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Brussels Guide
It’s not fair that Paris should get all the attention. Brussels is equally accessible via Eurostar and yet it’s often overlooked as a city break destination. Paris may have the cuisine, the architecture, the shopping and the museums, but so does Brussels - and everyone speaks English too!
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Superior Plus Announces Propane Distribution Acquisition
Superior Plus Income Fund announced today that Superior Propane, a division of Superior Plus LP has entered into an asset and purchase sale agreement to acquire certain propane distribution assets of Irving Oil Limited and Irving Oil Marketing Limited located in the Clarenville, Central and Western Newfoundland area.
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Binatbatan fest features Vigan products
VIGAN CITY – The Binatbatan Festival, held here recently, no longer was about Vigan students recreating the traditional way of cotton ginning (removing the seeds from the pod) while wearing Ilocos cotton weave or “inabel.”
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‘Art of Photographing Nature’ with Gary Stanley May 22
Nationally known nature, landscape and wildlife photographer Gary Stanley of Light-Chasers, will be showing his work and sharing ways to improve outdoor photography techniques at a free presentation ...
Swampscott Reporter |
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Broad Appetit Food Festival
May 18, 2008: Head to Broad Appetit, a brand new festival, to get a taste of Richmond and sample fare from a variety of Richmond restaurants including Buz & Ned's Real Barbecue, Mosaic, Tarrants Cafe and more.
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
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Museum's mission: Explore New York City history
For curious out-of-towners or locals who would like to get to know their city a little better, The Museum of the City of New York has a lot to offer.
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Overland room enhances gallery
The opening of the Overland Room at the Stawell Railway Station Gallery has set the scene for the Stawell and District Cultural Association to host travelling art exhibitions and other cultural events.
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Museum's mission: Explore New York City history
For curious out-of-towners or locals who would like to get to know their city a little better, The Museum of the City of has a lot to offer -- including an exhibit on New Yorkers campaigning for president.
AM New York |
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STRANGE FRUIT
On Sunday morning, with nothing much to do, I decided to go to the Academy of Fine Arts and watch Bratya Basu’s dramatized version of Tagore’s Chaturanga . I had been warned by friends that it was a terrible production.
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Tate Modern to city museum of art
Calcutta, May 12: The celebrated Herzog & de Meuron will create a museum of modern art in Calcutta, the first project to be taken up by a world-class architect in India since Le Corbusier agreed to build Chandigarh half a century ago.
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Gospel Music Channel Boards Royal Caribbean
Royal Caribbean International cruise lines is looking to be the Coca-Cola of Gospel Music Channel's American Idol-like music contest.
Broadcasting and Cable |
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Birth of a nation
It was 4 p.m. on May 14, 1948, and Norm Kasser, now a resident of Boca Raton, was in the auditorium of the Museum of Art in Tel Aviv. There was a crowd, Kasser recalled, but he wasn’t quite sure what was going on.
Boca Raton News |
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CARLSBAD: Gem institute seeks prisms on history
CARLSBAD ---- The Gemological Institute of America is trying to expand its collection of historical jewelry, a move that its museum director said will offer a wider view into various societies and the ebbs and expansions of nations' economies.
North County Times |
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KGI 2008 Commencement Features First PhD Graduate, Biotech Painting
Keck Graduate Institute today announced that the May 17, 2008, commencement ceremony will feature the graduation of KGI's first PhD in Applied Life Sciences student, Eric Tan, and the unveiling of KGI's first donated artwork.
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art May 13 - 18 at Birla Academy of Art & Cukture, 2nd floor; 4 pm - 8 pm:
A group show of paintings and sculptures hosted by Roddur. Inauguration today at 6 pm. May 13 - 19 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: Miniatures II , an exhibition of affordable small works by Arjun Bhattacharjee, Arpita Pradhan, Biplab Sarkar, Chandranath Saha, Debabrata Sarkar, Nandita Mukherjee, Nitai Das, Nabendu Sengupta, Pradip Das, Sudipta Dutta and Utpal Dutta.
The Telegraph |
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Kids, adults gear up for Spring Arts Festival
Even future students are gearing up for the Swampscott elementary schools' Spring Arts Festival.
Swampscott Reporter |
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Art, nature, coastal cottages and more
Being a transplant to the island, Amelia SanJon Gallery owner and artist Sandra Baker-Hinton always loves to hear stories of what life was like living on Amelia Island before it became a "destination" inhabited with transplants like herself.
Fernandina Beach News-Leader |
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Scottish exhibition planned of ‘most important artist alive’
ONE of Europe's greatest living artists is to be the subject of a major exhibition at the National Galleries of Scotland (NGS).
The Herald |
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Jackson won't lose Neverland Ranch
An investment company says it has bought the loan to Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch in California's Santa Ynez Valley, saving it from foreclosure.A foreclosure auction had been scheduled for the property this week, however, a spokeswoman for Colony Capital told the Los Angeles Times her company bought the loan and the auction has been called off.In a statement released to the Times by a ...
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Art See program talks about different aspects of artwork
Art lovers had the opportunity to hone their skills when evaluating art during the Art See program at the Coutts Memorial Museum of Art Saturday afternoon. Sherry Hermreck, USD 490 elementary art teacher, led the session, which used “The Red Ribbon Dance” by Mary Binford Miller to study.
El Dorado Times |
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Art looted by Nazis goes on display in Greenwich
A major art collection looted by the Nazis is on display for the first time, an exhibition that tells the tragic story of a pre-eminent art dealer who died fleeing the Nazis and the successful fight by his heirs to win back the paintings.
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If You Go: Art Exhibit
WHAT: Exhibition of paintings looted by Nazis and later recovered. WHERE: Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Drive, Greenwich.
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UPI NewsTrack Business
U.S. markets post strong gains MondayNEW YORK, May 12 (UPI) -- U.S. stock indexes climbed to the close Monday as oil prices retreated on a day with no major economic reports released.The retreat of oil, down $2 per barrel from Friday, signaled some profit-taking but also kept inflation worries at bay for a day.The Dow Jones industrial average rose 130.43 points Monday 12,876.31, up 1.02 percent. ...
Moldova.org |
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Russian Museum Director Subpoenaed in ?Forbidden Art? Case
A museum director who helped organize an exhibition of censored Soviet and post-Soviet art in defense of Russian artistic freedom now faces censure himself.
New York Times |
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John Valentine
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