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Charity Auctions Hurt By Economy
The sluggish economy has dealt a blow to charity auctions, which aren’t raising as much money as they have in past years, according to a new survey by cMarket, an online-auction company.
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Online Advertising To Be Major Subject At Cannes Event
Online advertising is expected to be a major subject when advertisers from around the globe meet in Cannes on the French Riviera as the industry tries to deal with uncertain economic times. About 12,000 ad people, art directors, markets, producers and clients will attend the week -long Cannes Lions 2008 festival that started on June 15 and runs to June 21. read more ...
WebProNews |
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Field plans up in the air
Now that the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has upheld a lower court's ruling giving the contested ownership of Moul Field to the Hanover Public School District, district officials said they are considering the field's future.
York Daily Record |
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An orphaned grizzly and other wild tales
A tear-jerking story about an orphaned bear, the tale of a one-legged man's mission to climb Aconcagua on crutches and a Kiwi adventure in oilskins and wooden canoes are among more than 40 films to be screened at the New Zealand Mountain Film Festival in Wanaka from July 4 to 8.
Otago Daily Times |
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Electronics giant holds multicultural festival
Panasonic Canada employees will get the opportunity visit countries from around the world — and they won’t have to leave the city.
Mississauga News |
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Xbox Live Arcade To Get Elements of Destruction, Sea Life Safari
Microsoft has announced that its next regular Xbox Live Arcade update will see the addition of Frozen Codebase's natural disaster sim Elements of Destruction and underwater photography title Sea Life Safari from Sierra Online. Microsoft says Elements of Destruction will let players "assume the role of the master of disaster" as a former scientist using "tornadoes, lightning, earthquakes and ...
Gamasutra |
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Weiser Fiddle Festival Underway
The 56th Annual National Oldtime Fiddlers' Festival kicks off in Weiser.
KIVI Boise |
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Herbie Hancock delivers for fans of funk and jazz alike
The 30th Playboy Jazz Festival features the jazz legend and Grammy winner, who delivers fun, intensity and surprise.
Orange County Register |
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Learning options aplenty at new centre
Anyone looking to add a little pizzazz to their culinary skills or put a little finesse in their art sculptures may want to check out The Learning Source. The Charlotte Street centre officially opened its doors Monday, with a $75,000 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. [...]
The Peterborough Examiner |
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“Medias – Cetate Medievala” Festival reaches its fourth edition
Exhibitions, parades, art presentations, knights and princesses will attempt to revive the medieval atmosphere of the fortress during four days.
Nine O'Clock |
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Little Argus
Today: Family art fun at the museum Carlsbad - Families are invited to participate in free drop-in, come-and-go art activities this Sunday from 1 5 pm at the Carlsbad Museum and Art Center, 418 W. Fox St. No registration is necessary and there is no fee.
Carlsbad Current-Argus |
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Global Fund Multimedia Exhibit Aims To Raise Awareness, Promote Support For Distribution Of Antiretrovirals
A multimedia exhibit featuring more than 30 people living with HIV/AIDS and their families that aims to raise awareness about the disease and promote the distribution of no-cost antiretroviral treatment is scheduled to open Saturday in Washington, D.C., Roll Call reports.
Medical News Today |
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Jesus never married, was crucified and rose from the dead. Santa Maria del Popolo is home of two masterpieces by Caravaggio -- "The Crucifixion of St. Peter" and "The Conversion of St. Paul".
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Pink & Bent Exhibition of Queer Women Artists in New York City
New York's Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation is home to a special exhibition called Pink and Bent: The Art of Queer Women until June 28. The exhibition includes photographs, paintings, and installation pieces primarily by queer- and lesbian-identified women.
The Advocate |
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American Artist: Maillol's Miniatures at the Norton Simon Museum
Between 1964 and 1980, art collector Norton Simon purchased more than 30 sculptures by artist Aristide Maillol, many of which are regularly on display in the Norton Simon Museum's galleries and gardens.
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Artists find a space for their works that is as creative as they are
Polished concrete floors, crisp white exhibition surfaces and natural lighting combine for innovative exhibition space in the Caroline Collective building at 4828 Caroline St., newly occupied by ArtStorm LLC, a creative commune of young artists.
BizJournals |
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck: Happy New Year
Elisabeth Hasselbeck has had many roles in her life - daughter, art student, shoe designer, "Survivor" contestant, wife, "The View" co-host, and many others - but her favorite by far is Mom. On Nov. 9, she gave birth to her second child, Taylor Thomas Hasselbeck. Here Elisabeth shares her experiences as a second time mom in a series of journal entries, which originally appeared on Dreft.com.
Centre Daily Times |
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Stick figures perplex, entertain residents
A California artist said he wanted to make people think and laugh when he painted stick figures engaging in odd activities on utility boxes in a small town.Since Seyed Alavi, 49, finished his Signs of the Times public art project, 23 utility boxes in Emeryville, Calif., have been a lot more interesting to look at, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Monday.Alavi said he painted the boxes bright ...
Moldova.org |
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Miss Columbus contest drops national affiliation
Seven young women are vying for the title of Miss Columbus and a $2,000 scholarship.
Columbus Telegram |
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Art/Culture Review
Pop Star Botswana continues to be full of surprises and last Friday one of the 'shockers' had nothing to do with the 7 remaining contestants.
Mmegi |
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Barbara Townsend wins settlement map contest
The first edition of the colorized Patterson Creek Settlement map will hang proudly at Ashby’s Fort Museum in Fort Ashby.
Mineral Daily News-Tribune |
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DSO festival opens on strong note, despite perplexing theme
A curious mind might wonder just what the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's "8 Days in June" festival, which opened Friday night at Orchestra Hall, is supposed to be about. In its second year, the 2008 festival very much resembles last year's tenuously themed, catch-all concerts aimed at increasing the DSO's audience with a younger group of listeners.
Detroit News |
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Art/Culture Review
Pop Stars Fumble Pop Star Botswana continues to be full of surprises and last Friday one of the 'shockers' had nothing to do with the 7 remaining contestants.
Mmegi |
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‘Hapones’ photo exhibit set
A PHOTOGRAPHY exhibit entitled "Hapones: The Early 20th Century Japanese Community of Baguio" will open at the Lower Basement of SM City Baguio on Friday.
Sun Star |
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Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog
In the early 1990s, when I was matriculating at the University of Missouri (which is where I learned that word), the state suffered through two massive floods.
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