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City shuts down Orange photo studio, says it's a front
An 8,000-square-foot photography studio has been shut down by city of Orange officials who say the business is actually a front for a couples sex party palace.
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City shuts down Orange photo studio, says it's a front
ORANGE, Calif. (AP) - An 8,000-square-foot photography studio has been shut down by city of Orange officials who say the business is actually a front for a couples sex party palace.
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Police Department Launching Pad for Public Art Program
The station is the first to benefit from money earmarked from construction projects in the city to pay for artwork.
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Local Arts Calendar: April
The Source Weekly's Local Arts calendar is updated monthly to keep you, dear reader, apprised of the latest developments in art exhibits and art events to come. Read on and keep your eyes on our print edition for the goods.
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Young, gifted and Asian: QTIP's Asian Cultural Festival shines spotlight on new generation of talented performers
From Californian pop-punk rockers to a Korean comedian with a Southern drawl, there is a new look to Queens Theatre in the Park's Asian Cultural Festival this year, one that dangles a carrot in front of first- and second-generation Asian-Americans as well as the broader populace of the borough.
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ACLU awarded damages, fees in fight over Jesus painting
NEW ORLEANS — A portrait of Jesus hanging alone in the foyer of a Louisiana courthouse was unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled this week, siding with civil libertarians who sued over the display.
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Local arts organizations survive by understanding change, By Brenda Joyce Coda
“Everything must change, nothing stays the same…” goes the 1974 song by Bernard Ighner. Change occurs as people come and go, make new or different choices, form and join and leave groups and affiliations.
Fayetteville Free Weekly |
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Toronto dentist supports black artists in Toronto
What do you get when you cross a mild-mannered dentist with a passionate patron and promoter of the arts? "Someone who is single," said Ken Montague from his dentist office/gallery in downtown Toron...
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8 Days A Week
SPECIAL EVENTS ARTISTS RECEPTION for Fayetteville Public Schools Art Show at 5:30 p.m. today at Arsaga’s, 1582 Crossover Road in Fayetteville. arsagas.org or 527-0690.
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Photography enthusiasts welcomed in new club
A new camera club for photography enthusiasts in the City of Kawartha Lakes will hold its inaugural meeting in Fenelon Falls next month. Lori and Darryl Cowen of Shutterbug Photofinishing are making their Francis Street shop available for the venue.
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Ducks Unlimited banquet/fundraiser slated for Saturday
The Mountain Home AFB chapter of Ducks Unlimited will be holding its 22nd annual dinner on April 19 at The Gunfighter Club on base starting at 5 p.m. The event will be raising money for wetland conservation through a live auction, silent auction, raffles and various games.
Mountain Home News |
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Amenia artist's work unveiled
POUGHKEEPSIE - As the blue tarp was pulled away, the flash bulbs popped and revealed a modestly large monolithic art installation. The work was not exactly a sculpture, nor a traditional painting.
Harlem Valley Times |
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In-store Photo Firm Said Closing 51 Studios in Wal-Marts
CPI Corp., an operator of portrait and digital photography studios, is reportedly closing 51 of its studios in Wal-Mart stores this year because the PictureMe Portrait Studio business it acquired last June failed to reach certain comparable store sales targets in fiscal 2007.
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Fine arts show set for April 26-27
Mid-Missouri Artists, Inc. (MMA) 28th annual Spring Fine Arts Show will be from 1 to 5 p.m. April 26 and from 12:30 to 4 p.m. April 27 at the Warrensburg Community Center’s ABC Building on Commander Drive in Grover Park.
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Police: Man shot himself outside downtown Army museum
A man committed suicide this morning by shooting himself in the head outside the Airborne & Special Operations Museum, police said. A police spokeswoman said the man was not a soldier, but his identity has not been released.
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College's Juried Student Art Show opens
The opening of the Annual Juried Student Art Show tonight at the Mendocino College Art Gallery isn't just a display of art, it's a chance to see the next generation of gallery design and arrangement.
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Risa’s Astrology
Five spiritualizing events occur this week in our world: the Wesak Taurus Full Moon festival, Passover, Pope Benedict’s visits; transiting Uranus squares the U.S. Mars, and Sun enters Taurus,. If we ponder the synchronizing effects of these, the potency is apparent.
Fayetteville Free Weekly |
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Photographer Brad Elterman Selects Paparazzi Agency Buzz Foto to Manage Archive of 1970s, 80s Music and Celebrity Images
Noted 1970s and 80s photographer Brad Elterman has selected Buzz Foto, LLC to manage and market his extensive collection of iconic celebrity and 'legends of music' imagery. Elterman's archive spans two decades of pop culture photography profiling the deeds and misdeeds of everyone from Madonna and Jackie Onassis to Bob Dylan and Joan Jett.
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An image is a mystery for photo detectives
"The Leaf," originally thought to have been made around 1839 or later, has become the talk of the photo-historical world. It may be, in fact, one of the oldest photographic images in existence, dating to the 1790s.
International Herald Tribune |
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New R.E.M. Book Can Be Signed By Stipe
Hot on the heels of the release of R.E.M.'s triumphant 14th studio album, Accelerate , the band is the subject of David Belisle's upcoming book of photography, R.E.M.: Hello (Chronicle), which is due out in June. The book includes 175 candid, previously unseen black-and-white and color photos of the band on the road, at home and in rehearsal, all of which are accompanied by handwritten captions ...
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The New York School (8 pictures)
Between the late 1930s and the early 1960s a group of young photographers living and working in New York City redefined street photography. This group of artists became known as The New York School.
Guardian Unlimited |
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BofA to bring art-exhibition program to St. Louis museums
Bank of America Corp. has launched a program that will make the bank's art collection available to museums, including three in the St. Louis area, free of charge. (BAC)
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TURKEY: DISCOVERY OF 12,000-YEAR-OLD TEMPLE COMPLEX COULD ALTER THEORY OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
As a child, Klaus Schmidt used to grub around in caves in his native Germany in the hope of finding prehistoric paintings.
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Courthouse Jesus Painting Unconstitutional
Courthouse's painting of Jesus Christ deemed unconstitutional.
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University of Michigan Museum of Art Receives Collection Including Works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka
The University of Michigan Museum of Art has received a gift of more than 40 drawings, watercolors and prints by sought after avant-garde artists of the 20th century from retired U-M professors Ernst Pulgram and his wife, Frances McSparran.
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