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Brothers Discover Priceless WWII Combat Films
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.
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Economic collapse finds auction houses enjoying good times
That little phrase, "history drives the market," is a powerful one. What is happening in the financial markets is making news.
Kingston Daily Freeman |
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Student winners announced in Thanksgiving parade design contest
The two grand prize winners in the 17th annual Skillman Foundation contest were chosen from more than 300 designs created by Detroit students.
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November 11, 2008
"Extra" got the scoop from "24" stud Kiefer Sutherland -- about the election, his family and past -- at the opening of his photography collection "24: Redemption-Captured In Africa" at the Paley Center for Media in Los Angeles.
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Auction houses tell jewel owners to lower sights
GENEVA (Reuters) - Major auction houses are advising people putting fine jewels and watches on the block next week to lower their reserve price -- or secret minimum -- as the global financial crisis takes hold, their top experts said on Tuesday.
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Betty Boop Bandit Still At Large
After months of searching, a five-foot tall Betty Boop statue is back where she belongs at a Cocoa art gallery, but who took her is still a mystery.
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Children’s book reviews: Artwork helps puts a new spin on fairy tale
32 pages, ages 4-6. Stunning and unique artwork, partly the product of Rachel Isadora’s incredible imagination, puts a new spin on this old Brothers Grimm fairy tale.
Journal Inquirer |
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Music Review: Beck - Modern Guilt
Beck hires on a couple of musical mercenaries for a masterpiece. Classifying Beck Hansen’s music is kind of like trying to catch a fish with your bare hands. One second you think you’ve got him, the next you’re scratching your head wondering how he got away.The release of his eighth studio album, Modern Guilt, follows tradition by filling popular music’s writhing cracks. From...
Blogcritics.org |
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Billionaire’s wife will open (another) contemporary gallery in (another) Melnikov bus garage
MOSCOW. The Art Newspaper can reveal that Stella Kesaeva, the Russian contemporary art collector and wife to Russian billionaire Igor Kesaev, signed an agreement with the Russian Culture Ministry to open a museum of contemporary art in Moscow in a bus garage built in the 1920s by modernist architect, Konstantin Melnikov.
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Review: Illustrator CS4
Adobe Illustrator CS4 is a time-proven production drawing tool with a clean, efficient interface, and well- thought-out tools that work seamlessly with the rest of the Adobe creative suite. The addition of multi-page capabilities and Blob Brushes make it must-have upgrade.
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Zaha Hadid Showcased in New York Exhibition
Zaha Hadid Architects, Scoop, Kloris, Belu; Zaha Hadid & Patrick Schumacher, Orchis. Photography by Bettina Johae, courtesy of Kenny Schachter/ROVE. The Chanel Mobile Art Pavilion may have shut its doors in the U.S. yesterday night, but Zaha Hadid fans can still enjoy her organic, larger-than-life designs in a two-gallery exhibition at New York’s Sonnabend and 10th Avenue space in Chelsea.
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Actor Tony Dow to show at the Louvre
Tony Dow, best known as the actor who portrayed 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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Exhibits
Art Under the Sun, the first-of-its-kind art auction to benefit the Wyoming Valley Art League with live and silent opportunities to bid on works by national and regional artists. Also: gourmet cuisine, live music and raffles. Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, 1280 Route 315, Wilkes-Barre. Tonight, 5 to 9. $30. Information at wval.org.
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Beaver actor showing at Louvre
Tony Dow, best known for his role in TV show Leave it to Beaver will have one of his abstract sculptures on display at the Louvre.
News 24 South Africa |
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Events
Autumn’s Colors. Enjoy the harvest season with the annual Chrysanthemum Festival, the treehouse exhibit “Nature’s Castles,” a garden railway, pumpkin-carving demonstrations, 100 varieties of pumpkins and gourds, the Pumpkin Playground, a display of hand-blown glass pumpkins, concerts, autumnal culinary treats and theater. Longwood Gardens, Route 1, Kennett Square. Through Nov. 23. Open daily, 9 ...
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Teaching for art’s sake
Glasgow Middle School art teacher Jennifer Fritsch has just received her second “Teacher of the Year” award in the last three years.
The Glasgow Daily Times |
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Stress-free with photography
Stress largely comes from routinary work that requires overcoming pressures and finishing deadlines. Freeing oneself from it needs the power of something that relaxes the mind and soothes the heart.
Manila Bulletin |
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Clifdale students earn first place at art exhibition
Clifdale Elementary School second-grader Brooklyn Carter and fifth-grader Caleb Huskey were first-place winners at the Pacolet Indian Summer Art Exhibition.
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Students learn from Japanese teacher
As 13 art students filed to their desks Monday afternoon at Beloit Memorial High School, their instructor stepped aside as the school's guest teacher from Japan unpacked her calligraphy tools and shrugged on a red Happi coat over her nondescript clothing.
Beloit Daily News |
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Inspired Living: Honor Cards
GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) -- Celebrated Greensboro artist Bill Mangum has a special place in his heart for the city's homeless people. After befriending a homeless man 20 years ago, Mangum began creating artwork for honor cards that serve as a major fundraiser for Greensboro Urban Ministry. Now, nearly $2.5 million has been raised to help the homeless through Mangum's honor cards artwork.
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The Dogwood takes its rightful place
The City of Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreations surprised the Atlanta Dogwood Festival last year with the disappointing news that large festivals were banned from city parks due to the ongoing drought.
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Jazz News: Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Festival Now Accepting Applications
The Monterey Jazz Festival, a leader in jazz education since its inception in 1958, is pleased to announce the 5th Annual Next Generation Festival, featuring the nations most talented middle school, high school, conglomerate, and college jazz musicians and vocalists.
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NE Iowa artist reflect on cemetery work
Courier Des Moines Bureau DES MOINES --- Artist David Rottinghaus, of Nora Springs, made sure he got the details right while he was planning a painting that would adorn a monument at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery to honor soldiers who gave their lives in the war on terror.
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier |
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Gee, Beaver, Wally to show abstract sculpture at the Louvre
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. Several sculptors from the Karen Lynne Gallery — including Dow — will have their works shown at the historic art museum in Paris as part of the Societe Nationale ...
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