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Norse giddy over palace
The NKU women's and men's basketball teams christened their new 9,400-seat facility with an exhibition doubleheader against top-10 teams from the University of Louisville.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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Paintings stolen from JHB art gallery
Two valuable, original oil paintings have reportedly been stolen from a Parkhurst art gallery.
Independent Online |
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Paintings stolen from JHB art gallery
Two valuable, original oil paintings were stolen from a Parkhurst, Johannesburg, art gallery where they were to have been exhibited, their owner said on Sunday.
The Star |
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Norse giddy over palace
The NKU women's and men's basketball teams christened their new state-of-the-art, 9,400-seat facility with an exhibition doubleheader against preseason nationally ranked top-10 teams from the University of Louisville.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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Positive impact
Quintin Harris spends his afternoons doing science experiments such as dropping marbles in oil and water. The 22-year-old is a program assistant for the Boys & Girls Club of Elgin, which this week is marking 15 years since it first opened its doors on the city's east side.
The Courier News |
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A whole lot to look at on Milan-Toledo trip
Just a door or two away from the birthplace of inventor Thomas Edison, on a tree-lined street in the historic district of Milan, Ohio, is a charming museum filled with antique dolls.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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La Posada Hotel in Arizona is a train stop with a history lesson
Built along the Santa Fe Railway by the Harvey Co., the building is undergoing a pricey renovation. Early on a bright, clear May morning, bracing and brilliant in a way I've always associated with the American West, I stepped down from Amtrak's Southwest Chief at the trim adobe depot at Winslow, in northeastern Arizona. The rambling, Spanish-Colonial-Revival La Posada was adjacent.
Los Angeles Times |
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Greeting the season with glitz and giving
MANITOWOC With snow softly falling around them, children, adults and holiday enthusiasts gathered Saturday at the Rahr-West Art Museum to share cookies with Santa and feast their eyes on a unique collection of designer Christmas trees.
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Focus is on Livingston County as movie shoot approaches
As principal photography begins this week on the independent film "High School," Howell-area business are primed to make some serious bucks with the film's cast and crew in town for the next several weeks.
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Festival is serious about Poland's booming cinema
Of the city's festivals with a national focus, the Polish Film Festival in America might be the most serious about cinema. Just look at the credits for the 76 features, documentaries and shorts in this year's online schedule.
Chicago Sun-Times |
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Baltimore, Md.: 'Uncle Fun' looks for punch lines
BALTIMORE, Md.-- The American Visionary Art Museum, or AVAM, has a 55-foot tall whirligig, sculptures of yarn and a mammoth depiction of Baltimore native Divine, popularized in John Waters' films, such as "Hairspray." The place has a sense of wonder.
Chicago Sun-Times |
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Your Community: Dates to watch
By Signal Staff Posted: Nov. 8, 2008 8:44 p.m. Today Santa Clarita Artists' Association's premier art show and fundraiser; Art Classic XIX - "United by Art", will be held at Hart Hall, 24151 San Fernando Road, Newhall, 2-6 p.m. Event combines the best of art, music, wine and food.
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CLUBS AMORE, 223 Northern Blvd., Clarks Summit: Sundays, karaoke with Honey Do; Wednesdays, karaoke contest with Anthony Cali.
The Scranton Times-Tribune |
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Razzett tal-Ħbiberija painting competition
The 12 winners of the Razzett tal-Ħbiberija competition. The Malta Baby and Kids Directory in conjunction with Razzett tal-Ħbiberija recently organised a painting competition themed 'Living in the Mediterranean' for children between the ages of five and 14 for its 2009 calendar.
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How do we define taste?
Who decides what plays we see, what concerts we hear, what art exhibits we visit? Is taste a top-down kind of thing — one person, sitting alone in an office, giving a thumbs-up or thumbs-down on any number of prospective cultural events?
Louisville Courier-Journal |
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SOUTHERN LIGHTS: Myths, truths surround racial history
In 1979, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival established an area named the Koindu to celebrate African and Caribbean cultures. Today, they call it Congo Square.
The Tuscaloosa News |
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Arroyo to open 29th Masskara Festival
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will officially declare the Masskara Festival festivities open at the New Government Center (NGC) instead of at the public plaza as initially reported.
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200th anniversary of Poe's birth honored
BALTIMORE Baltimore, the city where Edgar Allan Poe died, will celebrate the 200th anniversary of his birth with 'Nevermore 2009,' a year's worth of exhibits and programs.
The Tuscaloosa News |
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New setting for old masters
Old master paintings are the last works of art you'd expect to see at the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, a local institution that describes itself as a "sanctuary and laboratory" of the arts.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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Locals leap into limelight at St. Louis film fest
For 17 years, the St. Louis International Film Festival has brought world cinema to St. Louis. But the organization that runs the festival, Cinema St. Louis, has a parallel objective: to deliver St. Louis filmmakers to the world.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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Kids’ books the focus of mall reading festival
More than 400 children voted, and the results are in.
The Pottsville Republican & Herald |
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Zamboanga Hermosa Festival kicks off
THE Zamboanga Hermosa Festival, which reels off Wednesday, will feature daily and nightly activities that will culminate on the feast of the Our Lady of the Pillar on October 12.
Sun Star |
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Student artwork on display at bank
ASHEVILLE – The artwork of fifth-graders at Claxton Elementary is on display at the State Employees Credit Union, 701 Broadway St. from Nov. 1 to Dec. 12.
Asheville Citizen-Times |
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'Beyond Nudity' places varied art in unlikely venue
An art show billed as nude self-portraits on display at a bar advertised as "Alaska's gay entertainment complex" may suggest prurience. But Aakatchaq Schaeffer's "A Revealing Beyond Nudity," showing at Mad Myrna's through Nov. 28, will appeal more to the aesthetic intellectual than to the libertine.
Anchorage Daily News |
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Florida events: Week of Sept. 28
Nov. 13-16: Native American Festival, Silver Springs. Tribes from North and South America will perform ancient ceremonial dances in traditional regalia. Silver Springs. 352-236-2121; www.silversprings.com.
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