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Worthpoint to buy online auctioneer GoAntiques
Worthpoint Corp., an online provider of market data on sales of art, antiques and collectibles, plans to acquire online auctioneer GoAntiques Inc., Worthpoint says. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
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Newsweek: First U.S. terrorism museum opens
Inside America's first terrorism museum.
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Haunting at Perkins House
Plans are in the works for eight ghosts to take up residence in the Perkins House Museum next summer, as part of the Perkins House ghost project, funded by the Nova Scotia Museum. ?The ghosts will be what I'll call.....
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Kevin Smith makes a porno: 'Clerks,' 'Dogma' director finds romance in skin flicks
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Kevin Smith likes to watch porn online, not to get his jollies but to marvel at how extreme the art of exhibitionist sex can be.
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Adobe Launches Photoshop Elements 7, Photoshop.com Storage
New features in Elements 7 include a tool that lets users brush away unwanted images, such as passers-by in a photo's background.
InformationWeek |
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Donation will help preserve Tacoma Historical Society's artifacts collection
Tacoma Historical Society announced yesterday it has been selected to receive assistance from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in its effort to preserve its collection of objects and artifacts.
Tacoma Daily Index |
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New gallery looks for unique art to fill store
Art can connect a community. That is what the Kings Canyon Art Gallery is doing. The gallery, located on the north side of the square in place of the Mall Berry Tree Antique Mall, is offering an artist co-op and is looking to recruit local people to display their work.
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CORRECTING and REPLACING Adobe Unveils Photoshop Elements 7 and Introduces Photoshop.com Membership
URL at the end of the sixth graph should read: mobile.photoshop.com (sted www.mobile.photoshop.com).
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Iran boosts spending to promote Koran culture
An Iranian woman passes by a sculpture of an open Koran during the annual Koran exhibition in Tehran last year. The government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says it has boosted spending to promote the Muslim holy book the Koran and revive revolutionary ideals in Iran. (AFP Behrouz Mehri)
Middle East Times |
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Updated 8/26: Highland Park Alliance charms festival attendees
This past weekend, city officials and merchants worked hard to make sure visitors would know how to find their way back to Highland Park.
Highland Park News |
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Las Vegas Sun
Attention Las Vegas people-watchers: You thought the costumed crowds at the Star Trek and Cher fan conventions were good stuff? Make sure to hang around the Renaissance Hotel this weekend -- here come the anime fans, gathering for the fifth annual three-day Anime Vegas Convention Saturday through Monday.
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CORRECTING and REPLACING Adobe Unveils Photoshop Elements 7 and Introduces Photoshop.com Membership
SAN JOSE, Calif.----URL at the end of the sixth graph should read: mobile.photoshop.com .
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The cookie queen
She's known as Sweet Martha, a longtime elementary art teacher, a mom and a frozen-dough entrepreneur. But for the past 30 years, State Fair fans have known her best for her name on all those buckets of chocolate chip cookies fresh from the oven.
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Arts & Leisure: Going 'solo
Come September, seven museums will concurrently hold a retrospective celebrating the works of portraitist and rural landscape artist Fernando Amorsolo. Down on UN Ave., a cheeky little gallery by the name of Hiraya has already decided to put its own spin on honoring the master by mounting Amor Solo, Amores Muchos (One Love, Many Loves), a show featuring 11 contemporary artists invited by curator ...
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The Hub-o-sphere, August 26
-- When you're not getting your news from Bostonist, NewsCred might offer the best articles available on the Web. [ Blogstring ] -- Apparently the T has set up a radar gun to monitor the Green Line speed at Packard's Corner. Lo and behold, someone caught the trolley going almost twice the speed limit. [ Universal Hub ] -- Someone at the Smithsonian wonders which museum is better: the ...
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Preschoolers dabble in fine art
Never ever underestimate children. That’s the approach of an art program in a home-based day-care center in Newton, whose seven “graduates” staged an art exhibition of sculptures and paintings in early spring.
Newton Tab |
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Does Native American exhibit belong at Mount Rushmore?
There aren’t any signs pointing Mount Rushmore visitors to the newest exhibit. Superintendent Gerard Baker prefers that visitors explore the national memorial’s grounds and discover the Native American heritage village on their own.
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Artists sought for September show
MORRISON - Local artists and artisans are needed to exhibit in the Natural Area Guardians of Whiteside County's third annual community art show. The daylong event is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 27 in and outside the Odell Library.
SaukValley.com |
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Wine bar doubles as art gallery
DIXON - People can enjoy a variety of art and wine Frida, as the Crystal Cork Wine Shoppe presents its first art show, "4Visions: A Relation of Color, Life and Form."
SaukValley.com |
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Uncommon Threads on display
Wearable art? You need to see it to believe it, and maybe even create it. Erin Rolfs and Danielle Honeycutt joined us with more on the Uncommon Threads Art Show Tuesday morning on 2une In.
The Advocate |
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Canada to map Arctic's vast resources
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Tuesday an ambitious plan to discover and tap mineral, oil and gas riches believed to be hidden beneath the cool Arctic.
AFP via Yahoo! News |
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Kroger and Nestle Purina Launch National Contest, TV Special to Celebrate the Bond Between People and Pets
CINCINNATI , Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- As relationships go, few compare to the connection between people and their pets. To celebrate this special bond, Cincinnati -based Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) has partnered with Nestle Purina, a global pet food manufacturer, to sponsor a television special about animals and their owners and to launch a national contest to find the best photo and story about the ...
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A sapphire and diamond brooch once owned by Sir Elton John is expected to fetch more than £12,000 at auction.
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Kevin Smith makes a porno with `Zack and Miri’
Tue, Aug 26, 2008 (10:42 a.m.) Kevin Smith likes to watch porn online, not to get his jollies but to marvel at how extreme the art of exhibitionist sex can be.
Las Vegas Sun |
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Where Tradition Has Ruled, a Home for Contemporary Art
The art that Anupam Poddar and his mother have collected will be exhibited in a new space in what will be, in effect, India?s first contemporary art museum.
New York Times |
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