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In Marshfield, tour offers a hands-on, homeowners' guide to saving energy
MARSHFIELD -- With fuel oil prices soaring to $4 a gallon, Vermonters have an incentive to apply Yankee ingenuity to cutting their home heating bills and insulating themselves against future price hikes. ... - By Mel Huff Times Argus Staff
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EXHIBIT HONORS PASSING OF OPRAH'S DOGS: Sculptor Daniel Edwards of 'The Oprah Sarcophagus' fame is back.
*Sculptor Daniel Edwards is at it again. The man behind the infamous Oprah Sarcophagus (a bronze statue of Oprah Winfrey with exaggerated breasts and hips) – has created a new bust of the TV host that features her two recently-departed dogs.
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Haitian bands party all weekend long
The 10th Annual Haitian Compas Festival will promote not just the country's flag and konpa music, but also relief for starving Haitians. Organizers of the 10th annual Haitian Compas Festival are collecting canned goods to send to their Caribbean homeland, which was rocked by food riots last month.
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WEDDING REVIVED WITHOUT A HITCH
NEW York City Ballet's su persized Jerome Robbins Celebration offers 33 Rob bins ballets, from his first, 1944's "Fancy Free," to his last, "West Side Story Suite" in 1995. But the most important is the restoration of a masterpiece once thought lost, "Les Noces," which came somewhere in between, and was based on Stravinsky's cantata of a Russian peasant wedding. Robbins had wanted to stage the ...
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Lilac festival schedule
The Lilac Festival runs through Sunday in Highland Park.
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Evolution apparent in Duesberry show
To understand Joellyn Duesberry's painting today, it's important to travel back in time to 1981, when she completed a quiet oil on linen titled "Pond in an Orchard, NY."
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Great ideas for your next 48 hours
The public is invited to an opening reception for Erie nature artist Brian Pardini's new exhibit "When Trees Dream" on Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Erie Art Museum Annex Gallery, 423 State St.
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Car show is new feature for Tulip Festival
ORANGE CITY, Iowa -- The parade isn't the only place visitors will find unique cars at this year's Orange City Tulip Festival. For the first time in 20 years, the festival will include a car and truck show.
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Kidding Around Summer Youth Program at Miami Art Museum
The Summer Youth Program at the Miami Art Museum kicks off with a free family event this weekend. Children and their families can take part in hands-on art activities. Guided tours, live music and refreshments will also be available. The event theme relates to MAM's exhibition, Shadows, Disappearances and Illusions, opening June 6, so the activities will include scratch art, photograms and ...
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Youth festival set for fairgrounds
RHINEBECK - Thousands of local youths are expected to converge on the Dutchess County Fairgrounds this Saturday for the second annual Hudson Valley Youth Festival.
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Uganda: Eccentric Art
ART is probably the most dynamic force undergoing an incessant mutation. Ugandan artists have not been left behind. At the forefront of this change is Dr. Kizito Kasule, a senior lecturer at the Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Arts, Makerere University.
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Expanding On Nature -- Emerging Photographers Meghan Arts and Jim DeLillo Show at Local Gallery
Local photographers, Meghan Arts and Jim DeLillo will each be exhibiting their perspective on Nature. An opening reception will be held on May 24 from 7-9 p.m. at Ruby Leif, 631 Route 23 South, Pompton Plains to support the emerging artists.
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Full Sail University Students Win at the 13th Annual Palm Beach International Film Festival
Full Sail University (www.fullsail.edu) students, Chris Adams, Joshua Knight and Max Miller, won second place out of 193 entries in the College Feature/Shorts and Documentaries category at the 13th Annual Palm Beach International Film Festival's (PBIFF) Student Showcase of Films. The students won for their work, The Master, a 16mm short which was produced during their Film Production class at ...
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New projects mark Dia:Beacon's birthday
BEACON - Five years ago, the much-awaited birth of Dia:Beacon occurred after years-long gestation. This weekend, the modern art museum celebrates by opening some new art projects.
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"Idol's" Syesha "ready to take on the world"
LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - Ousted "American Idol" contestant Syesha Mercado said on Thursday she was "ready to take on the world" after reaching her goal of making it to the final three of the popular television talent show.
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Boat ruin inspires graduate's art
A100-year-old Bristol pilot cutter which lay rotting for years has proved an inspiration for a student's final artwork.
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At Cannes, big stars and heavy subjects
CANNES, France - Glitz and gloom are the yin and yang of the Cannes Film Festival. Here, it's possible within a few hours to see both a grueling film about the IRA's Bobby Sands starving himself to death in a British prison and Angelina Jolie, pregnant and resplendent in low-cut green evening wear, ascending the red-carpeted steps of the Palais ...
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Stars in our eyes
Five finalists compete in N&O's own talent contest.
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Australian man jailed 5 years for art theft said to include a rare Cezanne
A man was jailed for five years Friday for stealing paintings the owner claimed included a rare Cezanne worth tens of millions of dollars (euros).
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Antiques calendar
sharedstory SHOWS & AUCTIONS TODAY-SUNDAY: Nearly 80 dealers from around the world are booked for the 14th annual New York International Tribal and Textile Arts Show in New York City.
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Plenty of places to celebrate this weekend
Do you know who Hubert is? He turns 50 today and from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. he will be at the Crete Harris Bank, 1380 Main St. in Crete. Hubert will sport a Cubs uniform and will make an appearance for pictures. Of course, my cat Batman and I will be there for one. A kids' coloring contest will take place. Giveaways will be available. Refreshments will be served. For more information, call (708) ...
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Art education, experimentation
Clive Gerada's work in graphite. Six art education students will display their works at St James Cavalier, in Valletta, in an exhibition entitled Sch ism.
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Art at KSC focuses on sun
What's more appropriate here in The Sunshine State than an art show with the sun as the topic? Combine the inspiration provided by satellite images of the sun and you've got a perfect tie to Brevard County's Space Coast.
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In the service
The Kent Public Library, 17 Sybil's Crossing, will host an exhibit of photos, awards, banners, letters and uniforms from America's military conflicts from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow as part of its Armed Forces Day tribute.
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Free spirit Lucio Dalla
"Malta is a dream that has lasted more than 40 years," says Lucio Dalla from his study in Bologna. Photo: Renaissance Productions Ltd. Sitting at his cluttered desk, evergreen, Italian, singer-songwriter Lucio Dalla laughs off the living-legend status he has earned over the decades.
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