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The French connection
French culture has been synonymous with refinement, beauty, and high culture. For several years now the French Embassy, in association with Alliance Française de Manille cooks up a fabulous festival in celebration of French art and culture in Manila.
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Flights of Fancy Wine Tasting: Stamford June 6th
(WTNH, May 23, 2008) - On Friday, June 6th, the Stamford Museum and Nature Center will host its 11th annual wine tasting. This year's "Flights of Fancy" event is being hosted by our own Matt Scott and supports the museum's many educational programs. Here to tell us more about this event and show us some wines and cook for us is Frank Daniele with Frank and Julio Caterers in Stamford.
WTNH-TV New Haven |
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Arts & Entertainment Briefs
The rich and complex history of quilt making will unfold through the quilts on display in Cal Poly’s University Art Gallery through June 14. Cal Poly’s Art and Design Department is co-curating the show with noted quilt author Carolyn Mazloomi.
The Adobe Press |
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Strawberry Stampede to raise money for youth
Registration is now open for the 22nd annual Strawberry Stampede 5K Run, 10K Run and 5K Walk to be held in conjunction with the Arroyo Grande Strawberry Festival on Memorial Day.
Arroyo Grande Times Press Recorder |
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Fitchburg Art Museum to hold a colored pencil demonstration
FITCHBURG -- Fitchburg Art Museum presents a free demonstration, "Colored Pencil Presentation," by noted still-life artist Nicole Caulfield on Saturday, May 31, from 12 to12:30 p.
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'Malkovich' writer Kaufman makes directing debut
It seems fitting that Charlie Kaufman's directing debut, which offers enough enigmatic ideas to fry viewers' brains, should also come with a title that will twist their tongues. Kaufman, screenwriter of "Being John Malkovich," "Adaptation" and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," presented his directing debut Friday at the Cannes Film Festival with "Synecdoche, New York," the tale of a ...
The Charlotte Observer |
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Brian Wood is Apparently the Best MoCCA Has to Offer
Looking at the line-up of panels and programs at this year's upcoming MoCCA (Museum of Cartoon and Comic Art) Art Festival , I was a little underwhelmed (but not enough to make me disinterested).
New York Press |
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All contents, unless so noted, ©2008 Estes Park Trail-Gazette
Fine arts and crafts fill Bond Park over the Memorial Day weekend when the annual Art Market, hosted by the Art Center of Estes Park, comes to town. Artisans arrive from near and far to celebrate the beginning of the summer season of art in Estes Park.
Estes Park Trail Gazette |
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Charity art project is sensory experience
“Horse Sense” is among 80 life-size fiberglass colts that will be on display on the streets of Lake Geneva this summer as part of the “Horsing Around Town” exhibition to benefit SMILES therapeutic riding center in Darien.
The Janesville Gazette |
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Hot Entertainment Picks: 05/23/2008
Reunion and open house at car ferry; Best of both worlds -- beer and brats; Dancers perform spring concerts; Civic Center to turn into a jungle; Just try to skip this festival; Get your Mario Karts revvin'; Putting for Patriots on Sunday; Portraits and faces for peace; Last 'Sunday Jazz at Sunset' is Sunday
Traverse City Record-Eagle |
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Entertainment In Brief: 05/23/2008
Learn to waltz at dance social; Traveling exhibit opens at Con Foster; Reunion and open house at car ferry; Wild Pony hosts master guitarist; Final 'Last Sunday Jazz at Sunset;' 'Mary in the Morning' wine tour; Pianist will give benefit concert; Filmmaker will be Live! @ the Library
Traverse City Record-Eagle |
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UGA, Tech adjust to higher study-abroad costs
As college students in the United States pack up and head to Europe this summer to attend academic programs, a weak dollar and the high price of oil are making it tougher.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
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Exhibition was art, not pornography
IN January 2005, the Art Gallery of NSW opened a large survey exhibition of photographs by Bill Henson, one of Australia's most internationally renowned artists.
The Australian |
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Gallery raid revives censorship issue
THE prospect of one of the nation's leading photographic artists facing jail has reignited passions about censorship, art and obscenity after police flagged child pornography charges over seized pictures of a 13-year-old girl in a "sexual context".
The Australian |
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Everything is illuminated
ONE of the more pleasant surprises of this year, in terms of exhibitions at least, has been the remarkable success of The Medieval Imagination, a show of illuminated manuscripts at the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne.
The Australian |
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Police seize child nude portraits
THE owners of an art gallery that displayed photos of a naked 13-year-old girl are likely to face criminal charges, along with the award-winning Melbourne photographer.
Herald Sun |
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Police consider photo charges
THE owners of a Sydney art gallery that displayed photos of a naked 13-year-old girl are likely to face criminal charges along with the photographer.
Daily Telegraph |
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Book asks who owns antiquity
"That belongs in a museum!" Indiana Jones was scolding one of his many enemies, the last we heard from the hunky archaeologist, 19 years ago. He has returned to the screen in the much-awaited sequel Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull , and the debate about where antiquities belong is heating up again among Indy's less glamorous, real-world counterparts.
GMA News |
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2 Picasso etchings stolen from Fla. art gallery
PALM BEACH, Fla.—Police say two Pablo Picasso etchings worth a combined $450,000 have been stolen from a gallery in Palm Beach. Authorities responded to an alarm at Gallery Biba at about 3:40 a.m. Thursday.
Public Opinion |
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Rare exhibit of Bhutan art
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 (3,962 meters) above sea level. And where there was no trail, he and two companions grabbed trees to pull themselves up the mountain.
GMA News |
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ArtsJournal: Daily Arts News
That's Art Appreciation A major (and massive) Jeff Koons sculpture that was sold for $1.1m less than a decade ago is going up for auction again, and could fetch more than $25m. The piece, owned by Howard and Cindy Rachofsky of Dallas, will hit the block at Christie's in London at the end of June.
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The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) 05/23/08
Artistic Concern Or Competitive Dust-Up? A well-loved bronze sculpture in downtown Cleveland has been getting some restoration work from a local nonprofit firm.
Arts Journal |
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What's open on Memorial Day?
1. The N.C. Musuem of Art will be closed. The Morehead Planetarium will be open on a Saturday schedule. The Benson Museum of Local History will be closed.
The News & Observer |
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'Translucence' featured at Elegba
Elegba Folklore Society's Cultural Center is exhibiting "Translucence," a show of paintings by Virginia artist Cheryl Clayton. "Her work illustrates the human experience, especially within African-American culture, so the pieces are really accessible," says Elegba founder and artistic director Janine Bell. Of Clayton's piece "This Woman's Work" (shown), Bell says: "We've heard the adage that a ...
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
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Something's fishy at the zoo
"Fin", a 25-foot, 2 ton fiberglass and steel salmon sculpture appears to swallow Patience Hoig, 11, daughter of Jamie and Trisha Bowers of Saginaw, in front of the Children's Zoo at Celebration Square on Thursday afternoon.
The Saginaw News |
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