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Books in Brief: 06/08/2008
Story contest winner will be read; Ex-TC resident pens second book; Newbery Medal winner sets visit
Traverse City Record-Eagle |
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La Dolce Colorato
-By By Katie Weeks. Photography by Tino Gerbaldo Visitors to the Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Milan's annual design explosion each spring, can enter the fairgrounds assured that even during a slow year, an abundance of visual delights awaits within the pavilions.
Contract Magazine |
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Event to feature classic cars, music and fun
The North Texas Street Business Association will host the 9th Annual Fairfield Summerfest Family Festival and Car Show today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Armijo High School Athletics fields, 824 Washington St. in Fairfield. The event is a car show featuring prize winning immaculate classics from all over Northern California, as well as custom characters.
The Reporter |
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Art exhibit studies orthopaedics
"eMotion Picture" celebrates the transformational powers of art and modern medicines.
ABC 7 Chicago |
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'Inverted church' triggers public art debate
A statue of an inverted church that found itself unwelcome in Vancouver has triggered a wider debate about Canadians' feelings about public art.
CTV.ca |
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Music box
Ehren Oncken, 24, plays a Hohner button box accordion in the shade of a tree during the Art in the Park festival yesterday at Stephens Lake Park.
Columbia Daily Tribune |
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Candy’s Art Camp - Session I
Candy’s Art Camp for students ages 6-14 provides instruction in fine arts and crafts in 3-day intervals. The course begins with the basic fundamentals of drawing then progresses into painting and sculpting. Classes run from 8:30-11:30 in the morning and 1:00 to 4:00 in the afternoon.
Jackson Free Press |
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Contemporary Jewish Museum Opens in San Francisco
Today, the Contemporary Jewish Museum opens its new Daniel Libeskind-designed building located at 736 Mission Street in downtown San Francisco's Yerba Buena cultural district. The CJM is an adaptive reuse of the landmark 1907 Jessie Street Power Substation.
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Youth light up cultural festival
The hundreds of proud, young faces at Celebration 2008 became the highlight of the Native Alaska festival for many elders, who said the event is doing its job of passing the culture on to the next generation.
Juneau Empire |
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Third annual Quartz Mountain Music Festival to follow OSAI
David Palmer and the 2008 Quartz Mountain Music Festival Chamber Players and Orchestra continue preparations for the third-annual festival, which follows the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain, offering an exciting summer in Southwest Oklahoma.
Altus Times |
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Behind Toledo's Art Tatum Festival
COMING UP
The Toledo Blade |
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You can clown around at the RWTB ice cream social
People will have plenty of chances to clown around at this year's ice cream social and hot dog party, as part of the second annual Red, White and Tahoe Blue festival.
North Lake Tahoe Bonanza |
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Brook Park: Library offers tips on digital photography
The Brook Park Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library will host Todd Johnson, who will offer helpful tips on digital photography, from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 11. The event is being co-sponsored by The Friends of the...
The News Sun |
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Spies to presidents on a visit to the capital
WASHINGTON - With its blend of mystery, intrigue, and danger lurking around the bend, the International Spy Museum seemed to have all the necessary ingredients to keep my kids mesmerized for an afternoon.
Boston Globe |
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Discover latent artistic skills, or lend your ears
EASTHAM - Your fingers are nearly guaranteed to fly at the annual Hands on the Arts Festival next weekend. Home to the Cape's oldest working historical windmill, the green is transformed by the Eastham Cultural Council into an arts showcase geared to delight kids of all ages.
Boston Globe |
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Art Exhibits
OPENING
The Morning Call |
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Heat thins crowd at W.Va. arts fest
HEDGESVILLE, W.VA. - The sweltering heat Saturday afternoon might have thinned attendance at the North Mountain Arts Festival. With temperatures soaring and the few visitors making their way toward their vehicles, festival chairwoman Kristin Nelson announced the five-hour festival's premature end after the bluegrass band Sleepy Creek capped off a number of acoustic performances.
The Herald-Mail |
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Arts & Entertainment today
Revolutionary War re-enactors; Military aviation paintings; June Jubilee
The Herald-Mail |
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Free plants and a big tomato contest
Late last year I saw an ad from the Maryland Cooperative Extension Service for a class that would teach me how to become a Master Gardener.
The Herald-Mail |
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The hand that touched the world
A unique bronze cast of Nelson Mandela's right hand will be auctioned at an event in London to mark the former president's 90th birthday.
Independent Online |
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Chocolatier seeks kids' artwork for Art Bars
Ithaca Fine Chocolates is looking for children's artwork to feature on a collectible card in the next round of Art Bars.
The Ithaca Journal |
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Elvis Festival 2008
BY DANZA JOHNSON Daily Journal TUPELO – One of two things was going on in downtown Tupelo Saturday - either there was a sideburn convention in town or the 10th Annual Elvis Presley Festival was in full swing.
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal |
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Art Briefs
Cambria Artists Joi and Dan LaChaussee will display their original designs in vases and bowls through the end of the month at Seekers Glass Gallery, 4090 Burton Drive. Daily gallery hours are 10 a. m. to 10 p. m. 927-8626. Artist Steve Hanks will give a seminar on “The Art of the Nude” and sign and read from his new book, “Moving On: The Art of Steve Hanks” from noon to 4 p. m. on June 21 at ...
The San Luis Obispo Tribune |
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Artistry in green
Peter Lindtner ends 35 years of tending Hagley Museum's E. I. du Pont Garden
The News Journal |
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A steady stream of consciousness
Jon Hamblin chooses to work on weathered, corrugated roofing metal that has been discarded. On the wavy, dented and often punctured surfaces he paints figures, animals and flora in bright oil enamel colors.
Honolulu Advertiser |
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