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International festival tickets on sale Monday
The London Symphony Orchestra, jazz trumpeter Chris Botti, bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, puppets, a magician and other artists will perform this spring as part of the Daytona Beach International Festival.
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COLLEGE BRIEFS
Photos, AIDS quilt shown at U of S Running from Monday through Dec. 12, the University of Scranton will display the exhibit “Urban Nature: Works by the University of Scranton Photography Club.” The free exhibit can be seen at the university’s Hope Horn Gallery, Hyland Hall.
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LocalGuide: Museum to host book signing, program
HARDIN - The Big Horn County Historical Society is hosting a book signing and historic program on Saturday at the Big Horn County Historical Museum. Authors will be available from 1 to 3 p.m. to autograph their books, and the history program begins at 2 p.m.
Billings Gazette |
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Bangladesh detains Islamists for damaging sculpture
Source: Reuters DHAKA, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Police in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka arrested eight Islamists after they attacked a sculpture depicting a group of white storks, in a continuing campaign against statues ...
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Antique lovers flock to Pound Ridge Historical Society fundraiser
BEDFORD - Jerrilyn Fleisher likes to collect antiques. This year, it was a cut glass trinket box. Last year, she acquired a 19th century painting of a rustic "snow scene," and the year before that, a circa-1835 Federal-style mahogany chest.
The Journal News |
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Sculpting Gowen's history and getting it right
Tim Woodward: Benjamin Victor could have done all the work on Boise's airport sculpture of a World War II Gowen Field aviator at his home in South Dakota. Instead, he brought it to Nampa's Warhawk Air Museum, where he was surrounded by the WWII era.
The Idaho Statesman |
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Gallery in the works
This rendering is of the Smith Family Gathering Room, which is part of the plans for the exhibit gallery at Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center on Harkers Island.
Carteret County News-Times |
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Diff joins Harry Winston in new partnership
30 November 2008 The Dubai International Film Festival (Diff) and international luxury brand Harry Winston have announced a new partnership for the fifth film festival.
Zawya |
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CIVIC BRIEFS
The Music Box Players present “A Festival for Christmas” (featuring the musical “The Gifts of the Magi”) November 30, December 4-7, 11-14 and 18-21 at the Music Box Dinner Playhouse, 196 Hughes St, Swoyersville.
Times Leader |
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Small, local arts donors help weather rough times
There are glimmers of hope through the clouds that shade the funding horizon for local arts organizations. For one thing, few Missoula arts organizations are as deeply reliant on major national corporate sponsors as are some organizations in major cities elsewhere.
Missoulian |
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Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities
Painter Georgia O’Keeffe and photographer Ansel Adams first met in 1929, and in the years that followed they occasionally shared subject matter—both, for instance, were inspired by the same adobe church in Taos, N. M. More often, though, they just regarded nature with equally hot-blooded gazes, even if Adams’ lush tree roots and leaves have nothing on O’Keeffe’s highly sexualized flowers.
Washington City Paper |
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Boise Art Museum announces new exhibitions
BOISE - Boise Art Museum (BAM) has opened a new exhibition featuring two photographic series by artist An-My Le, on display from Nov. 29 through March 1, 2009. The exhibition examines two modern military conflicts: the war in Vietnam and the current war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Her series "Small Wars" (1999-2002) depicts men who spend weekends in the forests of Virginia, reenacting battles from ...
Idaho Press-Tribune |
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To get in holiday spirit, visit Chicago
CHICAGO -- You know how some sales people often say, "Hey, this is one of a kind!" The Merchandise Mart in Chicago will host a show perfect for holiday shoppers where the sale items really are. Festival calendar
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Foundation selects MU professor to create statue of Gerald Ford for U.S. Capitol rotunda
ROCKFORD, Mich. A University of Missouri instructor came out on top in a nationwide search to find an artist to produce a sculpture of former President Gerald Ford for the U.S. Capitol rotunda.
The Kansas City Star |
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Not your average smith - Armuchee's Marigrace Smith operates Songbird Forge
Marigrace Smith of Armuchee, a 20-year-old Shorter College art student, operates Songbird Forge next to her home. Click here to go to Marigrace Smith's Web site. She recently allowed Rome News-Tribune photographer Ken Caruthers to watch her complete a project - a steel and copper ladle for her mother, Debbie Smith - from start to finish. Click here to access the multimedia slideshow, including ...
Rome News-Tribune |
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Art festival draws thousands
COCOA BEACH -- Butch Burkholder of Indian Harbour Beach walked among the burgeoning Space Coast Art Festival crowd on Saturday, with a panoramic photograph on canvas of a surfboard lineup under his arm.
Florida Today |
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DAILY EXPRESS NEWS
Kota Kinabalu : The Japanese delegation led by its secretary general, Gojo Kinju, arrived in Kota Kinabalu for the 21st Federation of Asian Photographic Art (FAPA) Congress that begins today (Sunday) until Dec. 3.
Sabah Daily Express |
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Kids will love these books - and so will you
For her father's 75th birthday, Kim Webster Cunningham of Hancock illustrated the poems he made up for her as a child and published them, just for the family, I imagine. But then David Godine, a publisher from Jaffrey, known for making beautiful books for children and adults, spotted Cunningham's work at an art show. He loved it.
Concord Monitor |
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T-Pain calls in favours on new CD
A painting of Queen Elizabeth II in sparkling jewels hangs inside the plush, swanky Royal Suite of Toronto's Royal York Hotel.
Jam! Showbiz |
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Briefs: Summerville presents annual holiday art show
Summerville, an assisted-living facility at 26850 South Bay Drive in Bonita Springs, will host its Annual Holiday Open House Art Show with basketry...
The News-Press |
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Today's agenda
A frosty wonderland Here in Texas, a white Christmas means powdered sugar on our hands from eating too many cookies. But at the Gaylord Texan’s "Ice!" exhibit, you can walk into the chilly winter of an ice sculptor’s imagination and dream you’re at the North Pole. More than 2 million pounds of ice have been carved into fantastic shapes, such as a 25-foot angel, an icicle canopy, a colorful ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Extra credit
Essay contest The Rice County Coalition for Children and Families and Communities in schools is ...
Hutchinson News |
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College calendar for the week of Nov. 30
TCC Southeast Wednesday Continuing Education spring registration begins . 817-515-8223. Thursday-Friday Dance concert , 7:30-10 p.m., C.A. Roberson Theatre. Jazz, hip-hop, tap, ballet and modern. Free. 817-515-3406. UT-Arlington Monday Flute for Thought recital , 7:30 p.m., Irons Recital Hall, Room 105, Fine Arts Building, 700 Greek Row Drive. Professor Janis Grannell ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Fundraiser benefits ninos at Driscoll
CORPUS CHRISTI — The 17th annual Fiesta de los Niños fundraiser benefiting Driscoll Children's Hospital and presented by Flint Hills Resources is scheduled for Feb. 6 at American Bank Center Exhibit Hall. The evening will include live, silent and BidBoard auctions, a barbecue dinner and dancing.
Corpus Christi Caller-Times |
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A busy weekend in the region
Several events took place last weekend. The organization Unchain Cumberland County, which wants owners to unchain their dogs, held a fundraiser. The Museum of the Cape Fear celebrated the opening of the exhibition “Rhythm and Roots of N.C. Music.”
The Fayetteville Observer |
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