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NKorea: Kim attends military art performance
North Korea's absolute leader Kim Jong Il has appeared in public at a military art performance, the communist country's state news agency reported amid continued speculation about his health. Kim and top military officers attended the 32nd military art festival, featuring army and navy performers, the country's official Korean Central News Agency said in a dispatch from Pyongyang on Saturday. ...
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Films for DIFF's cultural bridge sector named
Dubai: The Dubai International Film Festival on Saturday announced its lineup of films for the iconic 'Cultural Bridge' segment, which epitomises the festival's credo - 'Building Bridges, Meeting Minds'.
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Animal carvings among craft show items
Sturgis artist Rick Wieczorek takes a chainsaw to timber to create more than a cord of fuel. He also reveals wildlife from 18 inches to 11 feet high. He will have a selection of carvings for sale from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, at the Pinedale Bazaar, 4901 W. Chicago St.
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Auction encourages kids to be artists
Julie and Tom Gearhart talk about the art on display during the preview to the Community School of the Arts auction Saturday. emoore@chronicle-tribune.com
Marion Chronicle-Tribune |
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This week in books: Robert Clark
Former St. Paulite Robert Clark tells the tales of disaster, heroism and global efforts to save Florence, Italy's centuries-old art and architecture in his detailed and absorbing new book, "Dark Water: Flood and Redemption in the City of Masterpieces."
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Tribute to Obama from a Gujarat artist
A Gujarat artist who has made a painting of US president-elect Barack Obama, showing the politician being blessed by Mahatma Gandhi on his poll victory, is struggling to ensure that the picture reaches the leader.
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Juried show in Estero draws artists from across continent
Art lovers spent hours Saturday browsing paintings, metal sculptures and glass-blown pieces of art at the Estero Fine Art Show.
The News-Press |
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Today's Agenda: DSO at the Nasher; Texas Camerata; Canoe Fest
Music and art What could be better than a Sunday afternoon chamber concert featuring some of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s most gifted players performing in the gorgeous confines of the Nasher Sculpture Center? This event, featuring an all-Brahms program, begins at 2 p.m. at the center, 2001 Flora St. in Dallas. $10 for the performance and a museum tour. 214-242-5100. . . . And more ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Economic crisis chills Asia's fine wine thirst, but liquidity attractive
HONG KONG (AFP) - In hindsight, October 25 might not have been the best day for US wine seller Zachys to hold its inaugural Hong Kong auction.
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Sugarplum Festival a chance to 'indulge'
Sometimes, before all the holiday hassle, people need a little time to self-indulge. This is exactly what sisters Pam Smith and Wendy Eidman did while shopping at the Sugarplum Festival at the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art on Saturday.
St. Joseph News-Press |
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Calling all orange lovers: Recipes needed for contest
The Florida Orange Festival invites adults and children to develop a tasty and healthy recipe where the orange plays the starring role. The recipe must feature either oranges or orange juice and must not have more than 10 ingredients.
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Stone's art exhibited in two museums
Having opened to the public yesterday, a selection of works by Marion artist, Peter C. Stone, is the subject of a special one-month exhibit in the lower vault of the New Bedford Art Museum.
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The show goes on for area arts groups, but with an eye to the economic times
Facing flat ticket sales and concerns about future donations, Sarasota arts organizations are trimming budgets, eliminating open positions and laying off employees as they maneuver their way through a season of uncertainty.
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New and notable: 'A Year in Art: A Masterpiece a Day'
New and notable Part calendar, part inspirational tome, part art-history tome, this little hardcover (it measures 7 inches by 9 1/2 inches) is the perfect desktop accessory for the intellectually curious who simply love beautiful things. As you go through the calendar, turning a page a day, you’re treated to a gorgeous color reproduction of a significant work of world art paired with an ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Solitary refinement
A domestic break up sent decorator Mark Dalton's client searching for a rental house that was convenient to his place of business in the museum district of Sarasota.
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune |
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Munroe on Dylan Dog Film Dead of Night
ShockTillYouDrop.com talked exclusively to director Kevin Munroe about his upcoming adaptation of Tiziano Sclavi's best-selling Italian comic book series "Dylan Dog." Titled Dead of Night , the big screen adaptation stars Brandon Routh ( Superman Returns ) as Dylan – a private investigator who is drawn into the world of the undead. The film starts principal photography in New Orleans this January.
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Weather and Wine Gods Smile On Toast Martinborough
Weather and wine gods smiled on the 17th Toast Martinborough Wine, Food and Music Festival as 10,000 enthusiasts soaked up the sun while tasting award-winning local wines. Organisers say the combination of great food, wine, music, friends and sunshine is unbeatable.
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When SRK, Sallu came face-to-face
COMMENT ON THIS ! Your Views! Prithvi festival ka Mogambo Aah Sunday and all that, but my dearest ducklings, a zillionairess like moi still has to work for a living. I don’t mind one teeny weeny bit actually.
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Guess I'm not exactly D.C.-bound
ST. SIMONS ISLAND - I got my first job in newspapers in the fall of 1972 as a darkroom technician. Then I moved on to full-time photography before switching to writing and this columnist-and-editor deal. It's been great, but maybe it's time to broaden my horizons.
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Art openings
Flippo Gallery, Randolph-Macon College, 211 N. Center St., Ashland, 752-7337. Opening reception 3-5 p.m. today in Pace-Armistead Hall for "From Here: New Work by Lillian Bayley Hoover." Through Jan. 23.
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State Museum celebrates varied artistic career of Rockwell Kent
State Museum exhibit showcases depth and breadth of artist Rockwell Kent The name Rockwell Kent meant nothing to Frederick Lewis.But when Lewis, a writer and filmmaker, came across Kent's work in a magazine in 1989, he was captivated. He says the paintings of a Maine island captured the primeval quality of the harsh landscape, and that Kent's wood engravings seemed to pit earthbound man ...
Albany Times Union |
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Visual arts calendars
To best facilitate publication, send items at least two weeks in advance to Paul Clark via e-mail to pclark@CITIZEN-TIMES.com. Please include the opening and closing dates of exhibits and a number that may be published to call for information. For more information, call 232-5854.
Asheville Citizen-Times |
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Collage: Big idea
16 Patton gallery opens its newest group exhibition “Small Works: Little Gems” on Saturday. Running through Jan. 3, the show includes the work of 12 artists who have done works of art that do not exceed 100 square inches.
Asheville Citizen-Times |
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Children stoke Dunning's creativity
ASHEVILLE – Robert Dunning's solo exhibition at the Flood Gallery in the River Arts District is a neat example of how an artist uses bits and pieces of his life in his work.
Asheville Citizen-Times |
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Slovak photo exhibit is exotic, yet familiar
Tucked away on the second floor of Point Park University's Thayer Hall, Downtown, is an exhibit worthy of much attention, regardless of such seemingly odd placement. It features photographs of a Slovakian town surrounded by a countryside not unlike our own.
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