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Local food stories and recipes sought for exhibit
DAHLONEGA - What exactly are leather britches, pawpaws and poke salad? Most of us eat day-in and day-out without giving a second thought to the wealth of history and culture that shapes our dining habits and taste preferences.
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Rocheport event celebrates history through art
COLUMBIA — A renovated tangerine Volkswagen Beetle sits parked on the lawn of the Rocheport Gallery. The piece of vehicular history serves as a welcome to Saturday's visitors and also as the subtle theme that connected the afternoon: history. The Rocheport Gallery and the Shirahaze Gallery, which face each other across Second Street in historic Rocheport, combined their artistic efforts ...
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12 ft long sand cricket bat for Tendulkar
Puri: International sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik has created a beatiful sand sculpture in the famous Puri sea beach to congratulate cricket star Tendulakar for accumulating 12,000 runs in the test cricket.
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Teachers ask for discipline backup
North Side High School art teacher Susan Haubold doesn't hesitate to send a disruptive student out of her classroom.
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Tut show returns for encore tour
DALLAS – An exhibit showcasing items buried in the Egyptian tomb of King Tut is back in the United States.
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Officer passionate about capturing images of city he patrols
Everett White sees every photograph as an opportunity to capture a split-second moment and preserve it forever. The Fort Wayne native and city police officer has turned what was once a photography hobby into an obsession. Photo caption: A panoramic image of Fort Wayne’s skyline is among photos that city police officer Everett White has posted online. Photo by Clint Keller The Journal ...
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An artist's home
A Eugene O'Neill festival is nothing without a trip to the Monte Cristo Cottage . The playwright spent his boyhood summers at 325 Pequot Ave. in
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Anselm Kiefer wins German Book Trade Peace Prize
Frankfurt - Anselm Kiefer, a German sculptor, was awarded the German Book Trade Peace Prize in Frankfurt's St Paul's Church Sunday. Art historian and publicist Werner Spies gave a speech honouring Kiefer at the ceremony. ...
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Ajman Marina prepares for luxury products Russian exhibition
Ajman Marina Company has announced that it will participate in the annual Russian 'Extravaganza' luxury products exhibition, which will be held at the Exhibition Center in Moscow from 24th-26th October.
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AN X-RAYTED LOOK AT LIFE
For 15 years British photographer Nick Veasey has gotten under a lot of people's skin - but that's a good thing. The 46-year-old artist, who has just been short-listed for a Lucie award, the equivalent of an Oscar in photography, has been using...
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Art and peace in Mexican prison
Inmates in Chetumal tinker away at furniture, sculptures and other crafts. The prison director says there's been no violence in the facility in a decade. Chetumal, Mexico
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Metropolitan Opera: The Women
With a roster of star sopranos and mezzos taking over the stage, the opening months of the Met's 125th anniversary season are offering a festival of the art of the diva.
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Four state offices up for grabs
When voters go to the polls on Nov. 4 they will be deciding races for state treasurer, Department of Public Instruction, auditor and Public Service Commission. Here is a look at the contests.
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Ancient luxuries
Since their discovery in the 1700s, the ruins of Pompeii and nearby Herculaneum have been continuously excavated and exhibited. Yet another show of the antiquities sounds tired and "Pompeii and the Roman Villa" barely refreshes the subject through its focus on ancient luxury and leisure.
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Mourners recall groundbreaking DJ Khia Edgerton as determined, hard-working and talented
Pallbearers carry the coffin holding Khia 'K-Swift' Edgerton after the funeral service for the 92Q DJ at the Carl J. Murphy Fine Arts Center on the campus of Morgan State University.
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Heavenly Hats benefits cancer patients
In most ways, Anthony Leanna is a typical teenager. The 17-year-old Bay Port High School senior is a starting defensive end for the football team, considers hunting and photography his favorite hobbies and has a girlfriend.
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Landlady artist Cook left £889,000 in will
Artist Beryl Cook, known for her colourful and comic paintings of larger-than-life ladies, leaves nearly £1m in her will.
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Free trip to distant land
Stepping inside the Greater Richmond Convention Center this weekend is like taking a journey to the other side of the globe. The sights, sounds, aromas and tastes at the 28th annual Festival of India offers visitors a sensory trip to the subcontinent.
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Museums lure visitors, but costly to operate
FLORENCE -- Local muse ums, whether they're privately funded or funded by a munici pality, such as the four muse ums in the city of Florence, are not normally known for being revenue-generating operations.
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Your Community: Dates to watch
By Signal Staff Posted: Oct. 18, 2008 9:12 p.m. Through Oct.26 Lombardi Ranch Pumpkin Festival brings the fall harvest to life each weekend in October at Lombardi Ranch, a local family owned and operated farm. Lombardi Ranch offers fresh produce and pumpkins in numerous shapes and sizes.
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NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM
Is it art? Why not sleep on it? Lucky culture junkies will be bedding down overnight inside the Guggenheim Museum as part of its newest installation piece, "Revolving Hotel Room," starting next week. For up to $799 a night, two guests can...
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When two critics ruled art
In the entry gallery to "Action/Abstraction," the exhibition of painting and sculpture made in New York at the moment it was becoming the center of the international art world, there are two paintings hung side by side: Jackson Pollock's "Number 23, 1951" and Willem de Kooning's "Woman II" (1952).
St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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Center hosts Youth Art & Music Festival
The Simi Valley Town Center will be host to the Sunrise Youth Art & Music Festival on Oct. 25-26, featuring performances by local high school students.
Ventura County Star |
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Mount Dora couple open Thomas Kinkade gallery
Thomas Kinkade has gained international fame for painting quaint country cottages, bridges crossing rural streams, abundant flowers and wildlife.
Orlando Sentinel |
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Glass artist able to show off work
Providence, R.I. -- In paint-encrusted boots and his trademark eye patch, renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly showed off the colorful, swirling designs that are part of a new $34 million expansion at the museum of the Rhode Island School of Design.
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