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Anthony Verbick, manager, Rachel Fox, gallery/events director at Ma-cha Teahouse
Teas like these are sheer luxury. Sip a cup at Ma-cha and buy an ounce or two to brew at home.
Isthmus |
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Germantown horses go on auction block
Going, going, gone! Tonight patrons will be ponying up hopefully big bucks for 21 decorated fiberglass horses as they are auctioned off to the highest bidders.
Memphis Commercial Appeal |
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FESTIVAL DELIVERS MUSICAL VARIETY
Those attending the eighth annual Vertical Fest Christian music concert Saturday at the Pine Bluff Convention Center were treated to a variety of music styles, from acoustic to heavy metal.
Pine Bluff Commercial |
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Cloudy future for local arts organizations?
NEW BEDFORD — On that fateful Monday of Oct. 6, the stock market tanked. On that fateful Tuesday of Oct. 7, the phones stopped ringing at the ticket office of the Zeiterion Theatre.
The Standard-Times |
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Readers invited to submit work for Journal-World photo project
Thirteen people submitted photography portfolios for my last Behind the Lens column Sept. 21. The images were diverse and demonstrated that there are a lot of talented photographers around Lawrence. Those 13 photographers now have online galleries of their work linked from that column.
Lawrence Journal-World |
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City’s rise attracts museum CEO
The prospects of working in an institution and city on the rise are bringing Glen Gentele to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. The museum’s board of trustees Tuesday named Gentele the museum’s new president and chief executive officer. Gentele, who has for the past seven years been director of Laumeier Sculpture Park in St. Louis, will take the helm Jan. 1. "I am attracted to a sense of ...
The Oklahoman |
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Art club enters the digital age
AN ART club is gearing up for its annual exhibition in Harborough where it will feature digital works alongside traditional paintings. (16/10/2008)
Harborough Mail |
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Museum showcases the blues, Delta life
Center focuses on the success story of B.B. King and realities of the region.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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'Hittin' the Town' for Sunday, October 19, 2008
The New Orleans Museum of Art plays hosts to Japan Fest Sunday, October 19, 2008. Japan Fest returns to City Park with music, food and art....
New Orleans Times-Picayune |
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Web sites can help retirees looking to move to a tourist mecca
In the midst of your traveling, how often have you asked - for instance, when passing a villa in Sorrento, a cottage in Galway, a manor house in Cotswold, or an adobe in Arizona - what would it be like to live here?
Daily Herald |
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Gallery X showcases members' art
Today is the last day to see the Members' Show at Gallery X, which will close at 3 this afternoon. This edition offers works by 19 member artists working in a broad range of mediums and styles, resulting in a delightful diversity and, overall, a high...
The Standard-Times |
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New exhibit opens at KU Bookstores
Clinton Ricketts, a graduate student in Kansas University’s art department, will exhibit new prints Tuesday through Nov. 21 in the KU Bookstores, level two of the Kansas Union. The art show’s opening reception is from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, and is free and open to the public.
Lawrence Journal-World |
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Prized Possessions: 'Drape' at the Modern Art Museum
By ANDREW MARTON What it is: Drape (1999) by Joseph Havel, bronze Where it is: Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Why we like it: Havel’s thickly textured sculpture is one of the few works that can stand up — literally — to the towering grace of the Modern’s grand lobby. Located just inside the museum’s main entrance, Havel’s piece, almost 10 feet tall, appears like an apparition. Upon ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Caption Contest No. 91 ... and the winners for No. 90!
Stacy Innerst is the artist. You are the caption writer.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
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Met races to finish renovation before its grand reopening
Fresno Metropolitan Museum staff members are engaged in their own version of the 1950s TV game show "Beat the Clock."
The Fresno Bee |
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Auction offers chance to bring home Freud's Bacon
A rare portrait of the artist Francis Bacon, painted by Lucien Freud, is to go under the hammer at an auction in London.
BBC News |
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Royal Visit
Dutch Queen Beatrix looks at art pieces of Swiss sculptore Alberto Giacometti at the Kunsthal Museum in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Photo courtesy: AFP.
Sin Chew Jit Poh |
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National pastel exhibit in Hendersonville
HENDERSONVILLE - Artists from all over the United States submitted paintings to the Appalachian Pastel Society’s third annual exhibition, this year selected and judged by acclaimed pastel artist Margaret Dyer. The exhibition is in the gallery of the Arts Council of Henderson County, 538 N. Main St., Hendersonville, through Nov. 22. Some five dozen paintings are in the exhibition.
Asheville Citizen-Times |
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Portfolio: Max Cooper
How do you describe your art? Honest photography. I grew up in Western North Carolina, so my photos investigate the region's deep faith, strong rural roots and fierce individualism.
Asheville Citizen-Times |
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WNC museum hosts artist Lewis Buck retrospective
CULLOWHEE – At age 83, Lewis Buck is receiving the comprehensive career retrospective at Western Carolina University's Fine Art Museum you'd expect for an artist of his seniority.
Asheville Citizen-Times |
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An Italian Eden
I know how to get to paradise in this life. It lies atop a hill about 60 miles north of Rome where a gentleman-cardinal built a garden in the 16th century. His architects created it from water and stone, green leaves and vine. But the result is more than the sum of its parts. Villa Lante embodies the humanist ideals of the Italian Renaissance.
The Tampa Tribune |
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Catch of the Week
NICK LISI,The Post-Standard's director of photography, was up to Old Forge in the Adirondacks recently with his family and snapped this photo of two whitetail deer locking antlers in the front yard of a camp along Joy Tracked Road.
The Post-Standard |
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Salvation Army, WorthPoint honor budding artists
DENVER – More than 300 kids ages 5-to-12 entered the "Cool Kids Art Contest," during the week of the Democratic National Convention. Friday, four winners and four finalists were selected for their work depicting giving.
9 News Denver |
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An Italian Eden
I know how to get to paradise in this life. It lies atop a hill about 60 miles north of Rome where a gentleman-cardinal built a garden in the 16th century. His architects created it from water and stone, green leaves and vine. But the result is more than the sum of its parts. Villa Lante embodies the humanist ideals of the Italian Renaissance.
The Tampa Tribune |
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'Pentagram' opens Halsey exhibition
Five nude figures covered in white clay dust will surround artist Pinky/MMBass as she sits on the floor crocheting a large work with threads stretching to the five figures, three females and two males. The choreography, accompanied by cellist Wade Davis, will be part of the 20-minute multimedia performance "Pentagram of Loss," celebrating Friday's opening of the Halsey Institute of Contemporary ...
The Post and Courier |
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