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Mo Willems, Popular Author, Illustrator, Makes School Visit
Bestselling author and illustrator Mo Willems, in Westport for the Westport Library’s Rabbit Hill Festival of Literature, today visited Coleytown Elementary School first graders where he read from his books and drew some of his characters.
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Heidi and Spencer Come Out Against Prop. 8
Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, stars of MTV's show The Hills, came out against California's anti–gay marriage ballot measure, Proposition 8, Thursday night at the opening of "Hollywood DC: Lights! Camera! Election!" an art show presented by Svedka at the World of Wonder Storefront Gallery in Los Angeles.
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The human nude as object: Paintings by Philip Pearlstein
Philip Pearlstein: Objectifications and Early 20th Century American Figurative Art: The Soyer Bequest Where: The Montclair Art Museum, 3 South Mountain Road, Montclair. When: Through Feb. 1. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Sundays. How much: $8; $6 seniors and students; by...
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Riverside artist's 'Black Madonna' movie painting to be featured on real honey bottles
A Riverside artist's work is getting a sweet boost from the film "The Secret Life of Bees." Sue Bee Honey announced in a press release Friday that it is producing limited edition bottles of Black Madonna Honey.
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Quilts For a Cure
More than 500 handcrafted quilts are being auctioned off at Sutter Cancer Center in downtown Sacramento to raise money for breast cancer treatment and research.
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Art looted by Soviets turns up in London
Lithographs that once belonged to a German duke and vanished when the Soviets occupied parts of Germany after World War II, have turned up at Sotheby's in London, a spokesman for the auction house said.
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Carolyn Livengood column: Digital photography workshop in Pacifica
Stephen Johnson Photography will hold a digital photography workshop from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Nov. 8 and 9 in his Pacifica studio at 1220-C Linda Mar Blvd.
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Exhibit puts focus on York’s homeless
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LITERARY GUIDE
TODAY Elisa Kleven Reads from "Wish." 11:30 a.m. Kepler's, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. (650) 324-4321. Marc Tyler Nobleman Discusses "Boys of Steel." 3-5 p.m. Cartoon Art Museum, 655 Mission St., S.F. (415) 227-8666. Poetry and Jazz of the Diaspora...
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Voodoo Announces Full Festival Lineup
STAFF PHOTO BY MATTHEW HINTONSinger Clint Maedgen is scheduled to perform at Voodoo with the New Orleans Bingo! Show and his own ensemble, Clint Maedgen +9 Balancing out a string of early 1990s alt-rock headliners, the Voodoo Experience music festival...
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First-of-its-kind underpass art gallery could come to Naples
The city’s newest art gallery won’t be located across the Gordon River Bridge. Instead of driving over the bridge, visitors to downtown Naples could be asked to walk beneath it. Advocates for the Gordon River Underpass Art Gallery announced Friday they received an initial go-ahead from the state to move forward with building a gallery beneath the Gordon River Bridge.
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Civil rights photojournalist, Greensboro native Alex Rivera dies at 95
DURHAM (AP) - Photojournalist Alex Rivera, who spent his career covering the civil rights movement and working at North Carolina Central University, has died. He was 95. Chancellor Charlie Nelms said in a statement Friday that Rivera was an integral part of the university's history and made "invaluable contributions to the world through his photography" during his career. "He was a valued ...
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Wildlife photographer has success in the frame
OFFSHORE oil worker Terry Cavner has struck it rich with his winning brand of wildlife photography. Terry, 56, from Blyth in Northumberland, works as a rigging supervisor on a dive support vessel in the North Sea oil industry off Norway.
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A masterpiece's renaissance: Raphael's 'Madonna of the Goldfinch' returns after painstaking 10-year restoration
After 10 years of painstaking study and restoration that tested both cutting edge technology and human patience, one of the greatest masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance is returning to the public.
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Group draws on community to provide arts education
Ray Scott is a manager for a waste disposal company and a longtime friend of The Arts Council of Kern. So when Arts Council Executive Director Jeanette Richardson Parks brought up the idea of an Arvin student recycled art festival -- turning trash into treasure -- he knew he was the man for the job. Scott is an example of business leaders and educators working together to create opportunities ...
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Wells Receives Museum Conference's Award
Heather Marie Wells, collections assistant and podcast producer at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History,
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Small-Town Festival Focuses On Films, Not Stars
Movie buffs don't have to travel to the south of France to get a film festival fix. Small towns across the country have launched down-to-earth offerings and film festivals for the rest of us.
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Gallery: Land Speed Record holders
Twelve years after their last attempt, Andy Green and Richard Noble are returning with the all-new 1,000mph Bloodhound SSC. So we take a look back at some famous record-breaking cars.
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4th Annual Art Show & Sale at the BCL
1st Place: #1 “The Lonely Tree Trunk” a brilliant watercolor that pops by Robert Dominguez Sr. Cash Award $45.
Santa Paula Times |
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Dustin Fosnot's fine debut at Steven Wolf
The faintly disreputable air of Bay Area artist Dustin Fosnot's work may actually entice viewers conversant with modern and contemporary art, which has always had its seamy side. Resting on the floor at Steven Wolf Fine Arts are three mattresses that Fosnot...
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Goldsworthy reaches high with Presidio 'Spire'
Neighbors of the Presidio who live near its Arguello Gate began to notice recently a strange protrusion in the sky above the de-commissioned base: a 100-foot-tall permanent sculpture by British artist Andy Goldsworthy titled "Spire." It was funded by a patron...
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Grey Ghost busted! Radtke to face judge
Anti-graffiti activist Fred Radtke issued criminal summons by NOPD for defacing commissioned artwork
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Bid for radio's sake
The 10th Annual Online/Nonline Auction to benefit Radio Information Service and Tri States Public Radio will be held Oct. 29 through Nov. 7.
The Macomb Journal |
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Beck Art Exhibit, Jan. 10-Feb. 7
GALESBURG -- An exhibit of paintings by Rosemarie Beck will be on display from Friday, Jan. 10 through Friday, Feb. 7 in the Gallery, Ford Center for the Fine Arts, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. The exhibit, "Rosemarie Beck: Paintings 1965-2001," is free and open to the public.
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International Fair
GALESBURG -- The 22nd annual Knox College International Fair will showcase food, educational exhibits and entertainment from around the world, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 25, on the Knox campus in Galesburg, Illinois.
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