SC National Guard Armory on Bluff Road. Purchase tickets in advance. 256-0670 or www.bluetreemarketing.
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News to Yous
Thanks to the help of Obey Giant, MoveOn.org is sponsoring an art contest in support of Barack Obama’s campaign for the White House.
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Arts & Entertainment:
The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts presents an important multifaceted exhibition which demonstrates the varieties of directions of art at this juncture. For the past 15 years the center has presented surveys of the visual arts every three years.
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Mikulov Art Symposium in its 15th year
People come to the South Moravian town of Mikulov, located right on the border with Austria, for many things – historic monuments, folklore, and wine. But only few would expect that the town boasts a large collection of contemporary art, created during 15 years of summer art symposiums. The Mikulov Art Symposium “dílna” or workshop concluded its 15th year at the weekend with an exhibition of ...
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Arts Calendar:
Oakland International Black LGBT Film Festival through Sun. at Parkway Theater, 1834 Park Blvd., Oakland. For details of films see www.clubrimshot.com/filmfestival.html
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New cultural district for Oslo
OSLO. The city of Oslo has announced a plan to move several museums and its main library to a central waterside location near the harbour and close to the new NKr3.3bn ($500m) National Opera house.
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Historical Society welcomes cartoonists exhibit
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Tom Engelhardt couldn’t wait for the newspaper to arrive when he was a boy.
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Le Corbusier's life shown in 2,000 illustrations
"Le Corbusier Le Grand" (Phaidon Press. 768 pages. $200), by Phaidon editors: This formidable picture book traces the monumental career of Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, the prophet of modern architecture and city planning known as Le Corbusier.
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Colosseum, Vatican City and ... a theme park?
With the ruins of ancient Rome, the splendor of Vatican City and countless Renaissance art treasures, what does Italy's capital lack to attract tourists?
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Galleries join forces to buy portrait of cotton king
LONDON. The National Portrait Gallery in London (NPG) and the Harris Museum & Art Gallery in Preston are trying to raise £420,000 to jointly buy a newly-discovered Wright of Derby portrait of cotton manufacturer Sir Richard Arkwright.
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Free festival Saturday at S. Ellen Jones park
The S. Ellen Jones Neighborhood Festival will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the community’s park located along 13th Street between Culbertson Avenue and Oak Street.
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Community Calendar
Humboldt County Fair in Ferndale, celebrating their 112th year from Aug.7-17. Enjoy an old fashioned fair with carnival rides, horse races, cloned mule racing, sheep dog trials, live entertainment, death-defying stunts, flower show, competitive exhibits.
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September's Tweak festival in Limerick
NEWS on Tweak, the new interactive art and live electronic music festival taking place in Limerick City between September 23 and 27. A full programme of concerts, exhibits and workshops has been posted on www.tweak.ie, and the entire event is substantially sponsored by UL.
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