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Youth Art Show opens in Oxford
OXFORD -- Warren County Arts is displaying artwork created by local youth at the Oxford Municipal Building until May 31. A reception honoring the young artists will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 18 at Oxford Municipal Building.
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New tool aids bedside learning
For Long Valley resident Suzanne Bossart, the spring visit by her class at the Matheny Schoolto the Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton was"our biggest trip of the year."
The Warren Reporter |
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Folk art in spotlight
While the House of Blues is usually synonymous with live music and Southern cuisine, the chain also serves as a museum that is home to a significant collection of folk art. The Myrtle Beach venue will celebrate the past and present of this art form during the eighth annual Summer Folk Art Festival by allowing 40 national and regional artists to display their artwork and keep the tradition of ...
The Myrtle Beach Sun News |
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McKinley grad named HOF Pageant queen
CANTON Before Thursday night's Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival Queen Pageant, No. 43 was just that — another number. At the end of the pageant, though, she was more.
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MUSEUMS
BROOKGREEN GARDENS, U.S. 17, between Murrells Inlet and Pawleys Island, is a National Historic Landmark with a collection of outdoor sculptures by American artists, and an accredited zoo. Two sculpture exhibitions titled "Good Things Come in Small Packages: Metallic and Relief Sculpture" and "The Bronze Zoo: Anna Hyatt Huntington and Exotic Animals" are on display in the Rainey Sculpture ...
The Myrtle Beach Sun News |
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City art museum just part of plan
The York Museum of Art will be more than just an art museum, those involved in the project say. And while you won't see groundbreaking ceremonies anytime soon, it's expected to become a reality much faster than Sovereign Bank Stadium did.
York Daily Record |
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Crawfish festival was a tasty treat
REVIEW: Could the weather have been any more perfect at the Rosewood Crawfish Festival ? I had the thought while sitting on Rosewood Baptist Church’s lawn working on my farmer’s tan and listening to Sunshone Still . I didn’t wish for a chair, as so many festivalgoers had. The question of the day: Have you ever eaten crawfish? It was the festival’s third year but my first experience, and I ...
The State |
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New paintings add interest to Columbia museum’s collection
The permanent collection galleries in nearly any museum can go for a long time, sometimes decades, without changing much. That can be a problem, especially for smaller museums. During the past two years, the Columbia Museum of Art has changed its galleries with the addition of new pieces. A handful are purchases or gifts; several are on loan from the N.C. Museum of Art in Raleigh. A new batch of ...
The State |
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Court rules for Shawn Stoebener in photo controversy
Shawn Stoebener wants to refocus his photography career and believes a recent ruling in Allegheny County Court could help repair his sullied image.
Valley News Dispatch |
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Exhibit distills the mystique of moonshine
"Everyone imagines moonshiners out there as being Snuffy Smith," said Andrew Pauly, exhibit co-ordinator with the Blue Ridge Institute. Some people are still making moonshine, but their operations now tend to be on a much bigger scale, using technology.
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
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’09 Art show: big money, big Monet
The Columbia Museum of Art will bring in its most expensive exhibition ever next year, one featuring big names including Claude Monet, Paul Cezanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Vincent van Gogh. The museum is spending $500,000 on “Turner to Cezanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales.” The 47 paintings and six works on paper, done between 1850 and 1920, are being shown ...
The State |
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Entertainment Calendar
Calling All ArtistsThe Art Association of Roxbury will hold its 41st Annual Art Exhibit in Morristown at the Atrium Art Gallery in the Administration and Records Building, located at 5 Court Street, from May 5 to July 31. An open reception will be held Thursday, May 15 from 6 to 8 p.m. with awards and refreshments on the 4th floor.
The Warren Reporter |
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LEAF returns with music, spirit
Festival in Black Mountain
Asheville Citizen-Times |
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Diversity 'rocks' Music off Main
HACKETTSTOWN -- A wide range of music will be featured when the next Music off Main at Arts off Main takes place on Friday, May 9. Mace Gill will be the opener and Reverse Order will cap the night, which runs from 7:30-9:30 p.m. at Arts off Main Art Gallery, 128 Willow Grove St.
The Warren Reporter |
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Delray Beach Film Festival
The Delray Beach Film Festival continues at a variety of venues in downtown Delray Beach. For film synopses and ticket information, www.dbff.us/.
The Palm Beach Post |
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May 09, 2008
We’re already in the middle of the Cape Cod Maritime Festival, but there’s plenty of time to see and do so much. Chatham’s own Maritime Festival runs from noon to 10 p.m. May 10 in the town hall parking lot, of all places, off Main Street. The raw bar and “Fishermen’s Olympics” sound like fun.
The Barnstable Patriot |
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Chattanooga: Talk of the Town
Pavilion is home to Chattanooga’s latest work of functional public art.
Chattanooga Times Free Press |
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Art museum acquires new work including prints, fan paintings
The Cleveland Museum of Art has announced additions to its permanent collection, including “Self-Portrait in Bowler Hat” by print-making icon Max Beckmann (German, 1884-1950). Beckmann executed more than 80 self-portraits in all media during his career.
Cleveland Jewish News |
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City considers public art commission
HUDSON — Members of the Common Council Arts, Entertainment and Tourism Committee Wednesday mulled the possibility of a public art commission. The commission would be empowered to approve installation of any public art.
Register-Star |
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Mystery no more in Portsmouth
A little bit of sleuthing identifies an unlabeled painting recently restored to hang in City Hall.
New Hampshire Union Leader |
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Wedding cakes go beyond the traditional
It's a wedding tradition, but cakes today are anything but 'traditional'. There's no end to the creativity, especially at Cake Lava. “It's one of our signature cakes. Basically it's all edible. The bamboo is hand-fashioned,” described owner, baker and sculptor Rick Reichart.
KHON 2 Honolulu |
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United Local student artist recognized
HANOVERTON - United fifth-grader Natalie Gamble's artwork will appear in a calendar emphasizing fire safety after it was selected from several statewide entries. Gamble, who is a student in a gifted art class, had her work chosen by the Hanoverton Volunteer Fire Department as one to be sent to the state to be judged. Gamble was presented with a certificate and an award by h
Lisbon Morning Journal |
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Newport defends bringing diverse 'folk' to fest
When Bob Dylan went electric at the 1965 Newport Folk festival, he seriously irked some people. Not just the traditionalists who booed him, but the people who have had to...
Boston Herald |
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Fashion inspired by fantasy
Newsflash: A cadre of superheroes have invaded one of Gotham's top cultural institutions, bringing swaths of bright color, pop graphics and an everyman theme to the hallowed halls of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Island Packet |
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GoMA hosts major Bennett exhibition
An exhibition of work by Indigenous artist Gordon Bennett opens at Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) this weekend.
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