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SUNDAY'S CALENDAR
NOMA Rodrigue Exhibition Closing Events New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park. The museum remains open through 5 p.m. with ongoing activities, including morning coffee and doughnuts, and "Blue Dog Daiquiris" and snowballs in the afternoon.
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SpoletoToday
So, the festivals are wrapping up what appears to be a fabulous year for both Piccolo Spoleto and Spoleto Festival USA. Janet Conover had a chance to chat up the Spoleto staff, and they said things appeared to be going well. Lots of merchandise was sold from the shop at Gaillard and several shows were sell-outs or close to it.
The Post and Courier |
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Access the Arts: Sunday, June 8, 2008
Theater The final performances of "Spamalot” are at 2 and 7 p.m. today at Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N Walker. Information: (800) 869-1451. Monday Art "Life Reflected,” a photography exhibit by Paul McEntire, is on view through July 6 in the North Gallery at the state Capitol, 2300 Lincoln Blvd. Information: 521-2931. Tuesday Art "They Know Who They Are,” oil paintings depicting ...
The Oklahoman |
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LAKE SKINNER: Balloons take to the skies at annual festival
LAKE SKINNER ---- The weather was clear, calm and not too hot Saturday ---- the first weekend day of the 25th annual Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival ---- which had those who like to gaze skyward, at hot air balloons or beyond, thanking their
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In full bloom
The seeds Bloomin' Days has planted more than sprouted on the second day of the festival's second year. Music ranging from a rock band fronted by a 7-year-old to a father-and-son steel drum duo filled the streets of downtown.
Kenosha News |
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Shadows of Lincoln Festival illuminates community's ties to 16th president
@body text:DECATUR - All the rain and lightning Saturday spooked the horses attached to a covered wagon that waited near Central Park.DECATUR - All the rain and lightning Saturday spooked the horses attached to a covered wagon that waited near Central Park.
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Art Festival continues
Henna Dammen of Minneapolis was among people young and old who enjoyed the opening day of the annual Charles H. MacNider Museum’s Art Festival in Mason City Saturday. The 3-year-old is the granddaughter of Ted and Charlotte Baker of Mason City.
The Globe Gazette |
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Glorious overload of the senses
They used to say that the great jazz cornet player Bix Beiderbecke died from "too much of everything." I'm feeling a little bit that way right now myself after a 17-day immersion in the offerings of the 2008 Spoleto Festival USA.
The Post and Courier |
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VMFA adds two to curatorial staff
Rice Rawles Two important slots have been filled at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The new associate curator of South Asian and Islamic art is John Henry Rice, who is working on his doctoral thesis at the University of Pennsylvania. His current field of study is the temples in Kanara, a region in the south of India. Susan Jensen Rawles, a specialist in American and European decorative arts, ...
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
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Katrina changed artist's course
Barbra Mann Myers entered the long, dark night of Hurricane Katrina as an accomplished freelance illustrator. She emerged a fine artist and has her first Richmond solo show at Red Door Gallery.
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
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Fridays at Sunset
A warm breeze and hazy sky helped set the stage for the kickoff of the 14th annual Fridays at Sunset International Music Festival with Wyclef Jean.
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
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Energetic senior doesn't let her age dictate when she stops painting
People in their 80s usually attend art openings. However, on July 13, Genevieve Freres, 87, will have her artwork on display at the Lutheran Home in Arlington Heights, where she resides.
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Festival lets city show off its musical, artistic talents
Rain forced a sparse, soggy start to the Main Street Art and Music festival Saturday, June 7.
Middletown Journal |
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Local gallery listings
"Across the Divide III" Exhibition
Savannah Morning News |
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Specialized unit uses database, meetings to track graffiti writers
NEW YORK -- Graffiti artists come to New York City from all over the world to make their mark on subway cars, buildings and billboards. They spend hours surveying and then spray-painting hard-to-reach spaces with remarkable precision.
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Travel briefs: Sunday, June 8, 2008
NEW MEXICO Art exhibit SANTA FE — "Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities,” an exhibition that brings together for the first time 97 works by two of America's best-known artists, continues through Sept. 7 at Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Adams and O'Keeffe shared a profound appreciation of the natural world. In 1937, they traveled with other friends to explore sites in the Southwest ...
The Oklahoman |
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Rediscover the New Bedford Whaling Museum
If skyrocketing gas prices have you rethinking your summer travel plans, why not explore a gem in your own back yard?
The Standard-Times |
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Painter TL Solien creates deeply personal symbols
In Madison artist TL Solien's large, often busy paintings and prints, candy colors belie the pictures' melancholy undercurrents and allegories. Literary and pop-culture references - running the gamut from Melville's Moby Dick to Disney's Goofy - are used to investigate Solien's personal experiences, from fatherhood and marriage to life as an artist. The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art's new ...
Isthmus |
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Summer in FAVA's favor
Summertime, and the usual arts scene seems to dry up, what with even the Cleveland Museum of Art heading outdoors with the Parade the Circle festival next week.
The Morning Journal |
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Wak Fest rocks for kids
It’s safe to say you get out of Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival what you put into it. If you want the ringing in your ears from standing next to a stage speaker, be your guest. Without anyone batting an eye you can get as creative and indulgent as you want with the body paints, dancing, performance arts and what have you. Then there are those who take it a bit easier: the parents and tots.
Lawrence Journal-World |
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Herald staff garner statewide awards
Bradenton Herald staff members won a total of 16 awards, including four first prizes, in contests sponsored by the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors and the South Florida Society of Professional Journalists.
Bradenton Herald |
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Harding sold off piece by piece
WARREN - Some were looking for tables or chairs Saturday, others for metal or tools and still others just wanted one more chance to recapture their memories as students at Warren G. Harding High School. Hundreds of people filled the hallways and courtyard of the high school, which was auctioning off most of the innards of the building.
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ARTS BRIEFS
Ringling Museum events
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Octane Fest will put car enthusiasts in high gear
You could say that things are in high gear for the inaugural run of Fallon's June 12-20 Octane Fest 08 featuring appearances by motor sports stars, rock concerts, car shows, Tuff Truck racing, motocross challenges, street bike stunts, a NASCAR simulator and, the anchor event, the NHRA Lucas Oil Series Drag Races at Top Gun Raceway.
Reno Gazette-Journal |
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Festival's veterans keep finding reasons to return
Thirty years ago, Barbara Walls and a handful of other artists gathered to set up showcases in the tunnel of Regions Bank. They invited the public to come and look at their works. That event was dubbed AlleyArt.
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