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Manatee Middle School students add color, history to school
For some students at Manatee Middle School in Naples, the monotony of daily classroom activities was broken up Thursday and Friday by a chance to leave a lasting legacy on their school. Under the guidance of renowned Marco muralist Stephen Muldoon, a select number of students got to jazz up their school cafeteria by painting the walls with a large mural inspired by Calusa Indian masks.
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Castles in the Sand Fund-Raiser Set for Saturday
A banner at Westport’s Compo Beach reminds visitors that the beach on Saturday will host the annual Castles in the Sand fund-raiser for the Interfaith Housing Association. The sand sculpture event begins at noon.
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Report: Museum hasn't made deal with Rome
A lawyer for the Italian Culture Ministry in Rome said the Cleveland Museum of Art has not yet agreed to return more than a dozen allegedly looted antiquities.A published report said an agreement had been made, but both parties told The Cleveland Plain Dealer no such deal pertaining to the unspecified items had been completed.Maurizio Fiorilli, the lawyer handling the negotiations for Italy, ...
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Traveling Art in Columbia
The Columbia Museum of Art is preparing for it most expensive exhibition ever. The State newspaper reported Friday the museum plans to spend $500,000 to host a traveling exhibition featuring work by Paul Cezanne, Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh and other well-known artists.
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U.K. 'Apprentice' host accused of bullying
Liverpool lawyer Rex Makin has accused Alan Sugar, host of the British version of The Apprentice, of crossing a line by ribbing a Jewish contestant on air.Sugar demanded to know why Apprentice wannabe Michael Sophocles said on his resume he was a good Jewish boy, when he couldn't explain what kosher meant.In your CV, the first thing you wrote on it is 'I'm a good Jewish boy,' is this right? If ...
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Museum Plan for Chicago?s Treasured Lakefront Stirs a Fight
The city?s planning commission is scheduled to take up the museum proposal amid accusations of racism and race-baiting and seething editorials in the city?s newspapers.
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First Lutheran hosts Arts Festival
First Lutheran Church, located at 18th Avenue and 17th Street, Rock Island, will hold a celebration of Scandinavian Arts from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 17 and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 18. The festival will take place in the Parish House, Fellowship Hall and on the church lawn.
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Report: Museum hasn't made deal with Rome
CLEVELAND, May 9 (UPI) -- A lawyer for the Italian Culture Ministry in Rome said the Cleveland Museum of Art has not yet agreed to return more than a dozen allegedly looted antiquities.
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Cannes you help me out here, s'il vous plaît?
As they prepare to head off to the 61st edition of the fabled film festival, the Globe's Riviera veteran gives our Croisette newbie a primer on free beach screenings, Eurotrash attitude, red-carpet pumps and the Palme d'Or bump
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Exhibit depicts POW experience
The experiences of U.S. Midwest prisoners of war in Nazi Germany during World War II are scheduled to be on display from 9 a.m. to noon Friday in Hudson via a special traveling exhibit.
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Montrose Residents Get Last Look at Tibetan Sand Painting
For two weeks, an ongoing art exhibit at the Ute Indian Museum has caught the attention of many on the Western Slope. But this weekend marks the last time they will get to see it before it is gone forever.
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Community events this week
'Mindstorms Mania'— 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. today. The University of Texas Cockrell School of Engineering and the Austin Children's Museum co-sponsor a showcase of robotic inventions created by children using Lego Mindstorms NXT materials and software. Visit www.austinkids.org for more information. Oak Springs Elementary School, 3601 Webberville Road. Free. 472-2499.
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Best Bets for May 13
The Mississippi Museum of Art hosts another installment of “Museum Reads,” with a discussion of the book “Lizzie” moderated by author Dorothy Shawhan. Free. … Ace Frehley (yes, formerly of KISS) and Lillian Axe take the stage at Club Fire at 9 p.m. $25. … McB’s free karaoke night starts up at 7 p.m.
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Best Bets for May 10
Celebrate our fine feathered friends during International Migratory Bird Day by heading over to the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science at 10 a.m. for an afternoon of bird-watching, nature hikes and more family fun. Call 601-354-7303 for more information.
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Galleries
Center Of The Earth Gallery 3204 N. Davidson St., Charlotte. 704-375-5756. www.centerofthe earth.com. Granite minimalist sculpture by Paul Sires. Charlotte Art League Caleidoscope Gallery 1517 Camden Road, Charlotte. 704-376-2787. www.charlotteart league.org. Off the Wall: Graffiti Art. Exhibit of large-scale graffiti paintings. Visitors during May can contribute their own drawings to a ...
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Artist wants to hear from you about Queen Charlotte
What do you think of Charlotte, the 18th-century British queen Charlotte is named for? The Mint Museum of Art would like to know. The museum has commissioned artist Ken Aptekar to paint a contemporary version of the portrait of the Queen by Alan Ramsay that hangs in the Mint. Aptekar, who has exhibited in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and other venues, likes to get ...
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CMA Music Festival (Fan Fair)
Basics When/where: June 5-8, downtown Nashville, Tenn. Getting there: From Charlotte, take your preferred route to Asheville. At Asheville, take Interstate 40 West to Nashville. It's about a seven-hour drive (422 miles), one way. Early events June 2 (Monday) 5th Annual CMA Global Artist Party (6 p.m.) Unofficial kickoff to the festival, has performances by ...
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SAM to stay open for 35 consecutive hours this weekend
If you haven't seen "Roman Art From the Louvre" at the Seattle Art Museum, the clock is ticking. The show is officially over on Sunday. Fortunately, SAM is staying open 35 consecutive hours, from 10 a.m. Saturday through 9 p.m. Sunday, to accommodate bad planners and night owls.
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Damaged statue to be fixed
NAKHON RATCHASIMA : The Fine Arts Department will soon begin restoring the statue of heroine Thao Suranaree, which is partly damaged, a senior official said. Thanachai Suwanwattana, chief of the department's Traditional Arts Office, said the restoration work will be completed in two weeks.
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Arlene Steinberg: Colored Pencil Techniques Related to Painting
New York artist Arlene Steinberg established herself as one of the top colored pencil artists in the country after only a few years of using the drawing medium.
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Belingheri makes you think about absurdity
To remain credible in a visual culture powered by Google and doctored by Photoshop, abstract painting has to cop to its own absurdity. The work of John Belingheri at Andrea Schwartz characteristically comes with this acknowledgment built in. Can anyone look...
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Communication breakdown leads to student outrage
Construction of a bus depot and modular classrooms for ROTC was halted today by Ron Richardson, associate vice president of facilities. Richardson said the bus depot plan was abandoned due to pressure from art students and faculty.
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Buy Curious: Help Mom Throw Away the Mom-Jeans
Chillin' Productions 10-Year Anniversary The event combining fashion, art, and music celebrates its tenth year on the scene with a major blowout event featuring sixty fashion designers, one hundred painters/photographers/sculptors, and forty filmmakers.
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A superhero of a certain age
The Costume Institute gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the annual black tie fundraiser also known as “the party of the year” in New York, is good for many things: ogling movie stars (“Hi, I’m George,” quoth co-host George Clooney in the receiving line, a statement of such astounding obviousness it left many a guest speechless); checking out the fashion/power nexus (Ron Perelman sitting ...
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It's Hand of God v Iron Mike
Documentaries on two of the world's most infamous sports stars, Diego Maradona and Mike Tyson, are the talk of the film festival
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