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CUTTING EDGE
Artful tastes The Main Street Delaware art-and-wine event will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday in the Richard M. Ross Art Museum, Sandusky and Spring streets, at Ohio Wesleyan University. The evening will include art displays, food from Delaware restaurants, a raffle and a silent auction. Tickets -- $30, or $50 a couple -- are sold at Simple Indulgences, 31 N. Sandusky St.; and Beehive Books, ...
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EBAY ITEM OF THE WEEK
Among our favorite recurring auction items is "Container Filled With Nothing." ("Food That Looks Like Stuff" and "Pet Art" are also in the mix.) Hence, we present "Rare Jar of Las Vegas Air!" (item No. 260275198461). The seller from Nevada "personally walked the strip in front of the MGM Grand Casino and captured the essence of Sin City." If the air that day was anything like our last trip, the ...
The Columbus Dispatch |
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Green stuff
Artist Access Artists who work with watercolor, pen, pencil, charcoal, pastels and photography can have access to the gardens after hours. Preregistration is required. 3:30- 6:30 p.m. Thurs. $25. Filoli House and Gardens, 86 Canada Rd., Woodside. (650) 364-...
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Marblehead exhibit to focus on water paintings
MARBLEHEAD - Water will be everywhere at the Marblehead Arts Association next month. Titled, “Element One: Water,” an exhibit of recent paintings by Joyce Bartlett will depict water in a variety of forms: ocean, ponds, rivers and tidal pools.
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From a costume party to CB2
Far out, Far East: To celebrate her birthday Aug. 8, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art board member Norah Stone and her husband, Norman, threw an "Olympiad" costume party for 170-plus guests at their Stonescape winery estate in Calistoga. Among the costumed...
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Food news from around Puget Sound
Auction of Washington Wines raises $2.25 million for charity and education program; Seattle Tilth throws a harvest party; 30 Washington supermarkets to offer wine and beer tasting come Oct. 1; a new Paseo Caribbean Restaurant location in Ballard; almost time for Bremerton's Blackberry Festival; a Shrek-themed cocktail at Union Square Grill; Pike Place Market offers chef demonstrations.
Seattle Times |
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Bulletin Board: A list of Palm Beach County events
Today Art Film , The Barbarian Invasion , French Canadian. Free with paid admission., 2 p.m., Boca Raton Museum of Art, 501 Plaza Real, Mizner Park, Boca Raton . Adults $8, seniors $6, students $4. Call 561-392-2500.
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Coming up
Aug. 21: Happy hour with an artful twist, 5 to 8:30 p.m. at the Miami Art Museum; $10. 305-375- 3000 or www.miamiartmuseum.org. Aug. 21-24: Art Metrano's Accidental Comedy: Jews Don't Belong on Ladders runs Thursday - Sunday at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale. $25-$35; 954-462- 0222; www.browardcenter.org.
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Local and live
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 • "MATERIAL TERRAIN: A SCULPTURAL EXPLORATION OF LANDSCAPE & PLACE": Yellowstone Art Museum, 401 N. 27th St. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Contemporary works by 11 artists. $5, adults; $4, senior citizens; $3, ages 6-18; free, ages 5, younger and YAM members. Up through Oct. 31. 256-6804.
Billings Gazette |
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Museum's annual benefit art auction is Sept. 20
The Bolinas Museum will host its annual benefit art auction, the "Fall Fandango," at 3 p.
Marin Independent Journal |
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Community News Briefs
A live art auction presenting fine works from around the corner and around the world, a book signing, plus sports and music memorabilia will be held at Sacred Heart Church Hall on Saturday, Oct. 4.
Bridgeton News |
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Rwanda: Women Députés More Concerned With Grassroot Issues - Study
The high number of women Députés in the Rwandan Parliament has brought issues that affect the grassroot voter to the forefront of national policy - rendering the Députés a needed block in the House, a study by British experts says.
AllAfrica.com |
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BC BREAKING NEWS:
Dancing to the music: Festival-goers danced to music from around the world at the Roots and Blues Festival. Roots & Blues: Event successful in not attracting rowdy patrons.
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Jazz festival to help raise scholarships for students
IDYLLWILD - The music of jazz headliners Lee Ritenour, Dave Koz and other artists wafting through the pines this weekend will raise more than $100,000 in scholarship money for young artists studying theatre, dance, creative writing and other disciplines at Idyllwild Arts.
The Press-Enterprise |
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Organic Planet Festival educates and entertains for a fourth year
Category: Local News Topics: Event Every year, the Organic Planet Festival strives to educate the community on how to be more environmentally friendly and share local organic foods.
The Eureka Reporter |
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In your neighborhood
Hudson’s Bay: Rick Takach, president of Vesta Hospitality, was the winner in the third annual “Dancing with the Local Stars” fundraiser at Pearson Air Museum on Aug. 2. Based on the format of the popular TV program, four local “stars” were partnered with experienced dancers from Arthur Murray Dance studio and were taught dance routines.
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Idaho Candy co. contest winner: Berry-filled garnet edges out 250 sweet ideas
Candy contest winner Kelly Gates says the star garnet represents what she loves about her home state. "You go camping, what do you do? You look around on the ground and you find rocks and feathers, especially the kids," said Gates, who is trained in biology and in art. "It's very possible to get a decent gemstone just from walking around and looking."
The Idaho Statesman |
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Contest to have county theme
What makes up Coos County? Rugged coastal mountains fringed with stands of tall timber? People playing in the dunes? Tidal estuaries, an enormous bay?
The World |
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Berrydale resident shares her favorite cookie recipe
Linda Ashworth lives in Berrydale, and is known far and wide for her culinary talents. Sculpting a whale out of a watermelon is just one of the showpieces that she designs.
Pensacola News Journal |
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Bank features work of Edmond artist
Legacy Bank in Spring Creek Village at 15th and Bryant in Edmond currently is featuring the art work of contemporary Edmond artist Fred W. Stanley, who has been an avid photographer since college. If you know an artist or are an artist yourself and would like to exhibit in the space at Legacy Bank, e-mail samples of work to julien@legacy bank.com. read more
The Oklahoman |
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Area artists mix media to create ‘Image Word' exhibit
"To go across, you have to crawl on your hands and knees," a poet chants to meditative flute and percussion. Four dancers painstakingly creep across the floor in front of eight consecutive panels of poetry and photography floating on spacious white paper.
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Kaleidoscope images in Garrett Park
It could be argued that Al Teich's photography career is owed largely to toys. The North Bethesda man got his shutterbug start as a 10-year-old, having won a toy box camera as a third-place prize in a sneaker jingle contest.
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Edmond In Brief
Art institute has classes open in fallSlots are still available in the Edmond Fine Arts Institute fall classes. Classes are for ages 18 months through adults. Classes include performing arts, drawing, painting, mixed media, sketching, clay, jewelry design, sculpey (clay modeling), cartooning and many others. For more information, call the institute at 340-4481. To enroll online, go to www.ed ...
The Oklahoman |
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Bath City Festival adds silent sports memorabilia auction
Bath City Festival in downtown Mount Clemens doesn't officially begin until Friday but festival-goers can already check out a lineup of sports memorabilia that will be up for auction in one of the event's newest features.
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Museum exhibits maritime academy artifacts
GALVESTON — The Rosenberg Library is hosting a new museum exhibit: Texas A&M University at Galveston: A Celebration of the Past 50 Years.
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