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Posted 06/05/2008
FESTIVAL By Jenny Poplar Zombie apocalypses, absinthe circuses and space oddities. Oh, my! The annual 2008 DARK ARTS FESTIVAL promises a weekend of devilish pomp, romantic pageantry and noir fun.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
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The Royston Crow
PLANS are beginning to take shape for this year's Royston Arts Festival. And organisers say that events have been expanded and broadened in a bid to appeal across the community.
Royston & Buntingford Crow |
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Yew Dell Gardens to host stone-carving workshop
Children this Saturday will get a chance to learn the art during a workshop at Yew Dell Gardens in Crestwood. They'll learn a three-step process for stone carving and take home a limestone necklace charm.
Louisville Courier-Journal |
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International Olympic Committee names four candidate cities for 2016 Games
A sculpture representing people carring the Olympics rings is seen in front of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne.
TODAYonline |
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Kurtz exhibit inspired by FBI probe
University at Buffalo art professor Steven Kurtz encourages people to draw their own conclusions about his science-based art, which will be on view through July 18 in a Critical Art Ensemble exhibit.
Business First of Buffalo |
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This MUST Be the Place
THE 01SJ Global Festival of Art on the Edge—or 01SJ for short—is not one of those harebrained schemes to "put San Jose on the map," or yet another attempt to alleviate San Jose's inferiority complex.
MetroActive |
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Paintings celebrate libraries, reading
The power of a good book transcends time and space, and in a new installation of oil paintings at the Goodnow Library artist and librarian Randy LeSage has created a series of paintings that capture that ethereal quality in vivid imagery.
The Sudbury Town Crier |
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QUICKSILVER FOX
As we launch into another Bow-Down-to-Hollywood Summer, the Museum of Modern Art offers a series called One-Week Runs that provides big-screen showcases for movies the blockbuster-addicted marketplace won’t accept. This week it’s Marco Bellocchio’s The Wedding Director (showing June 4-9).
New York Press |
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Lima air/hotel, from $499
Take a quick three-night getaway to the Peruvian capital, noted for its archaeological museums and colonial architecture.
MSNBC |
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The Royston Crow
ARTISTS from far and wide will be descending on Fowlmere this weekend as the village school hosts its annual exhibition. The event, which is in its 10th year, will once more be raising funds for the school, and will feature the work of more than 80 artists.
Royston & Buntingford Crow |
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West End Events
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT $"/> $"/>L’Anonyme Lounge: Exhibition of paintings by Stéphanie Prest until mid-August. At 5430 Iberville. $"/> $"/>Gryphon D’Or Team Room: Exhibition of works by Dorothy Grostern until June 30. Hours are Mon., Tues. & Sat. from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wed.-Fri. from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. At 5968 Monkland, NDG. Info: 514-485-7377.
The Suburban |
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Art deco request for additional funding turned down
Rural art deco Maniototo's appeal for more fundingto secure the future of the annual art deco festival has been turned down by the Maniototo Community Board.
Otago Daily Times |
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Arty facts
A look at what's happening in the world of art. Contemporary dance and film troupe Good Company Arts has had its film Soma Songs selected for the TTV Riccione 2008 Performing Arts on Screen International Festival in Italy.
Otago Daily Times |
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Current exhibitions challenge Western perceptions of art
This week James Dignan takes a trip between cultures, looking at Japanese woodblock prints, tibetan carpets and the Pacific as percieved through the colonial lens.
Otago Daily Times |
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Tudhope early motor age pioneer
In this space last week I wrote about Stratford’s purchase of a Brooks steamer from the Orillia Heritage Centre (OHC). That car will now become a main feature in the Stratford-Perth Museum in Western Ontario.
Autonet.ca |
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Artist exhibit, reception today
An exhibit of paintings by Victor Lenuzza will open with a reception from 5:30 to 8 p.m. today in the gallery at the Utica Public Library, 303 Genesee St.
The Observer-Dispatch |
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Fake phone call fooled UBC security in museum heist, police sources say
An experienced jewelry thief may have hoodwinked the University of British Columbia's campus security by telling them to ignore security alarms on the night of last month's multi-million dollar heist at the Museum of Anthropology, CBC News has learned.
CBC British Columbia |
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Library photo contest
Kimble County Library could use your help. A fun photography contest is being held between June 15 and July 15. The organizers, Patsy Hall and Cindy McCoy, want your photographs from all over Kimble County. Look for things that are pretty, things that are fun.
The Junction Eagle |
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29 girls to compete in pageant set to start next Wednesday
The fourth annual Miss Mississippi's Outstanding Teen Pageant will kick off next Wednesday. This year, 29 contestants ages 13-17 will compete for the title. The winner will be crowned June 13.
The Vicksburg Post |
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SIM gallery in Cape Coral to close
The SIM gallery opened in the Shoppes at Cape Harbour in the spring of 2007, welcomed by hundreds of art fans at the grand opening party.
The News-Press |
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Children's Square USA pilots equine program
Andrew Marinkovich-Malone & Co. Photography - Children’s Square USA staff and resident children met with Take Flight Farms personnel Monday to prepare for the pilot program designed to teach troubled youth problem-solving skills while working with horses.
Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil |
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Arts group plans exhibit; finds permanent home
ArtWorks will be welcoming artists to Hillsdale for a short visit. Next time, they’ll be able to stay for as long as they like.
The Hillsdale Daily News |
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False alarm at West Tampa Center for the Arts
An eviction threat is avoided, but bitterness remains.... By Megan Voeller.Maida Millan knew things had hit rock bottom when she started chain smoking. Hours before the opening reception for the last exhibit of the season at the fledgling West Tampa Center for the Arts (WTCA), where Millan serves as executive director, the unthinkable happened: An inspector from the Tampa fire marshal's office ...
Creative Loafing Tampa |
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Forum: Leadership: New Frameworks for the Changing Face of America
Tuesday, June 10... By Leilani Polk.The morning forum "Leadership: New Frameworks for the Changing Face of America" features Patricia Martin discussing her book, RenGen: Renaissance Generation, and a panel discussion with Mary Ann Ferenc of Mise en Place Restaurant, BrandTampa's Julia Gorzka, Tampa Museum of Art's Ken Rollins, Thom Stork of the Florida Aquarium and several others. 8:30 ...
Creative Loafing Tampa |
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“A Problem of Courage”
Kara Hearn’s exhibition at DiverseWorks, “A Problem of Courage,” includes a video installation starring the artist as herself and some 20 other characters. The piece moves from one awkward, slightly tragic moment to the next — with Hearn doing all the acting. “I think I want ...
Houston Press |
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