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Azalea Festival garden tour opens
Warm temperatures and sunny skies created the perfect setting for the 55th annual ribbon cutting ceremony signaling the start of the 2008 Azalea Festival garden tour.
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There's a mansion for you on this tour
There's more to Wilmington than downtown, of course. And lovely as they are there's more to the Port City's architecture than stately Victorian mansions.That's part of the message the 2008 Azalea Festival Home Tour is trying to get across.
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OCEANSIDE: Students learn patience while sculpting
OCEANSIDE ---- Over the last six weeks, 21 sophomores at Clair Burgener Academy have been learning patience and teamwork by sculpting faces from clay, an artistic experience that they and school officials say will have long-lasting benefits. Watch th
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Usher has blasted Noel Gallagher over his comments about Glastonbury headliner Jay-Z.
The R’n’B singer believes the Oasis star is wrong to say Jay-Z shouldn’t headline the music festival, and insists the rapper will prove him wrong with a spectacular performance.
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'You See' exhibit celebrates pop, funk and cakes
Arneson, Thiebaud, Neri, De Forest among UC Davis artists and teachers in St. Mary's exhibit
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Today's RailCats Preseason Game Canceled
Gary, Ind.- The defending Northern League champion Gary SouthShore RailCats have canceled today's exhibition game against Joliet due to rain. The RailCats grounded the Schaumburg Flyers yesterday by beating them 8-2 behind grand slam off the bat of Rob Marconi in their 2008 exhibition opener.
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FILM Zompire: The Undead Film Festival So, a zombie and a vampire walk into a bar. Suddenly, a radioactive meteorite crashes through the roof, releasing a virus from outer space. The result is Zompire, two nights dedicated to horror films including “Dawn of the Dead,” “Vampire ...
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2007 Louisiana-Mississippi APME newspaper award winners
The Louisiana-Mississippi Associated Press Managing Editors have announced the winners of its annual writing and photo contest for news stories, editorials, photos, graphics and...
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Stocks Continue Their Downward Drive
The major stock indices track lower as buyers tune out reasonably good earnings and productivity reports. Meanwhile, oil taps a new high.
TheStreet.com |
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Bighorn sculpture finds footing in Pasadena
PASADENA - A bronze bighorn sheep tentatively peers at the traffic along Colorado Boulevard. • Photo Gallery: Bighorn sheep sculpture
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Dogwoods out, ready for Fairfield festival
FAIRFIELD — The relatively mild winter did more than just help people save on heating bills, it also gave a boost to the Dogwood Festival that blossoms for its 73rd annual stanza Friday.
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Local resident pledges $2m to Gables museum effort
(CORAL GABLES) Talk about cash infusion. The Coral Gables Museum received its largest donation to date recently when local businessman Robert Fewell agreed to give $2 million to the fledgling museum to help construct a new gallery.
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In Wednesday's Daily Facts:
The Redlands City Council's decision on the public art ordinance. A preview of Saturday's Fly-In at Redlands Airport. Green Thumb Wednesday: A Little Garden Dirt from David Dangermond.
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Not so great Scot! Pittsburg opts to skip Renaissance Fest
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New ''Please Touch'' Museum Will Open October 18th
The new "Please Touch" Museum, at Memorial Hall in Fairmount Park, will open to the public on October 18th.
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Celebrity Photos: Paris Hilton in springtime, Alicia in concert, and stars galore in fashionista heaven
Paris Hilton at the Hornitos Tequila Cinco De Mayo party in Los Angeles. Alicia Keys performs. Naomi Watts, Hilary Duff, Amanda Peet, Tom Brady and Gisele Budchen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala in New York.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Head sculpture design is unveiled
A 20ft sculpture of a girl's head is unveiled as Britain's next big public art project.
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Children of Uganda Commemorates New Location With Charity Art Show
Children of Uganda, a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to the support and empowerment of orphans and vulnerable children in Uganda, has announced an open house and charity art show to celebrate its new U.S. office in Charles Town, West Va.
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Washington DC
WASHINGTON , May 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With the help of the space shuttle program, NASA kicks off a new artifact loan program for museums, planetariums, and other organizations.
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"Condo King" Banking On Downtown Miami's Future
Some call Jorge Perez the "Condo King of South Florida." In the last three decades he has built more than 200 condominiums, including many that dot the Miami skyline. In a about a week, Perez will begin closings on his latest masterpiece, 500 Brickell, but the big question remains – will anyone buy?
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Billboard.com -- Billboard Bits: Siren Festival, Nelson Mandela, Gang Of Four, Tilly And The Whale
Annual Siren Fest lineup revealed; Queen, Lennox rock for Mandela; Gang Of Four becomes gang of two; Tilly and the Whale talk new album
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National Gallery head rejects calls for his resignation
It is just under a month ago that some of the country’s most prominent artists and art critics sent a letter to the government calling for a change at the top of the National Gallery. Its signatories accused Milan Knížák, who has been the head of the gallery since 1999, of economic mismanagement, and leading the gallery, and by extension the Czech art world, into isolation. On Tuesday, Mr Knížák ...
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American Artist: Watercolor Critique: St. Joe's North Pier (St. Joseph, Michigan)
This painting has a nice summer feeling. The artist has done a fine job on the foreground water with good use of color and value changes. However, the sky, building, and platform should be handled in a similar manner.
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“Tales”
Local artist Constance Braden shows fairy-tale images with heavy undertones. Six of the Victorian-ish images included in her exhibition “Tales” were made to match the story-poems of Outgrown, by Braden’s friend and local author Stella Brice. Another two take a semi-gothic view of the ...
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“It Took the Night to Believe”
For “It Took the Night to Believe,” Patrick Phipps took his canvas and crumpled it up. The painter-by-trade created ambiguous papier-mâché sculptures using plaster bandages, newspaper, drawing paper, masking tape, acrylic paint and more. Each piece defies definition, as Phipps ...
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