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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 ...
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EWTN's Art Series a Tour of Salvation History
ROME, OCT. 26, 2008 ( Zenit.org ).- A 10-episode original television series on EWTN will take viewers on a Vatican Museums tour that tells the story of salvation history through art.
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Cheapening Beauty
ROME, OCT. 26, 2008 ( Zenit.org ).- After igniting a fierce debate earlier this year in Australia over an exhibition of nude portraits of underage girls, photographer Bill Henson has just opened up a display of his work in New York.
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Art auction at B&A Warehouse to benefit individuals with disabilities
Proceeds from ticket purchases and auction bids will be used towards programs, conferences and trainings for those with disabilities.
Birmingham News |
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A bank with quite a history
In recent years, for the first time in my life, I actually enjoy going to the bank, and not just because I have developed a rapport with the clerk who one day announced she was my “personal banker”. After a move of flat, I simply transferred my accounts to the most convenient branch – and, what do you know, that branch is housed in a masterpiece of inter-war Czech architecture with a fascinating ...
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JFK and Jackie Were Chic At All Times, Even Halloween [Power Couple]
Candid presidential photography simply does not get any better than JFK and Jackie O. Let's face it — the guy just never looks bad, and his wife was one of the most photogenic women ever. We're...
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Science Unlocking the secrets of the deep in 3D 20/10 20:13 CET
European marine archaeologists have developed a complex new technique to study shipwrecks, too deep for divers to explore. By combining photography, navigational data and sonar, they can create 3D images to help unravel the mysteries of those stricken vessels from the safety of the surface.
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PM predicts lower household bills
Gordon Brown said food and fuel bills should start to come down next year as a fall in oil prices eased the pressure on household bills. The Prime Minister said the sliding price of oil would be reflected in gas and electricity bills and there would be lower inflation globally.
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New life for Fillmore as plaza gets a makeover
Throngs of people filled Fillmore Center Plaza to eat, gossip and dance to the bands playing on stage Saturday, highlighting a renaissance of the local gathering spot. Around them and at their feet, the plaza had been transformed from a concrete flatland,...
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Hillel honors Sukkot by building sukkah
Hillel, a campus organization for Jewish students, constructed a sukkah, an outdoor festival shelter, on Degenstein Campus Center lawn on Thursday, Oct. 16.
The Crusader |
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Sculptor Atul Sinha plays with spaces in wood in new works
New Delhi, Oct 26: Sculptor Atul Sinha, who has been using wood as a medium for his artistic expression since 1993, has experimented with the three-dimensional aspect of the medium and played with light and shade to create contrasting spaces in his new body of work titled Space Beyond Innovation.
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Art, wine at exhibition
The Wanaka Art Society Labour Weekend exhibition opened at the Lake Wanaka Centre on Thursday and continues daily until 2.45pm today. The annual exhibition attracted 217 entries this year, including six by guest artist Deirdre Copeland, of Cromwell.
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Next ‘Largest Pecan’ unveiled
SEGUIN — It was a little picture with big significance. During Saturday’s Pecan Fest Heritage Days, officials unveiled a rendering of the new World’s Largest Pecan.
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School future hangs in the balance
The old Darlinghurst Gaol used to hold public hangings. It still does. But these days the hangings are of artworks.
Cowra Guardian |
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Two vie for caretaker’s post; County officer role uses ‘people skills.’
Visitors to the Boone County Government Center find themselves under the gaze of an appaloosa horse, a painting that greets those who take the stairs to the second floor.
Columbia Daily Tribune |
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Manukau City set to put its arts on display
An extravaganza of arts is expected to reel in up to $1 million for Manukau City, from its first annual Manukau Festival of Arts.
The New Zealand Herald |
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Museum head ignorant of Anzac tradition - vets
Disgruntled World War II Bomber Command veterans are accusing the Auckland War Memorial Museum's director of having little knowledge of Anzac tradition, after they were refused space for a memorial inside the museum.
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The Soil paintings of Talaandig artists
WAWAY Linsahay Saway is better known for his music, his compositions that make use of ethnic musical instruments and bring popular rhythms to the Talaandig tribe's chants.
Sun Star |
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New York, New Jersey children's book authors to appear at Bernardsville Public Library
COURTESY BERNARDSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARYChildren and parents will have the chance to meet award-winning authors and illustrators at the opening of an exhibition of original illustrations from popular children's books at Bernardsville Public Library. BERNARDSVILLE -- Children and parents will have...
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Living artfully every day of the week
BY NADINE ARMSTRONG The Hants Journal NovaNewsNow.com ?Creativity is the power to change your world.? That's just one motto the Utata Gallery and Art Centre hopes to share with the people of Windsor and West Hants...
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Beautiful and rare icons from Russia are on loan to Clinton museum
Like the unknown 16th century Russian monk who painted St. George slaying a fanged dragon, Gordon B. Lankton has now completed his own near-miraculous quest.
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Posted on Sun, Oct. 26, 2008 09:07 AM
A whale exhibit from New Zealand has opened at the National Geographic Museum in Washington. “Whales Tohora” features a nearly 60-foot sperm whale skeleton and a model of a blue whale’s heart that visitors can crawl through.
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Permanent real estate exhibition centre to be established in Dubai
Dubai - 24 GROUP, one of the leading outdoor media specialists and exhibition stand builders, is establishing a permanent exhibition center where real estate players in the UAE and the Middle East can showcase their projects all year-round.
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Yoko Ono exhibit opening at NJCU, Jersey City
An opening reception will be held from 3 to 6 this afternoon at New Jersey City University in Jersey City for an exhibit of works by Yoko Ono that recall her and John Lennon's calls for peace.
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Canon U.S.A.'s imagePRESS C7000VP Utilized in Developing Award-Winning, Digital Output
Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leading provider of office imaging systems, inkjet technology and digital photography equipment, is proud to announce Peake DeLancey Printers, LLC, of Cheverly, Maryland, has received the 2008 Premier Print "Benny" Award in the Digital Printing category for its digital output using the Canon imagePRESS C7000VP color press.
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