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Surprise alters renovation plans
The job called for minor repairs and painting at the New Amadore Apartments. What freelance designer Steven P. Magstadt, 30, uncovered in March at the five-story building at Thompson and Owen was far more interesting. The Saginaw News
SATURDAY'S CALENDAR
Greek Festival Hellenic Cultural Center, 1200 Robert E. Lee Blvd. The 35th annual celebration of Greek culture features authentic Greek cuisine, desserts, wine, a marketplace with the latest Greek imports, the Hellenic Dancers, children's Athenian playground, canoeing on the bayou, music, Cathedral tours, a gift shop and more food!, 11 a.m.-11. Admission is $5, free for children younger than 12. New Orleans Times-Picayune
Student's artwork selected in Google contest
Google 'Doodle 4 Google' on the Web, and you can find the artwork of Ames Middle School student Belinda Mahama. Mid-Iowa News
STONE RAISES AIDS $$ AND IRE
ACTRESS turned auctioneer Sharon Stone raised $10 million for AmFAR at its annual gala in Cannes, but she left almost as many mouths gaping as she did wallets. "Her whole speech was about her," fumed one guest. "What she has done, how her crusade... New York Post
Memorial Day: Getting around
•Edmond: Jazz and Blues Festival, 4 to 10:30 p.m. today and 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Stephenson Park, F The Oklahoman
Zoo's animal art gallery a hit with the humans
RACINE — The Racine Zoo held an animal art gallery last Thursday featuring paintings and necklaces created by 25 different zoo animals. The Journal Times
Portrait of the artist
ART LOVERS rejoice! This month, Abu Dhabi will play host to the Middle East’s first major Picasso exhibition. Khaleej Times
fundraiser tma
A generous serving of old-world elegance awaits Tyler Museum of Art patrons as the TMA prepares the settings for its spring fundraiser, “La Table des Artistes – Silversmiths,” to be held in the Museum’s Bell Gallery, 1300 S. Mahon Ave., adjacent to the Tyler Junior College campus. Tyler Morning Telegraph
Presenting the only Cannes awards that really matter: Ours.
CANNES, France—The competition for the Palme d'Or is ongoing as I write, but the story of the 61st Cannes Film Festival is Steven Soderbergh's two-part, four-and-a-half-hour Che—an epic non-biopic that might well have been approved by Roberto Rossellini, envied by Francis Coppola, and ev ... Houston Press
Day 1
At his office Day 5 In his girlfriend's shower Day 51 At the Sculpture Garden Day 313 In a skyway 366 words, 366 days, one Pioneer Press
Blessing to see two Spoletos together
It's Spoleto Festival USA time again when Charleston is in the spotlight and enriched with many art forms. The Post and Courier
City gives museum $1.25 million
Reaction and comments from Friday's museum expansion news conference The Gleaner
A Whale's Tale
Beginning Sept. 27 the first thing visitors will see as they come through the door of the new Ocean Hall at the National Museum of Natural History is a 45-foot whale. Not just any whale, but one named Phoenix, a North Atlantic right whale, a rare and endangered wonder that had been tracked by the... Washington Post
City's Roger Lucas Gallery closing in June
After more than two decades as a fixture in Charleston's art community, Roger Lucas is taking down the pictures and the frames in his gallery. The Roger Lucas Gallery will close its doors for good in late June, but the artist, vocalist and framer will still have plenty to keep him busy. The Charleston Gazette
Afghan treasures once thought to be lost
Afghan treasures that survived the Talibans rule have arrived at the National Gallery of Art, where a remarkable exhibition, opening tomorrow, testifies to their precious beauty. The Washington Times
Elmwood man's maple syrup takes contest's top prize
ELMWOOD - When Steven Wood submitted a sample of his homemade maple syrup for national competition, he didn't expect much. Leader-Telegram
Piccolo Visual Arts
Charleston Kids With Cameras : This ongoing photography mentoring program aims to increase self-esteem in children by encouraging them to explore and interpret their lives, neighborhoods and city creatively in digital images. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays. Through June 13. First Federal, 34 Broad St. The Post and Courier
Money for Museums
These have been good days for art lovers. In Colorado the Aspen Art Museum, home to contemporary art exhibitions, film and video series, has announced that starting on Thursday its admission will be free for the next 10 years, thanks to an undisclosed contribution by John and Amy Phelan. (The admission was previously $5 and under.) The Phelans are members of the museum?s council and part-time ... New York Times
Neutra House Sale Wont Take Place
The $16.8 million sale of a landmark Modernist house by Richard Neutra has been derailed, Christie?s said on Friday. An unidentified bidder bought the 1946 residence, the Kauffmann House in Palm Springs, Calif., above, at Christie?s auction of postwar and contemporary art in New York on May 13. But Marc Porter, president of Christie?s, said in a brief telephone interview on Friday that the deal ... New York Times
2 festive cities celebrate
There was an indefinable feeling of triumph in the air as dignitaries spoke to 1,000 spectators fanning themselves in the noon heat outside Charleston City Hall for the Spoleto Festival USA's 32nd opening. Two mayors of cities across the globe from one another stood smiling with their clasped hands raised together in victory, signifying the reaffirmation of the Sister City Partnership between ... The Post and Courier
Good Morning Lowcountry
Spoleto Festival USA. May 23-June 8. Locations and prices vary. For today's schedule, see Page 1AA. 579-3100. www.spoletousa.org. The Post and Courier
Good news & bad news
With the traditional, if unofficial start of summer upon us, gasoline approaching $4 a gallon and oil company executives recovering from fits of hysteria after testifying before Congress that their record-breaking profits, quarter after quarter, are not out of line with those in other industries — how can they keep from cracking up in the hearing room? — it’s time to plan this year’s vacation ... Centre Daily Times
Soldiering on through history
"War is hell," said Civil War Gen. William T. Sherman, but its grim consequences are only a part of a traveling exhibition of combat photography called "The American Soldier." The Washington Times
Badlands: New Horizons in Landscape Opens at MASS MoCA
Anthony Goicolea, Tree Dwellers. NORTH ADAMS.- From the earliest renderings on cave walls, man has been compelled to depict the world around him. Art Daily
Hello! Fashion: Kansai Yamamoto, 1971 to 1973 at The Philadelphia Museum of Art
Flying Saucer Dress, Spring/summer 1994, (Designed by Issey Miyake, Japanese, born 1938). Polyester plain weave, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Gift of Issey Miyake. Art Daily