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Things to do, July 4-10
Timber! Noon Saturday / North Fork Recreation Center, 33507 Road 230, North Fork / $6, free ages 11 and younger; $3 advance, presale ends today / (559) 877-2355 The 49th annual Mid-Sierra Loggers Jamboree will feature logging contests, including the ax throw, tree falling and the Jack and Jill double hand bucking, and will end with log birling to cool off contestants. Other activities ...
The Fresno Bee |
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The art of fun at the festival
To fully appreciate the Cherry Creek Arts Festival, which runs today, Saturday and Sunday in Cherry Creek North, it's important not to overlook the last two words in the annual event's name—"arts festival."
Denver Post |
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Granville museum hosts art opening
GRANVILLE, N.Y. -- The Slate Valley Museum hosts a free art opening and artists' reception from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. July 12. ...
Rutland Herald |
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Rousing start to Rothbury music fest as folks settle in
There's a low buzz you can feel on the cusp of a big music festival — the sense of energy looming, of big sounds waiting in the wings. It positively saturated the Rothbury site early Thursday, opening day for an inaugural event that has promised to become one of Michigan's new cultural signatures.
Detroit Free Press |
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Young singer has it her way
The lineup for this weekend's Jazz in the Gardens music festival is packed with enduring star power, with R&B and jazz legends George Benson, Chaka Khan, The O'Jays, Wyclef Jean, Nancy Wilson, George Duke and Stanley Clarke topping the bill.
Miami Herald |
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Taking a break
Employees at Brick Sculpture by Cannon know how to work hard.
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer |
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Apple 'n Cheese Festival announces 2008 Fine Art judge
Coordinators are happy to announce the judge for the 2008 Pennsylvania Apple ‘n Cheese Festival Fine Art Show. The show will take place during the Apple ‘n Cheese Festival at the Manley-Bohlayer Farm property in East Canton. The dates for this year’s festival are Oct. 4 and 5, 2008. The historic farm is just off Route 414 east of the town of Canton, a spokesman says.
The Daily & Sunday Review |
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Openings this week New exhibits
Blinking Light Gallery: Melanie Phelps, through Aug. 3, "Circles and Spirals," paintings by Marshfield artist, 16 Main St., Plainfield, (802) 454-0141, www.blinkinglightgallery.com. Artist's reception, Thursday, July 10, 5 to 7 p.m. ...
The Barre Montpelier Times Argus |
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Beethoven. Five piano concertos. Vermont Mozart Festival.
This year, the Vermont Mozart Festival is focusing on the music of Beethoven, and the Titan's five piano concertos in particular. ... - By Jim Lowe Times Argus Staff
The Barre Montpelier Times Argus |
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Excellence marks chamber music festival
BURLINGTON -- Vermont has yet another chamber music festival and school -- and an excellent one. ... - By Jim Lowe Times Argus Staff
The Barre Montpelier Times Argus |
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Fourth of July roundup
* The second annual Naches Valley Independence Day Festival moves into day two starting at 10 a.m. in Cleman's View Sports Park off U.S. Highway 12.
Yakima Herald-Republic |
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Bloom to open Summer Sunset Concert Series
Seattle singer-songwriter Camille Bloom is no stranger to Yakima's Franklin Park. She's played her alluring acoustic-rock-with-an-attitude there plenty of times as part of the Yakima Folklife Festival.
Yakima Herald-Republic |
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Slidell Heritage Festival celebrates the Fourth of July
Slidell will be the center of Fourth of July activities today as the 11th annual Slidell Heritage Festival gets under way at 3 p.m. The event continues until 11 p.m. Slidell invites residents of St. Tammany Parish to come out and enjoy food, music, art and fireworks during the country’s birthday.
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Haitian artists display works in Spring Valley
SPRING VALLEY - Ilrick Isaac of Stony Point walked from station to station, viewing with approval the wood or stone sculpture, various forms of painting, hand-crafted jewelry and other art works that were on display under large tents in the parking lot of the International Food Mart on Route 59.
The Journal News |
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O2 Festival hopes for better weather
On the second day of the four-day 02 Wireless Festival, music lovers will be hoping it stays dry.
ITN via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Buying frenzy lights up the Iranian art market
Iranians visit an exhibition by female artist Golnaz Afruz at the Mah Gallery in Tehran. In the Islamic republic, exhibitions are flourishing, artists are gaining prominence and prices of artwork are multiplying with the contemporary fine arts scene witnessing a big boom
TODAYonline |
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Horse haven in Ogden
Charles, center, and John Henry Lindquist stand under one of 24 life-size horse statues unveiled Tuesday along 25th Street west of Washington Boulevard in Ogden. Each horse in the "Trail to Pioneer Days" exhibit is the work of a local artist. The horses are being displayed in conjunction with the 75th annual Ogden Pioneer Days Rodeo and will remain in place until Oct. 1. The rodeo begins July 19.
Deseret Morning News |
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Saying cheese for celebration
NEW YORK: A sculpture of the signing of the Declaration of Independence made from a one-tonne block of cheddar cheese glistened on the sidewalk of Times Square in New York yesterday as an artist’s tribute to the Fourth of July.
Gulf Times |
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FIRST FRIDAY GALLERY HOP
The following galleries, museums and businesses in Railroad Square will be open 6-9 p.m. for the First Friday Gallery Hop. Featuring openings, receptions and special events, free of charge. Due to the holiday, there will not be a shuttle.
Tallahassee Democrat |
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Best Bets
If you're looking for something more subtle than Southern rock, crowds and fireworks on the Fourth of July, visit the few brave galleries taking part in the First Friday Gallery Hop from 6 to 9 p.m. today.
Tallahassee Democrat |
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Look back in black and white
Exotica Gallery holds an elegy for an artist: Stephen Miller was a multi-talented artist who worked with wood building one-of-a-kind furniture and used a camera to capture spare black-and-white images of the world around him.
Tallahassee Democrat |
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J Crist features art 'Under the Grid'
J Crist Gallery steps "Under the Grid" to explore untapped artistic resources and build local culture and economy.
The Idaho Statesman |
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Reeling ‘em in
“I’ll get you, my pretty! And your little dog, too!” The crowd gathered at the Nasher Sculpture Center recited the familiar line with gusto — as if, somehow, they had seen “The Wizard of Oz” before
Wichita Falls Times Record News |
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Dallas Events, July 4
“NOISES OFF” Today to July 20, Stage West, Fort Worth. (817) 784-9378. “THE IMPRESSIONISTS: MASTER PAINTINGS FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO” Through Nov. 2, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth.
Wichita Falls Times Record News |
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Oklahoma Events, July 4
FAMILY FUN FESTIVAL Today, Shannon Springs Park, Chickasha. (405) 224-0787. www.chickashachamber.com. ALTUS FOURTH OF JULY Today, Altus. Location TBA. (580) 482-0210.
Wichita Falls Times Record News |
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