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Best Bets For The Weekend
Now that summer is in full swing, there are lots of exciting options for this weekend's entertainment. From rock concerts to art exhibits to hands-on nature explorations, there's something out there to please even the most finicky connoisseur of fun.
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Standing in the Shadow of the Silhouette Figure
You remember Kara Walker, whose stark cut-paper silhouettes show unflinching scenes of slavery and racism. The African American artist, recipient of a 1997 MacArthur genius grant at age 27 and subject of a major touring exhibition organized last year by the Walker Art Center, has enjoyed unpreced...
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Museums
The Folger Shakespeare Library's newest exhibit focuses on the arms and armor in Shakespeare's plays. The exhibit runs through Sept. 9. (Higgins Armory Museum)
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Rock of ages
His name still stirs the imagination. Rebellious, unpredictable, beyond boundaries, he slammed rock 'n' roll into new directions. He sang with fierce abandon, lived with a reckless spirt, and blew everyone away at the first Woodstock festival. He became an edgy symbol of the counterculture and achieved otherworldly sounds with his guitar. In 2003 Rolling Stone magazine ranked him first ...
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Special Section Preview: Cleveland Museum of Art readies its grand re-opening
Art lovers in Cleveland had to go cold turkey three years ago when the Cleveland Museum of Art closed its permanent-collection galleries to start a massive expansion and renovation. Their long wait is almost over.
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artnet Online Auctions - Photographic Portraits Sale
NEW YORK & BERLIN----From June 20-30 artnet Online Auctions will feature a special sale of Photographic Portraits celebrating icons of film, entertainment and popular culture from the 1930s-1960s.
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Competitive art show draws wide range of talent
A contemporary woodcarving won the coveted Best of Show award at the 2008 Nebraskaland Days Competitive Art Show hosted by the North Platte Art Guild.
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Cathedral architect highlighted
An exhibition featuring the works of Coventry Cathedral's architect, Sir Basil Spence, opens.
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WEATHER FOR STROUDSBURG:
A mural six years in the making was among targets defaced by graffiti vandals in East Stroudsburg last night. “No one ever touched our painting before, only the white parts that weren’t done yet,” artist Michael Jones said. “In New York City, taggers never touch the art work.”
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Hialeah gets new bank branch
Commerce Bank recently marked the opening of a branch at West 49th Street and West Eighth Avenue in Hialeah with a celebration that included free food and Cuban drinks, face painting, balloon art, magic and a DJ playing party hits, along with hourly drawings to win a $50 Commerce Bank Visa Gift Card and a $500 cash prize.
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Movie Screener
Ridicule rears its ugly head in this dreary comedy that was a most unlikely hit at this year's Sundance Festival. Preston, Idaho is the scene of the title character's miserable existence.
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AirTran Airways Gives Frequent Fliers a Chance to See the Greats at the Pro Football Hall of Fame
AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. , announced today that A+ Rewards members will have a chance to win the vacation of a lifetime to attend the Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival.
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Poonah paintings explore the nation
VietNamNet Bridge – Scottish artist Jim Goodall has fallen in love with painting on do (poonah) paper. It is the foundation of his recently opened solo exhibition, Three Themes, which aims to express his feelings and opinions of life in Vietnam.
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First-ever ?A Midsummer Festival? tempts all of the senses while helping ar
Hillside Children's Center and Genesee Country Village & Museum are joining together on July 12 to experience small town New England ambience along with an abundance of regional wines and culinary delights at the region's first-of-its-kind "A Midsummer Festival."
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What's Happening in Asian Cinema: Talking to the Organizers of the New York Asian Film Festival
From June 20 to July 6, the boys at Subway Cinema (Dan Craft, Grady Hendrix, Paul Kazee, Brian Ns, Goran Topalovic and Marc Walkow) return to the IFC Center and the Japan Society with a little something for everybody at the Seventh Annual New York Asian Film Festival . This year’s festival sports another terrific line-up of films , including two new gems by Johnnie To ( Mad Detective and Sparrow ...
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Mrs. Jindal adorns mansion with student art
Associated Press - June 20, 2008 11:14 AM ET BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana's first lady plans to adorn the Governor's Mansion with artwork created by school children from around the...
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Mrs. Jindal adorns mansion with student art
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Louisiana's first lady plans to adorn the Governor's Mansion with artwork created by school children from around the state.
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Nissan Named Official Sponsor of USA Track & Field (USATF), the USA National Track & Field Team, and the Eugene '08 ...
Nissan has been named the Official Sponsor of the 2008 USA National Track & Field Team and the Eugene '08 festival, held in conjunction with the U.S. National Team Championships, the largest national championship track meet in the world, to be held June 27 through July 6 at Hayward Field in Eugene, OR. The event will determine the U.S. track and field team going to the 2008 Olympic Games in ...
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Student art adorns Louisiana Governor's Mansion
Louisiana's first lady plans to adorn the Governor's Mansion with artwork created by school children from around the state, including a student from Caddo Parish. Supriya Jindal's office said the art to be displayed comes from the winners of the Louisiana Art Education Association's annual contest. This year's theme encouraged
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ENTERTAINMENT AND LEISURE IN LATVIA, ESTONIA AND LITHUANIA
Where art meets nature TBT#611 [ Jun 18, 2008 ] TALLINN - There is more to art than just paintings... A visit to holey ground TBT#611 [ Jun 18, 2008 ] BIRZAI - Close to the Latvian border in the Paneve...
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Public invited to police presentation at museum
Citizens are invited to a presentation about the Vallejo Police Department's recruitment and training policies Saturday at the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum's Beyond the Badge exhibit. Vallejo Cpl. Richard Botello will host the discussion at 1 p.
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Juneteenth celebrated
TOLEDO - The Toledo Museum of Art will host a Juneteenth Celebration Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. The celebration...
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Winston-Salem will host Carolina Summer Music Festival
Winston-Salem will serve as the permanent host city for the Carolina Summer Music Festival, organizers announced this week.
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What you should see and where you should be tonight
Be among the first to see Part II of the epic exhibition The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality , and the Moving Image on the opening weekend of Realisms.
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Novice Finds His Style
Tipper Gore nearly had what she wanted in the spring of 1976. Her life was balanced between work and home, with a rambunctious 2-year-old daughter and a job in the photography department of the Nashville Tennessean that gave her opportunities to shoot evocative pictures. Her husband Al was an edi...
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