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Mariners to host Southwest Music Festival this weekend
For an afternoon and evening of great food, music and shopping opportunities, islanders and visitors will want to mark their calendars for Saturday, Nov. 15, as the Matlacha Mariners present the ninth annual Southwest Florida Music Festival.
The Pine Island Eagle |
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Students invited to take part in traffic safety poster contest
AAA New Jersey Automobile Club in Florham Park is inviting students at elementary, middle and high schools in Morris, Essex and Union counties to participate in AAA’s 65th annual Traffic Safety Poster Contest Program.
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Three artists explore light at MCCC's gallery, Nov. 11 - Dec. 18
As the nights lengthen and the days grow shorter, The Gallery at Mercer County Community College is celebrating light in all its various forms with an exhibit entitled "A Light WithoutA Light Within." The works of three gifted oil painters, Robert Beck, Joseph Gyurcsak and Kyle Stevenson, are featured from...
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Art show produces big smiles at Big Springs
Kimberley O'Toole already has a wall in her home covered with her three daughters' artwork. But last Thursday, her daughters—triplets Ashley, Allison and Amber—and their classmates got to share their artwork with a much wider audience thanks to the Big Springs Elementary School student art show. The third-graders made paintings of bridges over lily pads.
Simi Valley Acorn |
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Local artist describes work as self-taught folk art
It took being out of work, a hurricane and a whole lot of boredom to draw out the artist in Jen Slind. Before moving to Southwest Florida from Ohio seven years ago, the 30-year-old had never painted a thing.
The Sanibel-Captiva Islander |
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Gallery's ornament competition benefits Hospice of McDowell
Old Fort's TAAS Gallery is once again holding its Christmas ornament competition and organizers say it will be better than ever. And by entering an ornament in the competition, you can directly help Hospice of McDowell County.
The McDowell News |
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Breckenridge invites public to snow sculpture competition
Registration ends Dec. 3 for event with $2,000 purse
Vail Daily |
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Art spans decades in Winthrop alumni exhibit
“Re>Visit: 1” is Winthrop University Galleries first alumni exhibition, opening tonight wtih a reception and public performance. This first-of-its-kind exhibition, running through Jan. 22, showcases 19 local, national and international alumni of Winthrop University who are working in varied media.
The Rock Hill Herald |
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From student to docent: Course trains new guides
Next quarter, the docents of Santa Clara's the de Saisset Museum will be offering a class that is artsy and fun: Explore With Me.
The Santa Clara |
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Local art show calls for artist submissions
The For Myers Art Fair at the Bell Tower announces a call to artists for its juried fine art fair taking place Jan. 3 and 4.
Fort Myers Beach Observer |
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HATCH Asheville hires executive director
A new Asheville festival that aims to bring together creative minds for collaboration has announced the hiring of its executive director. Craig McAnsh has taken the helm of HATCH Asheville, a mentoring event that was born in Bozeman, Mont., and will be held as a sister festival in Asheville from April 15 to 19, 2009. The event, which organizers plan to make an annual affair, hooks up mentors ...
Mountain Xpress |
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‘For the SMALL of It’ opens Saturday
SHY RABBIT opens “For the SMALL of It” Nov. 22 with an artists’ reception from 5 to 8 p.m. The exhibit features works by 15 select local, regional and national artists working in different media that will encourage viewers slow down and contemplate the small things ”For the SMALL of It” features Shaun Martin’s “Alignment #9,” 11x7x1.25, mixed media.
The Pagosa Springs Sun |
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Tower Gallery artists get ready for annual Attic Sale
On Saturday, Nov. 1, and Sunday, Nov. 2, the Tower Gallery on Tarpon Bay Road will be holding their second annual “Art from the Attic” sale, during which many of the gallery’s artists will be selling old or unsold pieces for reduced prices.
The Sanibel-Captiva Islander |
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Native talent and hard work on display at KCC
PUHI — The artwork of Ray Yoshida is an inspiration to everyone at the Kaua‘i Community College, said KCC Chancellor Helen Cox.
