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Lake Superior hosts a summer of art in the park — Trek by kayak serves up inspiration for weekly painting sessions
Now that's art in the park. Heather Sinnott, an artist who often frequents the haunts and magical places of Lake Superior, held seven art workshops this summer in the Lake Superior Provincial Park Visitor's Centre at Agawa Bay. The Wednesday gatherings were a hit with all the [...]
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Ohio firm with vandalized sculpture offers reward
AKRON, Ohio (AP) - A $500 reward is being offered by an Ohio business that wants to get its hands on vandals who stole an arm. Part of the right arm was recently taken off a life-size wooden sculpture of a carpenter outside Williams Hardwood Flooring in Akron.
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Connie and Faith, in a patrol car'
They loved the Chihuly glass exhibit at the DeYoung. But the two Santa Rosa ladies in their mid-80s who drove to San Francisco the other day for a museum stroll and lunch are talking most about their wild ride home.
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Briefs Amateurs can enter SWCD photo contest
BUCYRUS -- The Crawford Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors invites amateur photographers of all ages youth to adult to enter its 2008 photography contests for a chance to win a cash prize.
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Born Yesterday writer at festival
An author who wrote last summer's news as a novel is among the guests at the Inverness Book Festival.
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One week left to visit the superlambananas
SUPERLAMBANANA fans have a week left to enjoy the trail of the iconic statues. The Go Superlambananas festival is due to end next Tuesday, when all 125 lambies will leave the streets.
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Stolen Picasso Recovered
Brazilian police have recovered a Pablo Picasso print that was stolen with three other valuable artworks from Sao Paulo’s Pinacoteca Museum in broad daylight in June.
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Column: Real Costs Of Oil Rebates
Sen. Barack Obama wants to give you a $1,000 energy rebate check. This sounds like a good idea, unless you actually paid attention in Econ 101. Oil is an extremely price-sensitive good. A tax increase on this good will lead to an increase in the price it. Any tax imposed on the producer will simply be passed on to the consumer in the form of higher gas prices. The more you tax, the higher the ...
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Ocean Terminal hosts Mela art shows
OCEAN Terminal Shopping Centre in Leith is hosting three Asian-themed art exhibitions as part of the Edinburgh Mela Festival.
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Staten Island Advance Top News
YOUR VIDEOS Share the videos you've shot - it's easy! Hawkey, Our Yellow Lab Is Never Late For His Supper. • READING THE LABEL COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- About a dozen people in our region have confused bottles of torch oil with apple juice and other harmless liquids -- with fatal consequences in one instance.
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Artworks Created Using Objet 3-D Printing System Acquired by The Museum of Modern Art
Objet Geometries Ltd. , the innovation leader in 3-D printing, today announced that four abstract artworks utilizing Objet technology have been acquired for the collection of The Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
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Stone Mart Invites Luxury Design Buyers to Exclusive Showroom
With the growing trend of natural and exotic stone in home decorating and interior design, Stone Mart is inviting luxury design buyers to view its exclusive collection at a state-of-the-art showroom in California. Visitors to Stone Mart can set up a private consultation or guided tour of the facilities to help develop any type of project.
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Photo Release -- 3D Systems to Launch New Generation of Professional SLA Precision Centers
ROCK HILL, S.C., Aug. 19, 2008 -- 3D Systems Corporation , a leading provider of 3-D Printing, Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing solutions, announced today the immediate availability of its iPro 9000 SLA Center, a new professional Stereolithography system for the production of ultra high-definition 'Pro-Parts' from its integrated portfolio of proprietary Accura Plastics.
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France shoots film of Hanoi’s Pottery Road
VietNamNet Bridge – From July 27 to August 10, Nathalie Kertchef, Director of the Image De Ville Studio of Aix-en-Provence province, France was in Hanoi to shoot a film entitled “Pottery Painting – the gift for Hanoi’s 1,000 th anniversary”.
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'Portrait of an Artist' on tap for Wednesday
OGUNQUIT and#8212; The popular and enlightening "Art Videos at the Gallery" series, sponsored by Ogunquit Performing Arts and Ogunquit Arts Collaborative, continues with the showing of the eighth film, "Jacques Lipchitz, Portrait of an Artist," at the Barn...
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'Big Brother' contestant is opening art gallery
A young Salem woman is fulfilling her dream.
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Soul of Stone Church, music on the line
The venerable Stone Church atop Zion Hill in Newmarket is headed toward a foreclosure auction on Sept. 12 and an uncertain future beyond that, but an individual business is not the only thing on the line these days.
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OurStage's Online Gig and Talent Finder, Marketplace, Adds Noise Pop, RedGorilla Music Festivals, Artists Matt ...
OurStage , a music discovery destination providing professional opportunities for up-and-coming talent, today announced the addition of four new partners to its online gig and talent finder resource, Marketplace, including music festivals Noise Pop and RedGorilla and artists Matt Nathanson and Kaki King.
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A colorful Vietnam-Japan cultural festival
VietNamNet Bridge – There was a lively atmosphere at the sixth Vietnam-Japan Cultural Exchange Festival in the ancient town of Hoi An, the central province of Quang Nam, on August 15. Japan International Cooperation Agency, Vietnam-Japan Human Resources Cooperation Center, the Japanese city of Sakai and Hoi An's authorities joined hands to hold the event celebrating the 35th anniversary of ...
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Feds up amount they say Fumo defrauded
,PHILADELPHIA — State Sen. Vincent Fumo and associates defrauded the Senate, a museum and nonprofit group of about $3.5 million, far more than the initial...
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UGA Today
- The Collectors Visit Atlanta. Sponsored by the Georgia Museum of Art. The Collectors will visit Atlanta to view two private collections of photography. For information, including departure time and costs, call 706-542-0437. Contact www.uga.edu/gamuseum - LSAT Test Prep Course.
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Party photography
Lauren Sobut works a second job on weeknights and weekends attending weddings and birthday parties but the Homer Glen native isn't a caterer or a photographer. Sobut and a business partner own Picture It Photobooth, a company that rents photo booths for parties.
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Get set for the biggest festival yet
PARKOUR free-runners and fashion fans will flock to Glasgow's cultural quarter for this year's Merchant City Festival. The seventh annual festival, launched today, is set to scale new heights in making the buzzing area Glasgow's artistic hub.
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Art Around Town
If you first visit Kori Newkirk's survey exhibition, currently at the Pasadena Museum of California Art, you might not peg Rank , an installation at LAXART, as Newkirk's.
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Mainichi Newspaper Posts Comic Market Cosplay Photos
The Mainichi Shimbun paper has posted a gallery of fan cosplayers and a gallery of cosplayers in the industry booths at this summer's Comic Market. The newspaper also notes that the new Macross Frontier anime series has joined Code Geass , Miku Hatsune, Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
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