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Nelly rocks the house at SAG bash
Denver’s Mile High Station was the site of white stretch limousines, spotlights and movers and shakers at Tuesday night’s Impact Film Festival/MySpace/SAG bash, when more than 600 people packed the two-level thumping ground to move and groove to hip-hop bad boy Nelly, the 30-year-old sexy rap artist with six-pack abdominals.
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International Performers Will Find Home in Pittsburgh Festival of Firsts
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust will present its second Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts, a city-wide, 16-day performing and visual arts festival Oct. 10-25.
Playbill via Yahoo! News |
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“Common Ground first for NZ Artists”
Cantabrians with their eclectic collection of artworks in a first of a kind exhibition.
Scoop.co.nz |
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International Performers Will Find Home in Pittsburgh Festival of Firsts Oct. 10-25
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust will present its second Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts, a city-wide, 16-day performing and visual arts festival Oct. 10-25.
Playbill |
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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.
Osceola Sentinel-Tribune |
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Arts and Shaft
DON'T STEAL THAT STATUE! Harvey Finkle sick of no sick pay: Shontain Ayers, an Art Museum security guard. (CLICK IMAGE FOR LARGER VERSION) Donald Lindsey can't afford to get sick. His pay as a security guard at the Philadelphia Museum of Art — a little over $10 an hour — is hardly enough for him to provide for his four kids. And he gets no sick leave. ...
Philadelphia City Paper |
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Headline News
Parks Canada is inviting locals to unwind after a busy summer season by taking part in some of the activities and attractions offered during Jasper National Park’s fourth annual wildlife festival.
Jasper Booster |
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Headline News
Parks Canada is inviting locals to unwind after a busy summer season by taking part in some of the activities and attractions offered during Jasper National Park’s fourth annual wildlife festival.
Jasper Booster |
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Venice Film Festival opens with Hollywood flash
The Venice Film Festival opened Wednesday night with the premiere of the Coen brothers' dark comedy "Burn After Reading," giving a flash of Hollywood glamour to a festival lineup with a definite art house feel.
The Washington Times |
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Venice Film Festival opens with Hollywood flash
By COLLEEN BARRY VENICE, Italy (AP) -- The Venice Film Festival opened Wednesday night with the premiere of the Coen brothers' dark comedy "Burn After Reading," giving a flash of Hollywood glamour to a festival lineup with a definite art house feel.
Bay News 9 Tampa Bay |
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Slow Food Nation celebrates good, clean and fair food
Largest food festival in American history will launch this weekend in San Francisco.
Inside Bay Area |
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Television - Entertainment
If you love books or poetry or even just words, and you happen to live in Auckland then you are in for a literary treat. Writer's festival Going West is now in its 13th year and there is a bevy of bookish talent to be had.
Scoop.co.nz |
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World's First Exhibit Dedicated to Understanding Terrorism Set to Open in Denver's Civic Center Cultural Complex
The Center for Empowered Living and Learning (The CELL) today held a reception to introduce its inaugural exhibit, entitled "Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere: Understanding the Threat of Terrorism." The CELL is a non-profit, non-partisan institution dedicated to educating citizens on the most important issue of our time -- terrorism. The exhibit will make available to the public for the first time ...
PR Newswire via Yahoo! News |
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Vail seeking art for temporary outdoor display
"Water," by Jane DeDecker. Six outdoor sites are available in Vail for sculptures. Applications are due no later than Sept. 3.
Vail Daily |
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Chile Festival Saturday marks the hot season!
What’s merely warm to local chile grower Jane Wyatt may scorch the mouth of those that don’t eat the hot peppers every day as she does.
The Daily Dispatch |
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Venice Film Festival opens with Hollywood flash
The Venice Film Festival opened Wednesday night with the premiere of the Coen brothers' dark comedy "Burn After Reading," giving a flash of Hollywood glamour to a festival lineup with a definite art house feel.
AP via Yahoo! News |
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Lichtenstein's Modern Head Installed at SAAM Today
Some of you may have stumbled upon a giant blue head on a crane at 9th and F Streets on your coffee run this morning. That 31 foot tall, 13,000 pound sculpture is the work of Roy Lichtenstein, the renowned American pop artist who died in 1997. Known for his bright, bold colors and old-school comic book stylings, Lichtenstein already has work all over D.C.; in fact, the National Gallery of Art ...
DCist |
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Sotheby's Australian Sales Disappoint
Half the lots offered at Sotheby's auction of Australian paintings were unsold as the nation's stock market slide quelled demand for art, the company said. Sotheby's sold 114 of 228 items offered in Melbourne over two days, tallying $5.8 million. Last year, the New York-based company sold 65% of lots, according to Sotheby's data. This year's priciest item was Russell Drysdale's 1962/63 oil ...
The New York Sun |
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Television - Entertainment
Some people think of it as nothing more than graffiti, but there is a lot more to street art than boring old tagging. Logan Hicks is here as part of a collaborative exhibition showcasing the works of stencil artists from all over the world.
Scoop.co.nz |
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Robert Naiman: CodePink DNC: "Make Out, Not War"
If you like public art, public appeals for peace, and public displays of affection, you'll love this video. Peace advocates in Denver for the Democratic...
HuffingtonPost |
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Wellesley College Museum Loses Prized Painting
Was it stolen, lost, or accidentally thrown out? Wellesley College officials are trying to find out what became of a prized painting in its collection.
WBZ Boston |
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At Jennifer Lopez Event, Rufus Wainwright Muses On Gay Politics
DENVER—Wednesday afternoon at the Denver Art Museum, Jennifer Lopez , Capitol File and Viacom honored Marian Wright Edelman for her work with the Children's Defense Fund. Before the awards presentation began, the Daily Transom spied the singer Rufus Wainwright , wearing a plaid blazer, striped T-shirt and sandals. "I'm gay and out and proud, but in saying that I feel that the gay ...
The New York Observer |
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Museum loses prized painting
WELLESLEY, Mass. -- Wellesley College has lost a 1921 painting by French cubist Fernand Leger that was likely worth millions of dollars, officials said.
NBC 10 Providence |
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Boston college loses French Cubist painting
Has someone stolen a 1921 painting by French cubist Fernand Leger? Or just thrown it in the trash by accident?
CBC |
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'Last' Goldie portrait sold
What is thought to be the last portrait painted by Charles Goldie has been sold at auction for more than $400,000.
Stuff |
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