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Sculpture exhibit returns to Watsonville’s Sierra Azul Nursery & Garden
Just across from the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds on East Lake Avenue lies Sierra Azul Nursery & Garden, a verdant oasis nestled among farmlands.
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5:25 -- Agat gearing up for Mango Festival
5:25 p.m. — Agat is gearing up for its 2nd Annual Agat Mango Festival, which will be held from June 6-8 at Nimitz Beach Park, according to a news release from the village mayor's office.
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SurroundArt Selects the Architect of NYC's Famed Chelsea Piers to Create New 'Green' Museum Resource Campus at ...
Steven Kratchman Architect Chosen for Architectural Master Plan for New Waterfront Development (PRWeb May 20, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb956634.htm
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Local & live
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • HISTORIC PRESERVATION ROUNDTABLE: Broadway III Seminar Room, 2806 Third Ave. N. 8-10 a.m. Annual gathering of regional historians, architects, museum professionals, archaeologists, preservationists share ideas, activities to promote historic preservation.
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800 items from Bob Hope's estate to be auctioned
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A foot-high cowboy hat from the movie ``Paleface.'' An autographed photo of Lucille Ball with some teeth blackened out. A money clip from Jack Benny. These were a few of Bob Hope's favorite things.
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Thieves pilfering copper to peddle
Heavy metal is driving the latest trend in art theft. With the cost of copper and other metals skyrocketing, thieves around the world are targeting outdoor sculpture to sell as scrap.
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Study indicates that Harford could support an arts center
Harford County's art community is thriving sufficiently to support a $52 million space for music, art and exhibits, according to a study released this month.
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'American Idol' is still No. 1 but with slimmer ratings in a year of vocal gold over glitz
This season of "American Idol" had talented singers, a doe-eyed teenage contestant for the prepubescent crowd, visits from pop royalty, stinging comments from judge Simon Cowell and jaw-droppers from Paula Abdul.
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Chester suspect admits to fraud
BRATTLEBORO -- A Chester man pleaded guilty Monday to federal fraud charges after he took money from investors who thought they were purchasing car dealerships and used it to buy a car, electronics and expensive artwork. ... - By JOSH O'GORMAN Herald Staff
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05/20/08 Fresh Faces
Name: Heath Braun. School/year in school/age: West Valley High School, senior, 18. Activities/hobbies/clubs: I am an active member of the do-nothing club. I like photography, riding my bicycle, playing guitar, watching movies and hanging with my friends.
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TODAY’S BEST BET
The art exhibit, “Creating Identity: Latino Artists in NEPA,” is under way at the Widmann Gallery on campus of King’s College, downtown Wilkes-Barre. The exhibit is open to the public. Call 208-5957 for information.
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Chester suspect admits to fraud
BRATTLEBORO -- A Chester man pleaded guilty Monday to federal fraud charges after he took money from investors who thought they were purchasing car dealerships and used it to buy a car, electronics and expensive artwork. Sean A. Johnson, 41, pleaded guilty to fraud in U.S. District Court in Brattleboro and admitted taking $393,000 intended to purchase dealerships in Morrisville and Waterbury and ...
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CRITIC'S CHOICE
Sight Unseen Art after Minimalism builds omnivorously on all sorts of imagery, even the nonvisual, so Gail Tarantino's elegant "Braille tale" drawings and acrylic paintings at Alta Galleria seem both inspired and somehow inevitable.
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Vintage Ferrari fetches $11 million at auction
ROME (Reuters Life!) - A Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder once owned by U.S. actor James Coburn fetched nearly $11 million at auction, making it the most valuable vintage car ever sold under the hammer, organizers said on Monday.
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Festival is shifting to amateur video contest
BELLINGHAM — Amateur filmmakers listen up — recording the best moments of this year’s Ski to Sea Race is up to you.
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Zowee, Batman! Take that, Peanuts!
Canadian comics hero Seth and master cartoonist Art Spiegelman are helping to curate a new museum show on modern visual-art forms. But a bunch of legends missed the cut
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New Book Features Custom Rigs
5/19/2008 "Ultra-Custom Semi Trucks," a new book by trucking photojournalist Bette S. Garber, offers a close-up look at how a custom semi goes from inspiration to road-ready masterpiece.
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30 Rooms for 30 artists
30 Rooms is an art exhibit, a real estate open house, and a house party. The week-long event takes place at Milepost 5, a new housing development that aims to be an urban artists’ colony. A one-time retirement home, the buildings of Milepost 5 are currently a work in progress. The condos and ...
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Good Life: Your Positive Achievements
Two students from the Visual Arts Program at Ulster County Community College are representing the school at the Spring SUNY Student Art Exhibition at the Plaza Gallery in Albany.
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Bob Hope's personal items to be auctioned
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bob Hope's golf clubs and a letter from Bette Davis are among hundreds of personal items to be sold at auction in October, Julien's Auctions said on Monday.
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World Briefs
Danish art student Nadia Plesner is being sued by the fashion house Louis Vuitton for depicting its handbag on a T-shirt.
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Two semi-finals deemed fairest system
Morena with Gerard James Borg, the author of the song Vodka, at the official opening party. The European Broadcasting Union plans to keep the present format of two semi-finals for the Eurovision Song Contest for the time being because it feels it is the fairest one.
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Finances even at art museum
The Milwaukee Art Museum finished its 2007 operating year with a balanced budget and new acquisitions in contemporary art, photography and Biedermeier objects, according to its annual report, released in conjunction with the museum's annual mee...
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Stuff of Bob Hope will be auctioned
LOS ANGELES -- A foot-high cowboy hat from the movie "Paleface." An autographed photo of Lucille Ball with some teeth blackened out.
El Paso Times |
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Beaverdale couple shed light on ideas for lantern contest
Beaverdale artists Nicole and Eric Shumate have ideas for how Chinese-style lanterns can be used as public art in West Des Moines. The couple are among entrants in a contest for Iowa artists that seeks lanterns as art to be displayed on the city campus in the neighboring community.
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