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Eat your heart out, Eddie Haskell. Tony Dow, best known as the actor who portrayed The Beav’s big brother, Wally, in the ’50s TV series “Leave It to Beaver,” will have one of his abstract sculptures on display at the Louvre.
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Leaving a visual legacy
Small-city news can play a large role in the lives of community members. Mankato certainly isn't the smallest or largest city in southern Minnesota, but one man from the Mankato Free Press continually makes small, local stories appear larger than life through photography.
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What the Giller Prize gets right
A database search reveals that "Giller Prize" was mentioned in 407 articles in major Canadian newspapers in 2007, compared with 105 for "Governor General's Literary Award," 66 for "Griffin Poetry Prize," 11 for "Writer's Trust Award" and a mere four for "RBC Painting Competition."
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Creepy-crawly creations
The Ballantine House at the Newark Museum re-creates the home of a wealthy family in the late 1800s, with appointments like a billiards room, a gorgeously decorated dining room and a luxurious parlor.
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Optical illusions: caused by eye or brain?
When viewing the famous optical illusion painting Enigma by Isia Leviant, many people claim to see motion within the colored circles moving against the black and white striped background. Although this optical illusion has been known for a long time, its physiological origins are still unknown.
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New CERAMOS and OSLUX LED Flash Products from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Provide Great Pictures in Any Light
The new generation of CERAMOS and OSLUX LED flash products from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors are twice as bright as their predecessors. They now meet even the high brightness requirements demanded by modern digital cameras with higher pixel resolutions. The brightest LED (without a lens) for flash photography is the CERAMOS, producing very bright light with its clear encapsulation. The CERAMOS is ...
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London show examines U.S. military damage to Babylon
LONDON (Reuters) - A new exhibition about the myths and reality of the ancient city of Babylon ends with a display blaming the U.S. military for causing irreversible damage to the site after it invaded Iraq in 2003.
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Student artwork on display
In celebration of the Governor's Awards for the Arts, art teachers assembled Saturday at the former M&T Bank Building, 102 W. Fourth St., to create a display of student artwork.
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VIDEO from Medialink and General Motors: Saturn Gives Children 'Pictures of Hope'
Saturn sponsored Pictures of Hope, a photography project led by an award-winning photojournalist that gave children in transitional living programs the opportunity to take photos that reflect their hopes and dreams.
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Tony and Albert Fagler didn't know too much about their Grandpa Albert, except that he did something with photography in the armed forces during World War II. When their grandmother died in 2000, the boys had the task of cleaning out their grandparent's home in Englewood, Colorado.
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MedFilm Festival: Films focus on dreams in war-torn Afghanistan
MedFilm Festival: Films focus on dreams in war-torn Afghanistan (AKI) - Dreams in war-torn Afghanistan are the focus of two documentaries featured at the 14th annual Mediterranean Film Festival in Rome this week. 'Afghan Muscles' by Danish director Andreas Dalsgaard and 'Afghanistan, Le choix des Femmes' by Algerian-born Belgian director, Hadja Lahbib, were both filmed in Afghanistan. ...
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Cummer goes contemporary
Japanese-American artist Takashi Soga designed and created the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens’s new outdoor sculpture.
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Highrise Award Winner to Be Announced
This Friday, November 14, the City of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and its partners DekaBank and the Deutsches Architekturmuseum, will announce the winner of the 2008 International Highrise Award at a ceremony in Frankfurt.
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New Terminator Salvation Concept Art
Here we have some new concept art for Terminator Salvation that has leaked. This follows the new leaked footage we posted yesterday which includes some of the following vehicles from the artwork below. Thanks to io9 for the images. Unfortunately, the video won't download for me and it seems to have been taken down on other sites [...]
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Golly Beaver … my sculpture’s going to the Louvre
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Eat your heart out, Eddie Haskell. Tony Dow, best known as the actor who portrayed The Beav's big brother, Wally, in the '50s TV series "Leave It to Beaver," will have one of his abstract sculptures on display at the Louvre.
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State of the Arts: Become an online art collector
My Own Art Collection is a new website which enables people to design and curate a virtual collection featuring real works of art supplied by galleries from across the country.
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VETERANS DAY FESTIVITIES: schedule of events, links of interest
The Veterans Day Parade is scheduled for 4 p.m. Tuesday in Downtown Kearney: The Bricks. Check back at this site for possible changes due to weather. The parade will begin at Railroad Street and go north on Central Avenue to the Museum of Nebraska Art parking lot.
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Toronto Museums Place Their Bets On Higher Attendance
"Like Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum," the newly refurbished Art Gallery of Ontario, which reopens Friday, "has built the business plan for expanded premises around the assumption that more people will pay more money to see more art and artifacts.
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'Very fortunate' city native gives $1 million to academy
Counting the blessing of "a very fortunate life," city native William Schreyer and his wife Joan on Monday announced their donation of $1 million over the next five years to the Public Art Academy under development at the Pajama Factory, formerly known as Raytowne. "I've never been asked or involved in helping my old hometown," Schreyer said, "so I thought I'd be supportive.
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'Art is alive'; library unveils renovations
Compliments flowed as the James V. Brown Library debuted its reference room renovation Monday evening to begin the weeklong events that celebrate the arts. A reception was open to the public and featured new artwork to be placed in the new children's wing and new artistic decorations that were collaboratively completed to enhance the library's historically rich room.
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Wally Cleaver at the Louvre?
Louvre to show sculpture by Tony Dow, famous as the big brother in 'Leave It to Beaver'
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Native American Film Festival
In 1997, Will Goins, project director for S.C. Native Pathways and accomplished Native American folklorist, was frustrated at the lack of Native American film and video offerings available through traditional media outlets and began the first Native American Film & Video festival at the Nickelodeon Theatre.
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Zaha Hadid Showcased in New York Exhibition
The exhibition runs through December 13 at Sonnabend and 10th Avenue art spaces.
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Lafayette seeks sculptors for public art exhibit
Talented sculptors are being summoned by the city of Lafayette to create works of art for the year-long Art on the Streets exhibit in Old Town Lafayette.
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Community made SweetBrook event a success
On behalf of the residents of Sweet Brook Transitional Care and Living Centers in Williamstown, I wish to express our heartfelt gratitude to the wonderful merchants in our community who supported our Oct. 25 Resident Council Fall Bazaar by donating gift certificates and products for our popular raffles and Chinese Auction.
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