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2008 Walters Prize judge's talk
Catherine David, director of the 2009 Lyon Biennial, presents the 2008 Walters Prize judge’s lecture. AUT Lecture theatre WA220 – free entry – see map Catherine David has worked at the National Museum of Modern Art at the Centre Georges Pompidou (1982-90), the Galerie National du Jeu de Paume (1990-94) and the Witte de With, center for contemporary art in Rotterdam (2002-04).
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Samson Oil & Gas Provides Operational Advice
DENVER----Samson Oil & Gas Limited announced today that the Leonard #1-23H well had reached a depth of 10,137 feet, penetrating the Bluell Formation objective and was logged. The evaluation of these logs suggested that there was insufficient porosity developed in the objective to justify drilling a horizontal lateral.
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Florence City Council votes to raise its salaries
Florence City Council members voted to raise their salaries and approved first reading of an agreement giving Florence County an option to purchase downtown property for a new museum.
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Read and Meet at Texas Artists Museum
A miniature red leather-bound copy of Leo Tolstoy’s “The Bear Hunt” may draw attention, or perhaps a work-out book from the dollar table will get the heart pumping. Sandy Wigley has been selling books online for years and has now opened the Read and Meet Bookstore in the Texas Room at the Texas Artists Museum. She said her renting of the space will bring steady income and traffic into the ...
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Famous Romanian artists to attend the Festival of Arts
For a week, famous works of universal arts will be performed on the stages of Bucharest.
Nine O'Clock |
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A dose of culture
More than 250 entrants tried their hand at the art of verse in the fifth annual Feast of Poetry, with the winners announced at the Raglan Gallery on Sunday.
Cooma-Monaro Express |
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EVENT GUIDE: Ways to walk this week
As Toronto’s October “Festival of Walking” draws to a close, here are a couple of interesting walking-themed events for the week. The week ends, of course, with what is perhaps the biggest walking festival of the year - Hallowe’en. Everyone should walk the streets that night to banish their fear of the darkening city. Closing Gould Street [...]
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Perfect weather helped to define a transcendent Voodoofest
Share your festival memories, photos and videos with the world
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All puckered up
Cerra Vista School held its 8th annual Fall Festival on Friday, and it once again included an array of activities such as ping pong, spin art, bull riding and, of course, pig kissing.
Hollister Free Lance |
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UPI NewsTrack Business
U.S. markets shoot up, then down ... Crude oil prices close lowest in 17 months ... European automakers schedule cutbacks ... Autoworkers see livelihoods evaporate ... News from United Press International.
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Photography giant Kodak leaving NASCAR following 22 years of sponsorship
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Eastman Kodak Co. is ending its 22-year sponsorship in NASCAR and putting more sports marketing dollars into professional golf.
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Beaverbrook Foundation's £5m legal fees in art collection fight
Nearly £5 million has been run up in legal fees by the descendants of the press baron Lord Beaverbrook in an attempt to secure ownership of his legacy of some £100 million worth of paintings.
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Reception Saturday for artist at Art Association
REDLANDS - Local artist Leah Balestierri will be the featured artist at the Redlands Art Association Gallery from Oct.
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Television - Entertainment
'Old school' is an art exhibition by Stafford Allpress, who specialises in crafting miniature sculptures of everyday objects.
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Photo finish
MANNING River Times photographers Scott Calvin and Carl Muxlow have combined to take out one of the top awards to NSW regional newspapers in 2007-08 - the NSW Country Press Association Award for Photography.
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About Steve Tyrell
Steve Tyrell is truly a renaissance man. In his four decades in the music business, he has achieved great success as an artist, producer, songwriter, music supervisor and performer. He is a Grammy Award-winning producer and a two-time Emmy nominee.
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Venice gets set for two-day arts festival
While Venice is always a charming town to visit, this weekend it will be even more of an attractive destination because of the 21st annual Venice Downtown Art Festival.
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Art award winner
THE winner of the 2008 Bega Valley Art Awards is Craig Cameron, whose painting, The 50 Tribes of Sorrow, was selected from more than 80 entries last week.
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Go Now: Your planner for regional events
STONE MOUNTAIN, GA. n Stone Mountain Christmas - The first snow park in the Atlanta area will open Dec. 31 as part of Stone Mountain's 50th anniversary celebration and holiday festival. Crossroads will be decked with 2 million lights. The Snow Angel flies high over Crossroads waving her magic wand and creating snow and fireworks The Polar Express 4D Experience, train rides, Santa visits, ...
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Auction Houses Try And Fail To Sell Famous Paintings [Art World]
An Andy Warhol painting that Sotheby's hoped would auction for over $10 million netted just $7.6 million at auction over the weekend, and the work of several high profile artists including Jeff...
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Short of a cat-astrophic event this exhibition will be purr-fect
They can be affectionate, loyal companions or aloof and self-centred.
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Summer in the Valley photo gallery on display
Now that the second annual Summer in the Valley photography contest has come to a close, The Trustees of Reservations would like to thank everyone for making it a big success. We got a lot of great entries and are so appreciative of everyone’s participation.
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3ème Festival du film arabe de Bruxelles, un carrefour des cultures
«Vivre ensemble au-delà des différences» a été le slogan de la 3ème édition du cinéma arabe à Bruxelles qui a fait honneur au 7ème art algérien. En marge des projections de films, une table ronde a été organisée sur le thème «entre renaissance et crise, quel est l’avenir du cinéma algérien ?»
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Painting of George Washington stolen
Detectives say someone swiped an original painting of President George Washington from a home in Sarasota. The work is by James Sharples, who made several portraits of Washington in the late 1700's.
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Return of the kings
Contested evidence from an ancient site may reunite archaeology with Biblical accounts of Kings David and Solomon
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