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RAKU COLLECTORS SALE, part of Hawai'i Craftsmen Raku Ho'olaule'a; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. June 8, with Meet the Artists 2-5 p.m.; Nu'uanu Gallery; 521-3282, www.hawaiicraftsmen.org. Honolulu Advertiser
Community Calendar
ALOHA INTERNATIONAL PIANO FESTIVAL AND PIANO COMPETITION. Concert pianist Lisa Nakamichi to host a weeklong series of performances and workshops for musicians of all ages through June 15 at Hawai'i Convention Center. Tickets: adults $20, children and students $5, senior and military discounts. Honolulu Advertiser
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TODAY BALLOONS OVER BEND: Event includes hot-air balloons and a festival with live music, food, beer, wine garden, children‘s area, inflatable adventures and a street art exhibit; free; 6:30 a. m. launch of balloons from R. E. Jewell Elementary School, 20550 Murphy Road, Bend; 11 a.m.-7 p.m. festivities; The Old Mill District, 661 S.W. Powerhouse Drive, Bend; 323-0964 or www .balloonsoverbend.com. The Bulletin
Pier pressure
CHICAGO -- With its world-class museums, shops and restaurants, the Windy City is a great year-round destination. Still, summer visitors to Chicago surely won't miss the ice, snow and weather-related airport delays that grip the city as the days grow shorter. And clear skies, warm winds and sparkling water allow visitors to experience a side of Chicago they'll never see during a Christmas ... The Columbus Dispatch
Artist carves a niche at Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — A dozen British Royal Guards stood silently, at perfect attention, on either side of the walkway as my daughter, Jennifer, and I entered the Niagara Totem Pole and Woodcarving Park. However, these soldiers weren't real; they were carved entirely out of wood. The Buffalo News
Armenian rhapsody
The Detroit-born Kim Kashkashian, 55, who performs at the upcoming Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, is one of just a few violists with a thriving solo career. But even within a small circle, she stands out for her maverick sensibility, storyteller expression and the breadth of her activities as a performer, recording artist, teacher and champion of contemporary music. Detroit Free Press
BIG EASY comeback
NEW ORLEANS –On a sunny spring afternoon, as the humidity rises and the temperature creeps toward 80, New Orleanians are enjoying a Sunday in their City Park. Rowdy young men in shorts and T-shirts play a friendly game of volleyball on the front lawn of the New Orleans Museum of Art. Couples walk hand in hand through a sculpture garden. Fathers push their sons and daughters on the swings of a ... The Buffalo News
Björk and Sigur Rós Hold an Outdoor Concert
It’s not that often that Reykjavík gets a Hollywood star in town – and less often that the locals make a fuss about it. But Viggo Mortensen was in town last week to open his exhibition at the Reykjavík Museum of Photography – and the guy certainly pulled a crowd. Iceland Review
Snapped up
The producers of the annual Iceland Airwaves music festival have had trouble funding the festival. Iceland Review
Messages from beyond illustrated in photography
No matter what associations graveyards evoke, "American Resting Place," the current exhibit at the Mission Houses Museum, conveys their beauty. Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Artists explore death, dying through artwork
Each piece memorializes a dead loved one, and tributes range from a paper sculpture for a beloved dog by Bradley Capello to an assemblage on a white dress by Elsha Bohnert in memory of her mother. Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Philippine art takes centre stage at "Art Trek" event
SINGAPORE : The Philippine arts event "Art Trek" is back for a second year with more exhibitions and opportunities to buy art. And with prices generally below those at auction houses, bargain hunters have been able to find good buys away from the hustle and bustle of the Great Singapore Sale. Channel NewsAsia
ART PARIAH'S BOOTY ON BLOCK
Everything must go! Hundreds of pieces from the disgraced Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, which filed for bankruptcy under a cloud of corruption, were auctioned off at a small upstate gallery yesterday. The fire sale of antique European furniture... New York Post
Works of state
You say you have a yen for art and travel -- but not too far? A wealth of prints, paintings, beads, baskets, sculpture, photographs and much more awaits at museums and centers throughout Ohio. The Columbus Dispatch
Special cake from Istana for the king
KUALA LUMPUR: For the king's birthday on Saturday, Istana Hotel prepared a special cake shaped like a Faberge Egg and mounted on top of an ice-sculptured carriage. The New Straits Times
Philippine art takes centre stage at "Art Trek" event
SINGAPORE : The Philippine arts event "Art Trek" is back for a second year with more exhibitions and opportunities to buy art. Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Philippines News
Blueberries galore
Connor Billups, 16, of Live Oak, decorates the face of 8-year-old Shawnae Summerfield, also of Live Oak, during the Wellborn Blueberry Festival. Billups has been painting decorative designs on faces small and large since she was 13. Lake City Reporter
Society Calendar: 06.08.08
CORPUS CHRISTI — Saturday: A Night in Living Art, Art Museum of South Texas; 825-3500. Saturday: Red, White -- Rock 'n' Roll -- Blue Benefit, USO of South Texas; 961-1291. Corpus Christi Caller-Times
North County FYI
In celebration of National Home Safety Month, Palomar Pomerado Health will have a home safety fair and lecture. “Is Danger Lurking in Your Home?” features exhibits and screenings from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Palomar Medical Center Graybill Auditorium, 555 E. Valley Parkway, Escondido. Free. San Diego Union-Tribune
Third Seacoast Local Festival highlights area nonprofits
PORTSMOUTH — Approximately 20 Portsmouth and Kittery nonprofits gathered in Market Square Saturday for a day of awareness and education during the third annual Seacoast Local Festival. Portsmouth Herald
The language of color
You can find people who complain about living in the Northwest, but not Seattle artist Michael Dailey, featured in a retrospective now at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art. "Michael Dailey: Color, Light, Time and Place" is a retrospective of 45 years of depicting the Northwest in oil, acrylic and drawings, composed over the decades as the artist reduced his landscapes to the elements of light, color ... Salem Statesman Journal
Springs just goes with flow
Seen Friday through an opening in a sun sculpture, Rachel Lewis carries her daughter, Sophia, in a garden at the Springs Preserve. Photos by Jason Bean/Review-Journal Las Vegas Review-Journal
Eye-popping exhibit
A lionfish, a member of the scorpionfish family, is one of the oddities on display with art glass in Oregon Coast Aquarium’s new ‘Oddwater’ exhibit, in this May 13 photo in Newport. In a collaboration between the aquarium and a nearby glass studio, more than two tons worth of glass sculptures in the form of faux corals were created to add to the exhibit. Argus Observer
Outdoors Calendar: 06.08.08
The Coastal Bend Wildlife Photo Contest will host a series of courses on basic photography featuring award winning shooter Kent Savage. Anyone can come. Proceeds will benefit the organization's conservation education and outreach programs. Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Community Calendar
Now until July 9 ‘Masterworks 2008’ Exhibit at Brimstone Southwest Daily News