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A teenager's artful plea to save the planet
Connie Yu, 13, is hoping more people will carpool, recycle, create less waste and do more to fight global warming after seeing her winning piece of artwork.
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Scarlett Johansson, newly engaged, flashes ring in New York
NEW YORK - Hours after confirming her engagement to Ryan Reynolds, Scarlett Johansson flashed a diamond ring at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala.
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Sights and sounds
Have you seen an outstanding slice of entertainment recently in the Beaches area? A good band? An interesting art exhibit? A play not to be missed? Do you know of a good attraction that's coming our way? Please let others know by going to Shorelines.com and blogging about it. Thanks!
The Florida Times-Union |
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Records fall at NY art auction, foreigners dominate
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Art records fell on Tuesday for works by Claude Monet, Auguste Rodin and Alberto Giacometti in New York City at a Christie's auction dominated by foreign buyers taking advantage of the weak U.S. dollar.
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Stepping into the picture
Jindabyne artist Kerry Wooden has only been painting for about four years and has already developed a style of her own. I found myself 'stepping into' her painting: 'In the Scrub Country'.
Summit Sun |
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Central student wins congressional art contest
La Crosse Central High School student Timothy Koehne won this year’s 3rd Congressional District Art Contest.
La Crosse Tribune |
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Records fall at NY art auction, foreigners dominate
Art records fell on Tuesday for works by Claude Monet, Auguste Rodin and Alberto Giacometti in New York City at a Christie's auction dominated by foreign buyers taking advantage of the weak U.S. dollar.
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Good Morning Lowcountry
Inheriting the trade Charleston again will confront its history as a slave-trading city in a slave-owning state beginning May 22 with the premiere of a newly revised version of Anthony Davis' opera "Amistad" at Spoleto Festival USA. Charleston and South Carolina are ...
The Post and Courier |
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Community School senior projects run the gamut
The topics run the gamut from glass blowing to Georgia O'Keeffe, international travel, rickshaws, commune design, yoga, Basque culture, sailing, driving a race car and photography in South Africa.
Idaho Mountain Express and Guide |
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Monet and Rodin Records at Christie’s
Fears that the Christie’s sale of Impressionist and modern art would usher in a market meltdown were assuaged when everything from a Monet landscape to a sculpture by Rodin brought record prices.
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Merrimack River Maritime Festival sailing along
SALISBURY and mdash; You could wake up one morning in mid-July, look out at the Merrimack River and think you've been transported back to the 19th century. From July 17 to 20, as many as half a dozen historic sailing ships will be dropping anchor off Salisbury's shores.
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In your school
Kyler Leinbach, 9, a student at Linglestown Elementary School, won first place in the Pennsylvania Dental Association's 2008 National Children's Dental Health Month statewide poster contest. He is the son of Art and Donna Leinbach.
The Patriot-News |
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41.48 million dollars sets record price for Monet painting
New York - A Claude Monet painting fetched 41.48 million dollars at a New York auction, breaking the record for a work by the French Impressionist painter. An anonymous buyer picked up The Railroad Bridge at Argenteuil Tuesday night at a sale at Chri...
EARTHtimes.org |
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Students create bowls to help feed the poor
LONGMEADOW One bowl was decorated with meatballs and spaghetti, another bright green bowl had slender fingers grasping the rim. "They really came up with some great ideas," said Cara Taylor, an art teacher at Longmeadow High School.
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Arts & Living Articles
This Friday the University Programming Council will be hosting the fifth annual Festival of the Arts. Attendees can expect a wider array of talent than in previous festivals.
Massachusetts Daily Collegian |
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Plant High Students Vie For Awards At Art Emporium
Shelby Boggs, owner of Tampa Artist Emporium, has been donating exhibition space to two Plant High School students for the past several months.
South Tampa News & Tribune |
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Art celebrates creation at Wayside Baptist Church exhibit
MIAMI (FBW)—In an effort to equip church members to defend their faith in the God of creation, Wayside Baptist Church in Miami declared April “Creation Month.” The culmination of the emphasis was an art exhibit, “The Inspiration of Creation,” April 25-27.
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Freshwater Festival returns to ACC this weekend
ENFIELD — Just like April showers and May flowers; Valentine’s Day and chocolates; popcorn and movies; springtime and Asnuntuck Community College go hand in hand, to present the ninth annual Freshwater Poetry Festival Friday and Saturday, May 9 and 10. The festival opens Friday at 7 p.m. in Café II with music by singers and guitarists Mike Ciervo and Bill Washburn.
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Museum activities set
HOLYOKE - Wistariahurst Museum offers monthly scheduled activities for children, families and adults, at the museum, unless otherwise noted. Wistariahurst Curator Kate N. Thibodeau will hold a book signing on Saturday at 1 p.m., at Barnes and Noble in Holyoke.
The Republican |
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Art Guild hosts Mother.s Day brunch
There will be a Mother's Day Brunch on Sunday at the Winchester Opera House Ballroom, 10 East Lexington Avenue. Seatings are at 10 a.m. and noon. Tickets are $20 for adults, $12 for children ages 4 to 10, free for children younger than 3. This is a fund-raiser for the Winchester Art Guild . Guild House Gallery. Call (859) 771-3607 or (859) 745-6622. Anti-drug group Winchester ...
Lexington Herald-Leader |
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China Array Plastics Introduces Dairy Components Molded Of High-Performance Thermoplastics To Industry
China Array Plastics LLC, a full service injection molder of high-performance thermoplastics recently exhibitied new dairy components molded of high performance thermoplastics at Chinaplas 2008
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Photo exhibit opens Saturday
Photographing the .Elkhorn Heritage Trail, presented by the Sunny 16s photography club, opens Saturday and runs through May 27. The opening .reception will noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Arts and Cultural Center, 117 North Water Street, Georgetown. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and by appointment. Call Barbara at (502) 863-0909. Join Toastmasters The ...
Lexington Herald-Leader |
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Fifth-grader wins Arbor Day contest
WILBRAHAM - Zoe A. Theocles, 11, a fifth-grader at Memorial School, is the Massachusetts winner of the National Arbor Day Foundation poster contest. Rachel Breton, a fifth-grade pupil at Stony Hill School, received an honorable mention.
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Artists told they must pay to 'play' in the city
It looks like city artists will be treated like other vendors and have to pay a $15 fee if they want to display and sell art at city festivals and celebrations.
The Williamsport Sun-Gazette |
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Award-winning photographer says inspiration can be found in your backyard
Barbara Kuebler is proof that you can enjoy photography "in your own backyard." The award-winning nature photographer, who lives seasonally in Jupiter, enjoys encouraging others to shoot photos and not waiting until they are traveling or there is a special occasion.
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