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Local art students win state honors
Rector High School seventh grader Amber Christensen won second place and RHS sophomore Chelsea Benson third place at a gathering Saturday to celebrate art at the conclusion of the Rockefeller Institute's third annual "Arts in the Air" student art contest, held at the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute on Petit Jean Mountain near Morrilton.
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Museum dedicates rural display
A previously little known personality from the past became the center of attraction Tuesday at the Lamar County Historical Museum with the naming of the museum’s Rural Display for Sheb Williams.
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Canadian polygamist sect under pressure
Fluorescent lights cast a yellow-green pall on the posted student artwork. Children's voices recite lessons behind closed doors. A group of seventh-grade girls giggle and whisper as they wander back to class. But instead of a smiling portrait of an elected official, Bountiful Elementary-Secondary School displays a photograph of a smiling Warren Jeffs - the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of ...
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Cannes film festival opens
THE Cannes film festival has officially unrolled its red carpet with a star-studded ceremony kicking off the 12-day frenzy of movies, parties and deals.
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Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog
Starting next week Night at the Museum II: Escape from the Smithsonian , a Ben Stiller vehicle, will be filmed at the Smithsonian. This is the first time the Smithsonian has allowed its name to be used in a commercial movie title.
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Rhododendron Festival blooms in Florence
It's been billed as the largest Rhododendron Flower Show on the West coast -- if not in the country. The 101st annual Rhododendron Festival in Florence opens this Thursday, May 15, and continues through Sunday, May 18.
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Portraits, Figures and Other Things: a 10-year look at Arlie Hoffman’s work
North Bay-based artist Arlington Hoffman poses beside his work The End of the Line at the opening of his art show, titled Portraits, Figures and other Things, at the Alex Dufresne Gallery at the Callander Bay Heritage Museum on May 10.
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Pitchfork.tv: May 13: Bon Iver Live in Brooklyn / Animal Collective
The latest installment of "Pitchfork Live" features an intimate performance by Bon Iver at Brooklyn's Glasslands Gallery. If you haven't seen them live yet, here's an opportunity to see why people have been going bonkers over these shows. Eerie, haunting, and lovely.
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Cannes rolls out the red carpet for opening
CANNES, France (AFP) - The Cannes film festival on Wednesday officially unrolled its red carpet with a star-studded ceremony kicking off the 12-day frenzy of movies, parties and deals.
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Crows Zero Sequel Green-Lit for 2009 Opening in Japan
The sequel to Takashi Miike 's Crows Zero live-action film adaptation of Hiroshi Takahashi 's Crows manga has been green-lit. Shun Oguri will reprise his role of high school delinquent Genji in the tentatively titled Crows Zero 2 , and has begun training for the July start of principal photography.
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Wim Wenders Goes for More Gold at Cannes Film Festival
The red carpets were rolled out on Wednesday May 14, as the 61st edition of France's premier film event opened. Films from all over the world are being screened, including one from the heavyweight German director.
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Canadian polygamist sect under pressure
Fluorescent lights cast a yellow-green pall on the posted student artwork. Children's voices recite lessons behind closed doors. A group of seventh-grade girls giggle and whisper as they wander back to class. But instead of a smiling portrait of an elected official, Bountiful Elementary-Secondary School displays a photograph of a smiling Warren Jeffs _ the leader of the Fundamentalist ...
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Tonight in Aspen: BellRays, Hard Work
ASPEN A dose of rock 'n' soul and a display of Hard Work by local art students sums up the entertainment scene in Aspen on Wednesday evening.
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Bus trip to Eastman House, gallery June 5
The Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute plans a bus trip Thursday, June 5, to the George Eastman House and The Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester. The signup deadline is May 29. The cost is $65 or $55 for members.
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Indicted museum director found dead at WA federal prison
The director of a Thailand museum who was indicted as part of a federal investigation into looted antiquities has been found dead at the Federal Detention Center in SeaTac -- apparently from natural causes.
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The Dandy Warhols Odditorium or Warlords of Mars
Heroin may be passé, as the Dandy Warhols noted on 1997 semi-hit "Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth", but in rock culture, self-destruction never is. Nick Drake and Elliott Smith died blessedly dive-bar jukebox-bound, while Donovan and Smog rumble along in comparative obscurity.
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Controversial exhibit spins cultural icons on their head
Most readers probably think the Easter Bunny story is not true, and Santa is a hoax. They would call these characters mythic image icons, fake idols that are representational of our culture, its morals, its economics. Dana Ellyn, a painter from Washington, D.C., would also lump Jesus, the Pope, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama into that...
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Carving his niche
His carvings have garnered him accolades ranging from regional competition to world recognition.
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New Hanover Cultural Activities
N.C. Arts Council Grassroots Arts Program grants are available for New Hanover County arts organizations and other nonprofit groups conducting arts programs. The projected county allotment for New Hanover County is 32,3939. Grants are unlikely to exceed 3,000. Special consideration this year is being given to proposals that demonstrate...
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Summer 2008 Classical Concerts
Jul 19–Aug 9 at the Sunset Theater, Carmel Mission and other venues in Carmel and Pebble Beach; $25–$80. 831.624.2046, www.bachfestival.org. Bach's Mass in B Minor, with festival director Bruno Weil conducting, holds down the place of honor in this year's opening concert.
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West Island Events
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT $"/> $"/>Dorval Museum of Local History & Heritage: Exhibition until Aug. 31, “Horsepower”, illustrates the important role the horse has played in the history of Dorval. Vernissage on May 15 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Hours are Thurs. to Sun. from 1-5 p.m. Bus 209 stops at the door.
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Indicted museum director dies in federal custody
The director of a Thailand museum who was indicted as part of a federal investigation into looted antiquities has been found dead at the Federal Detention Center in SeaTac, apparently from natural causes.
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Indicted museum director found dead at WA federal prison
Associated Press - May 14, 2008 1:45 PM ET SEATAC, Wash. (AP) - The director of a Thailand museum who was indicted as part of a federal investigation into looted antiquities has been found dead...
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Museum director in antiquities probe dies in federal custody
A renowned Asian antiquities expert, indicted in Los Angeles in connection with a federal investigation into illegal trafficking of pilfered Southeast Asian art, has died in custody at the Federal Detention Center in SeaTac.
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Ljams elected to state museum association post
Rex Ljams hopes to add to the wide spectrum of ideas the the local Yuma art and cultural organizations have, as he takes on his new role of "Western Region Representative."
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