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‘Small Works’ open at Marion Art Center
An exhibition entitled “Small Works” opens at the Marion Art Center on Friday, June 27, with a reception to meet the artists from 6 to 8 p.m. Featured in this invitational show are Christine Bean, Veronique Bale, Judy Carver, Valerie Claff, Meg Howland and Alice Shire.
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Franz play Glasto
Franz Ferdinand will play a surprise show at the Glastonbury Festival this weekend, it has been announced.
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Local News
The Music and Art in the Park festival in West Lorne June 21 was the first of what some hope will become an annual event. Music and Art in the Park gave local artists and musicians a platform for showing off themselves.
The West Elgin Chronicle |
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Shakespeare fest launches fifth season
Winona’s Great River Shakespeare Festival opens its fifth anniversary season productions of “The Merchant of Venice” and “The Taming of the Shrew” this weekend amidst an array of celebratory traditions and events.
Holmen Courier |
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Arts Calendar:
“From Pompei to Marseille” fresco paintings of Francesca Giorgi at Giorgi Gallery, 2911 Claremont Ave. For information on fresco workshops call 848-1228.
Berkeley Daily Planet |
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It's a crafty world: Center exhibits homegrown art
Rhonda Sweeney's first visit to the Montrose-area Houston Center for Contemporary Craft was short and sweet. With a girlfriend in tow, she popped in with a specific purpose in mind.
Greater Houston Weekly |
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Shvarts to present new piece at Tate Modern
Aliza Shvarts '08 is among 10 artists scheduled to present works as part of a larger program examining what the gallery describes as "an unmissable opportunity to examine the relationship between culture and technology with a range of leading thinkers and practitioners." Her piece is not the supposed documentation of self-insemination and repeated miscarriages that stirred controversy this ...
Yale Daily News |
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Festival keeps going despite sponsor void
Form-changing documentaries, Cannes Film Festival winners, and a large number of local films show the New Zealand Film Festival programme has not been affected by the lack of a major sponsor.
Stuff |
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'Waterfalls' art project unveiled in NYC
About 35,000 gallons of water a minute is roaring into the East River as part of New York City's latest public art happening.
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Gallery's 'Last Hurrah' to be given on July 13
UNION PIER -- The Area Artists Association of the Lubeznik Center for the Arts has been invited to show its members' works in a final exhibition at the Acorn Gallery in Union Pier.
South Bend Tribune |
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Cityfolk Festival 2008 fast approaching
Ethnic and traditional music, dance, visual art, crafts and food all serve to define distinct cultural identities.
Dayton Daily News |
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Bugs at the Library
Bretton Sporrer (above) draws a bug at the Nevada Public Library on June 18. Central Elementary art teacher Jeff Widen gave a "how-to" presentation as a kick-off for the library's "Make a Bug Contest."
Mid-Iowa News |
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Ebay Auction: $10,000 to Be Bridesmaid
To pay for her wedding, one woman auctioned off a spot in the bridal party.
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Monet painting fetches $80 million at London auction
LONDON - A water lily painting by Claude Monet sold for more than $80 million Tuesday, breaking the auction record for the French impressionist artist, Christie's said. "Le...
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Helicopter tour company opens commercial division
Alamo Helicopter Tours is launching a commercial division focused on real estate and land surveys, pipeline and powerline surveys, construction progress shots, wildlife surveys, aerial photography and aircraft management.
San Antonio Business Journal |
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ADV Films to Auction Surplus Office Supplies
Chris Johnson, a former editor of A.D. Vision 's Newtype USA magazine, points out on the AnimeOnDVD forums that A.D. Vision is holding a consolidation auction of "oak, walnut & Ikea style office furniture, computers, servers, phones," and other surplus office supplies at its warehouse today.
Anime News Network |
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Lil' Wayne Brings The Magic to N.O.'s Voodoo Experience
Lil' Wayne is headed back to his hometown of New Orleans to headline the "Voodoo Experience" festival this fall. Visit SOHH.com for the complete story.
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Courthouse art bill irks some board members
A number of members of the Knox County Board Wednesday night questioned why nearly $3,000 is being spent to put up six paintings of historic individuals or events in the judges’ chambers of the Knox County Courthouse.
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Gruv Development Update
Ableauctions.com Inc. (AMEX:AAC) (the "Company") announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Axion Investment Corporation, has received conditional approval from the Royal Bank of Canada that will allow it to begin using a $16 million construction financing loan for the development of a 111 unit condominium project (the "Gruv project"). There were several conditions that Axion was required ...
Centre Daily Times |
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Hobby Goes Long Way for UT Tyler Senior Lecturer
Miguel Narvaez uses his photography skills both as a personal challenge and teaching tool. Miguel Narvaez, senior lecturer in the health and kinesiology department at The University of Texas at Tyler, enjoys photography. Ten years ago he ventured into the art, which now has become a favorite hobby.
Tyler Morning Telegraph |
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‘I think I like Paris’
After leaving the Louvre Museum, we had a late lunch at a sidewalk cafe and then spent an enjoyable visit with Vicki Walker Pain, her husband Manu and sons Alexandre and Austin in Montmartre.
Rockdale Reporter |
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East Bulletin Board
Greensburg -- The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, 221 N. Main St., will sponsor the following exhibits beginning Sunday. Call 724-837-1500, ext. 27. ...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
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Lincoln College turns dirt for new center
Abraham Lincoln — portrayed by Lincoln Heritage Museum curator Ron Keller — digs his hand into a watermelon in preparation for pouring juice over the area where the groundbreaking for Lincoln College’s new Lincoln Center would take place minutes later.
Lincoln Courier |
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Waterfalls Art Project Flows To Life
Starting Thursday, four man-made waterfalls began cascading in the East River -- an art exhibit that is also a tribute to the environment and the importance of water in New York City's landscape.
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Guide to Viewing the Waterfalls
No matter how you choose to see the waterfalls by boat, train, bicycle or on foot Public Art Fund and the city have a plan in place for you.
New York Times |
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