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Art center and library join in Festival
BUCHANAN - Downtown Buchanan will have no shortage of activities, arts or culture as it celebrates the city's 150th birthday and its annual Old Mill Festival. Both the Buchanan District Library and the Buchanan Art Center will have special events happening throughout the weekend.
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Grammar Police Destroy Public Art
It's a case of what Dave Chappelle would call " keeping it real gone wrong ." In their zeal to rid the world of typos, a pair of asshats defaced a 60-year-old sign painted by architect Mary Colter. Jeff Michael Deck of Somerville, and Benjamin Douglas Herson, of Virginia Beach, Va., members of the Typo Eradication Advancement League, or TEAL, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court of ...
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Local photographer to hold book signing
Austin-based photographer Dustin DeBoer will be at the Austin Public Library for a book-signing Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. DeBoer has released “Relax, Reflect, and Rejuvenate: The Story of Solid Rock Photography.”
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Rib America Festival turns 13 Labor Day weekend
If good food, good music, a family environment and three days of inexpensive entertainment is right up your alley, the Rib America Festival at Military Park in downtown Indianapolis might be just what you are looking for.
Rushville Republican |
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Downtown Austin Alliance Looking For Nice Racks
bluemodern/flickr The Downtown Austin Alliance (DAA) is looking for Austin-area artists to design sculptures that can double as bicycle racks on Congress Ave downtown. The Alliance's request for proposals (pdf) calls for artists to create eye-catching public art bicyclists can lock their rides to, an offers a $10,000 grant to those whose designs are approved. "We want bike racks that ...
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Lincoln Road closes for makeover
The west end of Lincoln Road is closed while the city remakes it a pedestrian-only plaza with water gardens and a public art installation.
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The 'peaceful' Hadrian and his endless wars
"Hadrian: Empire and Conflict," at the British Museum, curated by Thorsten Opper, looks at the Roman emperor and his legacy of constant expansion.
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China retracts a promise to a New York museum
China has reversed its decision to lend the Asia Society nearly 100 objects from Chinese museums for an exhibition that focuses on revolutionary Chinese art from the 1950s through the '70s, scheduled to open on Sept. 5 in Manhattan, the society's president said.
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Art, Music, and Film in West Philly
We're excited about the night of Art, Music, & Film being planned by Studio 34 for August 23rd in West Philly. They're planning an art extravaganza celebrating the premiere of the short film In this place by Cait Davis . In her first film since graduating from college last year, Cait explores personal growth and development. Also enjoy artwork by local artists: installations, short ...
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India's best known painter left out of Delhi art show
NEW DELHI (Reuters Life!) - India's biggest art fair opened on Friday, but the show was mired in controversy when organizers left out the works of the country's best-known painter for fear of attacks by Hindu vigilantes opposed to him.
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Riverview hosts sidewalk art festival today
The East Valley Art Guild's Fourth Friday Art Walk will be 6-9 p.m. at Riverview, Dobson Road and Loop 202.
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Art guild seeks volunteers
The Plymouth Guild for the Arts is looking for volunteers to help with its 41st annual Juried Art Show to be held on the Training Green Sept. 13-21.
Old Colony Memorial & Plymouth Bulletin |
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Steve Bloomer Bust project gets underway
The Steve Bloomer project took a giant step forward toward completion today, as a giant painting of the Rams Super Star was sold and presented to Ian Hodgkinson of Hodgkinson's builders.
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Museum Center builds national exhibit
An exhibit opening Jan.15 in Philadelphia is about to thrust the Cincinnati Museum Center into the national spotlight.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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Estes Park Plein Air 2008 - Painting the Parks opens Saturday
“We’re all having a party, and we’re all getting away with it.” Plein air painters have a playful gleam in their eye — a joy and enthusiasm that only exudes from an artist that paints the beauty of nature.
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India's best known painter left out of Delhi art show
India's biggest art fair opened on Friday, but the show was mired in controversy when organizers left out the works of the country's best-known painter for fear of attacks by Hindu vigilantes opposed to him.
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Face Addict
Another week, another snippet of Warhol cine-marginalia. This is a movie memoir by Edo Bertoglio, the Swiss-born photographer and film-maker who was a satellite of the Andy Warhol scene in New York in the 1970s and 80s, and took photos for his Interview magazine as well as album covers.
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Museums & Galleries
AerieArt Gallery -- Wilmington "Late Summer Scenes," Delaware artists depict the joys of outdoors, through Aug. 31. By appointment. Park Plaza, Suite 25, 1100 Lovering Ave. 657-0445. Free.
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Artist wins award for park sculpture
Reno artist Eileen Gay has received a 2008 award from the Society of American Mosaic Artists during the recent Mosaic Arts International conference in Miami for her public art creation, "Call of the Panther," in Panther Valley Park in north Reno.
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Big Brother 2004: Shell stunned by fan fury
Posh art student Shell Jubin was first to go last night and instantly tipped Nadia to win.
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Lennon's life through art
Long Island Beatles fans, get ready - after 16 years spent touring the country, the artwork of John Lennon will be coming to the Hamptons, where he used to summer. Yoko Ono and Legacy Fine Art Productions are presenting his show, "Come Together," this weekend at the Southampton Inn.
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InsideOut a draw in Warehouse District
While Traverse City's Warehouse District may be slowly garnering attention, its residents are thinking outside of the box in order to bring new visitors to this often missed corner of downtown. At the InsideOut Gallery, owner Mike Curths has found a way to expand the offerings of his art gallery.
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Film series marks 10 years of success
When they created the Beyond the Bay Film Series to address what they considered to be a scarcity of great movies in the area, organizers heard pessimistic views on the number of people who would share their opinion. That was 10 years -- and a major Traverse City film festival -- ago.
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Hot Entertainment Picks: 08/22/2008
Jones plays Sleder's Celebration; Coho festival runs this weekend; GT Woman holds Exp(O!); Alden offers arts festival; FNL step back in time; Crystal Lake ride rolls Saturday; Benzie Symphony performs Sunday
Traverse City Record-Eagle |
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British Team Chase Morny Prize
A strong British contingent will contest Sunday's Prix Morny at Deauville.
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