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Ouch! Gas prices hit all-time high in Massachusetts, motorists feel the pinch
Gas prices in the Bay State jumped to an all-time high after a spike in crude oil prices sent the average price of regular unleaded to $3.389, 19 cents more than last week, according to AAA Southern New England.
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Newark comes to the rescue of Portugal Day Festival
The Portugal Day Festival is on again. Organizers threatened to cancel the state's largest ethnic festival due to lack of communication and support from Newark officials, but council members approved an ordi nance last week that changed that.
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Artistic talents showcased
Winchester — Imaginations were as varied as the styles of artwork on display at a downtown church.
Winchester Star |
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Former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art speaks to SCAD students
The arts world had a lot of James Bonds when Thomas Hoving was the director of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art - and Hoving knew a lot of them.
Savannah Morning News |
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Yale Demands End to Students Performance
Yale University said that it would not allow a senior to participate in a campus art exhibition unless she made a written statement that her ?performance,? in which she repeatedly inseminated herself and then induced miscarriages, was a fiction that she had concocted.
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Methuen: Artist's work livens up new dorms at St. Ann's home
METHUEN — Along the walls of the new dormitory at Methuen's St. Ann's Home are 12 brightly colored, realistic-looking murals that tease the eye, determining what's real and what's fake. There's a painting of a red drum set, with a real black electric guitar and a trumpet hanging next to it. There's a fireplace mural with a real clock above it. There are images of snowcapped mountains and ...
The Eagle-Tribune |
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Tattoo Renaissance
As we slowly entered the era in the 1980s known as the "Tattoo Renaissance," we had no idea what it would become.
The Battalion |
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Lee Rosenbaum's cultural commentary
Memo to the Metropolitan Museum: Does the artworld really need another high-profile showcase for Jeff Koons ' faux inflatables? Is it particularly desirable to borrow two of them from the coveted private collection of Steve Cohen , whose loans have recently been seen enriching just about every New York art museum?
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Sculptor Dowie farewelled
The renowned South Australian artist John Dowie has been farewelled by about 150 of his friends, family and former colleagues at a service in Adelaide.
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Charge Dropped Against Artist in Terror Case
BUFFALO (AP) — A judge on Monday dismissed terrorism-linked charges against a college professor accused of illegally obtaining biological materials for an art exhibit protesting United States government food policies.
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Poetry contest winners to party
The 2008 S.C. Poetry Initiative Single Poem and Book contests are wrapping up this weekend with an awards celebration at the Columbia Museum of Art, at Main and Hampton streets. The free celebration will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday. Guests will be able to tour the Excavating Egypt event and enjoy music, food and poetry. The Book Contest judge, Elizabeth Alexander, will read some of her own ...
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Jacobys give Cummer $1 million boost
The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens is $1 million closer to filling its walls and its land, thanks to a gift from Robert E. and Monica A. Jacoby.
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Connellsville artist's work first in series of courthouse displays
In an effort to showcase the talent of area artists, the Fayette County Courthouse Law Library will be hosting displays featuring the works and creations of local painters, sculpturer, and craftsman.
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Yale demands 'fake' tag for exhibition of abortion art
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Yale University said yesterday it will not install an art project by a student who claims to have filmed herself inducing repeated abortions unless she...
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Photojournalist captures Iraq on brink of, and during, war
[ When the world's attention instantly shifted to New York the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Kael Alford changed her focus, too. She was based in Southeastern Europe at the time and alternating jobs as photography teacher and freelance photographer in war-torn Kosovo.
Athens Banner-Herald |
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Inspired by M’sian fruits
MALAYSIAN fruits feature prominently in the paintings of artist Ho Mimi at her first solo art exhibition.
The Star |
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Jesse James to ride again; Art and Film Festival set for Saturday
After a successful first year, organizers of the Jesse James Art and International Film Festival are looking forward to an even better (and less hot) second year.
News Democrat & Leader |
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Shepherd gears up for syrup festival
Kent Roth looked on as Jim Brugger and Mike Wisneski, two Shepherd Lion's Club volunteers, put the finishing touches on the village's new welcome sign Monday afternoon.
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Fallbrook Community News Briefs: Garden club plans flower show
FALLBROOK ---- The Fallbrook Garden Club's 77th Annual Standard Flower Show will take place from 2 to 6 p.m. April 26 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 27 at the Fallbrook Community Center, 341 Heald Lane. Show chairwomen Judy Farnan, Barbara Russell and Pauline Sechi will present "Nature's Palette." Exhibits from nonmembers are welcome. Show schedules with rules of entry may be obtained from the show ...
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Art school hosts exhibition of grad student Jimena Marín
The Studio Gallery of the School of Art is hosting an exhibition of Texas Tech graduate student Jimena Marín, which runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. every Monday through Saturday in the Art building. The painting and drawing student is one of a few students to display her art in the MFA thesis exhibition.
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The Annual Student Art Show Focuses on Social Issues
The current exhibit on display in the Julio Fine Arts Gallery is Loyola College's Annual Student Art Exhibit. This show includes a number of works by Loyola College seniors and undergraduates currently enrolled in studio arts classes. Included in the show are works done in a variety of mediums, ranging from sculpture to magazine collages.
The Greyhound |
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John Alexander Retrospective at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston
HOUSTON.- John Alexander´s primary focus began with the landscape, and the artist has freely disclosed that the Texas of his early years offered him a broad palette, from "rolling hills and pine forests, salt marsh beaches, and dark, murky bayous" to "rocks, desert, and cactus."
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Sculpture by Jan Lorenc at Torontos Pearson International Airport
TORONTO- Visitors traveling to and from Toronto’s Pearson International Airport will notice a unique icon blending art and advertising. Toronto has become the 22nd international airport to erect a 50 foot tall outdoor sculpture of a hand holding a Samsung branded cell phone.
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Bonhams Opens New Headquarters in Toronto
TORONTO- Bonhams, the international fine art auction house, announced this week that it has taken premises at 20 Hazelton Ave, in the heart of the city's art district, which will provide a home for the company's Canadian HQ.
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Gwon Osang and Choe U-ram: Asia Triennial Manchester 08 at The Manchester Art Gallery
MANCHESTER.- The Manchester Art Gallery opened the exhibit Gwon Osang and Choe U-ram: Asia Triennial Manchester 08 through September 21. See sculptures by contemporary Korean artists Gwon Osang and Choe U-ram at Manchester Art Gallery as part of Asia Triennial Manchester 08.
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