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Can't hold weddings down
A tight economy has some brides using homemade wedding cakes instead of bakery cakes and iPods instead of DJs. Yet others spare no expense for a once-in-a-lifetime blowout with limousines, top-of-the line photography and romantic ceremonies at wineries.
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Can't hold weddings down
A tight economy has some brides using homemade wedding cakes instead of bakery cakes and iPods instead of DJs. Yet others spare no expense for a once-in-a-lifetime blowout with limousines, top-of-the line photography and romantic ceremonies at wineries. Read comments
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Outreach group gets Houston's poor registered to vote
To find the most effective mass voter registration drive in Houston, check bus shelters, public hospital waiting rooms, job search centers and welfare offices. There — as opposed to PTO meetings, art festivals, naturalization ceremonies and other typical sites for civic activity — is where ACORN has been methodically signing up poor and working-class citizens this year.
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Artists look at nature
Tall Grass Arts Association will present "this good earth," an exhibit of landscape images through Sept. 27.
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3:35 p.m. - Japanese pottery exhibit reception set for Aug. 28
3:35 p.m., Aug. 18 — An opening reception for a traveling Japanese pottery exhibit: The Rising Generation From Traditional Japanese Kilns, will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on Aug. 28 at the Isla Center for the Arts, 15 Dean’s Circle, University of Guam.
Pacific Daily News |
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State Of The Art
Contemporary sculptures, abstract paintings, performance art and fashion shows are all housed within 798 art district. (Photo courtesy: GAO ERQIANG) Beijing's 798 art district, a cultural landmark in what was once a secret military factory complex, has gotten a facelift for the ongoing Olympic Games.
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St. Charles plans photo contest
The city of St. Charles is seeking photos that capture the atmosphere, activity and culture of St. Charles. Whether photography is your passion, hobby or an occasional pastime, you're invited to take part in the 2008 St. Charles Amateur Photo Contest.
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U-M grad's art project aims to help the homeless
As final-year art projects go, Stephen Mills' was a little unusual. Most every art-and-design senior at the University of Michigan was pulling together a thesis that involved a painting, a statue or something more conventionally artistic.
Detroit News |
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Ryder Cup paintings to benefit First Tee, Ali Center
As the 37th annual Ryder Cup approaches, Cobalt Artworks is trying to leverage the international golf tournament to raise money for local charities. The tournament will be held from Sept. 16 to 21 at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville.
BizJournals |
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Cultural celebration
A perfect August day brought hundreds of people to the grounds of Eastwood School to attend the Latino Festival Saturday.
Sturgis Journal |
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PARENTS & CHILDREN CALENDAR
Learn about artists and art forms and create works of art at the Louisiana Children's Museum. This week, create stuffed paper sculptures inspired by sea life, play "I Spy" with the letter J and craft your own pattern using geometric shapes.
New Orleans Times-Picayune |
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Tri-Cities in 60 seconds
Nature programs for kids; U-46 will display budget; Kiwanis grants; 'Passport' to museums; jazz fest returns Sept. 5-6; get free legal advice
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Government Center Mural
The artist "Dustyn" is in her second day of painting a mural to brighten up the Government Center in San Andreas. Braving smoke and the 100-degree weather, she says she photographs trees when she is running and these are her source of inspiration for this mural.
Calaveras Enterprise |
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Pillar to shed light on Woodward's past
FERNDALE -- Yes, Woodward Avenue is famous for cars and cruising. But the historic boulevard was home to some of Metro Detroit's richest cultural institutions, famed industrial complexes, mansions and world-renowned museums.
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New York Anime Fest Fields Questions for Rie Tanaka
The New York Anime Festival's official blog is fielding questions from fans for voice actress and singer Rie Tanaka to answer. The festival organizers will choose 10 of the questions submitted before August 24 and ask them to Tanaka next week.
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Unconventional and Free
Curious theatergoers can get an early look at the new works and works in progress of some of New York?s more unconventional artists at the fifth Prelude ?08 festival.
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Recalling Mission to Capture Era?s Misery
The PBS film ?Documenting the Face of America? shows how a small federal agency?s New Deal project to document poverty helped shape modern documentary photography.
New York Times |
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Floating Sculptures
Photographs of the ?Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea? artists building, sailing and performing on their fleet of junkyard riverboats.
New York Times |
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A Floating City With Junkyard Roots
?Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea? is part floating artwork, part performance, part mobile utopia and seemingly part summer camp for grown-up artsy kids.
New York Times |
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Party Patrol: Girls, Girls, Girls
What a week to be a woman in New York. Leighton Meester, Emmy Rossum and Mena Suvari feted fine jewelry (Piaget’s latest collection was toasted at Rockefeller Center) and fine art (stars wished Andy Warhol a posthumous happy 80th birthday at the New Museum). Penélope Cruz and Patricia Clarkson teamed up twice to hype two movies in which they both appear: The first is Elegy, about a student ...
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The Met's Liquid Work of Art
It's bold, bright and packs a punch - and we're not talking about the artwork. The Coloring Book, a cocktail tribute to one of the oversized Jeff Koons sculptures on show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s rooftop, was created by Met wine and spirits director Thierry Pradines, and it’s proving to be a big hit at the Roof Garden Café. Thierry riffed off Koons’ 10-foot abstraction of Winnie ...
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White stripes on the road please this artist
The type of painting Judd Toll does isn't typical, but he still considers it an art form.He paints stripes on streets."It is very gratifying to leave an intersection and see it all painted. It gives you satisfaction, that you are painting the streets of Cedar Rapids and making it a little better to drive on," Toll says.More than 600 locations in Cedar Rapids need yearly street painting, ...
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Woman at the top of her game
PHUTI Malabie is the managing director of Shanduka Energy (Pty) Ltd, a subsidiary company of the Shanduka Group led by Cyril Ramaphosa. Shanduka Energy primarily focuses on investments in electricity, oil and gas throughout the African continent.
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'Unknown' explores gladiator territory
A smart show with a dumb title, "Into the Unknown with Josh Bernstein" (10 p.m., Discovery) stars a handsome adventurer/archeologist who spans the globe to explore strange and ancient cultures. Scientists and researchers comb through the rubble and...
The Standard-Times |
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Coverage earns S-T 3 awards
The Standard-Times won a trio of in-house awards in a quarterly journalism excellence contest from its parent company, E.W. Scripps.
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