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Central Park: New York's wild heart
Central Park today is a haven of peace and beauty. But it wasn't always so OF COURSE you will go to the top of the Empire State Building, no doubt standing in line to do so. Of course you will go to the newly refurbished Museum of Modern Art - and have, of course, the pleasure of another line.
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Howson triptych sells at auction for a record £305,000
Scots artist Peter Howson yesterday saw a new world record for his work set at Sotheby's . The Three Faces of Eve, a triptych, reached the hammer price of £300,500, outstripping its guide price by three times.
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N.J. Marijuana 'Farmer' Gets 6 Years
A New Jersey art dealer has been sentenced to prison after admitting he had an illegal side job: growing marijuana plants.
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Lanza Group, LLC Announces the Entertainment Lineup for Fiesta Atlanta '08
Lanza Group, LLC, one of Atlanta's leading Hispanic market advertising and PR firms, today announced the entertainment lineup for Fiesta Atlanta '08, an outdoor Cinco de Mayo festival celebrating Latino culture, music and food.
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ReRun Having Moneigh Ebay Auction
ReRun, the Thoroughbred adoption group, is having a Moneigh auction on Ebay that ends the day after the May 3 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The elevator ride to the first exhibit at the new Sports Museum of America sets the tone. "I don't believe what I just saw!'' Jack Buck exclaims of Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run, one of the famous calls played during the short trip.
Charleston Daily Mail |
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Cleveland Institute of Art students dream up toys to get kids outside
Dare to dream up a toy that will pull kids away from the computer screen and entice them outside to play.
The Plain Dealer |
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Padua's goldsmiths: modern masters of form
Over six decades, a school of goldsmiths in northern Italy has created original and important pieces of jewelry works based on Renaissance principles of geometry.
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Festival of New American Musicals celebrates a resurgent art form
Supported by Jason Alexander, Stephen Schwartz and others, annual event showcases new musicals throughout Southern California.
Orange County Register |
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The King comes to Parkdale
Twelve-year-old Davis Campbell is one of over 30 Elvis impersonators in Henrieta Haniskova's Contact Photography Festival exhibit, I Am Elvis.
Scarborough Mirror |
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Walters Art Center features Kane, Penn, Proctor in May
The Glenn and Viola Walters Cultural Arts Center will present an exhibit of paintings by Eileen Kane and Carola Penn, and sculpture by James Proctor in the main gallery May 6-28.
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Rock Creek guild plans ceramics sale
The Ceramics Guild of the Rock Creek Campus, Portland Community College will have a pottery sale Monday, May 5, through Thursday, May 8, at the Rock Creek Campus in the art gallery and atrium of building 3.
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Influence Gallery features Witt photos, Tschida paintings
Influence Gallery, 231 E. Main Street, Hillsboro, will hold an artists' reception on Tuesday, May, 6, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Entertainment will be by Green Jell-O with Carrots, which features Charlie Storey on guitar and vocals and Chris Storey on bass and vocals.
The Hillsboro Argus |
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Forest Grove First Wednesday focuses on arts and flowers
Forest Grove First Wednesday will be May 7 from 5 to 8 p.m. in downtown Forest Grove. The theme for May is "Arts and Flowers," and events will include a student art contest, music, art, flowers, wine tasting, farmers market preview, and retailer specials.
The Hillsboro Argus |
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Sequoia Gallery plans opening for Beall, Ebert and Reed
Music, wine and fine art will be featured at the May 6 First Tuesday opening at Sequoia Gallery & Studios. The May gallery show features works by Bonnie Beall, Suzanne Ebert and Rosemary Reed.
The Hillsboro Argus |
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Vail Mountain School celebrates the arts
VAIL, Colorado — Students and guest artists will display their work around Vail Mountain School Monday, when it begins its annual Week of the Arts. There also will student performances throughout the week along with a student concert and a art gallery show.
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Plein Aire paintings by Bruce G. Lee at Tierra Art, Garden, Wine
The Daily Journal Bruce G. Lee is an artist living on the coast in Davenport, California. His Plein Aire landscapes capture the light, weather, and seasonal changes of the cliffsides and beaches of this stretch of Northern California coastline.
The Ukiah Daily Journal |
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Summer fest combines bonsai, agriculture
The Araneta Center Summer Fiesta which runs from May 3 to 11 combines bonsai and agricultural exhibits at the parking lot of the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City.
Manila Bulletin |
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Students â€Fear No Art†at college show
GRAYSLAKE – All types of art, no matter how outrageous or groundbreaking, will be featured during CLC’s 10th annual “Fear No Art” art show on May 2-4. Audiences will see all types of art – ranging from jazz blues to rock, contemporary dance to hip-hop, poetry to monologues, and photos to sculptures – during the show’s three nights.
Lake County Journals |
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No escaping politics at L.A. exhibition of Mexican-American art
LACMA's rare display of art post the Chicano movement stresses themes of illegal immigration and discrimination.
The Christian Science Monitor |
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Customer Service
SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc.'s once-austere website is turning into an eclectic art gallery.
Brandon Sun |
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Linda Owens artistically conveys her emotional connection with horses
Surrounded by numerous examples of her artwork, a collection of equine-themed sculptures and paintings, Linda Owens recently elaborated on her artistic vision. "Real art has to have emotion. It has to have empathy. It has to have expression ... We look at art, and it conveys what we're seeing. It conveys, with different degrees of empathy, and shares that emotion."
The Mexico Ledger |
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Street artist Banksy marshals colleagues for stencil festival in abandoned London tunnel
LONDON - Graffiti impresario Banksy and airbrush-wielding guerrilla artists blanketed the walls of an abandoned London tunnel with offbeat murals as part of a three-day stencil-art street party this weekend.
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune |
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Banksy, Britain's famous graffiti artist, organizes 'Cans Festival'
Banksy and 40 other street artists from around the world have covered a disused south London tunnel with their work. Visitors can contribute, too.
International Herald Tribune |
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8th annual Maryland Maritime Heritage Festival sets sail today
Town criers from across Canada and the United States will descend upon City Dock for the North American Town Criers Championship Saturday.
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