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Most Talked About Stories
Friday, August 15, 2008 2:19 PM CDT The 23rd poster local artist Eleanor Curol designed to promote the Delcambre shrimp festival is simple. More of this story
The Daily Iberian |
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Today's Hub Picks: What to do on the weekend
Step back in time: Visit Trails and Rails Museum, hear 'Elvis'
Kearney Hub |
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Calendar Listings
"8.16.08" Community Photography Contest - The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art seeks photographic images taken between 12:01 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 16th. The photos will be judged and some will be selected for an upcoming exhibit. Sat., Aug. 16. brooksmuseum.org.
The Memphis Flyer |
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Blueberries celebrated at annual blueberry festival
It'll be blueberries all the time this weekend in eastern Maine as Machias hosts its 33rd annual Wild Blueberry Festival.
Boston Globe |
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New personnel in Dist. 429
The new staff at Pontiac School District 429 for 2008-09 school year include seated from left, Josh Moore, custodian; Christine Chiodo, junior high technology; Josh DeLong, junior high dean of students; Brent Harms, fourth grade at Central; and Rita Niemerg, elementary art teacher. In back are Evelyn Henson, custodian; Ashley Gerber, kindergarten at Central; Mary Knaub, elementary technology ...
Pontiac Daily Leader |
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Horsepower for History event will be held today in Tiffin
"The Horsepower for History Concours d'Elegance" exhibition and judging of fine automobiles, including pre-war, European sports and exotics, road racing, American sports and new luxury cars will be 3 to 8 p.m. today in the lower park area of Tiffin's Hedges Boyer Park, across from the YMCA on Summit Street.
Fremont News-Messenger |
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6ft. stone guitar sculpture celebrates R&B festival
A COLNE businessman has teamed up with Colne in Bloom and Pendle Leisure Trust to create a dedication to the town's biggest event - the Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival. (15/08/2008 14:59:02)
Burnley Today |
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Exhibition bridges film, art, rock 'n' roll
Greg LeSar's big show is coming - the "culmination of all his work at SCAD" as LeSar's co-producer and editor, Patrick Griffin puts it - but LeSar's keeping his priorities straight. "I'm very influenced by rock 'n' roll music. And my favorite band in the world, Nine Inch Nails, is playing on Wednesday and I'm going to go see it," LeSar said. "Two days before the opening of my show. You ...
Savannah Morning News |
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Album of the Week: Live at the 1977 Monterey Jazz Festival, Tito Puente and His Orchestra
Listeners often consider an artists recorded catalog to be the defining factor of their career, but in many ways, it presents a limited viewpoint of the artist.
All About Jazz |
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What's Captured, and What's Let Go
Photographer Barbara Bosworth's show "Earth and Sky" at the Smithsonian American Art Museum reflects a deep love of nature. This photograph shows a black-billed cuckoo being held by a bird bander in Massachusetts. The bird was released moments later.
Washington Post |
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Painting the past
MERCERSBURG, Pa. - The log cabin where President James Buchanan was born, the stone spring house of Hugh Mercer for whom Mercersburg is named, the fountain that once stood in town square - Jane and Ken Tyson have them all in their front hallway.
The Herald-Mail |
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Festivities and crafters return to the downtown
COSHOCTON - When the Roscoe Village Foundation announced late last year it would not host vendors during the Canal Festival, the Coshocton County Chamber of Commerce, Towne Centre Association and Coshocton County Convention and Visitors Bureau rethought some other events and brought the focus of the festival to the downtown area.
Coshocton Tribune |
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Metal fabricator wanted for third-grade artist’s design By Sarah Bultema Loveland Reporter-Herald
The Loveland Visual Arts Commission is still seeking a metal fabricator to bring to life the winning design from April’s Children’s Sculpture Competition.
Loveland Reporter-Herald |
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As You See It : Latest Submissions
Edgartown Lighthouse at sunset. Taken with Nikon D70, 3 minute exposure. Visit www.captivelight.us for more of my photography
The Martha's Vineyard Times |
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'I am Woman' exhibit opens at Dixon gallery
DIXON - Shirley Guay didn't know the quilters of Gee's Bend, Ala., until one day when she happened on a book. "Every page I turned, every quilt I saw, I was blown away," Guay said Friday.
SaukValley.com |
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Friends pay tribute to college graduate killed in flat
FRIENDS and lecturers today paid tribute to a photography graduate who was killed during a disturbance at a flat in Leith.
Edinburgh Evening News |
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A sculpture to treasure
AN 8ft tall wicker model of pirate Long John Silver is greeting visitors to the city's Writers' Museum.
Edinburgh Evening News |
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Art lecture series continues with 'Volcano House Story'
In the cool heights of Big Island lava country, the Volcano Art Center Gallery is housed in the historic Volcano House Hotel, built in 1877.
Honolulu Advertiser |
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Journal of 1790s sailor for auction
LONDON (AP) and#8212; "Fish for dinner."
Portsmouth Herald |
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A writer anywhere; ‘Cowboys Are My Weakness’ author Pam Houston will speak at Bend’s Nature of Words literary festival
It was sunny and warm in Seattle during Pam Houston’s recent visit, and the gorgeous weather was making her suspicious.“It always does this when I come here. It’s like it wants to tease me into moving here,” she says.The Bulletin caught up with the “Cowboys Are My Weakness” author by phone while she settled in at one of Seattle’s ubiquitous coffee shops.
The Bulletin |
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Lord ends auction of a lifetime
A BRITISH lord who was selling off his title and property on the Internet website eBay said today he has halted the auction because of concerns over whether the bids were genuine.
Daily Telegraph |
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Museum to display rare Chinese works
INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indianapolis Museum of Art will host "Power & Glory: Court Arts of China's Ming Dynasty," the first exhibition in the United States to focus on the full range of art from China's Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Oct. 26 through Jan. 11.
South Bend Tribune |
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ART OPENING
631 Washington St., Michigan City; "Backstairs at Barker Mansion," a housekeeper's exhibit, continues through Sept. 30; guided tours: 10 and 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. CDT Mondays through Fridays and noon and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays; (219) 873-1520; $.
South Bend Tribune |
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Emin draws in the crowds as art-lovers flock to show
TRACEY EMIN'S first major UK retrospective has attracted a record crowd to the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
The Scotsman |
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Edwards was always just a slick politician
Phil Barnard says John Edwards was nothing but a slick politician and R.W. “Buddy” Howard says we need to keep readers apprised about the Fayetteville Museum of Art-Festival Park issue.
The Fayetteville Observer |
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