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Correction
Photos accompanying a story published April 24 about artwork of downtown London should have credited the Museum London collection for permission to reproduce images of two paintings: Site from 1977 by artist Clark McDougall and The Covent Garden Market, London, Ontario of 1883 by Paul Peel.
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Auction has something for everyone
Presented by the London Chamber of Commerce, the 17th Bell Comedy Auction was Saturday night at the London Convention Centre.
London Free Press |
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Mean streets
Is Grand Theft Auto IV the first masterpiece of the digital age?
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"Grand Theft Auto" hailed as "masterpiece"
Video gamers geared up on Monday for the midnight launch of "Grand Theft Auto 4," as early reviews hailed the criminal action title as a brutal and satirical "masterpiece" equal to films like "The Godfather."
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Calendar Listings
Metal Museum Demonstration - Presentation by a metalsmith from the National Ornamental Metal Museum at the corner of Main Street and Court Avenue. Tue., April 29, 11:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Free 575-0561.
The Memphis Flyer |
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Calendar -- Des Moines
"The Growing Artist" - Through May 2. Drawings and paintings by students at the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women. St. John's Lutheran Church, 600 Sixth Ave. 243-7691.
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The Messenger earns 19 Associated Press awards
The Messenger earned 19 awards for writing, photography and design in the annual Associated Press Managing Editor's competition, including seven first-place awards and two sweepstakes awards.
The Troy Messenger |
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SLHS senior wins congressional art contest
A San Luis High School senior will have his artwork hanging in the nation's Capitol. Jose Guzman of San Luis, Ariz., is the 2008 winner of the Congressional Art Competition: An Artistic Discovery, according to the office of Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz.
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Tinley Chojor, monastery painter, dies
WOODSTOCK — Tinley Chojor, one of the world's great practitioners of monastery painting, has died at the age of 72.
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GCCart collection to honor local artist and professor
DEPTFORD TWP. The founder and curator of Gloucester County College's permanent art collection will be honored Friday when it is officially renamed the Dr. Ross Beitzel Art Gallery.
Gloucester County Times |
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Children can sign up now for performing arts summer day camp at Johnson Hall
GARDINER — The popular Summer Shenanigans Visual and Performing Arts Day Camp held at Johnson Hall is a well-known favorite of talented youngsters. They use their creativity to write a play, build sets, make props and perform an original piece. Campers decide what character they want to be and then create a play and all the artwork for backdrops and costumes. This creative process results in a ...
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College of Lake County notes
The College of Lake County will hold its Spring Art Sale from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday in the ARTcetera Sales and Rental Gallery, located adjacent to the Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art in the Library/Learning Resource Center.
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Davids the Idol Goliaths
Spring cleaning is well underway in American Idol land. Can you believe there are only four dreams left to trash? Yes, after months of tossing away unnecessary rubbish, the FOX karaoke contest is down to five: Brooke White, Jason Castro, David Archuleta, Syesha Mercado and David Cook.
winnipegsun.com |
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Artist donates Lincoln portrait to college museum
The Lincoln College Museum recently received a donated portrait of Abraham Lincoln by New York artist Sacha Newley, known for portraits of Christopher Reeve, Gore Vidal and Oliver Stone.
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TUESDAY'S CALENDAR
The National WWII Museum Events 945 Magazine St. The new exhibit "Real to Reel: Hollywood and WWII" features artifacts, images, war-era movie posters, clips from selected movies, cartoon and shorts and runs through Aug. 31. Call 527-6012, ext. 229. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 Tues.-Sun.
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Uno Mas: Film Pays Tribute To Cuban Giant
One of the most revered and influential Cuban musicians of the 20th century, the late bassist, bandleader and composer Israel "Cachao" Lopez is the subject of a heartfelt documentary co-produced by actor and longtime champion Andy Garcia that made it's world premiere Monday night as part of the San Francisco Film Festival.
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Original and award-winning works of art are currently on display in the Main Gallery on the CSUN campus, courtesy of the CSUN arts council. The annual juried student art show, which opened April 25, is home to works by graduate and undergraduate art students in a variety of genres.
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Grand Theft Auto launches to Queues, rave Reviews
NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Grand Theft Auto 4" went on sale early on Tuesday, with fans lining up at midnight to get the first copies of the criminal action video game hailed as a brutal and satirical masterpiece equal to films like "Th...
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Local briefs
Lehman Middle School's second annual student art show is on display through Friday at Kent State University Stark Campus in Jackson Township. A student reception will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
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Grand Theft Auto IV launches to queues
Grand Theft Auto IV went on sale early on Tuesday, with fans lining up at midnight to get the first copies of the criminal action video game hailed as a brutal and satirical masterpiece equal to films like The Godfather.
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Goa state film festival from May 1
The State Department of Information and Publicity in association with the Entertainment Society of Goa is hosting the 4th Goa State Film Festival from May 1 to 4.
Deccan Herald |
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Painting illusions to blur the real and the surreal
By Azera Rahman, New Delhi, April 29 : Ten steps away from the wall, a woman looks straight at you, her hands resting on a block of wood.
New Kerala |
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NEWS: Speaker probes North Korea's art censorship
North Korea's communist regime controls the work of native artists to achieve state ends, Jane Portal, a curator of the British Museum, stated in a lecture Monday in Carson Hall. During visits to North Korea in 2001 and 2002, Portal found art that revealed a cultural sphere strictly controlled and restricted by the state.
The Dartmouth |
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OPINION: An Appropriate Anthem
The Hood's "Black Womanhood" exhibit is largely my fault. Well, not mine personally. More so than it does for black women, the exhibit tells the story of white men. The collection is an interpretation -- a historical record, really -- of the way white men like myself have defined women's sexuality and reduced "black womanhood" to a series of sexual icons.
The Dartmouth |
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: Festival of New Musics hits the Hop
Daring to go where no percussion, wind or string instrument has gone before, Dartmouth's annual Festival of New Musics will celebrate its 30th anniversary tonight. For the past three decades, the festival has introduced innovative pieces in acoustic, electro-acoustic and electronic music, in an attempt to revolutionize and reinvigorate classical music.
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