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Yonkers adds to growing outdoor art collection
YONKERS — City Hall added to its growing collection of outdoor art yesterday with the installation of a new sculpture. “Ascending Arcs” is a 13-foot tall, stainless steel creation by Yorktown Heights artist Al Landzberg.
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‘Scion’ finds a fitting home
STERLING — “Scion,” a tree sculpture by Merino artist Bradford Rhea, now stands majestically in the atrium at the Logan County Justice Center. The sculpture appears to have been made for this space.
Sterling Journal-Advocate |
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Helping Hands: Mojave River Valley Museum Barbecue
The 42nd annual Mojave River Valley Museum (MRVM) barbecue will be held this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Dana Park, corner of Barstow Road and Virginia Way. Dinner will consist of barbecued beef, baked beans, salads, rolls, drinks and cookies.
Desert Dispatch Online |
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‘Sweeney Todd’ A Sadistic Pleasure
“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”—Stephen Sondheim’s big, bloody masterpiece of a musical—thrashes around on the stage with such furious glee that the idea of critique starts to look silly. Who has time to worry about little slip-ups when there’s so much murder to be done?
The Harvard Crimson |
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Cyclonic painting style creates portrait of Buffett
It looked like your 6-year-old nephew's scrawlings on a pancake-house placemat.
Kearney Hub |
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Sports Museum of America set to open in New York
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.
The West Frankfort Daily American |
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Adobe to refresh Acrobat Connect
Adobe Systems' upgraded Web conferencing service will add meeting editing, archiving features as well as virtual breakout rooms for online classes.
CNET |
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New Orleans sings praise as Neville Brothers finally reunite
The Neville Brothers, who traditionally help close out the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, returned to the big stage Sunday for the first time since Hurricane Katrina flooded and...
NBC 15 Mobile |
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FCHS art students capture rare double-award
If you’ll pardon the pun, for members of Tim Murphy’s art classes, it was just a day at the beach, literally.
The West Frankfort Daily American |
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First High Plains Film Festival screened
The inaugural High Plains Film Festival at Eastern New Mexico University focused on the power of film. The first half of Sunday’s event featured a screening of “King: A Filmed Record … Montgomery to Memphis.”
Portales News-Tribune |
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Sock Monkeys & Superheroes Take Over West Hollywood...
Dave Wilcox Exhibit - Opening Reception May 9, 2008 (PRWeb May 5, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb918004.htm
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FRCH Design Worldwide Helps The Sports Museum of America Get Their Game Face On
The Sports Museum of America (SmA) http://www.sportsmuseum.com will be the first of its kind when it opens on May 7, 2008 in New York City. SmA, in partnership with more than 50 individual Halls of Fame and other leading sports organizations, will be the nation's only interactive, multi-media all-sports experience. SmA worked with FRCH Design Worldwide to capture the emotion of sport in the ...
Centre Daily Times |
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OCEANSIDE: Deadline nearing for city's sculpture contest
OCEANSIDE ---- A total of $4,000 is up for grabs in the city's inaugural sculpture competition, which will use the city's expansive City Hall Plaza as an outdoor exhibit space. The Oceanside Arts Commission, which is sponsoring the event, will a
North County Times |
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Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog
Robert Gober meets coatrack. Sean Connery, "Bond, James Bond," and Goya , circa 1961-64. Interesting confluence of stories: LAT architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne on Grove developer Rick Caruso's new project, the Americana at Brand in Glendale; a U.S. plan for the future of Baghdad's Green Zone.
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Daley: Children's Museum opponents using political intimidation
Mayor Daley on Monday accused opponents of his plan to build a $100 million Children's Museum in Grant Park of engaging in political intimidation -- a charge more frequently leveled against him.
Chicago Sun-Times |
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Sock Monkeys & Superheroes Take Over West Hollywood...
Dave Wilcox Exhibit - Opening Reception May 9, 2008
PRWeb via Yahoo! News |
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School festival celebrates success
STARKVILLE — With everyone else getting the festival bug at this time of year, why not the Starkville School District?
The Commercial Dispatch |
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Citysearch Announces 'Love at First Bite' Video Contest Winner
Citysearch today announced the winner of its first ever "Love at First Bite" user video contest, which took place in California, Illinois and New York. Daniel Hayek from New York received the grand prize, a $1,000 gift card, for his film "The Quest" which follows Hayek through New York City as he searches for a pork-filled sesame pancake.
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Touring art exhibit to showcase Lake Champlain, Vermont talent
By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Addison County residents are taking a lead role in organizing a major art exhibit that will tour through some major cities and venues next year celebrating Lake Champlain and the 400th anniversary of its naming by French explorer Samuel de Champlain. Dubbed “Champlain’s Lake Rediscovered,” the exhibit will boast 50 works — primarily paintings — submitted ...
The Addison Independent |
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Maritime museum seeks funds for gunboat study
By JOHN FLOWERS FERRISBURGH — The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum (LCMM) is seeking $100,000 for the final studies it needs before recommending a preservation plan for the Revolutionary War-era gunboat Spitfire that remains docked in its watery grave at the bottom of the lake. And one of the tools the LCMM will use to try and raise the needed funds will be a short film — currently in the ...
The Addison Independent |
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FRCH Design Worldwide Helps The Sports Museum of America Get Their Game Face On
NEW YORK----The Sports Museum of America http://www.sportsmuseum.com will be the first of its kind when it opens on May 7, 2008 in New York City. SmA, in partnership with more than 50 individual Halls of Fame and other leading sports organizations, will be the nation's only interactive, multi-media all-sports experience.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Folk festival holds gala fundraiser
This year’s BarrieFolk: Roots Music Festival annual gala will feature Treasa Levasseur.
Simcoe.com |
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CAC throws a chair affair
Give an architect or designer some Formica and challenge him or her to create a chair. That's what the Contemporary Arts Center did for its annual Silk & Spice benefit gala.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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Around Broadneck:
Architect and Sculptor Charles "Chuck" Anthony, left, shows Rabbi Ari Goldstein the bonded bronze doors he sculpted for Temple Beth Shalom. Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, was this past Friday.
The Capital |
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Thanks for 'Month of Music' help
The Washington-Wilkes Arts Foundation ventured away from its usual format of a weekend music festival.
The News-Reporter |
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