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Warhol exhibit arrives, Johnson Center preps for opening
Thousands of crates have been unloaded in Troy. Hundreds of thousands. But none have attracted the attention and created the excitement of the four crates that came aground on Friday.
The Troy Messenger |
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Out There this week
Boulder International Fringe Festival at venues throughout downtown Boulder; boulderfringe.com
Denver Post |
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Hanoi to host Enikki Festa awards ceremony
VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam will host an awards ceremony of the Mitsubishi Asian Children’s Enikki Festa 2008-2009 in Hanoi on July 29, 2009. The 2008-2009 drawing contest, themed “This is My Life,” will be launched in 25 Asian countries and territories, including Vietnam.
Vietnam Net |
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Utah dance company is in Beijing for Booking Dance Festival 2008
Utah dance company in Beijing for the Olympics art has been sent to Todd. ScottI Chinese Odyssey "It took us a half an hour just to get a cab," Yeager said. "Then we took a subway to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. Some dignitary was being shown through, and we 'commoners' kept getting yelled at and forced off the main path.
Deseret Morning News |
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Pittston celebrates tomato fest’s 25th
PITTSTON – A quarter century ago, the Pittston Tomato Festival began as a cooperative effort among friends to sponsor a summer get-together for local residents. Since then it has grown to become one of the busiest festivals in Northeastern Pennsylvania with an expected attendance of over 50,000 over four days.
Times Leader |
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Mystery surrounds death of NYC Renaissance man
NEW YORK—Mark Chamberlain did everything to become a hip, high-tech New Yorker. He ran away from home in Seattle at 15 to make it in the nation's biggest city.
Las Cruces Sun-News |
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Curator hit pay dirt in Spanish attic
A groundbreaking exhibit at the Nasher Museum of Art shows how two decades of curiosity paid off.
The News & Observer |
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Grand show puts Philip III, Nasher in new light
'El Greco to Velázquez" is a bit of an anomaly for the Nasher Museum of Art, whose mission is primarily contemporary art. Yet the Duke University museum handles the territory with all the resource and aplomb one might expect from an older, more established institution like the N.C. Museum of Art.
The News & Observer |
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Exhibit details
Location Tickets Leave them at home Parking Going deeper Shopping.
The News & Observer |
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Arts offerings tie in to exhibit
Duke University's Nasher Museum of Art cultivated fertile ground for a local flowering of the arts when it began planning the "El Greco to Velázquez" exhibition.
The News & Observer |
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Crowds come out for annual Appraisal Day
Martin and Sally Elmes of Bowling Green went to the Kentucky Library and Museum on Western Kentucky University’s campus with several items for Appraisal Day.
Bowling Green Daily News |
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High-tech Lovers Lane medical building opens
Nikki Piper has never been here. She’s not accustomed to the flat-screen TVs, the modern art, the new computers and the spacious rooms. But she’s getting used to it.
Bowling Green Daily News |
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Currach regatta takes Irish Fest to the water
With a clack of wooden oars and a blessing by an Irish bishop, the lagoon behind Maier Festival Park was transformed Saturday.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
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Museum offers free family event
The Museum of Florida Art's Family Fun Day will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, at the museum, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand.
Daytona Beach News-Journal |
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Schulz museum poll says it's Snoopy in '08
Ballots won't be counted until December, but a sneak sampling suggests that the next president of the United States could be the most famous beagle in the world
Long Beach Press-Telegram |
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Challenges ahead
Cape Hatteras’ Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum Director Joseph Schwarzer was recently named director of state maritime museums in Beaufort and Southport.
Carteret County News-Times |
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Abundance of palaces in India's most colorful state
Rajasthan has an embarrassment of palaces: middle of nowhere, towering on hilltops, crammed in narrow backstreets and reflected in lakes - so many that the Rajasthanis don't know what to do with them. They've been turned into hotels, museums and government offices. Some have been overtaken by bats.
The Salt Lake Tribune |
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In Denver: Oh, say can you hear?--Daytime jazz club folds in Harlem--Canadians revisit Ellington
Colorado jazz singer Rene Marie's unaccompanied version of the national anthem at a Denver state-of-the-city address in early July called to mind guitarist Jimi Hendrix's blues-rock rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner” at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.
All About Jazz |
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'The Flavor of Art'
EL PASO -- A new series of exhibits, "The Flavor of Art," was launched Aug. 9 at Ruli's International Kitchen, 318 N.
El Paso Times |
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'Semi-Abstract' show
EL PASO -- El Paso artist Catherine Kistenmacher, a past president of the El Paso Art Association, has a one-woman show, "Semi-Abstract Acrylics," at the association's Crossland Gallery, 500 W.
El Paso Times |
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Fans jazzed about Eldridge
About 10:30 a.m. Saturday, 90 minutes before the Something of Note jazz sextet kicked off the third annual Michelob Twin Tiers Jazz Festival at Eldridge Park, Tony Durante and Jackie Edwards found themselves positioning a picnic table to get an unobstructed view of the lakeside stage.
Elmira Star-Gazette |
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Renaissance play gets contemporary treatment
The world, according to commedia dell' arte's 16th-century tradition, thrives on food, sex, money and vengeance. An audience favorite for hundreds of years for high farce and lowbrow actions, commedia's stock characters are said to mirror our naughty selves.
The Greenville News |
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Project runway
I T'S a bird! It's a plane! It's... a work of art! That's what visitors to the Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University might be thinking when they see a new exhibition, "The Jet as Art," opening Saturday. The photo exhibit features the work of New York photographer Jeffrey Milstein. Though his project involves aircraft as the subject matter, viewers shouldn't expect to see photos ...
The Wichita Eagle |
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Artist's painting used in parade, Bible school
Artist and art teacher Wayne Beeman uses his talents in many ways, including as a member of Mt. Pisgah Wesleyan Church.
Elmira Star-Gazette |
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Chainsaw masterpieces
Give him a block of wood, and Burt Fleming can use his chainsaw to make it art.
Denton Record-Chronicle |
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