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Museum plans teas, events related to Juneteenth
A reception for artists exhibiting in Continuing the Tradition: Celebrating...
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ARTS & CULTURE
How would you feel if you were a rock, and why do you think Sylvester is a donkey? These questions and more will be addressed at a unique program called the Picture Book Circle , a series of picture-book readings for children at the Judah L. Magnes Museum in Berkeley.
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a talented bunch
CALLING all fashion, accessories and photography students: Diesel is searching for the world's best talent as part of the International Talent Support competition - and there's a big prize up for grabs.
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NGA helping police over Henson works
Ron Radford, the director of the National Gallery of Australia, has confirmed the institution is helping police with investigations into photographs by Bill Henson.
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Randolph College’s ‘Troubadour’ sells for $7.2 million
The 1945 Rufino Tamayo oil painting known locally as the cornerstone of Randolph College’s limited Latin American collection was sold to an anonymous phone bidder in a Christie’s auction Wednesday evening for a record-breaking $7,209,000.
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Around the bubbler: What's on tap this week
Frolic in Mount Horeb Beer tents, bingo and bands, oh my! The small-town festival circuit gets under way in full force this weekend with the Mount Horeb Summer Frolic. The carnival begins tonight at Grundhal Park, 401 Blue Mounds St., and runs through Sunday. Live music includes Madison County on Friday; the Sled Dogs, Dave Steffen and Super Tuesday on Saturday; and Staff Infection and the Blue ...
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Milton Academy seventh-grader takes second place in museum essay contest
The Peabody Essex Museum recently honored Osaremen Okolo, a seventh-grade student at Milton Academy, for writing an essay titled “The Diary of Huang Ai.”
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Gallery to show artist’s oil paintings
NEWPORT — The Perry County Council of the Arts announces an exhibition of oil paintings by Jonathan Frazier from Tuesday June 3 through Saturday June 28 at the Council’s Gallery at 1 South Second St. A reception is scheduled for Friday June 13, from 7 to 9 p.m.
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Slacker MySpace DJ Search Winner to Receive Personal Backyard Concert From Indie Rock Band Sherwood
Slacker, Inc., the world's first Personal Radio company, today announced Tim Lynch as the winner of its MySpace-based DJ Search Contest. The DJ Search Contest asked Slacker listeners and MySpace friends to submit their customized Slacker radio station with the creator of the best station receiving a backyard concert from MySpace Records artist Sherwood and a Slacker prize package including a 40 ...
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NGA helping police over Henson works
The director of the National Gallery of Australia, has confirmed the institution is helping police with investigations into photographs by Bill Henson.
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Arts Center offers works by locals
The Prima Vera exhibit at the Visual Arts Center in Punta Gorda offers visitors an opportunity to step inside out of the heat and allow their imagination to sense the chill of snow in Ralph Washicheck's oil painting "Wintery Breakfast" or the cool mountain air in Ronald Smith's oil "Alpine Goats."
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Look who's coming for Salmon Festival!: All-Canadian offering features veteran rockers and Trailer Park Boys
This year's Salmon Festival concert will have something for everyone. And with Ricky, Julian and Bubbles from the Trailer Park Boys hosting the event, it promises to be a day to remember for concert-goers.
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Caption Competition
It's week two of the new, revitalised contest and to get your creative juices going, a picture by the late Beryl Cook.
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T-shirt design winners announced
The official 2008 Walleye Weekend T-shirt designers have been chosen for this years festival.
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Art
"The Second Dimension: Painters (and Friends) Look at Pottery," at the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi through May 31 and includes paintings, original prints, mosaics and raised reliefs. The show is the second part of a themed series of spring exhibits at Ohr-O'Keefe; the first, "Photographers on Painting," is currently on display at the museum's transitional location at the Swetman House.
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Auctions used to fight condo bloat
Other communities have used auctions to fight condo bloat. Now it's Atlanta's turn. The developer of Tribute Lofts, the contemporary condominium complex at Boulevard and Freedom Parkway, plans to auction 40 units June 22 at the Omni Hotel downtown. The event comes less than a year after Tribute Lofts opened. "This is not a distress or foreclosure sale — it's simply a new way to market our ...
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Mills & Boon - a literary love affair
When Arrows from the Dark rolled hot off the press in 1909, a publishing phenomenon was born. Sophie Cole's novel marked the birth of Mills & Boon, and started a tradition that has seen the publishing house become a byword for mass-market romantic fiction. Now a collection of books and their evocative cover art has been brought together for the Mills & Boon Centenary Exhibition.
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Top entertainment picks
The Northern Colorado Weaver Guild Fiber Celebration and The City of Fort Collins Pottery Studio's presentation of Jim Klingman and Maynard Tischler The Lincoln Center is hosting to two new art exhibits: The Northern Colorado Weavers Guild Fiber Celebration and The City of Fort Collins Pottery Studio's presentation of Jim Klingman and Maynard Tischler. Both shows are through June 24 in the ...
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Art group logo still being tweaked By RYAN HORNS
The Union County Cultural pARTnership logo design contest has come down to two entries. At the Tuesday morning meeting, members passed around numerous contest entries from artists in the county. The deadline for the contest was May 23.
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Charity gala feels a chill blowing from Wall Street
The Robin Hood Foundation's annual auction made less than last year, when Wall Street was doing better than it is now. But a $56.5 million haul still isn't bad.
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Rock Legends' Stuff On Block This Weekend
The auction's proceeds will go to a group helping musicians victimized by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. It will be held at the Hard Rock Cafe in Manhattan. Among those whose memorabilia will be featured are The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and The Edge.
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AReal Animal From Austin
Alejandro Escovedo has built an underground following that's sure to be coming out of the woodwork this summer to see him in all kinds of places as he hits the road in support of his latest, Real Animal . Escovedo kicks off his trek June 7 at the Wakarusa Music Festival in Lawrence, Kan., and has dates on the books through August, playing everything from NBC's "Today" show and "Late Night with ...
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SOUTH Manchester’s Nepalese community is gearing up for a huge cultural festival in the city centre.
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Al-Sorayai Group secures a large chunk of DOMOTEX Dubai cake
Al-Sorayai Trading & Industrial Group, one of the Middle East's largest carpet manufacturers and exporters, has wound up its high-profile participation in the third DOMOTEX Middle East Dubai, the only dedicated floor coverings and carpet exhibition in the Middle East and North Africa region.
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TOTAL Lubricants Middle East teams up with Al Maha
In a landmark association bringing two reputed brands together, TOTAL Lubricants Middle East joined hands with Al Maha to inaugurate Car Wash and Rapid Oil Change centers across all Al Maha fuel stations.
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