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Tireless chamber musicians exceed expectations
How do the Spoleto Festival USA chamber music performers manage to sustain the upbeat and unbeatable standards they set day after day? The next-to-last chamber music concert in the series Friday morning played to a nearly full house at Memminger Auditorium and displayed that individual musicianship and ensemble flair that keeps audiences coming back for more.
The Post and Courier |
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Art with a message: Islander designs new Red Cross blood drive poster
When Michele Quigley saw a Red Cross contest for a design that would encourage high school students to donate blood, she immediately thought of an image: A red silhouette of a person surrounded by black silhouettes of others.
Island Packet |
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Depot requests military photos
The Dennison Railroad Depot Museum is looking for military service photographs to display during the American Soldiers Homecoming Festival set for Aug. 8-10.
The Times-Reporter |
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Playtime: June 7
The 60 paintings in the 2008 Tennessee Watercolor Society Biennial Exhibition are being shown at the Emporium Center for Arts & Culture weekdays through July 25. The Emporium, 100 S. Gay St., is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays. Admission is free.
Knoxville News Sentinel |
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Hill, Yoakam return to CMA Festival after absence
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - There's a good reason why Dwight Yoakam hasn't performed at the Country Music Association's annual festival in 20 years.
East Valley Tribune |
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For Seays, it's more than a love of history
Many volunteers join the Mandarin Museum and Historical Society because of their interest in history.
The Florida Times-Union |
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Impressionist art by women at San Francisco museum
SAN FRANCISCO -- Impressionist paintings by four women will be the focus of an exhibition at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco this summer.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
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Legislation calls for background checks
TRENTON -- Each year, the city of Assisi, Italy, hosts a summer music festival of nearly two dozen concerts. Artists from the worlds of opera, musical theater, instrumental music, chamber music, sacred music and jazz meet in the ancient city to celebrate.
The Trenton Times |
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Unique fundraiser nets over $11,000 for Fulton YMCA
A unique kind of auction was held Friday night in Fulton.
WSYR 9 Syracuse |
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Stolen sculpture found at auction house
Artist Dana Stewart 'elated.' Bronze piece was discovered just before it was to go up for sale. HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP The Wave is back.
The Express-Times |
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Green Tree man killed in accident with festival vendor
A Green Tree man was killed early yesterday morning in a two-vehicle accident on I-279 northbound in a crash that involved a Three Rivers Arts Festival vendor from Maryland who was traveling in the wrong direction, state police said. ...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
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Initiative rewarded: GCCA director announces 2008 arts grant recipients
COXSACKIE — Greene County lawmakers were invited Wednesday to a June 25 reception here to be held at the Victorian Horse Barn on the grounds of the Greene County Historical Society’s Bronck House Museum.
The Daily Mail |
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WHAT'S UP?
COMIC RELIEF: Think beyond superheroes and show up for some innovative ink at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art's 2008 Festival. Not only will you see the toons, but the graphic artists, animators and writers behind them, including Bill Plympton...
New York Post |
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Festival Latino adds admission
This year's Festival Latino will be in a smaller venue with reduced hours and, for the first time, an admission price. The June 20-21 festival will be held at Genoa Park on the west bank of the Scioto River from 5 to 11 each night. It began at 11 a.m. in previous years.
The Columbus Dispatch |
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No political, personal motives in art's destruction
Azerbaijani immigrant Timur Serebrykov, 27, of Greenfield had no political or personal motivation for slashing a $1.2 million painting by a Latvian artist at the Carnegie Museum of Art, his attorney said. The painting was part of the Carnegie International "Life on Mars" exhibition.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |
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Home calendar
Concord Garden Tour What: Tour of six gardens in historic area, ranging from Charleston-style courtyard to landscape planted in red and white theme. Homeowners will be on hand to answer questions, and visitors can sample food from Concord restaurants. Cabarrus Arts Council Galleries, 65 Union St. S., will be open during the tour with art exhibits echoing the garden theme. Cannon ...
The Charlotte Observer |
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Good Morning Lowcountry
Spoleto Festival USA. Venues vary; prices vary. www.spoleto today.com. www.spoletousa.org. 579-3100.
The Post and Courier |
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Pasco Arts Council To Present Fiber Art Exhibit
HOLIDAY -- What to wear, what to wear? So you don't have a thing in your closet to wear to that special function? The Pasco Arts Council, in conjunction with Convergence 2008, an international conference being held throughout Tampa Bay June 25 - 28 is featuring "Plumage: Redefining What We Wear," an exhibition of wearable creations.
Suncoast News Pasco |
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Donations, artifacts play important role for museum
PARKERSBURG - Donations of artifacts and antiques are important to any museum, large or small, and have played an important role for the Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History as it has grown and developed its exhibits.
Parkersburg News and Sentinel |
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Banner-Herald wins 18 GPA awards
[ The Athens Banner-Herald won 18 awards Friday in the 2008 Georgia Press Association Better Newspaper contest, including General Excellence for being the best newspaper in Georgia in the paper's circulation class.
Athens Banner-Herald |
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Behind the Bard: Shakespeare set to music
About the Series: This is part two in a series of “Behind the Bard” stories, offering a backstage look at the Great River Shakespeare Festival. The fifth year of the festival takes place June 27 through July 27 at Winona State University’s Performing Arts Center. For more information, visit www.grsf.org.
Winona Daily News |
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Visual Art: Artwork outside the box
What's in the box?"- a familiar question - is the topic of an exhibit running through June 29 at the Main Gallery in Redwood City.
The San Francisco Examiner |
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Hidden camera discovered in bathroom
CANTON -- A hidden camera is discovered in the changing room of a popular photography studio.
WKYC Cleveland |
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More of Harrisburg's Western artifacts head to auction
Call it round two of the great Harrisburg Western auction. A Dallas auction house has reloaded with 1,100 more items from the city collection amassed by Mayor Stephen R. Reed for the now-abandoned Wild West museum.
The Patriot-News |
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Dried out, Day 2 was full of Festival fun at Wakarusa
Clear skies were a welcome sight for fans at the Wakarusa Festival. 49 News Reporter Mark Boyle shows up people heading back and drying out after the Wakarusa washout Thursday.
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