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Biz Buzz: Couch Potato kicks back at new downtown location
Couch Potato, a furniture store that has operated in downtown San Luis Obispo since 2005, has moved up a block into the former Black Sea Gallery space at 712 Marsh St. because its old location will be razed. The store left its location in a single-level building at Marsh and Nipomo streets because it — along with a neighboring building that used to have a cell phone store —will be torn down to ...
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Churchill sunset painting sells in New York for $350,000
NEW YORK - An auction company says a painting by Winston Churchill of a Moroccan sunset has sold for $350,000.
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Troy's Adena Moree recipient of National Festival Fellowship
Adena Moree, director of theatre at Troy University, is the recipient of the 2008 Kennedy Center-American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) National Festival Fellowship.
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Student artwork featured on cards
The artwork of 20 elementary school students will be featured on greeting cards sold at TroyFest 2008 on Saturday and Sunday.
The Troy Messenger |
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Storytelling festival founder asks for Orem auditorium
A dramatic proposal from Karen Ashton, representing the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival, caused a bit of a stir in the second round of the 2008 Cultural Arts and Recreation Enrichment grant work sessions Tuesday in Orem.
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Zach Ashton to Headline Brazilian Music Festival -- Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Zach Ashton to headline the Radio PopRock 11th Anniversary Music Festival in Porto Alegre, Brazil, May 10, 2008. The international recording artist will be performing at the Radio PopRock 11th Anniversary Music Festival in Porto Alegre. The festival features popular music from the South of Brazil as well as other regions. Zach Ashton will be performing songs from his latest album "Just Like ...
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Two Kinetic Sculptures Infuse Public Spaces with a Positive Psychology
Northern Colorado artist Mel Ristau announces the completed installation of two monumental aerial kinetic sculptures that infuse architectural interiors for Walker Brands, Tampa, Fla. and Children's Medical Center, Plano, Texas with an exceptionally positive aesthetic.
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Kids get kick out of Galaxy event
WEST COVINA - About 250 children from West Covina Youth Soccer got a chance to meet some of their heroes from the L.A. Galaxy on Tuesday. • Photo Gallery: Galaxy Soccer Clinic
San Gabriel Valley Tribune |
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Benefit planned for home fire victim
An event benefitting Lin Arkles of Centerville Township will be held Saturday, May 10, at the VFW Hall in Lake Leelanau. Food, music and a silent auction will be held from 5:30 to 10 p.m. The home owned by Arkles, an artist, burned to the ground earlier this month.
Leelanau Enterprise |
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CSULB given Warhol prints
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has given the university 152 original Polaroids and silver gelatin prints produced by Warhol between 1974 and 1985.
Long Beach Press-Telegram |
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Feature Photo: Helping a fellow student
April 24, 2008 JAMES WOODCOCK/Gazette Staff/Gazette StaffKaylie Lutes works with her classmates from Broadwater Elementary hanging ceiling panels in the Ronald McDonald Caremobile as part of a fundraiser for their fellow student Derrek Mollerstrom, a 9-year-old scheduled for a bone marrow transplant. The students worked a total of 144 hours painting the tiles and collected $1,440 from sponsors. ...
Billings Gazette |
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10 Years of antiMusic: The Blood Brothers - Crimes
We're looking back at 10 years of antiMusic. Today we let one of antiMusic's most prolific writers, Mark Hensch (who is also editor of Thrashpit), tell us how The Blood Brothers made him a true believer with their 2004 masterpiece "Crimes".
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Local & live
Thursday, April 24, 2008 • "HOME SWEET HOME": Holiday Inn Grand Montana Trade Center. 5 p.m., doors open for 22nd annual dinner, fundraiser for Special K Ranch. Silent, live auctions; entertainment by Quint Essentials. Free; contributions welcome. RSVP, 322-5520.
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Recent Editions
The carving of the phrase "The New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building" five times into the mountain white marble façade of the flagship building of the New York Public Library is expected to take two months, the project manager for the restoration of the façade, Tim Allenbrook, said yesterday. The engravings, in recognition of Mr. Schwarzman's $100 million gift, the largest gift ...
The New York Sun |
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Churchill sunset painting sells in New York for $350,000
A painting by Winston Churchill of a Moroccan sunset - a view he loved so much that he invited President Franklin D. Roosevelt to see it - has sold for $350,000, an auction company says.
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The Morgan's 'Medieval Hunt'
Sometimes, the upkeep of artwork has serendipitous side benefits. At the Morgan Library, the temporary unbinding of the manuscript "Le Livre de la Chasse" for conservation purposes has occasioned a unique treat: an installation displaying most of its 87 remarkable miniatures. Produced around 1407 by unknown scribes and illuminators, the Morgan manuscript illustrates the hunting treatise written ...
The New York Sun |
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Winston Churchill painting of beloved Moroccan sunset sells in New York for $350,000
NEW YORK - A painting by Winston Churchill of a Moroccan sunset — a view he loved so much that he invited President Franklin D. Roosevelt to see it — has sold for $350,000, an auction company says.
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune |
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Churchill sunset painting sells in New York for $350,000
A painting by Winston Churchill of a Moroccan sunset - a view he loved so much that he invited President Franklin D. Roosevelt to see it - has sold for $350,000, an auction company says. "Sunset Over the Atlas Mountains," a vibrant landscape painted in 1935 from Churchill's balcony at the Mamounia Hotel in Marrakech, had been expected to bring at least $600,000 at the Bonhams New York auction ...
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NEWS: Exhibition soccer matches mark dedication of Burnham Field
The College marked the dedication of Burnham Field and the adjoining Sports Pavillion, which will serve both Burnham Field and the nearby Scully-Fahey Field, with two exhibition soccer matches and festivities for donors and alumni involved in the project last weekend.
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Churchill sunset painting sells in New York for $350,000
A painting by Winston Churchill of a Moroccan sunset — a view he loved so much that he invited President Franklin D. Roosevelt to see it — has sold for $350,000, an auction company says.
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Around Pasadena
Talented students to perform Friday ALHAMBRA - The Community Visual and Performing Arts Festival, will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at Alhambra High School, 101 S. Second St.
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You’re invited: Public can vote at art show
Noah LeFavour takes a break from picking out books Wednesday at Marion Public Library to look at artwork on display there. Jeff Morehead / jmorehead@chronicle-tribune.com
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Answer Where on campus?
Last week's photo: "Student Life" wood carving located in the Memorial Student Center.
The Battalion |
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Barefoot in the park
Artwork from Megan Knobel (not pictured) was featured Saturday night at the Barefoot Art Guild. The guild supports area artists and bands and exhibits each semester.
The Battalion |
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Club notes
Historical society Thornton The Thornton Historical Society's monthly meeting will be held at 7 p.m. April 28. After a brief business meeting, members and guests will hear Elaine Egdorf's presentation of "The Dixie Highway." The public is welcome at all meetings. Starting May 3, the museum will be open from 1 to 3 p.m. every Saturday through September. Visitors can see the new Indian artifact ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana |
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