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Briefs: Greek isles provide setting for photography workshop
The Greek islands of Santorini, Anafi and Thirasia are the setting for the "In Search of the Real Greece" photo workshop, June 14-20, directed by San Francisco photographers Glenn and Rose Steiner.
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Cheers to Boston: Become an insider instead of a tourist
They call it America’s Walking City. And indeed, it’s easy to pass your days in Boston meandering from one famous site (the Paul Revere House) to another (the Union Oyster House). But follow the locals and you’ll discover what makes Bostonians so loyal to their home town: a mix of green parks, elegant shopping, undersung museums and cozy pubs (and we don’t mean Cheers). Here are a dozen tourist ...
The Kansas City Star |
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Sculptures create a garden of earthy delights in Missouri Botanical Garden
ST. LOUIS The dogwoods are in full bloom, showing off their delicate white and pale pink blossoms. The azaleas are just about to burst in a roar of fuchsia and purple. And everywhere tulips are reaching toward the sun in clusters and neat rows of yellow, red, purple, pink and orange.
The Kansas City Star |
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Newspaper Wins General Excellence Award
HEBER SPRINGS -- The Morning News' staff placed first in the General Excellence category in the annual Associated Press Managing Editor's contest.
The Morning News |
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Celebrating art in Afghanistan
The BBC's Martin Patience in Kabul reports on Afghanistan's first contemporary art prize.
BBC News |
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In pictures: Afghan contemporary art
More than 70 artists submitted entries for Afghanistan's first contemporary art prize. Works by 10 artists - including this one by filmmaker Alka Sadat - were shortlisted.
BBC News |
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African artist caps ‘Sparks' exhibit
From the moment she saw a reproduction of African artist El Anatsui’s glittering tapestry of bottle tops, “Dusasa I,” Jan Schall decided she had to have it.
The Kansas City Star |
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ArtsKC grants inspire artists
The latest round of ArtsKC Fund Inspiration grants put $12,674 in the pockets of 12 KC artists. The fund, a kind of United Way for the arts administered by the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City, is on its third round of Inspiration grants, which are earmarked for artists and arts professionals. (It also gives “Ovation” and “Catalyst” grants to arts organizations.)
The Kansas City Star |
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Attendance up at second annual KC Literary Festival
Twelve-year-old Rachel Franklin stood alone onstage. Poised, confident, she recited one of her poems, “Plea for Goodness.”
The Kansas City Star |
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Art museum raises funds
The Huntington Museum of Art is raising funds for the 2008 Open Door Membership Campaign. The goal of the campaign is to raise $325,000, which represents about 17 percent of the funds HMA needs annually to support general operations. The campaign continues through June 30.
The Huntington Herald-Dispatch |
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Seattle's Roosevelt, Garfield top two at Essentially Ellington festival
Roosevelt High School won first place and Garfield finished second at the 2008 Essentially Ellington high-school jazz-band competition in New York. Five Seattle-area jazz bands were finalists.
Seattle Times |
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Students presenting 'Father of Texas' play, art exhibit
Nacogdoches community members will have a chance to brush up on their history Thursday night at "The Father of Texas" play starring fourth-grade Thomas J. Rusk Elementary School students.
The Daily Sentinel |
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Youth seek new path on Wesak Day
It has been 2,552 years since Lord Buddha passed away and what used to be a day to commemorate his birthday, enlightenment and passing away, has been turned into a festival of sorts.
The New Straits Times |
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Hip, artsy heart beats in Sacramento's midtown / 'Grid' turning into the place to hang out
It used to be the most you could say about Sacramento's midtown was that it has pleasant, tree-canopied streets and row after row of Victorian-era homes, most remarkably well-preserved. Yawn. What used to be a cultural dead zone and excitement black hole...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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Arkansas Arts Center more than just a museum
If you chill with Chihuly or are turned on by Tiffany, hit the road for Little Rock and “Hot Color Cool Glass” at the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock, Ark.
The Edmond Sun |
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Lots to see and do in Gatlinburg this weekend
The sights - and sounds - of Scotland are ringing through the hills of East Tennessee this weekend. It's the 27th annual celebration of the Gatlinburg Scottish Festival and Games.
WBIR-TV Knoxville |
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Rhian Ramos prays for success in supermodel competition in China
Umalis ngayong araw, May 16, ang grupo nina Rhian Ramos papuntang Guangxi, China, para sa 3rd Asian Supermodel Contest. Kasama ni Rhian na umalis ang pinsan niya at VJ sa QTV 11 na si Steph Henares, ang StarStruck graduates na sina Arci Muñoz at Rhea Nakpil, at ang beauty queen na si Abigail Cruz.
PEP |
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Delaware Art Museum Welcomes First Recipient of Fellowship in Pre-Raphaelite Studies
WILMINGTON, DE.- The Delaware Art Museum and the University of Delaware Library are pleased to welcome Dr. Colin Cruise, the 2008 Fellow in Pre-Raphaelite Studies, for the presentation of his lecture “Pre-Raphaelite Drawing: Contexts and Controversies” on Tuesday, May 27, at 4:00 p.m. at the Museum.
Art Daily |
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Workers Provide Intimate Portrait of Two Centuries at the White House in Newest Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit
WASHINGTON.- They were maids, cooks, butlers, doormen, electricians and all the people who kept the country’s most famous household running efficiently.
Art Daily |
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First Substantial Exhibition for South African Artist Pieter Hugo at Open Eye Gallery
LIVERPOOL, UK.- Open Eye Gallery and Autograph ABP present the first substantial UK exhibition by South African artist Pieter Hugo. This exhibition focuses on three bodies of work, all of which use portraiture to call into question our understanding of how we look at others.
Art Daily |
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Michelle Charles' First Major Exhibition To Open at Kettle's Yard
CAMBRIDGE, UK.- Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge is presenting the first major exhibition in the UK of Michelle Charles. A British artist, she lived and worked in America for more than twenty years, exhibiting with the John Weber Gallery, before returning to London in 2001.
Art Daily |
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Spain 1957-2007 Opens at Palazzo Sant Elia in the Sicilian Capital of Palermo
Miquel Navarro, "Soca I", Photo courtesy of the Instituto Cervantes. PALERMO.- The Instituto Cervantes (Cervantes Institute) opens the exhibit titled “Spain 1957-2007 at Palazzo Sant’Elia in Palermo. The show features Works of art made by Picasso, Miró, Dalí, Tapies to today’s artists.
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Guest musicians to join the festivities as Fine Arts Quartet turns 25
Violinists Ralph Evans and Efim Boico and cellist Wolfgang Laufer have played together in the Fine Arts Quartet for 25 years this summer. They'll celebrate by bringing family and special musical friends to the stage at each 2008 Summer Evenings...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
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The Karsten Greve Gallery Presents Invites 10 Artists for EChO Wanted
Claire Morgan - Captive. PARIS, FRANCE.- The Karsten Greve Gallery announces its programming of EChO wanted, a group exhibition on the theme of the environment that will take place from May 17th to July 12th.
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Henry Moore Sculpture Could be Re-Erected Thanks to Twenty First Century Science
LONDON.- The Arch, a sculpture dismantled 12 years ago due to safety concerns, could be re-erected at its original site on the banks of the Serpentine Lake following a project exploring the use of rock engineering techniques for cultural heritage conservation.
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