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Muscle Model
Franco's Barber Shop is a family affair. - Watch Online John Fraser performs the song that won him first place at the Ontario Open Country Music Contest.
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Your thoughts on the "Hill climber biker?"
Yesterday, the grandson of one of the founders of Harley-Davidson and his family unveiled a gift -- a biker sculpture.
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Art show and sale benefits church
Painting, more often that not, is a solitary pursuit. Many artists create paintings by themselves while tucked away in their studios. The Mississauga Watercolour Society, however, tried to break free from this isolationist practice by collaborating on a single painting.
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Seniors get special rates at new Woodstock museum
NEW YORK - By the time we got to Woodstock ... they'd built a museum. The Museum at Bethel Woods brings the Age of Aquarius into the age of the Internet for $13 a ticket. Seniors over 65 -- which would account for many of those who attended the August 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair -- pay $11.
Nanaimo Daily News |
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Art Institute Painting Vandalized In Pittsburgh
Experts at the Art Institute of Chicago are trying to determine if a painting that was vandalized while on loan to a museum in Pittsburgh.
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Sony Online Entertainment Artists Featured in Annual EXPOSÉ Digital Art Book
The book will feature six pieces of artwork depicting characters from the Legends of Norrath series.
IGN PC |
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Deadline nears for Yolo Fair exhibitors
The first closing date for exhibitors who plan on attending the 20008 Yolo County Fair is fast approaching. Don't lose out; get your entry forms in today.
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Library's sculpture to serve as tribute to teaching
Curious kids will be dying to know what's inside a huge, gift-wrapped box standing in a corner of the Cascade Public Library this summer. And if it starts drawing crowds of them, all the better. Beneath all the wrapping is a new bronze sculpture designed with curious kids in mind.
MLive.com |
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Capsizing boat for Thames exhibition
A capsizing boat that won't stop sailing and mythical creatures swimming at twilight are to be installed in the river Thames later this year. They are among more than a dozen exhibits for DRIFT 08, London's first annual art exhibition on the Thames.
Yachting and Boating World |
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Martinson student’s poster wins statewide contest
One thing Kathleen Connolly’s second grade class at Martinson Elementary School learned this year is being an artist does, in fact, pay.
Marshfield Mariner |
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ExploreLI: Plan for the Mattituck Strawberry festival
Strawberries. Big. Red. Ripe. Juicy. Strawberries.
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Winning garments displayed
About 100 people attended the launch in Alexandra on Monday night of a collection of winning garments from the annual WoolOn Creative Fashion Event.Members of the Alexandra Blossom Festival committee, Central Otago District Council, and sponsors of the fashion event gathered at the Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery to enjoy the cocktail evening.
Otago Daily Times |
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Crowds down but spirit remains at Goombay festival
The Miami/Bahamas Goombay Festival is more than a day of fun and Caribbean fare to Cornelius Williams. The 28-year-old has been performing in the festival with marching Junkanoo bands since he was 4.
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The Fergus Falls Daily Journal
Gerda’s history to be unveiled? The Otter Tail County Historical Society will host a writing contest on Thursday from 6-7 p.m. at the Kadatz Hotel designed to weave a history for “Gerda,” a painting from the historical society’s artifact collection.
Fergus Falls Daily Journal |
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Enter the City Paper Neighborhoods Photo Contest!
Upload shots to Flickr and win big. In anticipation of our June 20 "Hoods & Services" issue, the City Paper is holding a special competition for the best neighborhood photo shot in and around the District.
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ExploreLI: Weekend Strawberry Festival
Mattituck is ripe for its 54th annual festival, with strawberries baked into shortcake, dipped in milk chocolate, buried in pies and more.
Newsday |
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The Fergus Falls Daily Journal
The Pelican Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce is much more than an organization that promotes events such as the upcoming International Friendship Festival to be held later this month.
Fergus Falls Daily Journal |
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Neri: Newsbits
CEBUANA artist Paulina Constancia (now based in Canada) showcases painted quilts in an exhibit dubbed Quiltopia at the ArtistSpace of Ayala Museum from June 20 to July 3. Paulina Constancia has exhibited her art in the US, Canada, Mexico and the Netherlands, and her works have been featured in several publications including the Asia-Pacific edition of Reader’s Digest.
Sun Star |
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Photrade Adds Commerce to Social Photography Scene
Photrade, a free photography website, has launched in beta.
adrants |
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NYC skyscraper is sculpture made of replica Erector pieces
The latest skyscraper to go up in Manhattan is 65-feet-tall, weighs 7 tons and is constructed of about 1 million stainless steel replica Erector set pieces.
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A photography advocate
For someone who knows in-depth what photography is, sharing the privilege of having mastered the craft is probably the noblest thing to do next. Vocally expressive Ramon “Chito” Segismundo values the importance of teaching photography to enthusiasts.
Manila Bulletin |
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Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog
It's almost certainly an accident of installation and gallery availability, but on the other side of a wall from an Aaron Douglas retrospective at the Smithsonian American Art Museum is a movie-screen-sized Kara Walker.
Arts Journal |
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Lee Rosenbaum's cultural commentary
Klaus Perls , who died last week at the age of 96, was that rare art dealer whose knowledge of art and the art market was both scholarly and worldly.
Arts Journal |
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Antiques big and small dot Benton Public Square
Antiques of all shapes and sizes, award-winning artwork, cars and crafts all shone during a weekend of show and sell.
Benton Evening News |
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Longs donate $1 million for new Austin Museum of Art
Philanthropists Teresa and Joe Long have donated $1 million toward the creation of the new Austin Museum of Art building downtown.
Austin Business Journal |
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