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Robert De Niro to take centre stage at Czech film festival
US actor Robert De Niro will take center stage at the 43rd Karlovy Vary international film festival -- the biggest of its kind in Central Europe -- when he receives an award for lifetime achievement.
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Local Briefs
LAFAYETTE - The Main Library downtown, along with the UL Lafayette Anime Club, will host an anime event 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 12th. A drawing contest, Japanese inspired workshops and anime will be shown throughout the day. Preregistration is required for this event.
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Traditional, edgy sculpture brought together at UAMA
What is an art medium that pops out at you and makes you walk around it to absorb the different moods that each side of it conveys? It is sculpture, and the UA Museum of Art is showcasing the best of its collection in "Of Flesh, Form and Matter."
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Bidding for Bacon hits $34.4 million
LONDON -- Works by Francis Bacon have been big sellers at recent auctions, and Christie's sale of postwar and contemporary art Monday was no different.
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Stroll Paris, view art
Forty artists will participate in the Downtown Paris Artwalk from 5-8 p.m. July 11. Green balloons will mark 25 venues, with free food and beverages offered at all locations, which will also provide maps. Call Varden's at (859) 987-4700. Artifacts on display Hopewell Museum's summer exhibit, Hope Well: A Local Museum Collects , tells stories found in the artifacts from the ...
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Home events
Alameda Point Antiques and Collectibles 6 a.m.-3 p.m. Sun. $5-$15. Alameda Point, Alameda. (510) 522-7500. www.antiquesbythebay.net. ARTiques A festival of art and antiques with events, lectures and exhibits. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Wed.-Fri., Mon.-Tues. San Francisco...
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Art Galleries
New Show at The Main Gallery "A Sea of Dreams," mixed media by Nancy Terrebonne. "A Garden of Wonder," photography by Robert Terrebonne.
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Marblehead Arts Festival to kick off Thursday
MARBLEHEAD - The Marblehead Arts Festival begins Thursday with a little fresh air. Plein aire artists will be racing to capture the essence of downtown locales Thursday, painting outdoors on canvas and paper in the French tradition.
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Sculptor finds art in athletics
EUGENE -- Mike Leckie was cast of a different mold -- a ranching son of Eastern Oregon who rode bulls as a kid, then grew into a successful artist. Like the athletes competing at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials, Leckie pursued his calling with single-minded passion.
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Museum to host annual auction and raffle
Only 2,000 tickets will be sold this year for the 23rd Annual Museum of Aviation Foundation Auction, Raffle and Taste of Local Cuisine.
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West Seattle barista to be on "Runway"?
West Seattleites know him as Blayne the barista, but after July 16, Richard Blayne Walsh might be done steaming milk. Walsh, 23, is a contestant...
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Museum has lots of history for kids
The following events will be held at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History, 100 West Broadway, Frankfort. Call (502) 564-1792: . Kentucky Historical Society, or KHS, History Zone: .Kentucky Inventor,. 1 to 4 p.m. July 9 for children ages 5 to 10 and their families. Admission is free. Call Vicky Middleswarth, Ext. 4425. . KHS History Zone: .Summer Past Times,. 1 to 4 p.m. ...
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Statues OK'd for Nashville Public Square
The decision wasn't exactly a model of artistic clarity, but Metro's parks board agreed Tuesday to allow public art in Nashville's Public Square.
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Search LA & the OC
WALK OF FAME: Sean 'Diddy' Combs, pictured at the Cannes Film Festival in May, receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 'Harlem to Hollywood,' at 8 p.m. on BET.
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BRITISH PAPERS PRAISE JAY-Z'S GLASTONBURY SHOW: Rapper wins over crowd and critics alike.
*The reviews are in regarding Jay-Z's headlining performance at this year's Glastonbury Music Festival, and it appears as if audience members weren't the only folks who were impressed.
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Miami Art Museum drops school group fee
The Miami Art Museum is giving South Florida schools a helping hand with Miami-Dade public schools' impending $272 million budget shortfall, by eliminating the cost to bring public school student groups to the museum.
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Tulips and nudes
Life figure drawings and portraits, plein air and studio paintings by Anna Galea produce a mesmerising effect at Shisha World Cuisine Restaurant and Lounge Bar in Marsascala where they are being exhibited until the end of this month.
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Festival makes plenty of space for contemporary art
To be encountered at Għar id-Dud in Sliema... Azar Teatro from Spain will be performing Spanish Blood. One of the aims of the Malta Arts Festival 2008, being held over the next two weeks, is to continue to push contemporary art, which does not enjoy much space in Malta.
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Renaissance Sculpture Damaged In Fall At Met Museum
A glazed terra-cotta relief by the Renaissance sculptor Andrea della Robbia came loose overnight from its perch above a doorway at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and crashed to the stone floor below, suffering serious damage, museum officials said on Tuesday.
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The kitchen artist on Day Off
This Saturday, Day Off brings you food that tastes good and looks even better. Mina teams up with Amazing Race hunk Rovilson Fernandez for a new challenge: to take over the kitchen of a food artist and create a mouthwatering masterpiece. (Episode on June 28, 2008)
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The 10th Annual San Francisco Black Film Festival Wraps
Something Is Killing Tate, Directed by Leon Lozano wins Melvin Van Peebles Award. Kings Of The Evening, Directed by Andrew P. Jones is the Audience Favorite 2009 Festival Dates Announced
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New and Highly Detailed Wedding Photography Tutorial Product on Offer with a Whopping 50 Percent Commission for All ...
The Wedding Photography Blueprint, due to launch at the end of July 2008, is offering a huge 50% commission all sales to anyone with a website, blog, MySpace or Facebook account or with any online marketing experience with systems such as Google Adwords.
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New and Highly Detailed Wedding Photography Tutorial Product on Offer to Early Birds for 30% Discount
Wedding Photography Blueprint is offering a huge 30% discount for their opening week of sales due to launch at the end of July 2008. This is to encourage anyone "sitting on the fence" with regards to starting their own wedding photography business, to act now.
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Cuban Artist living the “American Dream” exhibiting in the World Famous Art-a-Fair
Reinaldo Torres Larreinaga arrived in the US in September of 2004 at the age of 35 from Havana, Cuba. Rey began working for a construction company in Southern California building custom cabinets. Through this opportunity he discovered his love for wood-working. Now, nearly 4 years later, Rey has been chosen as one of the 125 internationally juried artists and master craftsman to exhibit in the ...
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The Art Of Architecture
"Artists are always the laboratory for the first ideas, the first emotions. Architects take emotions from the streets, the art galleries, the museums; they steal. Architects often wish they were artists, and Jean Nouvel is of the artier kind."
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