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Enter your sports photos in our contest
Comments ( No comments posted. ) The Beaches Leader is happy to launch its first-ever summer sports photo contest. This is your opportunity to showcase camera skills, compete for prizes and get your work published in the paper.
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Uniting traditions
Uniting traditions There's a certain irony in a festival that's only two years old presenting music as old as New
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Three Rivers Arts Festival opens
Norman Beck , of Pittsburgh, works on a sculpture of a praying mantis called "My Recycled Prayer" during the first day of the Three Rivers Arts Festival on Friday. The sculpture is made entirely of recycled and recyclable materials.
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Picasso painting auctioned for record price 19 Jun 2008, 1538 hrs IST,AFP
SYDNEY: An unnamed buyer bought a Picasso painting for 6.9 million dollars (US$ 6.5 million) making it the most expensive ever to be sold in Australia.
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‘Spirit’ plans in high gear as date for annual festival nears
Organizers are fast at work making plans for the fourth annual Spirit of the Lakes Festival, to be held July 17-19 in Mound.
Waconia Patriot |
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Art
The Paper Warehouse and Art Gallery, 113 Newman St., hosts 25 artists from seven states through June. Each artist has been given "saw blades" that were donated by Komp Equipment after Hurricane Katrina. There are no parameters other than the saw blades must be the dominant part of the piece.
Hattiesburg American |
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Monet, Picasso to Anchor Planned $1.2 Billion London Art Sales
June 19 (Bloomberg) -- London auction houses will offer a record 624 million pounds ($1.2 billion) of art this summer, hoping buyers from emerging markets will keep shoring up demand.
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Roman Abramovich to wed Daria Zhukova, daughter of oil tycoon
Roman Abramovich, the governor of the Chukotka region of Russia and one of the richest men in the nation, will soon be removed from the list of most desirable single men. The billionaire made a proposal to his 25-year-old girlfriend Daria Zhukova.
Pravda |
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Picasso breaks Australia record
A Picasso painting sells in Sydney for $6.9m AUS (£3.32m), making it the most expensive artwork to be sold at auction in Australia.
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Roman Abramovich to wed Daria Zhukova, daughter of oil tycoon
Roman Abramovich, the governor of the Chukotka region of Russia and one of the richest men in the nation, will soon be removed from the list of most desirable single men. The billionaire made a proposal to his 25-year-old girlfriend Daria Zhukova.
Pravda Ru |
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How a feat of clay is going back to its roots
An art installation featuring 40,000 clay figures is back in its Merseyside birthplace for an exhibition.
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Daybook
A walk with Gary Elben is at 8:30 a.m. at the Folk Art Center. About four and a half miles. Information: 684-6262.
The Hendersonville Times-News |
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Councilman supports additional public art
Farmington City Councilman Tom Buck believes art creates interest in the community.
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Gettysburg Festival begins today
GETTYSBURG, Pa. More than 20 brass bands, a ballet company, a chocolate fountain and a motorcycle daredevil are all part of the first Gettysburg Festival, 11 days of celebration of the arts that kicks off today.
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Ongoing exhibits
'Forever Strong Womanhood'; 'Lost and Found'; Paintings and sculpture; Photography by Jennifer Fountain; Going Out; Photo exhibit; Artist of the month; Art in the Hallway; Miniatures and more; Frederick County 360/365; 'An Eye for Detail'; 'On the Trail of New Treasures'; Ellen Lanyon retrospective; Pastels from the permanent collection; Beaver Creek School Museum; Building America's Canals; ...
The Herald-Mail |
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Going Out: Compound interest
When Avellana Art Gallery curator Albert Avellana runs out of display space, he knocks on the doors of his neighbors and borrows their walls. He can choose from furniture and interior designer Eric Paras, who now rents four houses in the F.B. Harrison St. compound, and fashion designer Jojie Lloren, the latest addition to the little creative community that has sprouted up in the middle of nowhere.
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The Phila. Art Museum is free today
The Philadelphia Museum of Art will be open free to the public from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today as part of the official day of appreciation to honor the late Anne d'Harnoncourt, who led the museum for many years.
The Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Refugee movie shows at festival
A portrait of Edinburgh's refugee community has its premiere at the Scottish capital's film festival.
BBC News |
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How a feat of clay is going back to its roots
An art installation featuring 40,000 clay figures is back in its Merseyside birthplace for an exhibition.
BBC News |
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SUU alum now in director's chair
CEDAR CITY - Jesse Berger said becoming a man began for him at Southern Utah University 15 years ago as a theater major. This season for the Utah Shakespearean Festival, he's directing a play about characters that embark on their own journey to manhood.
Saint George Spectrum |
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Largest area Greek festival goes on, despite storm
The June 8 storm did more than down trees and cut power to area residents and businesses.
Troy Eccentric |
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Art in the Park gets a golden touch
There will be a "golden" touch to this year's Lathrup Village Art in the Park festival, to be held Saturday and Sunday at the Lathrup Municipal Park.
Southfield Eccentric |
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Science museum turns 75
The Museum of Science and Industry, in the middle of an 11-year makeover, celebrates its philosophy of hands-on education The Museum of Science and Industry, a sprawling Chicago institution fashioned from the delight of an 8-year-old boy, celebrates its 75th birthday Thursday as America's oldest museum devoted to science and technology.
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Revamped University of Michigan Museum of Art to Open in 2009
The museum's new wing includes a 225-seat auditorium. In early 2009, the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) in Ann Arbor, Michigan will reopen to the public after a renovation and expansion carrying a $41.9 million price tag.
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Metal artists celebrate opening of gallery, guest house
In the five years since Brett and Tammy Prang erected a 38-foot hand-welded metal cross over the family cemetery near Kadoka, the colossal piece has drawn hundreds of visitors and lots of attention.
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