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NZ soldier's Gallipoli diary sold for $20,000
SYDNEY - A New Zealand soldier's Gallipoli diary sold at auction today for $20,000 ($23,649.04). Private George Petersen's diary gives a day-by-day account from the April 25 Anzac landings in 1915 until his departure five months into the eight-month Turkish campaign that cost 11,400 Anzac lives.
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Field's 'Aztec World' exhibit explores every layer of the massive empire
After more than four years of planning, 200 years of history are on display at the Field Museum. "The Aztec World" shows the explosive rise and fall of the Aztecs, who went from a small tribe that settled around a lake to the center of Mesoamerica, exacting tribute from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean.
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Blues will permeate Southwest Florida Music Festival
A common belief is the more struggles you've had, the better blues musician you are.
The News-Press |
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Exeter students get lessons in forensic science
A group of students spent Thursday morning picking out clues from death scene photos, identifying possible DNA samples and learning about forensic sculpture.
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Memphis College of Art students bring creativity to their dorms
A room in a college dormitory is a home away from home, a refuge, a clothes explosion, a music venue, an expression of personality. Is the case any different at Memphis College of Art? Students who live in the dorms at MCA are free to decorate their rooms any way they want, said Susan Miller, the college's vice president for enrollment and student services.
Memphis Commercial Appeal |
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Kiwi's Gallipoli diary sells for $20,000
A New Zealand soldier's Gallipoli diary has been sold for $20,000 at an auction. Private George Petersen's diary gives a day-by-day account from the April 25 Anzac landings in 1915 until his departure five months into the eight-month Turkish campaign that cost 11,400 Anzac lives.
The West Australian |
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Lone Star International Film Festival
Day Three of the Lone Star International Film Festival offers a diverse menu, from the spooky to the somber, from places near — a documentary about the Cliburn amateur competition called They Came to Play will be shown at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth — and extremely far. Today’s highlights 12 : The festival is showcasing five Russian films, including the adaptation of 12 Angry ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Excerpts from the Lone Star International Film Festival weekend festival
The second edition of Fort Worth’s Lone Star International Film Festival continues through Sunday, including: 12 (7:30 p.m. Friday, AMC Palace) A Russian updating of the classic 12 Angry Men that’s set in Chechnya. They Came to Play (8 p.m. Friday, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth) A documentary following competitors in the Van Cliburn amateur piano competition A Quiet Little Marriage (8 ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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In the galleries: The Modern's 'The Collection and Then Some'
The Modern has been moving the art. Some pieces from the permanent collection were relocated to the basement, others that had been languishing in the holding cells were unpacked and moved upstairs, favorites were reshuffled, and a few significant pieces were borrowed from the neighbors. Now everyone is invited to see the results. New to the museum is a piece on loan from Dallas collector ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Kiwi's Gallipoli diary sells for $20,000
A New Zealand soldier's Gallipoli diary has been sold for $20,000 at an auction.
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Library exhibit features atomic bomb photos
The Terrell Library Atrium has 30 posters on display for the next 10 days that show the destruction caused by the atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in August 1945.
Washington State University Daily Evergreen |
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Thespians sing up a storm, ‘HomicIDOLs’ seek revenge
Have you ever watched a certain reality show and cringed as the head judge criticized the contestants’ singing ability?
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THE REAL DECOY
Belleville, W.Va. -- When Scott Morrison started carving wooden fish decoys, he never imagined he might one day win a world competition - by carving a frog."Hey, if the judges liked my frog better than all those fish, Im sure not going to argue with t...
The Charleston Gazette |
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On, and Off, the Wall
If you?re just looking, great art doesn?t cost a dime. Four art critics of The New York Times have canvassed the prime gallery neighborhoods to offer a field report.
New York Times |
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A Science Lover’s Kind of Town
OLD TO NEW The Harvard Museum of Natural History displays ancient bones and generates lightning bolts.
New York Times |
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Palestinian-American Wins Hugo Boss Prize
This year?s winner is Emily Jacir, who produces photographs, videos, sculpture and drawings that address themes of belonging and displacement as they relate to Palestinian identity.
New York Times |
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Upper East Side: Linger (Quietly) for a While
The Upper East Side is a quieter, more idiosyncratic experience to Chelsea. Older work by blue-chip artists is the norm, and even possible to find a museum-quality show without the museum admission charge.
New York Times |
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Local briefs for 11/13: County arts council to accept exhibit entries
NEWTON -- The Sussex County Arts & Heritage Council is accepting entries for its next exhibit, Winter Solstice. The annual show can include subject matter that includes a winter scene and/or holiday feeling.
New Jersey Herald |
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Remembering Vietnam: Artist uses rice helmets in display at Figge
The 239 army helmets that are strewn across the fourth floor gallery of the Figge Art Museum are all made of rice.
Quad-City Times |
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Rare Maori artefacts for auction in New York
Rare Maori artifacts, including an unusual pounamu hei tiki, are being auctioned in New York tomorrow (NZT) as part of a collection estimated to be worth up to US$11.5 million ($20.7 million).
The New Zealand Herald |
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Who's Afraid of Edward Albee? Not Artist John Beech: Hot Art
Nov. 14 (Bloomberg) -- New witticisms from the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee are appearing in a New York art gallery, not on a Broadway stage.
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Latino film festival starts tonight
Spanish-language films take the spotlight in the Jacksonville Latino Film Festival, held over three days this weekend. It's organized by the Jacksonville Film Festival and includes nine movies from throughout Latin America.
The Florida Times-Union |
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MUSEUMS
BROOKGREEN GARDENS, U.S. 17, between Murrells Inlet and Pawleys Island. 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Seven-day gate admission for ages 13-64, $12; ages 65 and older $10; ages 6-12, $5; and 5 and younger, free. 235-6000 or 800-849-1931, or www.brook green.org. CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 2501 N. Kings Highway, Myrtle Beach, Flip Flop Ball Fundraiser POSTPONED from Nov. 22; details to be ...
The Myrtle Beach Sun News |
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FESTIVALS
DICKENS CHRISTMAS SHOW AND FESTIVALS WEEK, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. today and Saturday, and noon-6 p.m. Sunday, at Myrtle Beach Convention Center, Oak Street and 21st Avenue North. $8 for ages 13 and older, $4 ages 2-12, and $12 multi-day. 448-9483 or 800-261-5991, or www.dickenschristmasshow.com . SOCASTEE SWING BRIDGE FESTIVAL, 8 a.m. Saturday, 5K Road Race; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. festival , with arts and ...
The Myrtle Beach Sun News |
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Young musicians offer free concerts across S.C.
As the Long Bay Symphony Youth Orchestra begins a new season of free concerts for the community, its musical roads will go in at least two other directions. Besides welcoming the public to concerts next week and in winter and spring at Myrtle Beach High School, the orchestra will make stops in Marion and the Treasure of the Tidelands Festival in Georgetown County. For the festival, the ensemble ...
The Myrtle Beach Sun News |
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