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Honoring heroes: Sculpture pays tribute to Company E
Little by little the monument is taking shape. Sculptor Julio Snchez de Alba is creating a bronze memorial paying tribute to Company E, the only all Mexican-American company of World War II ... Related: Read past stories about E Company
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Nashua's NH Images Announces Partnership with Home Hill Inn: pclayman@nhimages.com
Nashua, NH (June 4, 2008) - NH Images Photography announces a partnership with The Home Hill Inn of Plainfield, NH. NH Images President, Peter Clayman explains, "We are very pleased to be partnering with The Home Hill Inn as they reopen and grow their business. ... - Peter Clayman
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Art Fairs Everywhere (An A Downside)
"When art fairs work, and they often do, news of a beautiful painting or a ground-breaking sculpture flashes through a crowd with the excitement and urgency of the first few notes of a Jimi Hendrix guitar solo at Woodstock. But the art-fair explosion has a real dark side, and a real downside."
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ART SHOW CONTINUES TO TAKE ROOT IN VETERANS PARK
Clusters of visitors came to Veterans Park on Sunday for the 42nd Dundalk Art Show and spent the afternoon weaving through vibrant works on display. “We were very pleased. It was a steady crowd all day long,” said Jean Walker, an Art Show Committee member.
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PGA Championship Exhibit opens at the Cranbrook Institute of Science
June 5, 2008 -- BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. -- The PGA Championship History Exhibit presented by RBS, a collection of memorabilia that showcases the winners of the season's final major, was unveiled Wednesday at the Cranbrook Institute of Science.
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Family pays tribute to soldier
Artwork on a motorcycle honors the fallen soldier. By Jerry Hume Posted: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 at 6:44 p.m. ISHPEMING -- A downstate family who lost their son to sniper fire in Afghanistan is remembering his life and service in a special way.
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Web Exclusive James Taylor embraces his inner Red Wing at Meadow Brook
ROCHESTER HILLS -- "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" was a sweeter and more appropriate show-closer than James Taylor probably anticipated on Wednesday night at the Meadow Brook Music Festival.
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Nature photography instruction
The Northwest Iowa Center for Photography, in conjunction with CR Gallery and Lost Island Lake Prairie Wetlands Nature Center, would like to invite interested photographers to sign up for a day of nature photography instruction to be given by Stan Buman, a nature photographer from Carroll.
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Mt. Savage Murals
Mount Savage School eighth-grade student Kylie Williams paints an African jungle theme Wednesday as part of an annual mural painting activity the school has held for the past five years.
Cumberland Times-News |
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David Starkey launches campaign to save Rubens masterpiece
David Starkey, the historian and television presenter, is leading a campaign to save a Rubens masterpiece for the nation.
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Delta Air Lines to Transport Internationally Acclaimed Exhibition, Breaking the Veils: Women Artists From the Islamic ...
ATLANTA, June 5, 2008 -- Delta Air Lines today announced it will transport the internationally-acclaimed art exhibition, Breaking the Veils: Women Artists from the Islamic World, on the airline's inaugural flight from Amman, Jordan to New York's John F.
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Photo gallery: Potter School Art Festival
At George H. Potter Elementary School, Dartmouth, Wednesday, June 4, 2008.
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Sign & Sight 05/28/08
Words About Art That Mean Nothing? "Most texts which accompany contemporary art production are so alarmingly twisted and woolly that they could easily pass for self-parody. Texts on art rarely explain what they profess to explain; they simply simulate the explainability of their theories."
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You don't sell a Tom Thomson
Celeste Scopelites winces and then smiles. Clearly, I'm not the first to have suggested this course of action. Last Saturday, a specialist from Joyner Waddington was at the Art Gallery of Sudbury for Appraisal Day, a type of Antique Roadshow event where the public brought in their [...]
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Thursday, June 5, 2008
French police recovered four paintings, including a Monet landscape, that were stolen by masked gunmen in August from a museum on the French Riviera, judicial officials have said.
Deccan Herald |
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Gallery bids to block sale of Rubens work
LONDON (Reuters) - The Tate Britain gallery appealed on Thursday for funds to buy an important sketch by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens valued on the open market at just over 11 million pounds.
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Brad Pitt Goes Incognito at Art Show
The actor – who is expecting twins with Angelina Jolie – slips off to Switzerland
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Photo: Traditional display
Anna Brown Ehlers talks Wednesday about the Chilkat blanket that won Best of Show in the traditional category of the Juried Art Show, sponsored by Sealaska Heritage Institute. Della Cheney won Best of Show in the contemporary category.
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Inspired by Diabetes U.S. National Contest Winners Share Stories of Perseverance and Success in Managing Diabetes
Drawing cartoons to help people manage the psychological challenges of diabetes was not where Theresa Garnero -- a San Francisco-based nurse -- thought her career path would lead her.
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Antique Street Festival scheduled this weekend
From a live auction to a fish fry to antiques on the streets, Downtown Benton Inc. members are ready to wow a large audience this weekend.
Benton Evening News |
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Museums receive Heritage grants
Two museums in the East can extend their collections after being awarded Heritage Lottery Fund grants.
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Ojai Calling
THE REICH STUFF: Given that the justifiably world-famous Ojai Music Festival has played host to many “serious music” greats of the past century — including Igor Stravinsky, Aaron Copland, Pierre Boulez (multiple visits), Olivier Messiaen, Gyorgy Ligeti, and Gyorgy Kurtag, etc. — it’s surprising to learn that this year’s Steve Reich focus is Reich’s first Ojai visit since 1973.
Santa Barbara Independent |
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Civil War programs continue at Heritage Center
The traveling exhibition "Hoofbeats in the Heartland: Civil War Cavalry" from the Tennessee State Museum, is open at the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. It explores the impact of mounted warfare in the state during the Civil War.
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A prestigious honor all her own
With only a few weeks left in the school year, Browns Valley Elementary School fifth-grader Stephanie Wilkie still is accumulating awards. The latest is a prestigious honor granted to only one student in each state. In the past year, Wilkie has won the Kid Fest art and essay contest for the 10-12 age division, won first place in The Reporter's Campus Star newswriting category as well as an
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JVC Jazz Festival New York Returns to Carnegie Hall and Zankel Hall for 11 Concerts
All-star Line-up Includes Herbie Hancock, Joo Gilberto, Jill Scott, Chris Botti, Mos Def Big Band with Gil Scott-Heron, Al Green, Dianne Reeves, Dick Hyman & More!
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