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From Missouri's Capital City. Sunday, May 18, 2008 Top photo: Cousins Emorie and Lexa Beck share a love of drawing as well as listening to music together as they participate in the sixth annual Art's a Poppin' Festival Thursday evening in Jefferson City.
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Youth Lines for May 18
Bryan High School students participated this month in the state competition in Austin for the National History Day contest. Participants were Cou ...
The Bryan-College Station Eagle |
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Tiny Marfa is drawing artists to West Texas
The Chinati Foundation's museum in Marfa is set against the Big Bend sky, in a desert landscape that fades into the Chinati Mountains. The entire sett ...
The Bryan-College Station Eagle |
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Anne Arundel Datebook
TODAY Lighthouse tours The Annapolis Maritime Museum, 723 Second St., will host tours at 9 a.m., noon and 3 p.m. of the historic Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse, leaving from the museum dock on Back Creek. Participants must be at least 12 years old. The cost is $70. Reservations are required. 800-690-5080 or www.annapolismaritimemuseum.org .
Baltimore Sun |
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Russia's Abramovich is buyer of record Freud, Bacon works: report
The Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich is the mystery buyer of two paintings by Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud that sold for record prices at auction this week, The Art Newspaper said on its website.
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Big Bucks paying off
Cola Blanca Big Buck Contest officials doled out more than $85,000 worth of prizes to hunters from across the country at its annual awards banquet Saturday evening.The Cola Blanca Big Buck Contest is the largest non-profit hunting tournament in Texas, where hunting is a $4 billion industry, according to the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife.
Laredo Morning Times |
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Armen Nalbandian to Perform John Zorn's Masada for Benefit for the Stone
On Thursday, May 29, 2008 Fresno Art Museum's Musical Director/Artist-in-Residence Armen Nalbandian will conduct a solo piano performance of John Zorn's Masada starting at 7:00pm at the Fresno Art Museum's Bonner Auditorium.
All About Jazz |
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Talking Shop: Jack Black and Dustin Hoffman
Jack Black and Dustin Hoffman talk about the animation process, plans for the Glastonbury festival and the hero within us all.
BBC News |
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Gardeners show Wyoming weather who's boss
Experts offered tips on how to beat the elements during a garden festival Saturday. CHEYENNE -- Moving to the Cheyenne area can be a bit of a shock, especially if you have a green thumb.
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle |
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On Broadway SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
Paintings come to life in new and different ways in this British born revival of the 1984 Stephen Sondheim James Lapine musical.
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune |
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NW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “In our opinion, voluntary taxes are moronic.” William Ahern, a spokesman for The Tax Foundation, on city and county requests for voluntary taxes Article, 1B Looking ahead LifeWriters, 10 a.m. Monday, Shiloh Museum, Springdale Calico Cut-Ups Quilt Guild, 11 a.m. Monday, First United Methodist Church, 20 Boyce Drive, Bella Vista North Arkansas Youth Symphony, Berryville Concert ...
NWAnews.com |
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Arts & Entertainment today
Meet author James Percoco; Pleasant painting; Art demonstration
The Herald-Mail |
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Boonsboro student's artwork on display at Lycoming College
Artwork by Cara Walsh, a senior art and photography major, was on exhibit recently at Lycoming College Art Gallery
The Herald-Mail |
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Festival harmonizes with Florida island vibe
FERNANDINA BEACH, Amelia Island, Fla. - On a typical May afternoon downtown, three girls peer through plate glass windows as fudge is paddled on a marble slab. My fiancé and I watch from a sidewalk table, our hair damp from body surfing, our ice cream cones melting in the sun.
Boston Globe |
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Living large
Good things come in small packages. At just 1,214 square miles, Little Rhody is smaller than some Texas counties, but its stature has never kept it from thinking big. Witness its bay-spanning suspension bridge and first-in-the-nation outdoor jazz festival. For leads on exploring a baker's dozen of the biggest things in the smallest state, turn to Page M8.
Boston Globe |
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Cat shows purrsonality, wins Pet Idol
Valerie Murphy wasn't barking up the wrong tree when she predicted that this would be the "Year of the Cat" in the local Pet Idol contest.
The Toledo Blade |
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Cherokee museum opens door to past
GAFFNEY Almost 40 years after a small group met at the Colonial Fish Camp to discuss the need for a Cherokee County history museum, its doors finally opened this weekend with attendees sharing memories in the museum halls and exhibit areas that once were part of the county's oldest elementary school.
Spartanburg Herald-Journal |
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IN BRIEF
The Fort Collins Museum's Indian Market continues from noon to 5 p.m. today in Old Town Square.
The Fort Collins Coloradoan |
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Extra weekend, special rite to conclude 'Bhutan'
"The Dragon's Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan" exhibit will remain open at the Honolulu Academy of Arts for an extra weekend, during which monks will perform a special ritual.
Honolulu Advertiser |
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Sheikh Saud opens International Product Presentation (IPP- 2008) exhibition
H.H. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, inaugurated the sixth edition of the International Product Presentation (IPP- 2008) exhibition at the Al Manar Mall.
AME Info |
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Stewart 'honoured' by paintings
Former world champion racing driver Sir Jackie Stewart has said it was a "great honour" to be painted by artist Jack Vettriano. Vettriano, one of the world's best selling artists, has completed a new series of three pictures featuring Sir Jackie and his wife Helen.
West Lothian Courier |
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Scarlett Johansson misses shining moment at Cannes after studio refuses demands
Scarlett Johansson was left at home in New York after a film studio refused to pay for her bloated demands to attend the Cannes Film Festival to launch Woody Allen's latest movie. Penelope Cruz and Rebecca Hall, her co-stars in the film 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona', soaked up all the glory from crowds as they ascended the fabled red carpet of Cannes
Daily Mail |
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Photographers raise funds for Myanmar cyclone victims
SINGAPORE: A group of photography enthusiasts is helping to raise funds for the Myanmar cyclone victims in a way they know best – taking pictures. The project, called "PhotoAid", is organised by Clubsnap Photography with partners like Nikon and Epson.
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Annual Spoleto Festival has something for all tastes
CHARLESTON, S.C. – It was a warm, sultry night when a slender woman walked onto an outdoor stage set up in front of a Greek Revival building and between moss-draped oak trees at the College of Charleston. In her early 50s, she looked like a younger Lena Horne.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
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Fieldale fest honors past
Joan Frith fondly remembers Fieldale the way it was many years ago. “Everybody knew everybody,” Frith said during Saturday’s Fieldale Heritage Festival, which featured memorabilia, crafts and food.
Martinsville Bulletin |
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