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Travel industry braces for downturn
WASHINGTON -- It seemed like a can't-miss tourist attraction that would pull in visitors to the nation's capital: a new Madame Tussaud's wax museum.
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Pair reel in their town's rich history
Childhood pals Brian Nixon and Alan Scott have made an historical film about their home town. Newcastle - Road To Reinvention will premier this afternoon at the Borough Museum and Art Gallery. The hour-long film shows where ...
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Bob Hope collection to be sold in October
LOS ANGELES -- A cowboy hat from the movie Paleface , an autographed photo of Lucille Ball with some teeth blackened and a money clip from Jack Benny are among Bob Hope's things to be sold at auction.
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The E-List
Where: Havana Theatre, 1212 Commercial Dr. Why: Before this opened, The Museum Project had already been extended at the wonderful Havana Theatre. Short story: Dawn Henderson used an old trick from acting guru Larry Moss to delve further into how a painting had haunted and obsessed her.
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6News video: Second piece of missing Jayhawk sculpture found
One man's trash turns out to be a local business's treasure.
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The $175 burger is a haute handful for rarefied tastes
Forget talk of a recession - the Richard Nouveau, a $175 burger from the Wall Street Burger Shoppe, has set the city's gold standard for conspicuous consumption. Literally. (With photo gallery and video.)
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A Beautiful Blend of Fashion and Art
The obese benefits supervisor painted by Lucian Freud may have brought a higher price at last week's Christie's auction, but it was Andy Warhol's "Double Marlon" that got its own send-off party. Intended to create presale buzz, the party was held in the penthouse at the Soho Grand Hotel and was filled with people from the fashion world: the supermodels Agyness Deyn and Anouck Lepère; designers ...
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What They Wore to the Auction
The answer to the question of which fashions best complement a bidding paddle was on the minds of auction-goers who attended last week's sale of contemporary art at Phillips de Pury, which was preceded a benefit auction for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Artworks by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Damien Hirst, and Takashi Murakami decorated the walls of the spacious 15th Street auction ...
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People today
The stuff of Bob Hope to be auctioned off
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Travel trouble
WASHINGTON - It seemed like a can't-miss tourist attraction that would pull in visitors to the nation's capital: a new Madame Tussauds wax museum.
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Bob Hope memorabilia to be auctioned
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. Nearly 800 items of Hope history, from foolishness to fine art, will be sold to fans and dealers alike at a mid-October charity auction.
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Museum keeps a tree and a mom's memory
Beauty parlor owner Rose Bell Rufus left her life-long home in Texas in 1963 to join her children, who were attending college in New York City. After bouncing from apartment to apartment, she finally put down her permanent roots in the Bronx in 1970.
New York Daily News |
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Michael Paige Sets Stage For Guantanamo Bay Cuba
Astrum Records recording artist Michael Paige has been invited by the US Naval Station of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to perform at its Memorial Day Beach and Music Festival. Michael is providing the troops and their families with a free music download offer to the "Dance" remix. Video footage taken from the event will be brought into Michael's documentary, The Indie Decision. (PRWeb May 20, 2008) ...
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DATEBOOK
Intergenerational Classes: open studio for painting, drawing and pottery, 7 to 8:30 p.m.; quilting, Wednesday and May 28, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Dietrich Theater, 60 E. Tioga St., Tunkhannock. 996-1500.
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A painting for the stage Costume designer Jeanne Crawford sees inspiration in everyday life
Jeanne Crawford was deep into creating water-appropriate costumes for the production of "Metamorphoses" when the phone rang. It was another client with another unusual request.
The Gainesville Times |
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Amesbury school notes: Art show to display students' work
Amesbury Cultural Center in the Millyard.
The Daily News of Newburyport |
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Michael Paige Sets Stage For Guantanamo Bay Cuba
Astrum Records recording artist Michael Paige has been invited by the US Naval Station of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to perform at its Memorial Day Beach and Music Festival. Michael is providing the troops and their families with a free music download offer to the "Dance" remix. Video footage taken from the event will be brought into Michael's documentary, The Indie Decision.
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Museum celebrates an artistic anniversary
Opelousas is known as the home of zydeco music, chef Paul Prudhomme, track gold medalist Rodney Milburn and the Yambilee festival.
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Freud, Bacon works expected to fetch high prices
Works by Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon - the British artists whose paintings sold for record prices last week in New York - are expected to fetch at least 10 million pounds ($19.6 million) each at Christie’s International’s June 30 sale of contemporary art in London, the auction house said.
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Exhibit of marine art drops anchor at the Riverfront
WILMINGTON -- The idea of marine art evokes an image of tossing ocean waves and lobster traps.
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Americans cut back on travel here, abroad
WASHINGTON -- It seemed like a can't-miss tourist attraction that would pull in visitors to the nation's capital: a new Madame Tussauds wax museum.
The News Journal |
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20 May 2008
That Olympism blends sport with culture and education was perfectly demonstrated in last week’s final round of the IOC’s Olympic Sport & Art Contest 2008 as well as in the first ever IOC Sport & Singing Contest.
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New Bacon, Freud paintings under hammer in June
LONDON (AFP) - A triptych of three self-portraits by famed contemporary artist Francis Bacon and a major canvas by Lucian Freud, currently the world's highest-priced living artist, will be sold by Christie's next month, the auction house has said.
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New Bacon, Freud paintings under hammer in June
A triptych of three self-portraits by famed contemporary artist Francis Bacon and a major canvas by Lucian Freud, currently the world's highest-priced living artist, will be sold by Christie's next month, the auction house has said.
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The stuff of Bob Hope to be auctioned in October
A foot-high cowboy hat from the movie "Paleface. " An autographed photo of Lucille Ball with some teeth blackened out. A money clip from...
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