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Husband admits he killed art-student wife
A Minneapolis man who killed his wife then coolly hopped a cab to the airport for a business trip to New York will be sentenced June 23. Matthew Lawrence Gretz pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Monday, just as his trial was to begin in the killing of his wife, art student Kira Simonian.
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Washington DC
Article History This is the latest version. The 11th annual National Queer Arts Festival opened Sunday with a taste of wonder on the walls and in the halls of SomArts on Brannan Street.
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Showbiz’s other beauty queens
• ELAINE ALBENT GAMBOA — She joined the 1955 Miss Philippines pageant won by Yvonne delos Reyes, our country’s delegate in the 1955 Miss Universe contest. Elaine appeared in Bondying (1954) topbilled by Fred Montilla.
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Museum open door to unseen stories
More than 100 people lined up for the behind-the-scenes tours of Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery in Alexandra on Sunday. A large, old cash register fascinated visitors, some of whom could remember the time when they were used.
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June gallery show
Gallery ‘N’ Gifts announces its June gallery show entitled “Equine Art.” Featured artists...
Tehachapi News |
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Phila. Museum of Art CEO d'Harnoncourt dies
Anne d'Harnoncourt, director and CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, died early Monday, the museum said.
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Covington commands the catwalk
The crowd grows quiet as the lights dim, and the runway is illuminated. Upbeat music begins to play, cameras are flashing in all directions, and models parade the runway. This is not a high- profile fashion show in New York City. It is Heathwood Hall Episcopal School's Cleveland Covington's senior exhibition presentation.
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Arts council to open collective gallery downtown
The former Corner Printing building in downtown Springfield has picked up a new tenant - actually, at least a dozen tenants, who will be part of Springfield Regional Arts Council's new collective art gallery.
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Play With Your Food
One of the new, exciting trends in the culinary and entertainment world is the art of fruit and vegetable carving. This ancient art turns simple produce into beautiful masterpieces. The Food Network has had several fruit and vegetable carving challenges in the past, where participants have turned carved produce into amazing, five- foot-high centerpieces.
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It's happening right here in your community
-ART Columbia Museum of Art is offering a variety of summer camps for children ages 4- 14. 343-2163 City Art Gallery presents School's Out VI: Emerging Artists of the Southeast April 24- May 31. www.cityartonline.
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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-06-02 17:49 Philadelphia Museum of Art CEO Anne d'Harnoncourt dies at 64
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The longtime chief executive of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and one of the art world's most influential women has died.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art CEO Anne d'Harnoncourt dies at 64
(AP:PHILADELPHIA) The longtime chief executive of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and one of the art world's most influential women has died. Anne d'Harnoncourt was 64.
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N.J.'s USGA Museum aims to be 'the Cooperstown of golf'
A museum aspiring to be "the Cooperstown of golf" reopens Tuesday after a nearly $20 million expansion.
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Festival of the Arts kicks off June 6 in downtown GR
Grand Rapids Festival of the Arts 2008 is just around the corner, kicking off June 6. Organizers say this year's Festival will feature all of the activities from previous years' events plus some new attractions.
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Long Beach Blues Festival, New Venue and Chuck Berry, Sly Stone Headlining
Chuck Berry and Sly & the Family Stone are the headliners ofwill headline the 29th annual Long Beach Blues Festival, set to take place Saturday and Sunday, August 30 and 31, 2008 at a brand new locationvenue.
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The Week: June 2-5, 2008
Summer heat is finally here, arriving with a broad slate of live music to kick off June. The Isthmus Jazz Festival get started this week, following shows by The Nels Cline Singers, Sheryl Crow, The Silos, Innerpartysystem, and Landmines. Also on slate is the Art of Note auction at the Madison Club, a Francis Plaza public art presentation, talks by Binka Le Breton as well as Eric Sherman and Dave ...
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Minneapolis man pleads to killing his art-student wife
The husband of Kira Simonian, the Minneapolis art student who had been beaten and stabbed to death, today pleaded guilty to second-degree intentional murder.
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Teetertots Thursday at children’s museum
Discovery Depot will hold Teetertots from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Toddlers and their families may explore art, science, math and language through crafts and activities. Admission is free for this program. For more information, call the museum at 344-8876.
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Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog
A couple of weeks ago I signed up for Facebook and Twitter. One of the first thing both sites asked me to do was to upload a picture of myself. Well, that seemed a little overly familiar, so I supplied both with a fantastic 1906 Matisse self-portrait from the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen.
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Anne d'Harnoncourt, 64
"One of the most powerful women in the modern art world, d'Harnoncourt had spent more than half of her lifetime at the Philadelphia Museum. She joined the PMA staff in 1972, became director in 1982, and succeeded Robert Montgomery Scott in 1996 as the museum's chief executive.
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Local Design Artist Inspires Students
MEDFORD--Byzantine wood carving has been around for thousands of years, and one local artist's success is proving he's a cut above the rest. Newsline Nine's Natalie Sparacio introduces us to Nathan Meyer, of Medford, a man whose artistic talents can be seen around the country.
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Opening was picture perfect
NILES - As an art form - photography is part watchful eye and part focused lens. Part observation and part action. A photograph may capture that which happens in just a blink of an eye - but it also captures the person behind the lens - the photographer, with every shot.
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Farmers’ market gets new location, festival feel
The farmers’ market will have a new location, new times, a new festival feel, new events and new organizers on Tuesday but one thing will be old hat for the event — locally-grown, quality produce.
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A Californian sculptor has won first place for a piece called "Pan With His iPod". Sculptor Adam Reeder seized first place for the sculpture in The San Francisco Academy of Art University's Annual Spring Show. The piece is part of a larger body of work that aims to explore how technology changes the way western culture interacts with its world.
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This year’s prizes awarded to local high school writers
Nanaimo - “Sixty-eight Writes”, a locally developed non-profit writing contest for high school students in School District #68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith) has awarded prizes to excellent young writers for the second year running.
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