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‘Portrait of a Soldier’ exhibit planned at SRC
On Wednesday, June 18, at 4 p.m. Lt. Governor Pat Quinn will unveil the Portrait of a Soldier memorial exhibition at Spoon River College, 23235 N. County 22 in Canton.
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Lane to speak about her Rocky Neck experience on June 18
On Wednesday, June 18, New York Painter Marion Lane will give a presentation at the Avery Mann Gallery, 77 Rocky Neck Ave., where she will speak about her experience and show work she completed during her residency at the Rocky Neck Art Colony.
The Cape Ann Beacon |
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Interactive museum display moves to nursing home halls
Fruitlands collaborates with Life Care Center of Nashoba on new installation that allows for intergenerational fun.
Littleton Independent |
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Make-up artist wows Laval art students
On Friday, June 6, Laval High School received a special guest presentation from an unusual source - a makeup artist.
The Charter |
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12th Annual Webby Awards Reveals Winners Of "Webby In Motion" Short Video Contest
Videos showcased at star-studded gala attended by Stephen Colbert, David Byrne. Grand prize winner received $10,000 and trip to Webby Awards in NYC.
PRWeb via Yahoo! News |
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Berlin subway to exhibit cartoon by Iranian artist Javad Alizadeh
Toonpool.com has scheduled to display Fire Shot by Javad Alizadeh on 4,000 monitors throughout the Berlin subway system all day on June 19, ISNA reported.
Payvand Iran News |
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F rom the Cowboy Capital to Frontier, Texas
A busload of Bandera's best took a 12-hour trip to Abilene last week to visit Frontier, Texas, a museum which serves as a tourist destination for those interested in learning about the Texas Frontier.
Bandera Bulletin |
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DISPATCH FROM SEATTLE The Real Story Is Between the Margins at Seattle Fest
The 34th annual Seattle International Film Festival opened with a small bang ( Stuart Townsend 's " Battle in Seattle ") and closed with a small whimper ( Randall Miller 's " Bottle Shock "). As ever, the best films spooled between the two gala events.
indieWIRE |
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Mark your calendar: Farmworker families' art on display
Six artists in different media worked with California farmworker families to explore feelings of place and home, visions and values. The artwork from those workshops is showing this month at the Greenfield Public Library.
The Salinas Californian |
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Groove to cool jazz this summer at art museum
Cool off your hot summer nights with some of the finest jazz musicians in the Valley. The West Valley Art Museum hosts Summer Serenades, a weekly series of concerts 7 p.m. most Wednesdays through August.
The Arizona Republic |
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Downtown ARTwall to get 'Liquid'
Kansas City's rollout of new outdoor artworks continues Friday June 21, with the unveiling of a billboard-sized abstraction by New York artist Amy Myers. The artwork, titled “Liquid,” will appear on the south-facing wall of the Town Pavilion parking garage at 13th and Grand.
The Kansas City Star |
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Gadget Video: Philips PhotoViewer
Philips and Epson developed a product that combines their knowledge on home entertainment and digital photography. The Philips PhotoViewer is the easiest way to watch digital photos in amazing HD-quality on your TV. Watch our new Video Report to learn...
I4U |
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Gay pride abounds, but indie gay films tank
Gay-pride season seems to be extending well beyond its official month of June. Gay marriage is now legal in California, stars are coming out of the closet (and woodwork) as never before, and NewFest -- the New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Film Festival -- has kicked off the summer cycle of gay film festivals with its 20th anniversary run.
Reuters via Yahoo! News |
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June 11 - August 16: Grant Park Music Festival
Chicago's Grant Park Music Festival celebrates its 74th season.
ABC 7 Chicago |
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Autonomous Volkswagen Touareg ''Stanley,'' First-Ever Winner of the DARPA Grand Challenge, Comes Home to Silicon ...
Stanley, the history-making autonomous vehicle developed by the Stanford Racing Team, returns home to Silicon Valley after a global victory tour. Showcased at museums from South Africa to Singapore, Stanley will be on exhibit at The Tech Museum of Innovation from June 20 through July 17. After the close of this exhibition, the robot will go on display at the newly renovated Smithsonian National ...
Centre Daily Times |
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Scousers mount open source festival
THE NORTHERN city of Liverpool is to hold an Open Source City festival. The city that give us the Beatles and some Belgian beetrooty mix known as Scouse is going all open saucey.
The Inquirer |
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LEBANON: Refugee children chronicle life in camps
BEIRUT, 15 June 2008 (IRIN) - A photograph of the sea, perfectly framed by the ragged window of a gutted building, illustrates the contrasts of Lebanon. Hanging in Medina Theatre as part of an exhibition in Beirut's fashionable Hamra district, it could easily be the work of a professional.
IRIN |
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Lee Rosenbaum's cultural commentary
Roman Sarcophagus representing a Dionysiac village festival, 290-300 A.D. J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu
Arts Journal |
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Bloomsbury Auctions Presents The Bibliophile Sale Featuring Children's Books, Original Illustrations and Literature
Bloomsbury Auctions' June Bibliophile sale consists of over 500 carefully selected works that encompass a full range of children's books and original illustration artwork, a distinguished group of library sets, early printed and art books, and a fine selection of 19th and 20th century literature.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Billboard.com -- Beck, Black Crowes To Headline San Diego Festival
Beck and the Black Crowes will headline the annual San Diego Street Scene festival, to be held Sept. 19-20. Also near the top of the bill are Justice, Spoon, TV On The Radio, Cat Power, Hot Chip, Sound Tribe Sector 9 and Michael Franti & Spearhead.
Billboard.com |
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Thatcher’s Mercantile offers variety
In an unassuming house in the west downtown Renaissance district sits an antiques and collectables store with a variety of items to suit people’s interests.
The Danville Commercial-News |
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Cowboy Boot Exhibit Shows Off KS Western Heritage
The Great Overland Station honors the rich railroad tradition in Kansas. It's a tradition that helped spark the state's powerful western heritage. That's why the annual fund-raising gala has a western theme this year. So it wasn't hard to pick an art exhibit when...well, the boot fits.
WIBW Topeka |
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Autonomous Volkswagen Touareg ''Stanley,'' First-Ever Winner of the DARPA Grand Challenge, Comes Home to Silicon ...
SAN JOSE, Calif.----Stanley, the history-making autonomous vehicle developed by the Stanford Racing Team, returns home to Silicon Valley after a global victory tour. Showcased at museums from South Africa to Singapore, Stanley will be on exhibit at The Tech Museum of Innovation from June 20 through July 17.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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The sex lives of animals
A new exhibit in New York reveals that creatures in the wild do a lot more than what you see on the Discovery Channel.
Salon.com |
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Interview with Children's Book Illustrator Kim Sponaugle
"Be helpful and concerned for others – if you care for others, usually, God provides someone to help you." Kim Sponaugle is the illustrator of 13 children's picture books. When she was 8 years old, her grandmom entered her picture in a "color the bunny" contest. She won. The prize was a paint-by-numbers set. But Kim soon got bored with the numbers and began painting on her own. With time, her ...
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