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Artists enjoy chance to showcase their work
The annual Fall Art Tour of 38 art studios throughout Sauk County offered a chance to see nature's art and the art inspired from it. As an added treat for visitors, fall colors were at or near peak during the weekend in Sauk County, according to travelwisconsin.com. Christine Kortbein, of the Baraboo headquarters in the Fall Art Tour, Cornerstone Gallery, said thousands of travelers from near ...
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Freud portrait of Bacon sold for £5.4m
LONDON (AFP) - An oil painting of Francis Bacon by his close friend Lucian Freud, one of only two of its kind, has been sold for 5.4 million pounds in London, the auction house Christie's said.
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Kiefer Sutherland - 24 Stars Show Off Their Photo Skills In New Exhibition
KIEFER SUTHERLAND and his 24 castmates are to show off their photographic skills at a new exhibition celebrating the launch of the hit drama's upcoming seventh season. ...
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Club briefs
Historical Society Calumet City Historical Society Calumet City Calumet City Historical Society's current exhibit features artifacts, model cars, model trucks, model gasoline stations and photographs of gasoline stations along the original Route 66 from local citizens. It runs through January 2009. The museum, 760 Wentworth Ave. in Calumet City, is open from 1 to 4 p.m. Thursdays and by ...
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Local art festival increases visibility of the arts
The 10-day Arts Week featured performances, workshops, classes and expositions as a tribute to arts and culture in Evanston. This year's festival began Oct. 10 and ended Sunday.
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Television - Business
New York gallery owner Janelle Reiring was all ready for London's Freize Art Fair when the world's banking system collapsed.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: Hood displays California natives' dreamlike watercolors
The Hood Museum continually strives to connect Dartmouth students with diverse cultures from around the world, but a new exhibition watercolor paintings shows us foreign aspects of our own American culture.
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Exhibit has photos from both sides of border
EL PASO - The binational photography exhibit "Dos Mundos, Mil Lentes," Two Worlds a Thousand Lenses, continues showing until Oct. 31 on the first floor of City Hall Downtown.
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Austin police to use 'cite and release' rule
AUSTIN -- 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.
El Paso Times |
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APA finalist delivers expressive performance
Expressiveness dominated Elizabeth Joy Roe's recital and concerto program at the Indianapolis Museum of Art on Sunday, part of the first phase of the American Pianists Association's 2009 Classical Fellowship Awards competition.
The Indianapolis Star |
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Fight club
Barack Obama won 12 contests in a row against Hillary Clinton, but when he reached Ohio he got his clock cleaned. She beat him in the Ohio primary by 10 points and narrowly defeated him in Texas as well.
Journal Inquirer |
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Freud portrait of Bacon sold for US$9 million
LONDON – An oil painting of Francis Bacon by his close friend Lucian Freud, one of only two of its kind, was sold on Sunday for more than nine million dollars, auction house Christie's said.
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Scene
This Week Monday The March of Dimes 10th annual Akron Signature Chefs Auction will be held from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at Quaker Square Inn at the University of Akron, 135 S. Broadway, downtown Akron. Local chefs will offer dishes while guests view auction items. 216-643-3330.
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Soroptimists don kimonos to publicize new exhibit
Kimonos were in style at the Soroptimist International Fall Fundraiser held at Brookside Country Club Saturday afternoon. Soroptimist President Alexandra Nicholis and her committee donned the lovely kimonos to publicize the upcoming exhibit, Kimono, the 20th-Century Masterworks of Itchiku Kubota, which will open in February at the Canton Museum of Art.
Akron Beacon Journal |
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Chiaha Harvest Festival kicks off Saturday
There’s a lot to be excited about in this year’s Chiaha Harvest Festival coming up this weekend, according to festival co-director Monica Sheppard, who said the festival is growing this year. The annual celebration of music, food, and arts and crafts will once again take over Ridge Ferry Park from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for students and seniors ...
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Fire safety at an early age
Tracy and Michelle Voyles took their first ride in a fire engine Friday morning, but the sisters weren't in any danger. Tracy and Michelle were two of six Sand Ridge Elementary pupils who won the Bear Creek Volunteer Fire Department's annual fire prevention contest.Sand Ridge pupils in kindergarten through second grade were asked to color a fire safety drawing while those in third through fifth ...
Jacksonville Daily News |
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Pair of authors to speak at OU
Two Russian ?migr?s -- an award-winning novelist and a popular conceptual artist -- are appearing at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art on the University of Oklahoma campus. Gary Shteyngart and Vitaly Komar are scheduled to address the campus and community during free, public lectures Wednesday and Friday respectively.
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Museum rises from ashes
BELLEVILLE -- All Joe Kosek could do was fume four years ago after a fire ripped through the Yankee Air Museum at Willow Run Airport. That fire turned a wooden glider he spent more than 6,000 hours building to ash.
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Contemporary Art Museum holds free day
Fans of contemporary art will have a lot to see as The Contemporary Museum, a private, non-profit museum based in Makiki Heights and Hawai'i's only museum specializing in contemporary art, will be holding a special event on Oct. 22, in honor of its 20th anniversary.
The Kaleo Voice |
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What is this mysterious giant fish doing on the Pennines?
England's highest motorway is currently home to England's highest artwork, to the pleasure and puzzlement of drivers between Manchester and Leeds.
Guardian Unlimited |
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The restaurant, ZED451, the first new business in the Mizner Cultural Center, will open Nov. 10.
In just a few weeks, the former International Museum of Cartoon Art – now the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Building in Boca Raton – will have its first operating business tenant in six years.
Boca Raton News |
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Wilton renaissance woman retires
Influential Town Hall employee will retire after 27 years of service WILTON - Cathy Hall has the perfect Halloween costume picked out, and it isn't scary at all - a Hawaiian shirt with a camera around her neck.
The Saratogian |
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Conservation Through Art opens Family Day at Shelby Farms
Fourteen children protected by clear plastic ponchos sat at long tables painting small duck decoys every color of the rainbow.
Memphis Commercial Appeal |
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Harvard Art Museum Lands Major Gift
The Harvard Art Museum received $45 million and 31 pieces of modern and contemporary art from long-standing arts patron Emily Rauh Pulitzer, a former curator at the Museum, University officials announced Friday.
The Harvard Crimson |
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Picture perfect: High school seniors look for just the right style in portraits
Gone are the days when high school senior photos looked, well, all the same. Today, the portraits students pass out to family and friends reflect the individual’s flair and personality. Digital photography is to thank for the drastic change from a few formal shots in a studio to the hundreds taken across town and largely outdoors, resembling more of a modeling shoot.
Lawrence Journal-World |
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