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Actress, Author Mariel Hemingway & Travelers Advantage Say: Fall Festivals and Fairs Celebrate Local Culture
Fall is a perfect time of year to attend festivals and fairs.
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TMCA to host Persian carpet designs expo
TEHRAN, Oct. 22 (MNA) -- Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMCA) is to host the great expo of Persian carpet patterns and designs opening on November 15.
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Sculpture from a million years ago
IT'S more than six metres tall and stands in the Colliery Field at Oakwell Hall Country Park. (23/10/2008)
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Couple hailed for advancing Wilmette Historical Museum
In the late 1980s, on the way out the door from donating an antique dress, Jane Textor offered to help the Wilmette Historical Museum with sewing and other odd jobs around the place.
Wilmette Life |
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Interview: Björk [Part Two]
While in Reykjavík for the Iceland Airwaves festival, we sat down with Björk for a lengthy chat about "Náttúra", her new single with Thom Yorke, and the Náttúra Campaign. In the process, she outlined Náttúra's plan for the development of a new, independent, environmentally friendly Icelandic economy. It isn't a quick fix. And it isn't going to be easy. But when has Björk ever taken the easy ...
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Artist finds inspiration in buildings
Jamie Calkin can bring any building to life. The artist has gained local popularity by painting locales such as The Last Resort, The Varsity and the University Chapel. His vibrant works are a combination of ink and watercolors. "I use a technique called 'plein aire.
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Contest scarecrows have fangs - and dental care
Pulaski's sixth annual Scarecrow Contest and a new-this-year Scarecrow Scramble fun run were both a success. "We had so many kids (for the fun run) we had them run according to age," said Margaret Barclay, one of the event's volunteers.
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Aylesworth students enjoy photography field trip
When you apply in August for permission to take an October field trip, you have no idea what the weather will be like the day of the trip.
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Iowa Ear: One state, two states, red state, blue state
A West Des Moines art gallery is promoting Dr. Seuss for president.
The Des Moines Register |
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Letter to the editor: Artists arise! And join fight for Fort and harbor
To the editor: In Scarborough, England and mdash; when quotas and harbor development were threatening the fishing industry just as in Gloucester and mdash; the local artists took action. They moved into abandoned bait and tackle sheds and began painting pictures of protest, such as the tragedy of a trawler in its prime being broken up for scrap.
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'Nova hosts PMR
Villanova hosted the 33rd annual Patristic, Medieval and Renaissance Conference ("patristic" referring to early Christianity). The PMR conference met over the weekend of Oct. 10. A variety of discussions and talks were held, all based around a central theme.
The Villanovan |
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Antiquarians welcome 'Roadshow' regular
Members of the Antiquari an Society of Montgomery gathered recently at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts to welcome a spe cial guest who traveled to the Capital City especially for the group's first meeting of a new organizational year.
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'It's OK to show yourself' Photo exhibit shows middle-schoolers truth-telling Americans
LEWISTON - Rosa Parks was eighth-grader Brianna May's favorite. Rakeem Turcotte liked Abraham Lincoln. Several girls gave admiring stares at Samantha Smith's portrait.
The Lewiston Sun Journal |
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Master of the stamp
BETHANY BEACH -- A good portion of the country has some of Tommy Engeman's artwork in their homes right now. Yet, practically no one knows his name.
Delaware Coast Press |
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Fall Exhibit winners announced
MILLSBORO -- The Millsboro Art League held their fall reception on Sunday, Oct. 4.
Delaware Coast Press |
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Touching on a lost art
Teaming together with their individual talents, Chuck Willoughby and Angie Tingle of Delmar, Md., create masterpieces from scratched and/or damaged furniture.
Delaware Coast Press |
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ArtsExpress: Oct. 23, 2008
PLATTSBURGH -- Mountain Lake PBS is accepting art submissions for the 25th-anniversary Arts Auction through Nov. 1. The station holds the event the last weekend in April and accepts artwork donated by contributing artists and collectors.
Plattsburgh Press Republican |
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'Sympathy for the Devil' explores rock and art
MONTREAL -- It's only rock and roll -- and art -- but we like it. Musee d'Art Contemporain presents "Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967," a unique exhibition that explores the relationship between rock music and its influence on the art world of the past four decades.
Plattsburgh Press Republican |
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What's On: Coming Soon
A quarter century after closing shop as Toronto's most audacious art dealer to join his father in the theatre business, David Mirvish ... The real heat and light in the waning days of the U.S. presidential campaign is being generated on the cable news networks, the land ...
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What's On: Galleries
Alison Smith Gallery (1410 Dundas St. W. 416-516-8859): Nikola Nikola's sculpturally- constructed objects are displayed in "Event Horizon," running to Dec. 6.
Toronto Star |
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Salander-O'Reilly May Take Years to Sell Artworks, Adviser Says
Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Bankrupt Salander-O'Reilly Galleries LLC may need as long as two years to sell art recovered at warehouses and its Manhattan gallery, according to a consultant hired to help with the job.
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Today in the press
LIAM CARROLL SETTLES €140,000 DANNINGER DEBT - One of the State's biggest developers has sidestepped a bid to have his main trading company wound up by settling a six-figure debt with a photographic agency, writes the Irish Times.
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Author festival aims for wider appeal
Arts programmers necessarily plan a year or more ahead. So it's no surprise that with Harbourfront Centre's International Festival of Authors just getting underway, executive director Geoffrey Taylor already has his sights set on next year's 30th-anniversary convergence of writers and readers.
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Salon des Refuses falls victim to lack of interest in organizer
Salon des Refuses, for 17 years the exhibit for art rejected by the Toledo Area Artists’ Exhibition, will not be held this year. The group that has organized the Salon for many years, Spectrum Friends of Fine Art, is languishing. The cottage it rents on the grounds of Toledo Botanical Garden has been shuttered for months and no one has picked up the group’s mail, said Janet Schroeder, ...
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Richmond artist to participate in Bayou City Art Festival
Sculptor James Keller has developed a unique artistic spin that has captured the attention of several national art galleries and secured the Richmond artist an exclusive invite to the Bayou City Art Festival in Downtown Houston, noted as one of the premiere art festivals in the country.
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