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More cash sought for movies at waterfront; Council ponders $3,500 for Barrie Film Festival
On the waterfront is where Barrie families could be watching movies this summer. City council will consider granting $3,500 to the Barrie Film Festival, to supplement an initial $2,500 project grant, to show one movie in each of June, July and August. Admission would [...]
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Local gallery named in top 10 for exhibition
The Art Gallery of Western Australia’s Egyptian exhibit has been named in the top 10 antiquities exhibitions in the world by the prestigious arts journal, The Art Newspaper.
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Ghatothkach , Cannes-bound!
South Indian filmmaker, Singeetam Srinivasa Rao's latest animation titled Ghatotkach-Master of Magic will be screened at the Cannes Film festival on May 17 in the Palais C section.
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Berkshire art gallery mounts first equestrian exhibition
A Windsor art gallery is showcase the work of Society of Equestrian Artists members, including aintings and sculptures of racing, polo, working horses and hunting
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France Spring Festival to see various activities
The exhibition “Naissance: gestures, objects and rituals" will open the France Spring Festival .
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DRAWING AN APPLE
There are more than 8 million faces in the naked city - and one Manhattan artist aims to sketch them all. Jason Polan, 25, is making it his life's mission to capture on paper every single subway straphanger, coffee-shop customer, museum visitor and impatient post-office patron in all five boroughs. "There are so many people out there, but it's not impossible for me to try to draw all of them," ...
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Spencer artworks will be unveiled Sunday
A grand unveiling of restored works by 19th-century painter Frederick R. Spencer will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Canastota Canal Town Museum, 122 N. Canal St.
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Sotheby's Slow Season
The auction house's shares fell after reporting an unexpected Q1 loss, though it was quick to point out that it frequently loses money in the quiet first quarter.
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CANASTOTA CANAL TOWN MUSEUM:
Noon to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday. 122 Canal St. Once a bakery and residence of the 19th century, the museum offers a history of the Old Erie Canal and brings to life local folklore and history.
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New Photos Glimpse Past
There's a typo, of sorts, in the introduction to photographer William Earle Williams' exhibit of his contemporary pictures that salute the 180,000 African-American soldiers who served in the Civil War.
The Post-Standard |
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Five places to go! today
"Babar's Museum of Art" Babar was a popular fictional children's character created by author Jean de Brunhoff. Show features the author's drawings and sketches.
Montgomery Advertiser |
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Google takes Street View snaps in Paris; lawsuits may follow
Google has begun scanning the streets of Paris, gathering data for its Street View service, which adds street-level photography to the satellite views offered by Google Maps. The search company will gather a wealth of data from the project but, thanks to France's strict privacy laws, it may also pick up a few lawsuits on the way if it chooses to publish the photos unedited.
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Good To Know
'Inspired' art exhibit on display at NCC
The Naperville Sun |
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Online only letters
By drill or by foot? Oil problems are now a massive headache Our reliance on foreign oil is coming home to roost now ["Gas prices jump nearly 3 cents to record, while oil pauses," Times, Business, May 8].
Seattle Times |
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VUITTON OUT TO BAG DARFUR T-SHIRT
Danish art student Nadia Plesner may not look like a threat to global commerce - but handbag Goliath Louis Vuitton is treating her like one. Plesner, 26, has been hit with a lawsuit by the French designer, claiming a T-shirt she designed, featuring a "pimped-out" Darfur victim holding a Paris Hilton-style dog and a Vuitton handbag, violates copyright law. Plesner is a member of Designers for ...
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Prominent judges to hear Beaverbrook U.K. Foundation appeal
A panel of three pre-eminent judges will hear the appeal of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery's arbitration victory in Fredericton beginning Sept. 22.
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News Digest
Today's headlines: Elgin's Summit Park group to meet Tuesday; an evening with Darwin slated Thursday at Elgin Public Museum; Little Acorns gather May 15 at Tekakwitha Woods; Kane County officers to be honored today
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EX-PRISONER'S MURAL MYSTERY
His masterpiece has been on display for decades in a place no one wants to visit, admired by a rough crowd of critics who study its beauty and nuance for years on end — or until the parole board lets them out.
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Stage notes
* GOODMAN'S LATINO FEST: The fourth Latino Theatre Festival, running Aug. 8-24 at the Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn, will include: The Chicago Children's Theatre production of "Esperanza Running" (July 12-Aug. 10), Lynne Alvarez's stage adaptation of the book by Pam Munoz Ryan about the daughter of a wealthy Mexican rancher who flees the Revolution and heads to the U.S.; "Al Son Que Me ...
Chicago Sun-Times |
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Challenge to day care plan
Campaigners fighting to protect the rights of older people will meet today to discuss day care services. The North Staffs Pensioners' Convention is hosting the public meeting at the Forum Theatre, which is inside the Potteries Museum And Art ...
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The fine art of valuing fine art
A piece of artwork does more than fill an empty wall. Whether it's in a home or a museum, worth $100 or $10,000, original art means different things depending on the person. Art might serve as a cultural memento from worldly travels. It can decorate someone's private home or rest on display for the public to view in gallery halls.
The Daily Iowan |
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This Week
Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis to inaugurate the exhibition “Beijing-Athens-Modern Chinese Art,” at 8 p.m. at Technopolis in Gazi. The exhibition will run through May 26.
Kathimerini |
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Greek art off market due to forgery worry
A second painting purportedly by a Greek artist has been withdrawn from sale by British auctioneers Bonhams due to doubts about its authenticity, Sunday’s Kathimerini has learned.
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'Russian empress' visits museum displaying icons
CLINTON - Describing her white satin gown, white fur stole, and gold tiara as her "plain things," Norah Kyle, playing Catherine the Great during a tour and tea Saturday at the Museum of Russian Icons, said her best gown, embroidered with the Romanov dynasty crests, is saved for events in bigger venues than Clinton.
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3 THINGS TO DO TODAY
3 THINGS TO DO TODAY Galleries 'Geisha and Gardens' at Hakone Gardens Visit Saratoga's Hakone Gardens and check out the "Geisha and Gardens" exhibit, featuring art by Adriane Dedic and Denise Oyama Miller, 10 a.
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