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New Energy Station -- 08/24/08 at Sculpture Park
New Energy Station -- 08/24/08 at Sculpture Park Rocky Mountain News
Yoga Month Denver Health Festival -- 08/24/08 at City Park
Yoga Month Denver Health Festival -- 08/24/08 at City Park Rocky Mountain News
Green Frontier Fest -- 08/24/08 at Sculpture Park
Green Frontier Fest -- 08/24/08 at Sculpture Park Rocky Mountain News
Jann Klose Performs at Sellersville Theater-Special Guests: Renaissance's Annie Haslam & John Tout
Pop singer-songwriter Jann Klose will be performing at the Sellersville Theater, Main and Temple Streets, in Sellersville, PA on September 20 at 7:30 PM. Two very special guests will join him: Renaissance lead singer Annie Haslam and the group's keyboardist John Tout. Tickets are $21.50, and the venue phone is 215-257-5800. All About Jazz
A mansion of the railways
The Wisconsin, once the private train car of the Ringlings, will be restored to its former opulence at the Circus Museum The Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Country’s best known painter left out of Delhi art show
NEW DELHI: India’s biggest art fair opened on Friday, but the show was mired in controversy when organisers left out the works of the country’s best-known painter for fear of attacks by Hindu vigilantes opposed to him. Gulf Times
Fall 2008 ART EXHIBITIONS and EVENTS
Aug. 30-Nov. 30: John Heartfield vs. Nazi Germany, photomontages by John Heartfield. Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell Gallery, Akron Art Museum. Akron Beacon Journal
Books ease kids back to school
Here are some new books for that back-to-school adventure: • Willow, by Denise Brennan-Nelson and Rosemarie Brennan with illustrations by Cyd Moore (ages 4-8; Sleeping Bear Press; $16.95). Teachers aren't the only ones teaching in this picture book about a precocious girl who has her own ideas about what makes good art. Fortunately, Willow doesn't bend to the strict art teacher's rules in this ... Akron Beacon Journal
‘GCSE pressure crushes creativity’Hirst loses thirst for spots and pickled cows
By Louise Jury DAMIEN Hirst has vowed to stop making some of the series of works that have made him famous. He plans to make no more paintings with butterflies or larger spots and has only a handful of formaldehyde works he intends to complete. Gulf Times
Chesterton's art competition showcases creations from three states
While winners have been chosen for Chesterton Art Center's "Art Comp 2008," executive director Judy Gregurich likes to look at her juried contest and exhibit through an objective lens. The Times of Northwest Indiana
Nameless no more: Library's polar bear sculptures given cold-weather monikers
ANDOVER — The mother bear is named after the northern lights, but it's unclear whether one of its cub's names was inspired by a river in northwest Canada or an ice-cream bar. Aurora, Klondike and two other granite polar bear cubs — Snowflake and Grace — were officially given names at Memorial Hall Library on Friday. The polar bear sculpture, installed outside the library in June, was the ... The Eagle-Tribune
Exhibits: Sunday, August 24, 2008
Exhibits Dale Chihuly: "The Exhibition,” through Dec. 31 and "Roman Art from the Louvre,” Aug. 13-Oct. 12, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 236-3100. "Reporting Terrorism,” through Dec. 31, Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum, 620 N Harvey Ave., 235-3313. Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition and Sale, through Sept. 7, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63, ... The Oklahoman
The biscuit-tin modernist
Ben Nicholson, master of the right angle and perfect circle, has had an irregular reputation in his native Britain. Before the war, he was thought outrageous, with his paintings of nothing and his white wood reliefs so avant-garde they were practically foreign. Guardian Unlimited
A tale of two saxmen
One saxophone colossus opens the 30th Chicago Jazz Festival on Thursday. A second closes the nation's largest free jazzfest on Sunday. The Times of Northwest Indiana
Downtown Art Festival Planned
The Downtown Lakeland Art Festival is Sept. 6-7 and will feature more than 30 local and national artists, a juried art show and awards.The event is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on South Kentucky Avenue between Lemon and Main streets.Some of the proceeds will benefit Polk Theatre. The Lakeland Ledger
The Week Ahead: Aug. 24-30
The usual line on Carl Theodor Dreyer ’s 1943 film “DAY OF WRATH” is that it’s a masterpiece, distinguished by its grand scenes (love, death, religion, the supernatural) and auteurist signatures (chiaroscuro lighting, gliding camera movements, deliberate pacing). New York Times
'Audubon's River' artist's paintings at park museum
On the 100th anniversary of John James Audubon's death, a fifth-grader in Des Moines, Iowa, discovered his calling in life. The Gleaner
Hunt down history in the Twin Cities, host of the upcoming GOP convention
Across the Mississippi River from present-day Minneapolis skyscrapers once stood an exhibition hall where Republicans nominated Benjamin Harrison for a second term as president in 1892. Fort Worth Star-Telegram
A year of art & cafe
The hottest topics in the last 24 hours. CORPUS CHRISTI — Celebrants gathered Aug. 15 at the Art Museum of South Texas to mark the one-year anniversary of the art museum's Dobson Café. Hard to believe only a year has passed since the art museum's patrons started noshing at the eatery and taking in its spectacular view of Corpus Christi Bay. At the fete, attendees shared laughs while sipping ... Corpus Christi Caller-Times
[Best Bets] Thursday, August 28
At 5:30 p.m., Jackson Public Schools hosts “Destination Graduation,” a parent conference at Callaway High School (601 Beasley Rd.) to help guide students toward the goal of graduation. Speakers, workshops, exhibitors, door prizes, school supplies and dinner are all provided for parents. Jackson Free Press
Schools notebook: Grapevine student's art gets national honor
Artwork by Grapevine High School senior Sarah Robbins has been chosen for a traveling exhibition of art from Advanced Placement program students from across the United States. Robbins’ work is among 30 pieces selected from 100,000 items and 31,000 portfolios that were submitted, school district officials said. The exhibit will be at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual ... Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Fine Arts Briefs: Sunday, August 24, 2008
ART Photographic views"Optics and Alchemy,” a solo show by Oklahoma City photographer Lori Oden, is on view through Sept. 7 in the state Capitol's north gallery, 2300 Lincoln Blvd. Oden, who is executive director of the Paseo Artists Association, uses rare, antique photographic processes from the 19th century for her images. For more information, call 521-2931. Capitol showWorks by Oklahoma City ... The Oklahoman
Fine arts this week: 'Degas and the Dance' at the Kimbell, Fort Worth Symphony's last day of Mahler
Today In conjunction with the exhibit "The Impressionists: Master Paintings From the Art Institute of Chicago," the Kimbell Art Museum shows the film Degas and the Dance: The Man Behind the Easel at 2 p.m. in the museum auditorium. Free. www.kimbellart.org It’s the final day for the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra ’s Great Performances Festival. The group performs Mahler’s Symphony ... Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Professor returns to city, delivers ‘Roman Wine' lecture at museum
Tyler Jo Smith, a professor of Greek art and archaeology at the University of Virginia, lectured on the concepts of family and festival in ancient Rome in a session at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art's Noble Theater. The lecture was in conjunction with the "Make Mine Roman Wine: Family and Festival in Ancient Rome” exhibit. Smith, an Oklahoma City native, demonstrated how the visual and material ... The Oklahoman