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500 students to perform at district choir show
HUNTLEY - This Thursday, Heineman Middle School choir teacher Emily Moore, along with Marlowe Middle School's Adrianne Gallaugher and Huntley High School's Nancy Cross, will put together the district's fourth annual All-District Choral Festival.
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Sea Dogs Set to Giveaway A Wedding At Hadlock Field To One Lucky Couple
Portland, Maine- The Portland Sea Dogs have teamed up with Q 97.9 FM, Day's Jewelers, JetBlue Airways, and Clare Norton Photography to giveaway a wedding at Hadlock Field.
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Rare exhibit of Buddhist paintings, sculpture from Bhutan
HONOLULU Assistant curator John Johnston scaled steep cliffs for seven hours to reach a bronze sculpture of a Buddha at a small Himalayan monastery 13,000 feet above sea level.
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Rare exhibit of Buddhist paintings, sculpture from Bhutan
HONOLULU - Assistant curator John Johnston scaled steep cliffs for seven hours to reach a bronze sculpture of a Buddha at a small Himalayan monastery 4,000 metres above sea level. And where there was no trail, he and two companions grabbed trees to pull themselves up the mountain.
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A screen as canvas
In 1965, pioneering video artist Nam June Paik made the bold statement that "just as the collage technic has replaced oil paint, the cathode ray tube will replace the canvas." Like any provocation, it has not aged well as the passage of time has whittled away at its importance. Traditional canvases continue to offer pregnant possibilities for contemporary artists, and the history of oil paint ...
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A life on the streets
'I'm not always a stray dog. Sometimes I'm a cat," says Daido Moriyama. "Or an insect." A stray dog with piercing eyes and a hint of a snarl may be the most famous of the monochrome images captured by the Japanese master of black and white photography. And as Moriyama nears his 70th birthday, it is clear that his feral days of roaming the streets, camera in hand, are not yet over. Read the ...
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A New Art Lover Shells Out $120M
22 May 2008 By Jill Lawless / The Associated Press LONDON -- Two days, two modern art masterpieces, two record-breaking auction prices -- and one buyer: billionaire Roman Abramovich.
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Student Wins Right to Use Scripture Reference in Art Piece
A student who was assigned a 'zero' and penalized with disciplinary action after he wrote a scripture reference on a piece of artwork won a settlement Tuesday in what was a celebration of freedom for Christians ...
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"James Marshall (Dalek): Overweight"
With their vast spectrum and geometric shapes, the untitled oil paintings in James Marshall’s “Overweight” at Irvine Contemporary are like secular stained-glass windows, with a touch of street flair.
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Hope for village destroyed by earthquake
Two weeks from now, the winding mountain road to the Yinghua monastery was to be thronged with thousands of pilgrims - a joyous local festival celebrating one of Sichuan's most scenic walks.
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Rare exhibit of Buddhist paintings, sculpture from Bhutan
Assistant curator John Johnston scaled steep cliffs for seven hours to reach a bronze sculpture of a Buddha at a small Himalayan monastery 13,000 feet above sea level. And where there was no trail, he and two companions grabbed trees to pull themselves up the mountain.
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Photographer's images capture heady days of jazz
Herb Snitzer's photography shows there's more than one way to record a jazz musician. His photographs capture for the eyes what music does for the ears, freezing moments to allow for replay later.
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LHS junior's art featured on Mountain Dew
Lowndes County - A Lowndes High student is giving her school and football team some national exposure. Junior Tabitha Longbreak won a contest Pepsi contest to create art work honoring their championship teams.
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Selections Announced for Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Play Festival
The 33rd annual Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Short Play Festival, featuring a selection of 40 plays, will begin July 15 at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre.
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Kenya: Sculptor Ready to Let 'Ibis' Fly Off for Sh2.5 Million
The forlorn eucalyptus sculpture on show at the Village Market in Nairobi has great sentimental value to the sculptor . He wants to sell it, but reluctantly.
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Afghanistan's hidden treasures go on display in US
WASHINGTON (AFP) - More than 200 ancient artifacts from Afghanistan, many of which were believed lost to posterity as the country was rocked by decades of war, this week begin a tour of US museums with an exhibition at Washington's National Gallery.
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Afghanistan's hidden treasures go on display in US
More than 200 ancient artifacts from Afghanistan, many of which were believed lost to posterity as the country was rocked by decades of war, this week begin a tour of US museums with an exhibition at Washington's National Gallery.
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MOCA to remain downtown at least through end of year
The Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson will remain a fixture in the heart of downtown this year, tucked between Little Café Poca Cosa and the Joel D. Valdez Main Library.
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Superbowl 2012: What to Expect
Lucas Oil Stadium, new home to the Indianapolis Colts, will be the scene of the NFL opener September 7th between the Bears and the Colts.
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'They were the perfect team'
ELLENSBURG – Former Ellensburg resident Marilyn Krueger remembers the late John Clymer telling her about his wife, Doris Clymer, and the important role she played in his well-known Western art paintings on historic subjects.
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Killer cat strikes again!: High Desert Museum turns a blind eye to cat menace
Last week I gave the High Desert Museum the glad hand for the many things they are doing to further conservation of our natural and cultural resources. The principal subject was the excellent work they are doing with spotted owl reproduction with captive owls. In my opinion, the spotted owl work the High Desert Museum is doing is akin to the art and science carried out with the (once nearly ...
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Peer gets all wrapped before art school show
Have you heard the one about the peer, the art student, and the bubble-wrap? As president of Glasgow Art School Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden likes to get wrapped up in his work.
The Herald |
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NASA's 50th Anniversary Inspires Smithsonian Traveling Art Exhibit
NASA's 50th Anniversary Inspires Smithsonian Traveling Art Exhibit
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ART: Write Me Some Letters
Organizing an art exhibit around works that incorporate words casts a wide net.
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Headliners Announced for Two Concerts During Philadelphia's Sunoco Welcome America! Fourth of July Festival
PHILADELPHIA, May 21, 2008 -- Revelers in town for Sunoco Welcome America!, Philadelphia's annual Independence Day celebration, can enjoy two evenings of free concerts during the festival, which runs from Saturday, June 28 through Sunday, July 6.
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