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Community Calendar
20th Annual Festival of the Cranes — Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. The largest event in Socorro County held each year the week before Thanksgiving.
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Festival of the Crayons enters its 12th season
GGARNER It's safe to say that Rebecca Titus Taylor has a colorful imagination. What began as a periwinkle twinkle in her eye some 12 years ago, has blossomed into one of Socorro's most beloved, albeit quirky, annual attractions — the Festival of the Crayons.
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Holiday season begins in Uptown Westerville Dec. 5-7
Westerville's Uptown merchants are preparing for the city's annual Holiday Festival to take place Dec. 5-7.
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43 rare clocks stolen from Israel found in France
(By SHAWNA OHM, Associated Press Writer) Timepieces from a priceless collection stolen from a Jerusalem museum were discovered in French bank vaults, police said Wednesday, more than two decades after the heist. The 43 watches and clocks will return to Israel, where they will join dozens of others from the collection found two years ago, police said Wednesday, reuniting most of the collection of ...
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Kristy Lee Cook on the Move?
Nov. 19, 2008 — Kristy Lee Cook came to prominence this year as a contestant on "American Idol," and her rejuvenated career as a country artist presents a bit of a travel problem.
Great American Country |
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43 rare clocks stolen from Israel found in France
JERUSALEM—Timepieces from a priceless collection stolen from a Jerusalem museum were discovered in French bank vaults, police said Wednesday, more than two decades after the heist.
Las Cruces Sun-News |
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US museum to return looted art to Italy
A U.S. museum will return 14 ancient treasures ranging from Etruscan jewelry to a Medieval cross that authorities say were looted or stolen from Italy.
The Kansas City Star |
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Food events
FOOD EVENTS CHRISTMAS BOUTIQUE: Gourmet food, a silent auction, a ham dinner, a raffle, Ireland art, dolls and more. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Free. Little Sisters of the Poor, 330 S. Exchange St., St. Paul. 651-227-0336.
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune |
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43 rare clocks stolen from Israel found in France
Timepieces from a priceless collection stolen from a Jerusalem museum were discovered in French bank vaults, police said Wednesday, more than two decades after the heist.
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RI woman loses appeal for Nazi-era painting
A painting forcibly auctioned by Germany's Nazi government should remain with the estate of a late Jewish art dealer who lost it when his gallery was liquidated, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
Belleville News-Democrat |
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Kyiv art students turn old stumps into sculptures
Iryna Prymachyk The latest creation of Vadym Kotlyarov and Kostyantyn Krytuzkiy is a ginger-colored cat in a maple tree by Zoloti Vorota metro station.
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Writing, art contest focuses on King's dream
The annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration will be held Monday, Jan. 19, 2009, in Fullerton Auditorium at Limestone College with Grammyaward winning pianist Daryl Davis as guest speaker and musician. Today marks the beginning of a writing and arts competition offered to all Cherokee County pubic school students.
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Local News
‘This is who we are’ is an international project looking for photographers in Airdrie to contribute to their project which connects Airdrie Alberta Canada with Airdrie, Scotland, through digital photography.
Airdrie Echo |
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Google gives online life to Life magazine's photos
NEW 11:45 a.m. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Google Inc. has opened an online photo gallery that will feature millions of images from Life magazine's archives that have never been seen by the public before.
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U.S. museum returns 14 stolen artifacts to Italy
ROME (Reuters) - The U.S. Cleveland Museum of Art agreed on Wednesday to return looted art to Italy, including an ancient vase and a 14th-century cross, as museums worldwide face pressure to ensure their collections were acquired legally.
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Houstonist Flickr Photo of the Day - Downtown Cellist
Downtown Cellist by sulla55 This downtown David Adickes sculpture really stands out against the gorgeous blue sky and is wonderfully framed by the building behind it. The artist, David Adickes is also known for his sculptures of Sam Houston on 45 North, the president heads , his giant Beatles sculptures and many other pieces around town. ...
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Penn State Professor Photographs the Invisible
As photographers, we are always trying to understand the visual world - to make images of what can be seen. So when photography and science collide, the result is quite intriguing. Gary Settles, a professor of engineering at Pennsylvania State University, uses "shclieren" photography to capture colorful images of scenarios otherwise invisible to the human eye. According to an article in the NY ...
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At 90, Millie Jones still leads a colorful life
The spring in her step, the twinkle in her eye and her perfectly matching outfit makes it seem unlikely that Millie Jones is actually 90 years old. Add to that the weekly painting class she teaches at the Ohrenberger Community Center, part of Boston Centers for Youth & Families in West Roxbury, and it seems absolutely impossible.
West Roxbury Transcript |
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Festival of Trees starts Thursday
Duane Schmitt and his wife, Nancy, regularly decorate four Christmas trees in their home each year.
Columbus Telegram |
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RI woman loses appeal for Nazi-era painting
A federal appeals court has decided that a painting forcibly auctioned by Nazi officials should remain with the estate of the late Jewish art dealer who lost it.
Boston Globe |
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Arts and crafts festival gears up
The Lincoln City Cultural Center is the host for the third annual Not Quite 11th Hour Santa juried arts and crafts show. The show brings several artists and crafters from the area, as well as artisans from throughout the Northwest, making it a regional event.
Newport News-Times |
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US museum to return looted art to Italy
(AP:ROME) A U.S. museum will return 14 ancient treasures ranging from Etruscan jewelry to a Medieval cross that authorities say were looted or stolen from Italy.
INO News |
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U.S. museum returns 14 stolen artifacts to Italy
ROME (Reuters) - The U.S. Cleveland Museum of Art agreed on Wednesday to return looted art to Italy, including an ancient vase and a 14th-century cross, as museums worldwide face pressure to ensure their collections were acquired legally.
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Classical composers Michael Alec Rose and Michael Daugherty consider the pastoral and the urban
Urban pastoral . The term seems oxymoronic, like "jumbo shrimp" or "life insurance." Perhaps that's exactly why Nashville composer Michael Alec Rose asks, "What would it mean to create an urban pastoral, and how can you celebrate landscape when it is disappearing?" From Renaissance ...
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New George Washington Carver sculpture unveiled
By Nirmalendu Majumdar/The Tribune Paxton Williams, an actor impersonating George Washington Carver, poses with a sculpture of Carver unveiled in front of Iowa State University's Seed Science Center on Tuesday. Carver was a groundbreaking researcher in botany, and ISU's first black faculty member.
Mid-Iowa News |
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