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Annual Freeze Off set for Saturday
Continuing a grand late summer Howard County tradition, the 11th Annual Fayette Freeze Off & Music Festival and the 9th Annual Art Show will once again take place in and around the courthouse Saturday from 9 a.m. to late afternoon.
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A Blockbuster Bach
Asuperb cast, sparkling script and handsome design--all collaborate to make Bach at Leipzig , by Itamar Moses, the surprise hit of this season's Shakespeare Santa Cruz festival. And it's so good, so startling, so vibrantly performed, that it's hard to know just where to start flinging praise.
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Crowd smaller, but not the thrill
A record 56 Hall of Famers were on stage at the Clark Sports Center on Sunday to welcome the Class of 2008 to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum — the most Hall of Famers ever to gather in one location.
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Topanga Gallery Exhibit Will Honor Memory of Mimma Salinas
Some people, when they're gone, remain frozen in time in the memories of those who knew and loved them. The images may differ, but they are like snapshots of the one who has passed on in a familiar pose or situation.
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Memories of 'Spider-Man,' 'Star Wars' for sale
LOS ANGELES July 31, 2008, 02:32 pm ET · Everybody is a collector, the way Joe Maddalena sees it, just not everybody wants to collect paintings by Andy Warhol or Roy Lichtenstein. Some would prefer to own a Spider-Man costume.
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Five trips to give your imagination a vacation
If you're doing the staycation thing this year or just looking for a cool place on a hot day, this summer's collection of art shows at area museums is better than an off-season stay in the Florida Keys. At least, you won't get hit by a hurricane -- look at it that way.
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Memories of `Spider-Man,' `Star Wars' for sale
Everybody is a collector, the way Joe Maddalena sees it, just not everybody wants to collect paintings by Andy Warhol or Roy Lichtenstein.
Los Angeles Daily News |
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Second Friday art walk comes to Elk Grove
Elk Grove will now have a monthly art reception. Similar to Sacramento’s Second Saturday, the Elk Grove Fine Arts Center will be featuring a free Second Friday event that will take place every second Friday each month.
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Adobe Updates Photoshop Express With New Features
Last week we brought you news that Adobe's online photo sharing and editing Web site, Photoshop Express, had been temporarily...
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'Aida,' a musical masterpiece, returns to Seattle Opera this weekend
After a 16-year absence, Verdi's "Aida" returns to Seattle Opera this weekend at McCaw Hall.
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Unveiling of Irwin sculpture at IMA
INDIANAPOLIS--A three-story fluorescent light installation by Robert Irwin will be unveiled as part of a gala celebration in honor of the Indianapolis Museum of Art's 125th anniversary on Oct. 11.
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Local artists sought for annual exhibition
SAWYER -- The Scarlet Macaw Community Art Center is currently seeking artists for its Images of Harbor Country 2008 exhibition.
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Kemper Museum to open Crossroads space
The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art will open a downtown outpost on Nov. 7 “Kemper at the Crossroads” will be at 1901 Baltimore, in the heart of the Crossroads Art District. The building is the former home of Dolphin gallery, which has moved to the West Bottoms.
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Fun folk art in Pleasant Hill
This metal vulture biker is made by an artist in the desert southwest, as is the hanging bat, just a couple of many interesting home decor pieces found at Back Roads Art on Wyoming Street in Pleasant Hill.
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Art Music lovers head to Lake Geneva 31/07 19:46 CET
Switzerland’s biggest open-air music event, the Paleo Festival, sold out this year, with some 225,000 music lovers making the trip to Nyon by Lake Geneva.
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Tattoos Move Into the Mainstream
The Temple Décor in Kalispell has the basics you would expect to find in any tattoo parlor: black leather chairs; artists dressed in dark clothing and showing little blank skin; posters, drafts and photos of tattoo artwork on the walls and in photo albums. It’s the age of the average customer, however, that may surprise you. Stereotypes be gone, artists at Temple Décor say: Tattoos aren’t just ...
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LinuxWorld Conference &
SAN FRANCISCO, BUSINESS WIRE -- LinuxWorld Conference & Expo takes place August 4 - 7, 2008 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Listed below are the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo exhibitor profiles.
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'Toasting the End of Capitalism'
Journalist and radio producer Maria Gilardin is well known in the Bay Area for her social-justice activities, but the NoneSuch Space gallery aims to show off her work as an all-around creative force. There will be an audio installation, eight-pointed...
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City claims ice cream art violates sign ordinance
Here's the scoop: A painting of a giant ice cream cone in downtown Whitefish has pitted a business woman against the city of Whitefish's sign law, and neither side is melting just yet in the July heat.
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A photo gallery: “Unfolding Tradition: Rio Grande Textiles”
Featuring 29 textiles by Hispanic weavers from the mid-19th century to the present, “Unfolding Tradition: Rio Grande Textiles” at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art is one of the first exhibits to show historical and contemporary weavings together.
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Houstonist Flickr Photo of the Day - Persian Beauty
Persian Beauty by Xenub This gorgeous Persian beauty appears to be living the high life. Wood floors, brick walls and a thick white fur coat. Ahhh, the good life. ________________________________________________________________ Every day, Houstonist features an outstanding photo from our flickr pool. If you have a passion for Houston and photography, consider joining ...
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Art exhibit comes to State Archives
A new exhibit is coming to the Louisiana State Archives that will showcase Hurricane Katrina through the hearts and souls of Louisiana. Jay Dardenne joined us to talk about 40 Days and 40 Nights: The Artistic Resiliency of Louisiana.
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Local artist in Topeka show
El Dorado artist Jim Clements will be among those with artwork in a show at the Southwind Gallery in Topeka, which is opening Friday.
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Arts & Entertainment:
Above a leaf-pattern carpet, the narrow eyes and wry smile of a strange man look out through foliage, a funny portrait above the mantel. Or are the leaves growing from his face? (The painting is King of the Green Men, by Brian Froud.)
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'The peacefulness of inevitable collapse'
A textbook lay open on a school desk, as if its owner had just gotten up to sharpen a pencil. But he never came back. Its pages now are brittle and yellowed. The metal legs on the desk are rusting. And the hardwood floor that once smelled of linseed oil and felt the footsteps of hundred...
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