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Solana Beach Reads features award winning book: The Devil’s Highway
Solana Beach Reads – a month long one-book, one-city project presented by Friends of Solana Beach Library features award-winning author Luis Alberto Urrea’s The Devil’s Highway . The project features a wide array of scheduled special events and activities relating to the book: film showings, book discussions, an art exhibit, panel discussions, and an evening with the author.
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UWSP offering summer classes for youth
Several fine arts classes are being offered for youth this summer through the Arts and Culture Outreach program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point . Two art classes, taught by Linda Mathes, will meet on the UWSP campus from July 21-31, Monday through Thursdays except for Thursday, July 24. Both classes are seven sessions and cost $69 for materials and instruction. Mixed Media ...
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Main Street Gallery silent auction to benefit humane society
Down the Street Art Gallery, 703 W. Main St., invites everyone to join them Friday, June 6 for a silent auction to benefit the Payson Humane Society.
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Human Rights Watch Festival Announces Schedule, Inaugural Youth Program
Co-presented by Human Rights Watch and the Film Society of Lincoln Center , the 19th annual Human Rights Watch International Film Festival will run from June 13 to 26, featuring 19 feature-length films and 13 shorts from 20 countries, including 31 New York premieres.
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"Very Special Arts of Ohio's Accessible Expressions" exhibit on display through June 30
Inner I Gallery: "Very Special Arts of Ohio's Accessible Expressions" exhibit on view at 81 E. Main St., Xenia, through June 30. The 25-piece show features works of disabled artists. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday; (937) 376-3996.
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Teaneck HS drivers-ed students took a test drive in the district's new impaired simulation vehicle, an innovative approach to combat DWI. Kindergartners share masterpieces inspired by famous artists at the third annual Museum of Makowski Art at Donald A. Quarles Early Childhood Center.
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Young at art
Kindergartners wearing sunglasses and berets shared masterpieces inspired by famous artists as they served cheese and crackers, strawberries and sparkling cider at the third annual Museum of Makowski Art exhibition last night at Donald A. Quarles Early Childhood Center in Englewood.
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Rare books, including one from 900 A.D., on display at KSU
Come face to face — literally — with a volume of the first Mayan book made in 1,000 years at Kennesaw State University's new rare book exhibition. The eerie face with hollow eyes appears on the cover of a book constructed in 1997 out of recycled and natural materials such as crushed marigolds. It's too fragile to open, but visitors can peek inside other rare books in the exhibition "Book Art; ...
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Sand Sculptures Spring Up Along Missouri
Seventeen corporate teams were carving their sand structures on Friday.
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Openings
Sheldon Museum of Art, 12th and R, Lincoln (402.472.2461) — Peace, Love and the Psychedelic Sixties opens June 6, with a reception from 5-7 p.m. Work from the museum’s permanent collection gives viewers a glimpse into a season of change in American history.
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'Yart' on sale in Covington tonight
COVINGTON – Have you ever bought “Yart”? Leapin Lizard Gallery and Enchanted Florist shop will be happy to sell you some tonight, during Covington’s First Friday Gallery Hop.
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Lemon Tree of Aberdeen is set to blossom with a boost from Hollywood
Aberdeen's new-look Lemon Tree will be opened on June 20 by Alan Cumming, the Hollywood actor, after it was saved from extinction by a newly formed charitable trust. A weekend of events will follow, including a headline performance by King Creosote, the Fife folk artist.
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Equality control
By his own account, James Campbell, a former art teacher at a Stirlingshire secondary school, was given a terrible time over his baldness. The schoolchildren subjected him to so much teasing and bullying that he could not do his job properly.
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Main Street Art and Music Festival set for Saturday
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Arts festival underway downtown
Organizers of the 47th Columbus Arts Festival didn't order any handheld fans to give away this year. Luckily, they had 20,000 left over from last year.
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Monkey Around With Curious George: Let’s Get Curious! at The Children’s Museum of Memphis
The Childrens Museum of Memphis is hosting Curious George: Lets Get Curious! June 14 - September 28. The insatiable curiosity of Curious George - the little monkey who has captured the imagination and hearts of millions of children and adults for 65 years - comes to life in this exhibit that introduces children to Curious Georges world and leads visitors on a fun, meaningful interactive math, ...
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Lincolnville observatory attracts amateur astronomers
LINCOLNVILLE — Jacob Gerritsen’s hobby of astrophotography has added a new dimension to local stargazing and amateur astronomy.
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Festival blog: Rain falls, art museums stay open
Press entertainment reporters will blog from Grand Rapids' Festival of the Arts the entire weekend. The freshest items will appear at the top. So come back to mlive.com/grpress to keep up with what's happening at Festival.
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5 free things to do this weekend
TALENT OF TOMORROW: Tomorrow's Mozarts and Beethovens may be discovered at the Pikes Peak Young Composers Concert - sponsored by the Colorado College Summer Music Festival and Colorado College Summer Festival of the Arts - 7:30 p.m. tonight at CC's Packard Hall, 5 W. Cache La Poudre St.
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Challenge of soaring oil prices
Early in January this year the world was shaken when crude oil touched $100 a barrel. The frightening prospect of oil prices hitting $200 a barrel looms large. That dreadful day was not expected before 2010.
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RIAA honors Jewel for 18 million in US album sales
Jewel has been honored by the Recording Industry Association of America with a career milestone plaque commemorating sales of more than 18 million albums in the U.S. Jenny Alves, RIAA's coordinator of artist industry relations, surprised the 34-year-old singer Thursday as she prepared to sign autographs at the Country Music Association festival. "This is awesome. Thank you so much," said ...
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Around Rim Country/Community Almanac
The Strawberry Festival features arts and crafts, food vendors, music, games, a vintage vehicle and antique tractor display. The event will be held June 7 and 8 at the Pine Community Center. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and admission is free.
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Cheap dates
Torpedo Factory lecture series Friends of the Torpedo Factory Art Center present sculptor Tatyana Schremko tonight at 7 p.m. who will display images and discuss her experience at the 2008 Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in China.
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The Nodaway County Fair will soon be here. Consider this to be the first call for open exhibit entries. The 2008 dates are July 17-19.
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Lowry paintings sell for £11.5m
A sale of some "superb" works by LS Lowry raises more than £11.5m at auction house Christie's.
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