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The Getty's Garden-As-Art, Ten Years Later
"After walking this landscape once a month for a decade, watching it change, noting every plant and responding with his artist's eye, Robert Irwin quietly retired this year, ending his role as shepherd of what he has long called 'sculpture in the form of a garden.' Arts Journal
Book Review: Literary memoir is believable
"My Sister, My Love” by Joyce Carol Oates (Ecco. 562 pages. $25.95). Some of Oates' books feel as if she wrote them as dares to herself. This novel, her 37th, is one of the wildest. Oates sets out to solve a fictionalized version of the JonBenet Ramsey murder, with skating prodigy "Bliss” Rampike replacing the real-life child beauty pageant contestant. The resolution she imagines is ... The Oklahoman
Narrows art gallery owner lives his dream - roanoke.com
Brick Marunich, owner of Brick's Soul Kitchen, painted for 30 years before realizing he should do it full time. NARROWS -- A working-class guy who paints the blues. That's how Narrows artist Brick Marunich likes to describe himself. Growing up in Philadelphia, Marunich never planned on becoming a full-time artist -- he's worked in a Chinese restaurant, spent years in construction, and was ... The New River Valley Current
Entertainment Events in the Week Ahead
July 25 Concerts John Mellencamp and Graham Colton, 8 p.m., Ford Center, 100 W Reno, (800) 511-1552. Three Dog Night, 8 p.m., Riverwind Casino, 1544 W State Highway 9, 322-6464. (Norman) Dfest Music Conference and Festival, 10:30 a.m., Crowne Plaza Hotel, 100 E Second, (800) 511-1552. (Tulsa) Live music Grand House China Bistro, 2701 Classen Blvd., Larry Pierce and the Grand House ... The Oklahoman
All-American Rejects to receive 'Rising Star' award at festival
TULSA — The All-American Rejects will be presented the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame "Rising Star” award at 11:50 tonight on the Hadaly Stage at the Dfest Music Conference and Festival in the Blue Dome District, just before the band's performance. The Hall of Fame gives the award to individuals or groups who have attained significant national notice for their musical talent and have a solid ... The Oklahoman
You'll Find Some Points Are Sharper Than Others
Anyone who scoffs that consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds has obviously never attended a fringe festival. The most maddening aspect of such affairs can be the radically fluctuating quality. Simply consider, to begin with, the gap in polish between two martial-themed offerings in this ye... Washington Post
Mitha's Dance: It's Up, Down, Always Moving
A little optimism, a little pessimism, a little eye-catching abstraction: The Tehreema Mitha Dance Company has shrewdly balanced its contribution to the Capital Fringe Festival. Washington Post
Workshop holds anniversary celebration
Black Hills Workshop continues its yearlong 50th anniversary celebration Thursday, July 24, with a Festival of Fun from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., at the workshop's softball field, 3603 Range Road. Rapid City Journal
PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME FESTIVAL TO LIFT OFF
When it comes to festivals, the Pro Football Hall of Fame Festival is as big as they come. More than 700,000 spectators are expected to attend 15 events spaced over 11 days, with the first one at 4 p.m. today — the Balloon Classic Invitational and Jackson-Belden Food Fest. Akron Beacon Journal
What's happening this weekend?
CaldwellCanyon County FairIt's Fair time with carnival rides, food, entertainment, contests and 4-H and FFA kids showing/selling their animals. Fair hours are 11 a.m.-midnight today and Saturday; 11-11 Sunday. Admission is $4 general; $3 children 6-12 and seniors; 5 and younger are free. See schedule for each day on 2 Main. Nampa'Jesus Christ Superstar'Music Theatre of Idaho presents "Jesus ... Idaho Press-Tribune
Gunning for Gunningham: A Dispatch from Banksy?
