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Raw Materials of a Life, Revealed by Sculpture
Louise Bourgeois?s art looks great at the Guggenheim Museum, clean but organic fecund, tumid, enwrapping and unclassically classical.
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Roanoke boasts museums, zoo, shopping and more
Discover Roanoke and a driving experience at the southern tip of the Shenandoah Valley on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Off Milepost 120, visit Mill Mountain Zoo, featuring more than 45 species of animals.
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
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Fireworks, festivals, fair and more
Following is a list of special events in the Shenandoah Valley region through December. Need to know how to get there from here?
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
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Proceeding with caution
When the Opera Festival of New Jersey folded after two decades, conductor Richard Tang Yuk mourned what seemed to be the end of an era, buried under rising production costs and limited revenues.
The Star-Ledger |
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Back to the Fuller future
NEW YORK -- Nothing is as old as yesterday's future, and the Whitney Museum's "retrospective" devoted to "Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe," which opened yesterday, definitely bears the stretch marks of its 1930s origins.
The Star-Ledger |
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Two of a Kind
Gabriel Trevino never thought he would be exhibiting his work with Carlos G. Gomez, a recognized artist who inspires him so much. Both artists will showcase their work in the art exhibition, "DOS," which represents both painters and will be displayed at the Historic Alonzo Building.
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Watch the wild of Idaho
The first bi-annual Local Wild Film Festival, a creation of Wild Gift, a Wood River Valley nonprofit leadership organization founded by valley native Bob Jonas, celebrates the community and natural surroundings of Idaho.
Idaho Mountain Express and Guide |
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Festival showcases Mount Clemens eateries
Business owners in downtown Mount Clemens on Thursday were busy sprucing up their properties as they prepared to be showcased to thousands of people this weekend during the Stars & Stripes Festival.
Macomb Daily |
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Exhibition features group's chairman
The Art Association of Roxbury presents an exhibition of paintings by its Chairman Martin Chapkosky.His works can be seen at the Roxbury Public Library in Succasunna through Monday, June 30.
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All-day music fest set for Saturday in St. Johns County
It was a quick turnaround, but in less than two months, Gail Smithson has put together the Creeks Art and Music Festival. It takes place Saturday at Veterans Memorial Park in northern St. Johns County. A few dozen musicians will play and a couple of dozen artists will display their work.
The Florida Times-Union |
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Company wants to drill for oil beneath CCL
GUN BARREL CITY — A San Antonio Oil Company plans to apply for a drilling permit for a Smackover zone well under and around Cedar Creek Lake.
Athens Review |
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Vortex Music Festival brings fun indoors
Most summer festivals take advantage of the outdoors, but organizers of the new Vortex Music Festival are taking a different approach.
Asheville Citizen-Times |
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Friday, June 27, 2008
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Westport Historical Society - “Westport Library Looks Back at 100 Years” exhibit 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Westport Historical Society - “A Town’s Treasures” photo exhibit by Tom Krestch 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Westport Arts Center - “Solos Show” 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Westport Arts Center - “Cover Story” 1:15 p.m. - Westport Senior Center - “The Rise and Decline of the Sportswriting ...
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SPIFFY SILO
Artist Debbie Cornman has been painting a mural, called "A Mo ment in Time," on a barn silo along Route 174 west of Boiling Springs in South Middleton Twp.
The Patriot-News |
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Area folklife festival celebrates traditions
It's no wonder the Kutztown Folk Festival is said to be the oldest continuing folk life festival in America. With nine days of family-oriented, wholesome entertainment for all tastes and ages, the festival will showcase distinctive Pennsylvania Dutch crafts and customs.
The Express-Times |
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No Headline
You don't have to drive to Louisville anymore just to see a whole festival of the new and best plays in the region.
The Huntington Herald-Dispatch |
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Four shows set to open at Boca Raton Museum
Four exhibitions open Wednesday at the Boca Raton Museum of Art.
The Palm Beach Post |
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James Lenavitt [8708]: Prints and Drawings
Retrospective work of University of Akron art professor James Lenavitt. Through June 27, Mondays through Fridays, 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; free Honors College Gallery (330) 972-5951
West Side Leader |
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Telfair Museum
The Telfair Museum of Art announced it will hold a Military Appreciation Day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. During this day of food, activities, and fine art, service members -including veterans - and their immediate families will be granted free admission to each of the Telfair's three sites--the Telfair Academy, the Owens-Thomas House, and the Jepson Center for the Arts. Please bring ...
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Teens can participate in photography project
The Moorpark City Library will host a free summer arts activity for teens ages 13 to 18. In the library's Metamorphosis project, participants will take photographs of their community and write about what they discover.
Moorpark Acorn |
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Photo Gallery
JACKSON TWP. The students inside the Stark State College classrooms are younger than normal. It's Kids' College, a four-week learning program for first- through seventh-graders.
The Canton Repository |
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[Best Bets] Tuesday, July 1
At noon, John Davis, retired science educator at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School and volunteer research entomologist at the Museum of Natural Science, will present a lecture about how scientists know of more dinosaurs alive today than in prehistoric times.
Jackson Free Press |
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Hersam Acorn Newspapers
Millions of germs can fit on the head of a pin, but only one sculpture can fit on the tip of a pencil. Dalton Ghetti, pencil tip sculptor, recently visited Ms. Quaintance’s sixth grade social studies classes at Weston Middle School to share and discuss his work.
Weston Forum |
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Babylon 5 Mask Donated To Museum
Eleven fans of the syndicated SF series Babylon 5 have donated a prosthetic mask used to transform the late actor Andreas Katsulas into the alien G'Kar to the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, N.Y.
Sci Fi Wire |
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Graffiti artist Bob Peck displays work at Artchitecture Gallery
As an art form, graffiti has evolved rapidly in recent years -- due largely to social and political forces aimed at squelching it.
The Plain Dealer |
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