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Quick Photosynth Action Lauded Amid Other Cloud Woes
Microsoft surprised the photography and tech communities last week by rolling out Photosynth, an innovative hybrid application for building 3-D environments out of overlapping photos.
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Watercolorist Carole Clarke returns in exhibit with her 2008 collection, entitled “Porchscapes.”
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Cruise West Announces Eight PENTAX Photographers' Cruises for 2009
Cruise West , a leading innovator of small-ship voyages, has announced eight designated PENTAX Photographers' Cruises for the 2009 season designed to help photography buffs capture the natural beauty of their worldwide voyages.
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Three Lawsuits Dropped
MONTGOMERY, Ala.- Three lawsuits filed by world renowned Gee's Bend quilters are over. The lawsuits claimed that three Gee's Bend quilters were cheated financially by Atlanta art dealer William Arnett,
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The Smash of Civilizations
August 24, 2008— I n the months before he ordered the invasion of Iraq, George Bush and his senior officials spoke of preserving Iraq's "patrimony" for the Iraqi people. At a time when talking about Iraqi oil was taboo, what he meant by patrimony was exactly that -- Iraqi oil.
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About Tonight
FILM: With most of the free outdoor summer night activities officially over for the year (Fort Reno, Screen on the Green), the Crystal Screen Outdoor Film Festival is still going strong. They've been showing James Bond movies at 18th & Bell St. in Crystal City all summer. Tonight is the first of the Brosnan era, with GoldenEye . Movies start at sundown, which should happen tonight ...
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Arts Adventurers to explore the Thomas Hart Benton Home & Studio on Sept. 7
Besides touring the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Overland, KS, the Springfield Regional Arts Council will take its Sept. 27th Arts Adventure to the Thomas Hart Benton Home & Studio.
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Suds the new hit at folk fest
The last keg of beer ran dry by 5 p. m. on Saturday afternoon at the Peterborough Folk Festival, a sure sign that the beer tent, a new addition this year, was a hit. "This is our 20th anniversary and we wanted to offer this as a celebratory [...]
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Pinwheels exhibit at Larz Anderson Park
Make sure to see hundreds of pinwheels on display at Larz Anderson Park . The exhibit, Art on the Wind , which lasts through the end of August, is a creation of local artist Katrina Majkut. The park is at 23 Newton St, Brookline. Find the pinwheels on the Goddard Street side. Enjoy the warm weather. Frolic with dinosaurs. Get your art on. Bostonist lists happenings daily. Sometimes we ...
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Chicago art collector dies
Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman, the doyenne of Chicago's collectors of modern art and one of the most cosmopolitan figures on the scene, died Friday at age 94. She had studied painting as a child at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and later fulfilled several commissions for portraits, so the extraordinary collection Mrs. Newman began to build in the late 1940s was the great private ...
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OPS crowns champions at Klash
OXFORD — Six season champions were crowned before the races Friday night at the sixth-annual JARRacing Photography Kart Klash. Once the go karts rolled onto the track at Oxford Plains Speedway, however, it was the competition's time to shine.
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Lifetime Picks Up Companion Series to "Runway"
"Blush" will follow contestants in makeup challenges.
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Daily Press Amateur Photo contest features online and print categories
The Daily Press 2008 Amateur Photo contest is going online.
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Exclusive: Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac's Leeds Festival review
So here we are - the Leeds Festival 2008 and arguably the best main stage line up in the ten year’s since the Yorkshire city joined the August bank holiday party.
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Know Your Neighbor: Emily Beck, Student
Emily, 19, is taking general education courses at Sauk Valley Community College, and wants to pursue photography or art as a career. She lives in Polo, and is the daughter of Donna Beck of Polo and Doug Beck of Mount Morris.
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Bug invasion makes art at gallery
Giant insects are taking over a Surrey art gallery that is being transformed into a huge garden.
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Local Rose Society calls for entries, judges, and visitors
The public is being invited to come and smell the roses at Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park on Aug. 30 and 31. Visitors to the Grand Valley Rose Society fall show will not only get to enjoy the sights and smells, they will be able to participate in judging.
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Country Carvers carve canes for servicemen
The Country Carvers are a group of men interested in woodcarving, wood burning (pyrography), gourd art, etc. The group was organized in the early 1990s by Maurice Canatsey. Many of the original members are still active in the group, but several have since passed away.
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Outside Lands '08 Video: The Walkmen
The weather at this weekend's inaugural Outside Lands festival in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park may have been a tad chilly for a summer rockathon, but it suited the Walkmen's dark-hued balladry and pale skin tones just fine. Check out video of the New York rockers performing "On the Water" and "New Country," both off of their just-released full-length, You & Me , and be thankful frontman ...
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BOV supports concert of contemporary music and art
Bank of Valletta is sponsoring L-Ghabex, an innovative concert that will be combining contemporary art with a variety of music performances.
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Juneau Assembly mulls proposal for bronze sculpture of whale
JUNEAU -- The Juneau Assembly is set to review a proposal for a $500,000 bronze whale sculpture that would be located downtown.
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O'Doherty wins Fringe comedy award
Irish comedian David O'Doherty has won Britain's most prestigious comedy award for routines delivered at Scotland's Edinburgh Fringe Festival, officials say.O'Doherty, a stand-up comic whose act was described as combining dry observations with bursts of manic storytelling, won the nearly $15,000 top prize in the Fringe Fest's Intelligent Finance Comedy Awards, The Times of London reported ...
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THE JOKE'S ON YOU: Week 4
It's time to shake off the Monday doldrums with a little humor. It's Week 4 of our "The Joke's On You" caption contest. This week, we have a psychiatrist talking to a police officer.
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The Lost Art of Glamour
Kobal Foundation celebrity photos capture eternal glamour. Santa Barbara Museum of Art displays some of the best portrait photography from Hollywood's Golden Age.
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Focus of display lies in rugs
Many area stores sell rugs and home furnishings, but items on display at Kan Zaman Gallery are not only from around the world, but many of them are one-of-a-kind.
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