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Art: Engraving display
Monday, May 19... By Anita overcash.The exhibition Quiet Spirit, Skillful Hand: The Graphic Work of Clare Leighton will feature more than 180 pieces by Clare Leighton. These consist of engravings, drawings and watercolors created from 1923-1965. The British-born artist has numerous stunning works that capture the working class, landscapes and more. Leighton lived in Chapel Hill, N.C. from ...
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Main Street to see bloomin' fun in May
Main Street should be fairly hopping the rest of the month with events including a 5k charity run, art festival and a parade and ceremony commemorating 19th-century black cavalrymen.
Westminster Community Times |
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Celebrating Art of the West Valley III
The West Valley Art Museum features works from more than 70 artists living west of the Black Canyon Freeway in this juried exhibition, which opens Friday and runs through July 27. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Sundays. West Valley Art Museum, 17420 N. Avenue of the Arts, Surprise. $7 for museum admission. 623-972-0635, www.wvam.org.
The Arizona Republic |
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Spring Art Show Monday
The Library Club is sponsoring a free Spring Art Show featuring the work of the NHS Art Classes on May 19th from 7:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. at the NHS Library. NHS Library Club Officers, left to right, are Haley Clark, Denette Flaggs, and Shanika Searcy.
Navasota Examiner |
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Stars come out for students' art show
LEBANON — Students have worked all year to create unique masterpieces to display at tonight's Lebanon school district art show, which will include students' own takes on Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night, city landscapes using a two-point perspective, clay sculptures and more.
The Western Star |
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Bay Area Museums Offer Free Admission This Weekend
TAMPA - This weekend you will have a chance to get a bit of culture and save a bit of cash as admission to museums in St. Petersburg is free on Saturday and museums in Hillsborough offer free admission on Sunday.
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Freud's 'Big Sue' watches as her image sells for record £33.6 million
THE Camden Town muse of Lucian Freud dubbed 'Big Sue' has seen a naked painting of herself reclining on the sofa sell for a record £17million. Sue Tilley, a JobCentre worker from Augustus Street, has been thrust into the limelight following the Christie's auction in New York on Tuesday night.
The Ham&High Network |
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Stars come out for students' art show
Students have worked all year to create unique masterpieces to display at tonight's Lebanon school district art show, which will include students' own takes on Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night, city landscapes using a two-point perspective, clay sculptures and more.
Middletown Journal |
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iStockphoto Seeks Submissions for New Microstock Audio Offering
CALGARY, Alberta----Today, iStockphoto, the company that revolutionized the stock photography market by offering images online for prices as low as $1, announced it will add royalty-free audio tracks to its collection of downloadable stock content in September 2008.
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It's indie movies vs. Indy's movie at Cannes fest
The Cannes Film Festival usually starts with a movie that's light and goes down easy. So Wednesday's dark, apocalyptic opening film seemed a puzzling choice - even to the movie's director.
The Kansas City Star |
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Sudbury Day Festival to move to a new date
The 7th annual Sudbury Day Festival will be moved to a new date that has yet to be determined. Last night, the Sudbury Day Committee make a presentation to the Board of Selectmen recommending a change to early spring and the location to Lincoln Sudbury High School.
The Sudbury Town Crier |
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Cannes kicks off, ‘Indiana Jones’ star act
CANNES, France - Kicking kung-fu pandas and a chilling Brazilian vision of the apocalypse: the Cannes film festival kicks off Wednesday blending fun with philosophy, and Hollywood blockbusters with arthouse fare.
Khaleej Times |
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13:48 (BST), 14/05/2008 Into the Pixel 2008 Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS Into the Pixel (ITP) 2008 will ...
Into the Pixel (ITP) 2008 will feature 16 works of art from videogames, selected by a panel of experts from world-class museums, cutting-edge galleries, and interactive entertainment industry art veterans.
gamesindustry.biz |
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Cannes kicks off with vision of apocalypse and kung-fu pandas
Kicking kung-fu pandas and a chilling Brazilian vision of the apocalypse: the Cannes film festival kicks off Wednesday blending fun with philosophy, and Hollywood blockbusters with arthouse fare.
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Jack Black - Black Pulls Panda Stunt At Cannes
Funnyman JACK BLACK made a dramatic entrance at the opening of the 61st Cannes Film Festival in France - arriving by speedboat with 40 people dressed as giant pandas. ...
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Cannes kicks off with kung-fu pandas, vision of apocalypse
Kicking kung-fu pandas and a chilling Brazilian vision of the apocalypse: the Cannes film festival kicked off on Wednesday blending fun with philosophy, and Hollywood blockbusters with arthouse fare.
Mail and Guardian |
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This weekend in Kansas City
Mr. Lezak promises us a gorgeous weekend, and there’s a veritable smorgasbord of fun-stuff-to-do, a little something for everyone. There’s “Wicked,” sand sculpting, Civil War re-enactments, the annual literary festival on the Plaza, a couple of other festivals here and there, and more.
The Kansas City Star |
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Lee Rosenbaum's cultural commentary
The undefeated CultureGrrl and my debate opponent , arts consultant Barry Hessenius , floated like a butterfly but didn't sting like a bee as we danced around the unanswerable question posed at yesterday's half-hour New York Public Radio Soundcheck Smackdown (for which I borrowed the empowering Wonder Woman costume from the Metropolitan Museum's display case).
Arts Journal |
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'Indiana Jones' clashes with independent flicks at Cannes
CANNES, France (AP) -- It's indie movies versus Indy's movie at the Cannes Film Festival.
CNN.com |
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Keys to the Future
A major piano festival and one of the best piano schools around play softly at TCU.
Fort Worth Weekly |
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Children of the Iranian Revolution: The Photography of Iason Athanasiadis at Woodrow Wilson Center
With 70 percent of its people under 30 years old, Iran is one of the youngest societies on earth. At the same time, Tehran is at the receiving end of a media campaign that has created an international impression of the country and its people that is far removed from reality.
Payvand Iran News |
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Kids get to solve mysteries during field trip
Sunset Hills Elementary third-graders participated in a medical mysteries festival through an on-campus field trip brought to them by the Arizona Science Center.
The Arizona Republic |
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Writing on the Wall
Boise's graffiti scene, they note, is still puny compared to many larger cities around the country. But of considerable mention are the legal, or commissioned, pieces that can be seen around town. From the wall at Donnie Mac's to the murals at Need to Bead and Pie Hole, Boise businesses are embracing the street artform as a valid public art medium.... By Tara Morgan.
Boise Weekly |
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It's indie movies vs. Indy's movie at Cannes fest
It's indie movies versus Indy's movie at the Cannes Film Festival. As the blitz of films, parties and industry schmoozing started Wednesday, the question was whether the independent movies beloved by Cannes critics could hold their own against "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," which plays this weekend. Cannes' dual nature is apparent to anyone strolling the Croisette, the ...
The Charlotte Observer |
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Celebrate Allegany!
This year's Celebrate Allegany! silent auction and student talent showcase is expected to be even bigger and better than last year's. "We have twice as many items and even more students performing," said Allegany County High School Endowment Fund vice president Erin DeLong.
Cumberland Times-News |
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