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Explore the surreal at Rose Art Museum
Before entering the darkened, leaf-strewn gallery, visitors to the Rose Art Museum are given flashlights to view a Halloween "dreamscape" of freaks and ghostly women, "exquisite" corpses and nightmarish scenes as if imagined by Franz Kafka. Video: Grab a flashlight and soak in the rays
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Austin police planning 'cite and release' policy
AUSTIN (AP) - Lawbreakers busted by police for small amounts of marijuana possession or for spray painting graffiti will likely be spared a trip to jail under a "cite and release" policy that Austin police plan to implement.
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Rescued animals' pugmarks, celebrity kids' brushstrokes - all for a cause
New Delhi, Oct 19: Paintings by children of eminent personalities - some bearing pugmarks of rescued animals - were on display here Sunday as part of the India on Canvas - Junior event, a fundraiser and charity auction for underprivileged and destitute children.
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Letter: Baby changing and nursing station during Pumpkin Festival
Community United Methodist Church is offering a rest area and a baby changing and nursing station at the church all weekend. And we’ll have live music too! The church is located one block east of Main Street at 777 Miramontes Street. The Haunted House is right next door. All are welcome. Come by and “Rest Your Weary Soles!” Gayle Dee Associate Pastor
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Art lovers queue to own a piece of £100,000 worth of free artwork
Art lovers are queuing to get their hands on free artworks by some of the UK's leading and emerging contemporary artists.
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Riding the tails to a duck stamp victory
With his work of two long-tailed ducks, South Dakotan Joshua Spies won the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp contest in Bloomington.
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The federal duck stamp contest
The Federal Duck Stamp Contest, held in Bloomington this year, had 270 pieces of art from artists around the nation. This year's winner is Joshua Spies from Watertown, SD.
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune |
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Weather doesn't dampen festival
FAIRMONT — The weather tried to put a damper Saturday on the 22nd annual Fairmont Farmers Festival, but even some rain and cool weather couldn’t stifle the enthusiastic spirit of the event.
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The 'Titanic' in Milwaukee
A visit to the museum, a ride on the lake and, what else, beer and oompah music Our Titanic trip wasn't as grand as the one 2,228 passengers and crew embarked on in April 1912, leaving from Southampton, England, en route to New York City aboard a floating modern marvel. But then, in this economy, a quick trip to the recently opened "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" at the Milwaukee Public ...
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Art worth £100,000 up for grabs
Art lovers queue in London to get their hands on free works by some of the UK's leading and emerging contemporary artists.
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Museum snubs bomber vets
World War II Bomber Command veterans are upset at being refused space for a memorial in the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
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German Book Trade Peace Prize honours sculptor
The German Book Trade Peace Prize has been awarded to German Sculptor, Anselm Kiefer, in Frankfurt. The 63-year-old, who lives in France, is the first artist to be awarded the annual prize.
Deutsche Welle |
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Photo contest open to Brunswick kids
The city of Brunswick is sponsoring an amateur photography contest for city residents under the age of 18. According to the contest rules, participants will be divided into two age categories -- one for children 12 years and under...
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Paying respect
More than 2,000 performers yesterday took part in a ceremony showing respect to teachers, presided by HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn.They will also perform the show during the royal cremation ceremony of the late HRH Princess Galyani.... The ceremony is being organised by the Fine Arts Department at Chulalongkorn University's Main Auditorium.....
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Sellers face price drop
SOUTHEAST Queensland homeowners got a reality check on Saturday when an auction of 80 properties pointed up how much property prices had dropped.
The Courier Mail |
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German Book Trade Peace Prize honours sculptor
The German Book Trade Peace Prize has been awarded to German Sculptor, Anselm Kiefer, in Frankfurt. The 63-year-old, who lives in France, is the first artists to be awarded the annual prize.
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Canon U.S.A. to Exhibit Leading Scanning Technologies at AFP Annual Conference
Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging technologies and supplier of check capture devices, will showcase the versatility of its check transports and digital document scanners, including the top of the line imageFORMULA CR-180 and CR-55 Check Transports, at the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) Annual Conference in Los Angeles.
Centre Daily Times |
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Canon U.S.A. to Exhibit Leading Scanning Technologies at AFP Annual Conference
Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging technologies and supplier of check capture devices,
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Next step for county courthouse project: Waiting for funding
URBANA – Urbana and Champaign County are embarking on a public art program together, taking baby steps. In this case it's not the controversial Giant Lincoln Head proposed by a distinguished local artist, Frank Gallo, but something more modest and functional. In August 2007, French artist Frederic Beaugeard, who lives in Urbana, won a competition for a "Downtown Newspaper Rack Project, ...
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End of an Opus
Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Berkeley Breathed came to Charles Schulz museum to sign copies of his eighth and latest children's book, "Pete & Pickles," but would only hint at the fate of everyone's favorite penguin, Opus.
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat |
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Original Norma Rockwell's displayed as part of PATROIT'S Path Council's 2008 Endowment Art Tour
Courtesy of The Boy Scouts of America PATROIT'S Path Council One of ten original paintings by Norman Rockwell will be on display during The Boy Scouts of America PATROIT'S Path Council's 2008 Endowment Art Tour being held on Oct. 30...
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Five Months of Pompeii
Italy has lent more than 100 objects unearthed beneath Vesuvius to "Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture Around the Bay of Naples," which today begins a five-month stay at the National Gallery of Art. The exhibition, the gallery's first display of Roman antiquities, will remain in the Eas...
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Art lovers queue up to get hands on free artworks
If there is no such thing as a free lunch, some of Britain's leading contemporary artists are doing their best to prove there is such a thing as free art.
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Glass artist's exhibit shatters expectations in Rhode Island
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 in Providence, R.I.
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Syscom Emirates showcases its next-generation IP telephony Solutions at Gitex Dubai 2008
Syscom Emirates LLC, a subsidiary of M'Sharie, and a leading provider of internal communications systems in the Middle East, is showcasing its range of advanced IP Telephony Solutions at Gitex Dubai 2008, the region's premier IT trade show which opened today at the Dubai International Exhibition Center.
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