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Cherry Hill SummerFest hopes to attract nonresidents
COLUMBIA — The Village of Cherry Hill will host its second annual SummerFest and Art Show on Saturday, but people don’t have to live there to attend. The goal is ...
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Damien Hirst, Direct to Auction
Damien Hirst said he will offer a sculpture of a gold-trimmed bull that he expects to fetch up to $23.5 million at a Sotheby's London auction of his works in September. The Beautiful Inside My Head Forever auction on September 15 and 16 is Sotheby's second sale of works by Britain's richest artist. The New York-based Sotheby's will offer a range of pieces in various media created by Mr. Hirst in ...
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Forward.com
York, Pa. - The entrance lobby of the York Jewish Community Center in York, Pa., is decorated with all the traditional trappings of a JCC: paintings of Israel, a Holocaust memorial sculpture and a glass case with Judaica for sale.
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This summer, from July 5 to July 12, the Festival at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts will present a massive production of the strident, atonal German opera “Die Soldaten” (“The Soldiers”) by Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918-1970).
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17th Annual San Jose Mariachi Festival Features Unprecendented Roster
San Jose's Mexican Heritage Corporation , producer of the largest mariachi and Latin music festivals in California, today announced an unprecedented artist roster for its signature event, the 17th Annual San Jose International Mariachi Festival.
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Weekend options: Juneteenth, Swede Day and the Jordan Art Festival
The annual celebration of the end of slavery in 1865 offers a parade, a marketplace with more than 100 vendors, food, live music and other entertainment on two stages.
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Diversions calendar
FESTIVALS Rambling River Days: A variety of events in Farmington, including sports tournaments and demonstrations, live entertainment, rib cook-off, steak fry and parade. Fri., Sat. and Sun. At various locations; check website for details.
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Panel to review revised design for King Memorial in D.C.
The latest design revisions for a planned Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall are being reviewed by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts.
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Embassy in Berlin undertakes responsibility for MIA briefing
QATAR’S embassy in the German capital Berlin is to hold a press briefing as part of Qatar Museums Authority’s (QMA) campaign to promote Doha’s new Museum of Islamic Art (MIA).
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French filmmaker Jean Delannoy dies at 100
Thu, Jun 19, 2008 (2:24 p.m.) Classic French filmmaker Jean Delannoy, who adapted novels by Victor Hugo and Andre Gide and won the Cannes Film Festival's top prize in 1946, has died at age 100, officials said Thursday.
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Swedish politician resigns over exhibit
A Swedish Moderate Party politician has resigned after party members didn't help him block the controversial Ecce Homo exhibit from coming to Ornskoldsvik.Sweden's TT news agency said Lars Naslund campaigned against Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin's photography exhibition, which features a nude Jesus Christ-like figure in homoerotic scenarios, then resigned when members of his party failed to support ...
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Special event: Eyedrum Book Sale
Fri., June 20... By Cinque Hicks.Eyedrum is best known for its outside-the-box music events and independently spirited art exhibitions. This Fri., JUNE 20, however, the premier alternative art space goes swap meet on us with its second BOOK SALE. Those with overendowed libraries may bring tables and as many books that fit on, under or around them to sell to the general public. Eyedrum asks only ...
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Buyer’s last laugh as ‘fake’ Rembrandt valued at £15m
A "fake" Rembrandt self-portrait that once boasted a guide price of just £1000 is today worth up to £15m after an expert confirmed it was genuine. The Young Rembrandt as Democrates the Laughing Philosopher came up for auction last year, but was only attributed to "a follower" of the Dutch master.
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Broadcaster EDDIE TRUNK to Announce 25th Anniversary Celebration, Ticket Contest June 20th via Q104.3-NYC, ...
NEW YORK----Heavy metal/hard rock guru and syndicated broadcast personality EDDIE TRUNK on Friday, June 20th, 11:59 p.m. ET will announce an over-the-top, exclusive event to celebrate his 25th anniversary in radio broadcasting and mark the occasion in true heavy metal style at Hard Rock Cafe New York in Times Square.
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Art Openings: Miracle Mile, Modernists, Eichlers
Saturday Celebrate summer this Saturday while enjoying the art of the Miracle Mile! Voila! Gallery is hosting this month’s Miracle Mile Art Walk , featuring an artist lecture, guided tour, and food courtesy of Sante La Brea. The “Holly Trolley” will also be on hand to shuttle folks from gallery to gallery beginning at 1pm. Download your map here . – 1-5pm In commemoration of its ...
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The One Who Smelt It, Dealt It [A Call To The Bullpen]
boomp3.com James Franco, star of the upcoming Pineapple Express, made a face after smelling something akin to rotten eggs at the Art Party at the Whitney Museum. However, he was quick to deny that...
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French filmmaker Jean Delannoy dies at 100
Classic French filmmaker Jean Delannoy, who adapted novels by Victor Hugo and Andre Gide and won the Cannes Film Festival's top prize in 1946, has died at age 100, officials said Thursday.
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Alianait kicks off this weekend
The Alianait Arts Festival kicks off this Saturday, June 20, and continues for the next 10 days with an ambitious schedule that should offer something - from Mongolian throat-singing to a big band to breakdancing to traditional Inuit string games - for just about everyone in Iqaluit.
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Is your favourite place worthy of an art piece?
There remains time to enter the My Favourite Place contest organized by the Art School of Peterborough and co-sponsored by Peterborough This Week.
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Sake and sculptures in an Aoyama backstreet
Tokyo's backstreets can be dank or swank, but on the whole, they're safe. The biggest risk lies in the lure of diversion. Wander off the beaten path on your way to buy eggs or mail a letter, and you'll get sucked in by bizarre Lilliputian entrepreneurships, copper-clad fronts of prewar wooden shacks, or a huge ball of cedar twigs. The eggs? What eggs? Zooming around Tokyo's swank Aoyama district ...
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Downtown Art Project Approved
The Las Vegas City Council has approved a major public art project. Soon two 50 foot tall paint brushes will cast a beam of light in Downtown Las Vegas, defining the Las Vegas Art District.
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HP To Shrink Printer Operations From Five To Three Units
The laser-jet and commercial printer operations will form one unit, while the ink-jet and consumer supplies operations will constitute another. The third unit will focus on billboards, signs, and professional photography.
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ARTS + FEATURES
An iconic image is at the heart of a new exhibition, although everybody now knows it was faked.
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EDGE ART Gallery St. Petersburg
6 Konnogvardeysky Boulevard. Tel. 571 01 50 NEW! Loft-Project “Etazhi” 74 Ligovsky Prospekt. Tel. 339-9836. Daily 12 a.m. to 10 p.m. NEW! RGB 16 x 16 Interactive audio-visual installation.
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Academy of Arts Museum
17 Universnetskaya Nab. Tel. 323-6496, 323-3578 M. Vasileostrovskaya. Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. NEW! Double Dream of Art Contemporary Italian graphics.
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