I think I'll let that be the last word on this momentous subject. CULTUREGRRL is your inside guide to the artworld, consulted daily by the most important museum directors and curators, art dealers and auctioneers, collectors, scholars, critics, journalists and art lovers. Arts Journal
Stocks fall under global pressue
Stocks dropped early on Friday led lower by negative global cues as renewed concerns about the health of the US economy plagued sentiment. The overnight rise in crude oil prices also soured the mood. The Times of India
Stocks fall under global pressue 25 Jul 2008, 1030 hrs IST,ECONOMICTIMES.COM
MUMBAI: Stocks dropped early on Friday led lower by negative global cues as renewed concerns about the health of the US economy plagued sentiment. The over night rise in crude oil also soured the mood. Financials, oil and infrastructure related stocks led the decline. The Times of India
X-rays show Picasso's 'Guernica' in fine condition
MADRID, Spain - Picasso's masterpiece Guernica depicts intense suffering, but its own health is not in danger. That's the diagnosis after the first X-ray of Pablo Picasso's 20th-century antiwar painting carried out by the Reina Sofia art museum. The Philadelphia Inquirer
The one constant in the newspaper industry is change
A lot of attention is focused on problems in the publishing industry. Undeniably, newspapers are trying to find their way in the 21st century. But with prices for oil and food rising, there are a lot of other industries trying to find their way until better times return. Herald & Review
Moving on, after a brush with fame
THE boys have grown older, their limbs longer and their voices lower since they sang about life "down river" as the Wilcannia Mob. Lendal King was only 10 when international fame brushed this unlikely bunch of young indigenous rappers - taking them from the dusty obscurity of far-west NSW to centre stage at the Sydney Opera House and the Homebake music festival. Milton Ulladulla Times
Summer Show and Party at the Moontower
The summer doldrums have set in. It’s too hot, too humid, too late, too something to do much of anything. But sometimes you just need an art fix, and when the lines at the museums are too long, drop by a gallery. Two of the best in the area — Artspace 111 in Fort Worth and Road Agent in Dallas — have mounted group shows using works from their artistic stables. At Artspace: Daniel Blagg, Dennis ... Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Guitar fest: Harmony from Italy
By CHRIS SHULL FORT WORTH — It took three concerts, but the Italian influence on the development of the classical guitar emerged during a concert Thursday at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Soloduo — Italian guitarists Matteo Mela and Lorenzo Micheli — concluded their performance at the Fort Worth Guitar Guild Music Festival with the Grandi Variazioni Concertanti by Italian master ... Fort Worth Star-Telegram
SCF Queen contestants busy preparing for big night
There is a lot of pre-pageant “work” that must be completed before the upcoming evening of excitement on Aug. 8. Practice sessions for the Sweet Corn Festival Queen Pageant are continuing. The Mendota Reporter
MMA to host dinner theater murder mystery at MSU Riley Center
A murder mystery set in the wilds of a Peruvian jungle will be the premise of Meridian Museum of Art's Seventh Annual Murder Mystery dinner theater. "Virginia Jones and the Inca Revenge" will be presented by the Meridian-based theater group The Company of Angels, Sept. 10-13 at the MSU Riley Center. The Meridian Star
Art event 'unleashed' for animals
Puppies, kittens and other lovable critters take center stage tonight at the third annual ARTunleashed art show and silent auction, which raises money for pet sterilizations and to take care of needy pets. The Florida Times-Union
Emerging Artists
Images from ?How Soon Is Now?? at the Bronx Museum of the Arts. New York Times
Pollution of the soul
The post-apocalyptic novels of W.G. Sebald and Cormac McCarthy, along with the oblique documentary about Kuwait on fire in the wake of the first Gulf War by Werner Herzog, "Lessons of Darkness," are the inspirations for "After Nature," the new exhibition at the New Museum, according to curator Massimiliano Gioni. The Star-Ledger
Dedicated to the ones he loves
Earlier this month, drummer Chip White's animated percussion lent a vital spark to tenor saxophonist Houston Person's afternoon performance at the Newark Museum. The Star-Ledger
From a Veteran at the Keyboard, a Mozart Staple and a Finger-Busting Ravel
Philippe Entremont gave a piano recital at Mannes College the New School for Music as part of the International Keyboard Institute and Festival. New York Times