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Documenting A Divided City Through Art
"Hebron is the only place in the West Bank where Jewish settlers and Palestinians live and work side by side," and British artist Caspar Hall just spent three months painting the portraits of the men and women who keep the city's struggling central market alive.
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PURPLE DOOR: Seeing purple in Lewisberry
The two-day Purple Door Arts and Music Festival kicks off Aug. 15-16 at Ski Roundtop, 925 Roundtop Road in Lewisberry.
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Riggins quiz winners from Tuesday
Eighteen people correctly answered all seven questions from Tuesday's Redskins trivia contest. The winners of the John Riggins limited edition Pro Football Hall of Fame figure created by McFarlane Toys are Tony Swartz, Dave Markoski and Scott Arnold. Here are Tuesday's questions and answers.
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Talkers: Scientists uncover hidden art
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands A team of European scientists unveiled on Wednesday a new method for extracting images hidden under old masters’ paintings. The scientists used the method to re-create a color portrait of a woman’s face unseen since Vincent van Gogh painted over it in 1887.
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More seeking home-heating help
With home heating oil prices up 70 percent in two years, crisis workers across the region are bracing for a deluge of requests for help this winter.
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OCEANSIDE: Art museum looking for loan to pay off contractor
OCEANSIDE ---- The Oceanside Museum of Art is seeking a bank loan to pay off $780,000 it owes the contractor who built the museum's new central pavilion, officials said Wednesday. Initially, museum officials thought they would have enough cash t
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Largest auction in Northwest Arkansas to sell 200 foreclosure properties
Rogers - One real estate auction of over 200 foreclosure properties in Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley will be held this Saturday.
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New Technique Reveals Van Gogh Portrait Of A Women Behind Another Painting
A new technique allows pictures which were later painted over to be revealed once more. A new technique allows pictures which were later painted over to be revealed once more. Researchers have successfully applied this technique for the first time to the painting entitled Patch of Grass by Vincent van Gogh. Behind this painting is a portrait of a woman.
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One First Friday exhibit builds up steam from gallerygoers' ideas for model trains
In 2002 Russ Nordman moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa. The area played an important role in the nation’s westward expansion. In fact, at one time eight different railroads cut through the town. A local model-railroad convention shouldn’t have surprised Nordman. But it did.
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Reef Contest for Kids
HONOLULU, Hawaii (KHNL) - The ocean is very important to the people of Hawaii, and students from across the country are invited to show off their knowledge about marine conservation. The Hawaii Ocean Guardian's Kid's Club is part of the 2008 International Year of the Reef observance in Hawaii.
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Elephant art at the Labrador
Three art pieces direct from the trunks of Alana, Icky and Nicole, three of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’s Asian elephants, will go on exhibit Friday at Digital Labrador, 2130 Washington St.
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Local artist puts her heart into it: Janice Guinan's work on display at Fraser Cultural Centre, beginning Aug. 1
BIBLE HILL — Janice Guinan uses her heart just as much as her eyes and hands when she creates paintings.
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Lunchtime Lecture to discuss “Photography in the Digital Age”
CHARLESTON — Photographer Steve Payne, best known for his images of the meditative elements of rocks, water, leaves and trees in eastern West Virginia, will discuss how digital technology has changed the world of photography during a free lunchtime lecture at 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 13 at the Clay Center in Charleston.
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Zoo Auction For Animal Care
The Wednesday auction will benefit the Zoo's animal care budget.
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On the Bus, and Off It: The Initiation of a Young Rock Impresario
For Sean Carlson, taking his independent music festival on tour was a chance to have fun, to make his name, he hoped, to leapfrog to the next level of the music world.
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Photos: Sculptures at Olympic co-host city Qingdao
Photo GalleryPhoto taken on July 30, 2008 shows a sculpture at the Olympic co-host city Qingdao, eas...
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National Museum of American History Will Open Nov. 21
WASHINGTON.- The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will open its doors to the public Friday, Nov. 21, providing a new look at the almost 200-year-old Star-Spangled Banner and a rare chance to see the White House copy of President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
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IMA Commissions Site-Specific Installation by Robert Irwin in Honor of its 125th Anniversary
INDIANAPOLIS.- A three-story fluorescent light installation by Robert Irwin will be unveiled as a commission in honor of the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s 125th anniversary this October.
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Estampa 08 Moves on Towards the Concept of Contemporaneous Multiple Art
MADRID.- The ESTAMPA fair, the largest platform for the dissemination of contemporaneous multiple art held in Spain and in Europe has a meeting point with art collectors and lovers from the 29th of October to the 2nd of November in Madrid, at the new pavilions of the IFEMA Trade Fair facilities.
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Heather Steliga Joins Miami Art Museum as Associate Director for Communications
MIAMI.- Miami Art Museum Director Terence Riley has named Heather Steliga as the museum’s Associate Director for Communications. Reporting to Richard P. Townsend, the museum’s Deputy Director of External Affairs and MAM’s Board of Trustees, Steliga will be responsible for all of MAM’s public communications efforts, including marketing, advertising and press relations.
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Nassau County Museum of Art Invites to Visit the Sensuous Art Nouveau World of Louis Comfort Tiffany
Turtleback Chandelier, circa 1905. Tiffany Studios, New York. Blown glass, bronze with pressed glass 49 inches high x 18 inches diameter. Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass, Long Island City, New York.
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Documentary Photography from Mexico is Center of Major Exhibition at the Tucson Museum of Art
Alicia Ahumada, Sheltering to the Wind, Santo Tomas, Chihuahua, Mexico, 1993, from the series, The Flight of the Cranes, gelatin silver print. TUCSON.-
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August UBS 12 x 12 Presents Howard Henry Chen First Fridays Rising Star Theme at MCA Chicago
Howard Henry Chen, Journey to the West #8, 2007. Courtesy of Schneider Gallery, Chicago. CHICAGO.- Howard Henry Chen unearths the connections between cultural norms and societal changes in his new work presented at the August UBS 12 x 12 New Artists/New Work exhibition.
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Centerpiece of New Collection Exhibition is Pierre Huyghe's Room-Size Film Installation A Journey That Wasn't
Pierre Huyghe, A Journey That Wasn't, 2006. Super 16 mm film transferred to HD video (color, sound) 21:41 min.
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Premiere Visual Arts Event Melbourne Art Fair 2008 Opens
MELBOURNE.- Melbourne Art Fair, Australia’s premier international visual arts event returns to the World Heritage listed Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton Gardens, Melbourne from 30 July – 3 August 2008.
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