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CELEBRITY VISIT
Laura Bush dropped in on Edna Karr Senior High School on Thursday to celebrate the start of a grant program that delivers reproductions of American artwork to public schools and libraries nationwide.
New Orleans Times-Picayune |
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Photographers Face Ejection Over Lenses
destinyland writes "Zooomr CEO Thomas Hawk was ejected from a San Francisco art museum because the security guard apparently thought his expensive camera could be used to spy on female employees. Another photographer notes that 'many people consider a professional-looking camera a threat,' and the state of California has even passed a law against telephoto lenses being used to intrude on ...
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Hidden Treasures Reside in Some D.C. Federal Buildings
By Audrie Garrison - Thirty-five sculptures stand in the corners throughout the building - some made of metal, some made of stone. Some hold up statue children and statue water vases, while others raise their statue arms to the sky.
Kansas City InfoZine |
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Andy Warhol Photos Donated to K-State's Beach Museum of Art
The Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art at Kansas State University has received 150 photographs of celebrities and other high-profile Americans taken by pop artist Andy Warhol.
Kansas City InfoZine |
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Wizzard Media Launches the Wizzard Media Player at the New Media Expo in Las Vegas
Wizzard Media (AMEX:WZE), the world's largest podcasting network, will be showcasing its new Wizzard Media Player based on Adobe's Flash(R) technology this week in Las Vegas at the 2008 New Media Expo (NME). The show is the industry's annual convention for professional podcasters, online video publishers and bloggers. Under the tag line, "Get Your Content to Go," the Wizzard Media Player is ...
Centre Daily Times |
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Stage Nine Entertainment Store Presents Signature "GOING HOLLYWOOD" Exhibit at the California State Fair
Celebrating the grand days of Tinsel Town all the way through to today's latest blockbuster releases, Stage Nine Entertainment, Inc.'s GOING HOLLYWOOD exhibit will be an exciting attraction highlighting the history of the silver screen. GOING HOLLYWOOD will provide an opportunity to learn from the best about what it's like to work on movies. The exhibit will also celebrate how we have watched ...
Centre Daily Times |
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Arts & Crafts Festival set for Templeton
TEMPLETON - The 34th annual Arts & Crafts Festival on Templeton Center Common this weekend is the town's biggest festival, boasting 100 crafters and a variety of crafts and artwork for sale.
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Hurricane Katrina Survivor Turns Anger Into Art
Three years after Michael Stanley lost everything in Hurricane Katrina, he earned his MFA at Iowa State and begins teaching there in the fall. "Katrina's Crescendo," comprises two kinetic sculptures that are made from Katrina refuse and express his experiences before, during and after the hurricane. It's an emotional and artistic journey that has carried him from a place of anger to a sense of ...
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Spectacular music and art awaits
Montreal, just like everywhere else, is gearing up for the 2008-2009 season, but the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal is planning a truly spectacular year of concerts. There is also a pair of must-see exhibits that won't be up much longer, one at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the other at the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art. ... - By Jim Lowe Times Argus Staff
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Flotilla to launch today bound for NYC
TROY - The waterfront today will host the launch of a unique floating exhibit bound for New York harbor.
The Saratogian |
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Man makes intricate art on Etch A Sketch
A soft-spoken man, Andy Kingston says he's surprised by the fuss people make when they see his artwork.
Belleville News-Democrat |
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Root beer floats and art at Russell Museum today
Root Beer Float Fridays at the museum features free root beer floats with museum admission. Weather permitting. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. C.M. Russell Museum. 400 13th St. N. 727-8787.
Great Falls Tribune |
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Sick Fest 2, Shrinefest music to your ears
If you’re into fests, you’ll be happy because a two-fer of music festivals is on the horizon — the metal-heavy Sick Fest 2, and then the Maskat Shrine Temple’s big Red Dirt Shrine Fest.
Wichita Falls Times Record News |
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Stage Nine Entertainment Store Presents Signature "GOING HOLLYWOOD" Exhibit at the California State Fair
SACRAMENTO, Calif.----Celebrating the grand days of Tinsel Town all the way through to today’s latest blockbuster releases, Stage Nine Entertainment, Inc.’s GOING HOLLYWOOD exhibit will be an exciting attraction highlighting the history of the silver screen.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Check It Out . . . at the
Photography exhibit, Small Wonders: Photography by Suzanne Révy. Come see the new exhibit, on view through Aug.
Groton Landmark |
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NIGERIA: Rising risk in the delta
Source: IRIN The deployment of additional troops to Nigeria's restive, oil-soaked delta has managed to improve security, but not even their commanders believe there can be a military solution to the armed young men in the creeks, willing to back their demands for a greater share of the wealth their region produces by attacking oil facilities and the soldiers guarding them.
AlertNet |
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Nigeria: Rising Risk in the Delta
The deployment of additional troops to Nigeria's restive, oil-soaked delta has managed to improve security, but not even their commanders believe there can be a military solution to the armed young men in the creeks, willing to back their demands for a greater share of the wealth their region produces by attacking oil facilities and the soldiers guarding them.
AllAfrica.com |
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Quarter Million Dollars of Digital Photo Gear in a Single Photo [Beijing Olympics]
Here's a common scene—but still impressive—at the Beijing Olympics: dozens of photographers firing the most expensive digital photography gear available on the planet at full speed. The sound of all...
Gizmodo |
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Phalen neighborhood rallies around defaced sculpture
Several neighborhood groups and arts organizations from St. Paul's east side are holding a ceremony tonight in response to a recent hate crime.
Minnesota Public Radio |
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Sunflowers hold serious message
Residents and visitors have until 21 August to enjoy a visit to Sunflower Valley. the latest exhibition at the Art Central gallery in Barry Town Hall. Sunflower Valley is a project involving 16 Vale of Gamorgan primary schools which has made national headlines by being featured in the Times Educational Supplement.
NewsWales |
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Village Sports
The Garden City Recreation Department is offering an adult art class. This ten week program will teach the beginner as well as the advanced student the art of painting portraits and landscapes/still-life in pastel from photographs.
Garden City News |
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Local color
Whether it’s the nostalgic return to the days of your youth when sticky cotton candy and a corn dog dripping with mustard was better than any meal at your favorite restaurant, everybody loves a festival.
Centre Daily Times |
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Cinema dream makes big screen
OSCAR-WINNER Tilda Swinton is calling on cinema-lovers to make the most of her personal film festival, which begins in her home town of Nairn today , as a unique event unlikely to reappear in a similar form.
The Inverness Courier |
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Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum to Host Birth of the Cool
Alton, IL, native Miles Davis helped invent the notion of “cool" with his groundbreaking album Birth of the Cool, a recording that also ushered in a whole new school of West Coast jazz.
All About Jazz |
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Gatsby Jazz at the American Riviera
Inspired by the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic, Barbecue Club Entertainment presents the Gatsby Jazz Festival, Saturday, August 30, 2008, with headlining artist Brian Culbertson.
All About Jazz |
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