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Full slate on fest's last day
It's the final day of the Wichita River Festival. You know the drill. Pops concert. Fireworks. Big crowds. Festivalgoers scrambling for the best possible patch of pavement. Wichita's annual nine-day party winds down tonight with its grand finale -- a fireworks display that makes the Fourth of July feel anticlimactic, plus a patriotic concert, a flyover and a last chance to trade in those ...
The Wichita Eagle |
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It’s hip to be Square
BELLEVILLE - The Metro East reigns supreme when it comes to art shows.
The Telegraph |
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Art world welcomes new faces
MUNSTER South Shore Arts celebrates the 34th anniversary of its juried Tri-County Junior/Senior High School Art Exhibition continuing through June 1 at The Center for Visual and Performing Arts, 1040 Ridge Road.
The Times of Northwest Indiana |
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Colchester Historical Society to host 17th festival
The Colchester Historical Society will hold its 17th Festival on the Green July 26.
The Norwich Bulletin |
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Final countdown to All-Energy '08
With less than a week to go before All-Energy ‘08 opens in Aberdeen (Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, 21 and 22 May), the UK's largest renewable energy show has, once again, beaten all its previous records. 2008/05/16 00:00:00
Aberdeen City Council News |
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Art Open House -- 05/17/08 at 3240 Design Gallery and Shop
Art Open House -- 05/17/08 at 3240 Design Gallery and Shop
Rocky Mountain News |
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Out & About
TODAY INTERNATIONAL FLAIR: Rancho Palos Verdes Soleado Elementary School International Faire, featuring carnival games, rides/inflatables, silent auction, food booths and dance performances.
Daily Breeze |
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Behind Cannes fest glitz, Bollywood does brisk business
By Jivraj Burman, Mumbai, May 17 : Behind the glitz and glamour of the Cannes film festival, it is hard business for the Indian filmmakers and entertainment houses camping there. Deals are being inked and announcements of tie ups made during the prestigious festival that began Wednesday.
New Kerala |
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Kids art on display in Naperville
People's Resource Center's Kids Art, a program giving children in DuPage County the opportunity to develop their creativity, opens its first exhibit of student art today.
Daily Herald |
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Neighbors in the News
Central Times newspaper editors from Naperville Central High School have been honored for their writing in the American Society of Newspaper Editors/Quill and Scroll 2008 International Writing and Photo Contest.
Daily Herald |
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“Foundations” Unveiled at Tyler Junior College
Tyler Junior College President Mike Tetke unveils Jim and Cherry Day’s sculpture “Foundations” at the new sculpture garden at the TJC campus.
Tyler Morning Telegraph |
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Auctions: From furnishings to baskets
Auctions between today and Thursday will offer fine furniture, garden and farm equipment, and American Indian baskets. They all require a little traveling.
The Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Craft fair with Japanese flair set for Perth
Perth’s art and craft elite are sewing the final stitches, gluing the last pieces and putting the final touches on their works as the annual Craft and Quilt Fair rolls into town this Wednesday at the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre.
The West Australian |
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Scholarship recipients to perform at museum
Talent on the way up can be heard — free! — at the Tuesday Musical Association Scholarship Recital. The top 12 winners, each of whom received $1,400 awards this year, will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday at the auditorium of the Akron Art Museum, at Market and High streets in downtown Akron.
Akron Beacon Journal |
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Do the Superfriends Have Library Cards?
One of the world?s largest collections of comic art has found a home in Columbus, Ohio. According to The Associated Press, the Cartoon Research Library at Ohio State University will soon exhibit about 200,000 works from the International Museum of Cartoon Art, founded by the cartoonist Mort Walker (?Beetle Bailey?) in Greenwich, Conn., in 1974. The museum, most recently located in a villa in ...
New York Times |
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Painting Damaged
During the removal of an installation at the National Gallery in London, ?Marcia,? a 500-year-old painting by the 16th-century master Domenico Beccafumi, slipped out of its frame, causing one of its three large panels to break away from the other two. The Art Newspaper, which reported the incident, called it ?one of the most serious handling accidents known to have occurred in a U.K. museum in ...
New York Times |
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Stiller Eyes Sequel
Ben Stiller has found another hallowed institution to flee. The sequel to ?Night at the Museum,? the 2006 hit in which he played a security guard trapped in the American Museum of Natural History when its exhibits come alive, will be shot at the Smithsonian?s National Air and Space Museum, below. ?Night at the Museum II: Escape From the Smithsonian,? scheduled for release in May 2009, is the ...
New York Times |
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Smithsonian Director Resigns
Sharon F. Patton has resigned after five years as the director of the Smithsonian Institution?s National Museum of African Art, effective in December. In a statement, Ms. Patton said she had achieved much of what she set out to accomplish, but she also nodded to the appointment of a new leadership at the Smithsonian. (G. Wayne Clough, the president of Georgia Tech, is to assume the post of ...
New York Times |
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Unwrapping the Secrets of Ordinary Objects
?Here?s the Thing: The Single Object Still Life? is a visually and philosophically engaging exhibition at the Katonah Museum of Art.
New York Times |
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Amateur photography contest seeks entries
Deadline is June 13.
San Antonio Express-News/KENS 5 |
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Conservancy ready to say goodbye to turtle
The loggerhead sea turtle that thousands of Southwest Floridians have watched grow up is about to say goodbye today during festival.
The News-Press |
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Search on for early artworks
THE search is on for early artworks by one of South Africa’s artistic giants, Dumile Feni, who spent part of his childhood in Queenstown.
Daily Dispatch |
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Vision for the future
It seems no small coincidence that ophthalmologist David Saggau is treating Juanita Welch for vision loss. Her husband, Frank, once ran a photography studio in Boone and took Saggau's high school senior portrait years ago. Now, Saggau takes care of Juanita, to preserve her picture of the world.
Mid-Iowa News |
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A Man Who Loves Big Museums
In Chicago, a passionate advocate of the international trade of antiquities.
New York Times |
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Modern photography exhibit to open June 6
Buttonwood Art Space will host a "First Friday Opening" from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. June 6.
Lawrence Journal-World |
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