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Sit back and enjoy the vibe
NORTH Stradbroke Island will come alive to the musical sounds of Island Vibe, the annual festival of soul, roots, reggae and island culture, happening at Home Beach, Point Lookout.
Bayside Bulletin |
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Haunted hot spots sure to be a scream
Trees are looking gorgeous with bright orange and red leaves. Pumpkins and mums are popping up on porches. Stew pots are simmering, fall festivals are going on and Halloween hauntings are here. The Haunted Trail at Freedom Park in Eden kicks off at 8 tonight. Round up your friends for support and walk through the trail if you dare. I chickened out last year, so my son hooked up with his ...
Greensboro News & Record |
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Students reach beyond classrooms to help community
Rondout Valley art teacher Billy Hutcheon, standing at center, works with students on Wednesday as they create ‘word tiles’ to be used in a hallway mural at the school.
Kingston Daily Freeman |
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Exhibit’s variety aims to catch eye of many
Collection will be featured through October 2009
Corvallis Gazette-Times |
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Art Galleries
"Just Suppose" New photographic works by Maggie Taylor and Jerry Uelsmann. On display are Taylor's images illustrating Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Also, Uelsmann's black-and-white photo montages exploring the theme of meditative space.
Palo Alto Weekly |
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Gallery listings -- Published Oct. 23, 2008
» Children's Museum of Stockton: Hands-on, play-based exhibits of a small city with bank, post office, grocery store, hospital, newsroom, movie theater, fire truck, police car, ongoing. Hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tues.-Fri.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat.; noon-5 p.m.
The Record |
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‘Cotton, Oil and Clay’ paintings, ceramics offered at Gallery M2
“Graves at my command have waked their sleepers, opened and let’ em forth, by my so potent art.” Through the words of Prospero, Shakespeare articulates his love of art. His most powerful metaphor, to call the dead from their graves, suggests art’s vitality. Nothing surpasses the awesomeness of artistic imagination.
Greater Houston Weekly |
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Senior artists will be featured in traveling art show
Work by senior artists is on exhibit during the South Dakota Health Care Association's annual MasterWorks Art Show, Monday and Tuesday.10.27-28. The free show opens 3-7 p.m. Monday at Good Samaritan Society, 4800 W. 57th St., with an awards reception at 7 p.m. It reopens there 11 a.m. to 2 pm. Tuesday. Competing are artists 60 years and older from across South Dakota.
The Argus Leader |
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Fine Arts Show opens today in Washington
More than 400 pieces are featured in the 44th annual Fine Arts Show, which opens today in the Washington Civic Center gallery.
Washington Daily News |
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Fine-art bargains
Several paintings by historic, listed Colorado artists including 1890s watercolorist Charles Partridge Adams, mid-century muralist Ethel Magafan and the important 1950s abstract painter Charles Ragland Bunnell are just some of the highlights at the Mile High Bargain Art Fair this weekend at the Gilmore Art Center, 2119 Curtis St. The event also will feature original prints, watercolors and maps, ...
Denver Post |
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Frisco: Storytellers delight large crowds at festival
The crowds went home laughing, thinking, and reminiscing as professional and student storytellers entertained a record number of people at the Lone Star Storytelling Festival Friday and Saturday at Frisco Square.
The Frisco Enterprise |
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Hooked rug exhibit shows diversity of pioneer fabric art
There are two uniquely American crafts: rug hooking and scrimshaw (ivory carving).
Press & Sun-Bulletin |
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Oktoberfest brings community together
Southlake’s 7th annual Oktoberfest will hit Town Square Oct.3-5. The event offers opportunity for the community to come together for music, arts and crafts, kid’s activities and no festival would be complete without the food.
Southlake Times |
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Vietnam veteran captures images of visitors to memorial
The secret behind Tom Morrisey’s photography project is detachment from his own past and experience in the Vietnam War, and a strict focus on the faces of survivors and loved ones who come to pay their respect at the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
East Montgomery County Observer |
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Putting a sparkle in the arts of Allen
The rich and sparkling history of American glamour will be on full display November 11 in Allen, Texas, and basking in the glow will be two of Collin County’s premier arts organizations when Dallas-based The Republic Group and Tiffany & Co. present “Support The Arts In Style,” a reception and luncheon benefitting the Chamberlain Performing Arts and Cross Timbers Youth Orchestra.
The Allen American |
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The Shadow Box preserves life’s memories
Frames, photos of exotic locales and several unique pieces of glass and clay artwork fill the Shadow Box Gallery and Frame Shop.
East Montgomery County Observer |
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Relocation of elk sculpture divides town
WALHALLA (AP) — Residents of Walhalla want to bring back the elk, and they have a special one in mind.
The Bismarck Tribune |
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Durham may get Plensa sculpture
The Performing Arts Center is offered a work by the artist that Raleigh turned down.
The News & Observer |
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Students explore art at Rockland center
Rockland Center for the Arts (RoCA) in West Nyack will hold free tours and workshops through Dec. 18 to introduce students in the third grade through 12th grade to contemporary art.
The Journal News |
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Artist captures nature in watercolors on view
Local artist Monica Craig has created a series of watercolors that reflect the scenes and seasonal changes in our community. This exhibit, currently on display in the Third Floor Gallery at Mahopac Public Library, will remain on view through Oct. 29.
The Journal News |
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School briefs
ImaginationCelebration Let your imagination soar at the Clear Creek School District’s celebration of the arts. The festival is free of charge for elementary-age children and their families.
The Bay Area Citizen |
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Fall festivals
San Jacinto College South will host its annual children’s fall festival from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 24. The festival will be held inside the JD Bruce Student Center located on the south side of the campus at 13735 Beamer Road. The College offers the Halloween alternative to provide children of all ages with a fun and safe alternative to traditional Halloween trick-or-treating, and ...
The Bay Area Citizen |
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DIFF ties up with critics' body
23 October 2008 The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) announced details of their strategic partnership with the International Federation of Film Critics (Fipresci), to launch the annual "Prize of the International Critics" for the best feature film in the Muhr Awards for Excellence in Arab Cinema.
Zawya |
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Al Pacino honored as Rome film festival starts
A lifetime achievement award for Oscar-winning actor Al Pacino kicked off the Rome film festival on Wednesday, bringing a Hollywood veteran to the movie showcase which this year has a markedly European flavor.
China Daily |
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Ramsay's portrait goes under hammer
A painting described as one of the most important Scottish portraits to come up for sale in recent years could fetch more than a quarter of a million pounds at auction.
ic Lanarkshire |
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