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Reggae, tribal and jazz hit UCLA
The 22nd annual JazzReggae Festival returns to the campus's intramural athletic field Sunday and Monday
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More than 75 artists are slated to participate in the juried art show with many also providing live demonstrations of their work. On display will be paintings, drawings, collage, photographs, fine prints, sculpture, and stained glass.
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LOS GATOS THINGS TO DO: Cruise to 'T Bird Summer' or hear the symphony
Artist Riki R. Nelson, who is best known for her depictions of Jazz on the Plazz performers, has a new exhibit at the Peabody Fine Art Gallery, 11 N.
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Austrian President To Inaugurate Archaeological Exhibition In Istanbul
ISTANBUL - Austrian President Heinz Fischer will inaugurate an archaeological exhibition in Istanbul that showcases findings from the excavation of the temple of Artemision at Efes (Ephesus) which is known as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
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Curator quizzed over 'Forbidden' exhibit
Prosecutors have summoned a curator at Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery for questioning about a 2007 exhibit criticized for inciting religious hatred.Andrei Yerofeyev, head of the gallery's contemporary art department, has been ordered to appear before the Tagansky District Prosecutor's Office to answer questions regarding his role as curator of the Forbidden Art exhibit, The Moscow Times reported ...
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Pushkin Museum's Major Expansion - Is It A Good Idea? "According to the plan, the museum's exhibition space will be quadrupled to about 428,000 square feet.
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Husky's 10-metre miss
Drawing bitumen from oil sands using steam drainage is tricky. And if the well is not drilled precisely, it can be a costly failure
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Cordele gearing up for festival
By BECKY CRISSMANbecky.crissman@gaflnews.comCORDELE — It’s time for the main event, and we don’t mean World Wrestling Federation style. The days of the melon are almost here as Cordele gets ready to kick off the 59th Watermelon Days Festival which is scheduled this year for June 13- 21.
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Curator quizzed over 'Forbidden' exhibit
MOSCOW, May 21 (UPI) -- Prosecutors have summoned a curator at Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery for questioning about a 2007 exhibit criticized for inciting religious hatred.
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‘Martian Spaceship’ proves a winner
A Martian Spaceship was all Tifton resident Gene Senkbeil and his Donalsonville friend Chuck Orrick needed to win Best In Show at the Southeast Electric Flight Festival held the first week of this month. Senkbeil and Orrick’s Martian Spaceship competed against over 400 other contestants at the largest remote-control electric fly-in in the world held at Hodges Field in Andersonville, S.C.
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Husky's 10-metre miss
CALGARY — Husky Energy Inc. officially opened its $500-million Tucker oil sands project in October, 2006, on time and slightly under budget – a rarity in northeastern Alberta.
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Cultural Center steps into summer
THOMASVILLE — Celebrate the arrival of summer with the return of a favored art exhibit. The 19th annual Summer Showcase at Thomasville Cultural Center features an exhibition of accepted works in the main galleries, plus an invitational exhibit in the hallway and permanent galleries.
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Rejuvenated Scream back on display
A version of Edvard Munch's expressionist masterpiece The Scream is back on public display some four years after it was stolen from a museum in Norway.
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LONDON - Members of Sotheby's auction house adjust a painting entitled "Study for Head of George Dyer" (1967) by Anglo-Irish artist Francis Bacon on May 21, 2008 in central London.
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Lydia Perkins took first place, winning $500 for her acrylic painting, ‘‘Worthington Manor;” Russell Andrews earned second place ($200) for his oil painting, ‘‘Church on Easter Sunday;” and Laura Peters won third place ($100) for her acrylic painting, ‘‘Memories.”
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Tobery, an art teacher at Oakdale Middle School in Ijamsville, said the news was especially meaningful after the recent deaths of a Linganore High School alumni and a colleague at Urbana High School.
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10:40 a.m. - Guma Mami art exhibit, auction May 30
10:45 a.m., May 22 — Guma' Mami Inc. presents its ninth art exhibit, "Creative Spirits," from 6 to 9 p.m. May 30 at the CarsPlus showrooms in Maite. Featured will be art by people with disabilities, and a silent auction of art donated by Guam's local artists.
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LONDON - A massive new street art commission is applied to the river facade of the Tate Modern gallery on May 21, 2008 in London. This is the first major public museum display of street art in London, presenting the work of six internationally acclaimed artists.
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'New era' for museum hailed at new wing's groundbreaking
Drizzle did nothing to dispel the high spirits in a tent on the north lawn of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, May 16, where guests celebrated the groundbreaking for the museum's long-awaited 16,000-square-foot wing.
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Rainforest music enters new decade
AFTER its rousing 10th anniversary celebration last year, Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) is entering a new decade with the promise of a value-added experience.
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Traffic stopper
Bill and Jan McFeeters’ motor museum is taking shape, and attracting plenty of attention from passing highway travellers. Local contractors have been busily helping construct the motor museum this week, lifting sheets of roofing metal into place, installing glass and pouring concrete.
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Regina firefighters respond to small fire at T.C. Douglas Building
A small fire Wednesday afternoon at the T.C. Douglas Building on Albert Street South forced several floors of government employees and Mackenzie Art Gallery staff to vacate the building.
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Ethereal Reflections
Intricate patterns created by reflected light are the focus of an exhibit at McKay Imaging Photography Studio & Gallery in Red Bank. "Ethereal Reflections," the first solo exhibit of photographs by Rande Johnson, opens Friday and will run through June 19 at the Monmouth Street gallery.
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Renowed Chinese Artist Holds Exhibit to Benefit China Earthquake Victims
HONOLULU (KHNL) -- Renowned Chinese artist Zhai Mo is using his talent to help the victims of the China earthquake. Mo is exhibiting his artwork and promises to donate proceeds from his paintings to the American Red Cross to benefit the earthquake victims.
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Old First Church donates artifacts to Springfield museums
SPRINGFIELD - Historically significant objects that were believed lost to Springfield forever after an April 25 auction are back in the city for good.
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