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Achievements
Elizabeth Hwang of Needham, an 8th grade student at Westgate Christian Academy, has won Best in Show in the Poster Contest at the New England Spring Flower Show. A second student, Heidi Rideout of Wellesley, was also honored with Honorable Mention, 3rd and 4th Grade.
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Asha for Education, San Francisco Declares Open the 2008 India's Film Festival of Hope
Asha for Education in San Francisco today announced that it will be hosting the first ever annual "India's Film Festival of Hope" on June 21st from 1-9pm in San Francisco. Through documentary films, photography and arts, this festival will paint the picture of underprivileged kids in today's India with a 'hope' of bringing them a better tomorrow.
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'Global' festival to kick off summer in Sunnyvale
Sunnyvale is hosting a summer festival on Saturday to highlight the city's diversity. Mirroring similar events held throughout Silicon Valley, this festival is called "Global Sunnyvale: A Celebration of Cultures," and will feature music, art and entertainment from a variety of different
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Exploration Day to feature photo lessons
GALVESTON — Activities at Galveston Island Nature Tourism Council’s Nature Exploration Day on Saturday include two mentored photographic sessions.
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Art group buys classical Greek ring
The 4th-century ring, purchased to honor First Lady Mary Easley, will be the first piece of jewelry in the museum’s collection. It is the third piece purchased by the museum’s Friends of Greek Art.
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Planning ahead
Columbia Mayor Bill Gentner shows an artist rendering of phase two of the city’s Riverwalk Project to guests at the annual Elected Officials Breakfast held Tuesday at the Memorial Building.
Columbia Daily Herald |
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A New Office for the TRA
The Theodore Roosevelt Association is moving ahead with its plans for the proposed Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Museum and Research Center.
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Pencil this In: Thursday
Sterling Ruby's show opens at the Pacific Design Center tonight. / Photo by S:U:P:E:R:M:O:D via LAist’s flickr pool. ART Mr. Brainwash (aka MBW) is an “eccentric French filmmaker” whose first exhibit “Life is Beautiful” is showing at the old CBS studios. The show will feature more than 300 paintings, sculptures and prints alongside an installation made from 100,000 shoes and a ...
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Reaching back to Caravaggio, by way of Hopper
On the shady Achrafieh side street of Comme des Garcons is an old house-cum-chic clothing boutique. Pleasantly aged and inviting in the afternoon sunlight, it's a fitting, if ironic, venue for the mysterious and engaging photographs of Gregory Buchakjian's exhibition "Nighthawks."
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Wine festival held in honor of summer solstice
Mike and Margaret Lytz will be hosting the Sixth Annual Summer Solstice Wine, Art and Blues Festival at Sarah’s Vineyard in Cuyahoga Falls across the street from Blossom Music Center June 20, 21, and 22.
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Going once, going twice, auctions sell the oddest items, including Tony Soprano's shorts
Tony Soprano is selling his drawers. No, not the wooden furniture that holds his drawers. The actual drawers themselves. James Gandolfino, who played the gangster on the HBO series, is auctioning off his boxers to help raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project, which aids injured troops.
The Plain Dealer |
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Hello, Neighbor!
The Skanner photographer Julie Keefe, in collaboration with the arts nonprofit training organization Caldera, has just completed the largest public art project in Oregon history.
Skanner |
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Positively State Street
BACK TO THE BEACH: Last year, twin brothers Joshua and Jeremy Pemberton , the up-and-coming masterminds behind Twiin Productions ( twiinproductions.com ), attempted the near impossible: throwing a one-off festival the likes of which Santa Barbara rarely sees while the Bowl season was still going strong.
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City aspires to lofty public art
A spire, which is the tallest piece of freestanding public art in the UK is being put up in Nottingham, university officials say.
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Local youths display creative ‘Expressions’
Stop by MY Millennium Place this weekend and discover stunning artworks created by some of Whistler’s budding artistic talents. Expressions: By Whistler Youth is an art exhibit featuring works by Whistler Secondary School art students, running until June 22 in the Scotia Creek Gallery.
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OSF performances celebrate Juneteenth
Oregon Shakespeare Festival company members gathered this week for a Juneteenth celebration that included readings, skits, and music. The name Juneteenth is a blend of the words June and nineteenth. It celebrates the end of slavery in the United States.
Ashland Daily Tidings |
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Anytime Cafe filled with creative flourishes
Menu items with a twist and arresting artwork make Chatham lunch spot memorable.
Cape Cod Times |
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NRAS hosts ‘Cloth is Our Canvas III’
North River Arts Society will host an exhibit of art quilts by a group of women called the Coastal Quilt Artists from June 21 through July 13. With a love for fabric and all its possibilities, these 13 women will present a quilt show titled “Cloth is Our Canvas III.” This year marks the third exhibit for the group at the NRAS gallery, 157 Old Main St. in Marshfield Hills.
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Salish Point Festival of the Lake is Saturday
POLSON — The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and the City of Polson invites the public to the first ever Salish Point Festival of the Lake Saturday, June 21. The recreational event that commemorates the continued development of public access on Flathead Lake begins at 10 a.m. at the Salish Point Park near downtown here.
Char-Koosta News |
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French artist holds own show in big Paris museums
PARIS (Reuters Life!) - A French artist angered by what he calls a lack of space for contemporary art has taken to putting his own paintings on display among the treasures of museums like the Louvre or the Musee d'Orsay.
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New acts added to Whistler Music Festival
Music lovers have even more to love about the Whistler Music Festival (July 19 and 20), as three new acts have just been added to the already eclectic and star-studded lineup.
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Rembrandt painting 'is authentic'
Experts confirm that Rembrandt Laughing is a self-portrait by the artist and could be worth more than £15m.
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Fashion police rip Eli, wife over faux pas
Here's Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning and his missus out on the town, hobnobbing with the rich and famous at one of Manhattan's chicest parties. The couple turned up at the uber-cool Whitney Contemporaries Art Party and Auction Tuesday at the Skylight Studios.
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A journey toward self many miles away
Guess what. I am at a week-long, advanced fiction-writing workshop in Provincetown, Cape Cod, at this place called the Fine Arts Work Center.
The Aspen Times |
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Game On
Over in Toronto, a pristine Victorian game box beat the odds and scored an impressive $8,800 at auction.
Forbes |
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