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Former schoolhouse up for auction
Descendants of former student say it's the last one-room schoolhouse left in Des Moines.
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Shanghai's Peace Hotel to become arts centre
SHANGHAI (AFP) - Shanghai's iconic Peace Hotel, once known as the most luxurious destination in the Far East, is to host a contemporary arts centre, according to operators.
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Shanghai's Peace Hotel to become arts centre
Shanghai's iconic Peace Hotel, once known as the most luxurious destination in the Far East, is to host a contemporary arts centre, according to operators.
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'Oh l'Amour': You might fall in love with it
Stéphane Janssen was just 16 when he started collecting art. He borrowed about $60 from his mother for a small painting he fell in love with by the Spanish artist Oscar Dominguez.
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Events
Holiday Wreath Festival, holiday gifts, decorations, wreaths and baked goods, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. today, Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum, 204 S. Main. Admission $4, $2 children 6-12, children under 6 and members free (includes exhibit access). Lunch served 11 a.m.-1 p.m. daily; $12. Lunch reservations for six or more, call 316-265-9314. Gingerbread Village, village of gingerbread ...
The Wichita Eagle |
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See how fathers, sons see the world differently at the Bangerter compound
Fathers and sons see the world differently. Find out how differently in a dual show by Boise artist Mark Bangerter and his son Jack, who recently received his master's of fine art from University of Norway. Mark is a longtime Boise artist who lost vision in one of his eyes after a physical attack in 1998. He and Jack have been traveling the West painting watercolors side by side, with very ...
The Idaho Statesman |
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Festival carves out funding for Head Start
No matter the weather, things will be icy at LaVieille Maison come Nov. 30.
The Greenville News |
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North Texas Events, November 21
CHRISTMAS TRAIN EXHIBIT BY JIM HUGHES AND HIS FAMILY: Through Jan. 3, Wichita Falls Museum of Art at Midwestern State University, 2 Eureka Circle. Jim Hughes will conduct tours of his train collection, which fills an entire gallery of the museum.
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Wee: A Small Photography Exhibit -- 11/21/08 at Flash Gallery
Wee: A Small Photography Exhibit -- 11/21/08 at Flash Gallery
Rocky Mountain News |
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Exhibits calendar
621 Gallery: "15th Annual Art Auction," showcasing recent works by regional artists. Proceeds support the gallery. 6-10 p.m. today. Free. Railroad Square Art Park, 621 Industrial Drive. 224-6163 or www.621gallery.org .
Tallahassee Democrat |
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AIDS fundraiser Sunday at UA
The 20th annual Jerôme Beillard Festival for Life, which raises money for the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation, will be 4 p.m to 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the University of Arizona Grand Ballroom, 1303 E. University Blvd.
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Robber steals jewelry made by former senator
DENVER - Former Colorado Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell says a robber held up his daughter's Durango gallery and stole more than 60 pieces of jewelry he created, including a bracelet worth $40,000.
Summit Daily News |
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Sponsored by:
"Death of a Salesman": 8 p.m. today-Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. $17, $14 for students and seniors. Tallahassee Little Theatre, 1861 Thomasville Road. 224-8474. 15th Annual Art Auction: Recent works.
Tallahassee Democrat |
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ART GALLERIES, MUSEUMS
Today Public reception for "Hot and Cold: Images of America in Conflict," by Jim Johnson, 5-7 p.m., Steckline Art Gallery, DeMattias Fine Arts Center, Newman University; on exhibit through Dec. 12. Free. Information, 316-942-4291, ext. 2199. Opening reception for theKansas Watercolor Society Great 8 Exhibition 2008, 5-7 p.m., Wichita Center for the Arts, 9112 E. Central. On exhibit ...
The Wichita Eagle |
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Photography exhibit opens tonight at the Art Center
Not just any photo captures the true beauty in nature. Full of striking allure and color, local photographer Mel Wilson translates nature in raw form, finding scenes from across the globe, bringing the experience back to the viewer.
Estes Park Trail Gazette |
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Best Bets
FESTIVAL: Ooh, la la! The couture is hot to trot at the popular Fishy Fashion Show at the 2008 Mighty Maritime Mullet Festival on Saturday in Panacea.
Tallahassee Democrat |
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Noblesville's 1st tattoo parlor ready to paint the town
NOBLESVILLE -- A former Noblesville High School art student sees a market in his hometown for the tattoo parlor he's opened here.
The Indianapolis Star |
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Datebook 11-21-2008
“Nature’s Tranquility” 5 to 7 p.m., exhibit opening and reception featuring Mel Wilson’s photography of Colorado and international landscapes. Art Center of Estes Park, 517 Big Thompson Ave., 586-5882.
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Drink to the March of Dimes
The 13th annual Tallahassee Wine and Food Festival, a benefit for the March of Dimes, gets going with cooking classes from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday . Learn to make sushi with a chef from Masa and to cook with a French flair with a chef from Chez Pierre. Tickets are $20 in advance, $40 at the door.
Tallahassee Democrat |
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OKC museum to host student art from Summer Arts Institute
The Oklahoma City Museum of Art will host the Oklahoma Arts Institute's "Tour de Quartz" through Jan 4. The exhibition features paintings and photographs produced during the Summer Arts Institute, a two-week academy held at Quartz Mountain in June.
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Bowie, Pixies Star in Furnas’s Show; Koh Goes White: Hot Art
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Barnaby Furnas returns to Chelsea with new paintings of rock bands, Civil War heroes and post- apocalyptic landscapes. There is no unifying theme in the artist’s fourth exhibition at the Marianne Boesky Gallery . His new show looks as if it were done by three different artists -- or by one who is confused about how to move things forward following his early success.
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Youth of gold
An exhibition of photography—“Qoriwaynacunas” or "Youth of Gold"—runs November 29 and 30 in the atrium of the Rowe Management Building.
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Access to culture will get more costly
Photo: Kathleen Kemper and her husband, Gary Smith, of Seattle peruse the garden at the New Mexico Museum of Fine Art on Thursday afternoon. The Board of Regents voted Thursday to raise admission fees at state museums ahead of the opening of the New Mexico History Museum.
Santa Fe New Mexican |
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New on DVD this week
WALL-E (2008, Buena Vista, G, $30) — Prepare to be wowed by Pixar's latest masterpiece. In a post-apocalyptic future almost devoid of life, an industrious, trash-compacting robot grooves to "Hello, Dolly," pals around with a cockroach and falls in love with a fellow gizmo.
The Record |
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Jeweller ups stake in Gem Diamonds
According to Gem Diamonds, London-based jeweller and art collector Laurence Graff has raised his holding in the company by 3 percent to 8.2 percent.
Independent Online |
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