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`Burn After Reading' opens Venice Film Festival
The Coen brothers wrote their dark comedy, "Burn After Reading," with stars George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Frances McDormand in mind. Not necessarily a compliment.
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Phelps Portrait Reinstalled At Portrait Gallery
A large color photograph of Michael Phelps is being reinstalled at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington.
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WELCOME GUEST! Hollywood megastars George Clooney and Brad Pitt helped kick off the 65th Venice film festival, taking to the red carpet along with their directors the Coen brothers in "Burn After Reading."
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Whoops! Wellesley College loses million-dollar painting
Wellesley College has lost a 1921 painting by French cubist Fernand Leger that was likely worth millions of dollars, officials said.
New York Daily News |
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Entering on a High Note
At first blush, George Steel doesn't seem like a man known for taking risks. He wears round glasses, his hair is cut in the floppy style of an English choirboy, and one of his favorite topics of conversation is Renaissance choral music. But appearances can be deceiving. In his 11 ...
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City says crowds ‘biggest ever’
The crowds at the ninth annual Wah Chang Northwest Art & Air Festival last weekend in Albany were the “biggest ever by far,” said Katie Nooshazar, the city’s recreation manager.
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Art and essay contests for prison inmates
Sri Lanka Prisons Anuradhapura has conducted competitions in drawing and essay writing themed ‘Literacy for a healthy society’ among the inmates of Anuradhapura Prisons and the women’s section.
Daily News |
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Museum, info centre atKataragama opens today Nirushi Wimalaweera
The museum and the information centre at the historic Kataragama Devale precincts will be opened by President Mahinda Rajapaksa today. The construction completed at a total cost of Rs. 65 million was funded by the Sri Lanka-Netherlands Cultural Solidarity programme.
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31st Delaware Water Gap Cota Jazz & Arts Festival
Headlined by world-renowned jazz legends Phil Woods, David Liebman, Bob Dorough, and Urbie Green, the 31st Annual Delaware Water Gap Celebration of the Arts (COTA) packs 18 sets of ensemble jazz performances, plus theater and arts, into a three-day festival in the scenic Borough of Delaware Water Gap, from Friday, September 5, through Sunday, September 7.
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Monterey Jazz Festival's Family Day
Monterey Jazz Festival's Family Day Includes Instrument Petting Zoo, Interactive Games, Jazzy Jumper, Percussion Playshop, Art Projects, The Country's Best Student Musicians, Interactive Family Entertainment By Zun Zun, And More!
All About Jazz |
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Closing Day A(muse)ments
This Friday marks the closing date of artist Barbara Koenen 's Muse : a 125 square-foot installation examining the relationship between hand grenades and pomegranates. Koenen's piece, nested on the fifth floor of the Fine Arts Building, wryly and elegantly hypothesizes a connection between the War on Terror and what she perceived as a "sudden and simultaneous popularity of pomegranates in ...
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Historic District looks at station
Tuesday afternoon’s public hearing on “Salvage,” the sculpture made of salvaged metal displayed on Main Street, brought more than 30 artists and area residents to the City Council chambers — more people than have ever attended a Historical District Commission meeting, said facilitator and Main Street manager Jane Braud.
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Monterey festival kicks off a spectacular fall jazz season
Resident artist Joshua Redman and veteran saxophonist Wayne Shorter are among the many Monterey highlights; Branford Marsalis brings a new project to Stanford; variety is the keynote in a superb San Francisco Jazz Festival lineup; and extraordinary area percussionist Babatunde Lea puts together a special quartet for shows in Santa Cruz.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Woman wearing veil told to leave Italian museum
The head of one of Venice's most prestigious museums apologized on Wednesday to a Muslim woman asked to leave the building by a guard because she was wearing a veil over her face.
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The Essentials City Weekly's Entertainment Picks Aug. 28-Sept. 3
FESTIVAL By Jacob Stringer Once upon a time, in the shadows of the great peak of Mount Timpanogos, Karen Ashton--president of the Friends of the Orem Library--sought out new ways to spark communitywide excitement in literature. After a quick adventure back East to attend the National Storytelling Festival, where she expected to find ladies narrating stories to children in local libra...
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Exhibit reception is Friday
Reset your calendar if you're planning to attend the opening reception for the 48th annual Thumb Area Artist Exhibition.
The Romeo Observer |
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Peach Festival events by category
FOOD Romeo Lions The Lions will offer a variety of food, 4 p.m.-midnight,, Thursday; 4 p.m.-1 a.m., Friday; noon-1 a.m., Saturday-Sunday; and noon-9 p.m., Monday. (586) 752-4843.
The Romeo Observer |
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Scene Metrospace launches new exhibit
EAST LANSING - Scene Metrospace next week will launch its newest exhibit, "Exchange," featuring work by 10 artists.
Lansing State Journal |
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Wellesley museum loses prized painting
Wednesday, August 27 WELLESLEY, Mass. (AP) — Wellesley College has lost a 1921 painting by French cubist Fernand Leger that could be worth millions of dollars.
Berkshire Eagle |
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Photo contest to focus on wildlife
Aperture Nature Photography Workshops is launching a nationwide photography contest, which will offer 16 amateur photographers a chance to join established professionals at one of America’s national parks.
Peninsula Gateway |
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To the Moon: The American Space Program in the 1960s
It has become customary to celebrate this grand milestone of our former Commanders in Chief with a year-long celebration. In honor of President Johnson’s Centennial, the LBJ Library & Museum will present To the Moon: The American Space Program in the 1960s.
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Deadline nears for open class exhibits for 2008 county fair
The deadline is Friday for those who want to submit an open class exhibit at the Hillsdale County Fair. Hillsdale County Fair manager Scott Dow said the fair board is encouraging everyone to get involved in entering something into the fair.
The Hillsdale Daily News |
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Look who's coming to Western
On Sept. 3, Mike McGee will be the main performer for a student art show in the University Union Billiards room, starting at 7:30 p.m. The event will also feature a slam poetry event allowing students to perform and showcase their talent.
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A family fights Autism
Garrett Spadoni, 10-years-old, of Gig Harbor, paints in his family’s kitchen last week. His paintings are being sold to benefit research and awareness of Autism.
Peninsula Gateway |
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Craftsmen open exhibit space
The Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen is opening up space at its offices at 252 N. Prince St. to display and sell items done by some of its members. The opening reception for the exhibition, The Guilded Tulip, will be held Sept. 5 during the city's monthly First Friday. About 40...
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