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ExploreLI: Pirate festival
A bunch of scurvy, duff-eating devil-dodgers will invade the Long Island Maritime Museum's Pirate Festival in West Sayville this weekend.
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'Task' party planned for Luminato
It's time for a "task" party in Regent Park. The all-ages event — part of Luminato festivities — will bring residents from all walks of life together on Saturday afternoon in a huge public art/social interaction project that will be first of its kind in Canada.
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Arts & Entertainment:
Walking into Book Zoo feels like stepping into someone’s living room. It’s a funky little used bookstore in North Oakland, with hardwood floors, an abundance of plants, posters, and artwork, a children’s play area, and hanging in the back, an American flag with the peace symbol.
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Arts & Entertainment:
My goal is to reach the audience, to evoke and provoke,” said Berkeley composer Sheli Nan of the multi-faceted program, for both modern and Baroque instruments and voice, of her music, “The Berkeley Baroque & Beyond Experience,” Friday at Giorgi Gallery.
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Arts Calendar:
Artist Support Group Speaker Series with Lisa Dent, owner, Lisa Dent Gallery, SF, at 7 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut St. in Live Oak Park. Cost is $8-$10. 644-6893.
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The Tech Virtual Test Zone
The job of museum curator includes scouring the artistic landscape to find new talent. Naturally, San Jose's Tech Museum of Innovation, a.k.a. the Tech, would put a different spin on it. To launch its Tech Virtual Test Zone, the curatorial team in December...
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The Little Tramp's killer comedy
How Charlie Chaplin's poisonously dark "Monsieur Verdoux" drove the audience away -- and was embraced by critics and filmmakers as a masterpiece.
Salon.com |
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Oil tanker drivers to strike
Hundreds of oil tanker drivers will go on strike tomorrow - after talks between employers and union leaders broke down tonight. A tenth of Britain's filling stations could be hit by the four day walkout over pay.
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Meet the Locals:
Kristine Kowalski sits surrounded by her artwork, in her classroom studio at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts. “At the tippy tippy top Of the closet with the mop, Lived an itty bitty queen Who was very, very mean.
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Festival of the Wise(TM) Announces AARP and Eons.com to Sponsor Inaugural Festival in Scottsdale, Arizona
Festival of the Wise announced today that leading Baby Boomer organizations AARP and Eons.com will be sponsors of the inaugural Festival of the Wise. These two national groups are helping to pave the way for an extraordinarily successful landmark event that has its finger on the pulse of one of the most powerful generations of all.
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Two-day Osian's CineFan film festival to begin from Friday
A two-day festival of select Asian and Arab cinema organised by the Osian's-CineFan will begin here on Friday.
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Artists arrive Saturday for Fields Project
OREGON -- Visiting artists will begin arriving Saturday for the annual Fields Project Art Festival. "The artists will spend the week painting and photographing," said executive director Rick Munson.
SaukValley.com |
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Community foundation helps out
The Nanaimo Community Foundation has stepped up to help out the Nanaimo Art Gallery. The foundation, a major supporter of not-for-profit organizations in Nanaimo, has awarded the gallery a grant to completely refurbish its system for storing and handling the permanent collection.
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Designers approve of art auction
The Nanaimo Art Gallery will host a unique fundraiser on June 25 called the "2008 Designers' Island Art Auction."
Nanaimo Daily News |
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Learn to paint with workshops
Get ready for the Nanaimo Art Gallery workshops coming this summer. Go Green teaches children aged six to 12 how to use natural and recyclable materials for making art projects. The course will run from 1-3 p.m. on Thursdays July 3-24 with instructor Leela Hayward.
Nanaimo Daily News |
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Tune in to creativity
Get ready for the first monthly presentation by the Nanaimo Arts Council on June 14. Creative Currents will be held on the second Saturday of every month at the Nanaimo Art Gallery Downtown from 2-4 p.m.
Nanaimo Daily News |
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Green concert at the Port
Just the word environment tends these days to create some grey, negative feelings. Images of polar bears amidst a melting polar ice cap, droughts in Africa, islands slowly surrendering to the sea and mountains of garbage everywhere can be hard to take.
Nanaimo Daily News |
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Poetry saved man from drugs
Poetry is Daniel Rajala's therapy. The 53-year-old artist, who once lived in sleazy Vancouver hotels, selling his paintings to feed a cocaine habit, now keeps his addiction at bay by writing poetry.
Nanaimo Daily News |
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Part of Nature, Part of Us
Although there were many fascinating programs scheduled at this year’s Ojai Music Festival, from the first notes struck on Thursday evening until the last on Sunday, the main focus was on the great American composer Steve Reich.
Santa Barbara Independent |
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MY TEACHER
By Teddy F. Mrs. O'Brien is one of the best art teachers that I have ever seen. She has opened many new doors into the realm of art to all her students including myself.
The Record |
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TEACHER PROFILE
Jennifer O'Brien is an art teacher at Midland School No. 1 in Rochelle Park, working with students from pre-k through eighth grade. She also takes part in creating art work for various school activities, such as concerts, plays, clubs and programs.
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National Black Arts Festival 20th Anniversary - Our Gift of Creativity to You
The 20th Anniversary of the National Black Arts Festival will be a birthday celebration where the audience receives the gifts. Taking place in metro Atlanta over a ten day period beginning July 18, 2008, the highly acclaimed festival will take fans on an awe inspiring journey through visual arts, music, film, dance, theatre, literary, spoken word and the humanities.
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NXTcomm 2008 Exhibitor Profiles
LAS VEGAS , BUSINESS WIRE -- NXTcomm 2008 takes place June 16, 2008 - June 19, 2008 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas . Listed below are the NXTcomm 2008 exhibitor profiles.
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Aristocrat's portrait in Ont. auction draws global interest
The Ontario auction house selling the painting as part of a Begg family estate sale has an invoice from 1930 identifying it as a genuine Gainsborough - among the most coveted of classic British artworks - but cautions that it cannot 'guarantee its authenticity.'
Canada.com |
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Great Book of Gaelic exhibition launched in Corner Brook
An exhibition of “The Great Book of Gaelic, An Leabhar Mòr,” will be officially opened today in Corner Brook at its first stop on its North American tour.
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