The Garden Island |
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SJCCA to host annual Fall Festival
Island residents and visitors will have the opportunity to spend the day in the heart of St. James City enjoying a hearty breakfast, hunting for bargains and listening to live entertainment when the St. James Civic Association hosts its annal fall festival Saturday, Nov. 22.
The Pine Island Eagle |
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There’s something about the vibrant colors in Roseline Koener’s painting that sparks a smile. Maybe it’s the playful reds, the contemplative violets, the neon oranges or the greens that range from lime to spring grass.
The Southampton Press & The East Hampton Press |
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S.B. Camera Club exhibit at Princeton church
The South Brunswick Camera Club, sponsored by South Brunswick Arts Commission, is holding its first major exhibit at the Art Way Gallery of the Princeton Alliance Church, 20 Schalks Crossing Road, Plainsboro. The exhibit will be on view until Jan. 3. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-9 p.m. weekdays, 3-8 p.m. Saturday, and 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Sunday.
North South Brunswick Sentinel |
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Mall to host ice sculpting event
LAHAINA — Ten artists from Japan and across Hawaii will crank up their chainsaws to turn ice into art at the International Ice Sculpting Exhibition and Competition. The event will return to Lahaina Cannery Mall on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 15-16. Admission is free. Ice chips will fly from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, as the artists demonstrate their skills in a freestyle ice-carving ...
Haleakala Times |
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Art exhibit stokes political fires
With Election Day coming up, we’ve all begun to see the various signs and stickers popping up in lawns and on car bumpers, in addition to the frequent commercials touting this or that candidate and the TV correspondents arguing feverishly over issues such as immigration and the economy.
The Sanibel-Captiva Islander |
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FOX 59 SPECIAL REPORT Hoosiers invest in alleged Spindletop scam
Seventy year-old Carol Golden of Lafayette has just one wish before she leaves this earth. "I want people to know what she really is," said Golden. "Please, whoever you are, wherever you are, get out of it." Golden is talking about the alleged Spindletop Oil scam, and the 75-year-old woman, Jewell Robbins, who investigators say ran the whole thing. "She's done people a very terrible injustice, ...
FOX 59 Indianapolis |
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Valley Forge 4-H takes part in poster contest
The fifth grade class taught by Shonna Weddle at Valley Forge Elementary School held the second 4-H club meeting of the school year on Oct. 23. First, Hannah Bolton, the 4-H secretary, called roll by answering with a favorite sport.
Elizabethton Star |
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Meet sculptor Ashby Saunders
Solebury resident Ashby Saunders is dashing, quiet, charming and self-effacing and clearly enthusiastic about people and his work as a sculptor. His love for the community and lifelong interest in history converged nicely in his latest endeavor; the Community Service and Veterans Memorial in Triangle Park, dedicated this past May....
BucksLocalNews.com |
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Keeping The Cultural Metropolis Funkapolitan
Boris didn't write " Cultural Metropolis: The Mayor’s Priorities for Culture 2009 - 2012 " like he did his transport strategy , but he did get to pen a crazy foreword, scraping his own personal dictionary to extol our funkapolitan* museums and digging the "cosmopolitan, multilingual polychromatic vibe" of London's streets. Verbal inventiveness aside, the meaty priorities on the cultural ...
Londonist |
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Around Town
Auction-supper to aid kindergarten Levy Christian Kindergarten, a Montessori based preschool and kindergarten, will have its annual chili and silent auction fall fundraiser from 6-8:30 p.m. Friday at the school, 5124 Camp Robinson Road. Cost is $5 per adult and $15 per family. For more information call the school at 758-5466.
Sherwood Voice |
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Student wins
When the video news comes on in all the class rooms at Lehigh Elementary School on Friday, Nov. 21, a local girl will be recognized for winning first place in the East Lee County Regional Library’s bookmark design contest.
Lehigh Acres Citizen |
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