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Kids' activities at airports make wait worry-free
Stuck in an airport with kids? Your wait time might not be as dreadful as you fear. Cheapflights.com compiled the "Kids' Airport Diversion Guide," listing play areas and on-site aviation museums to keep your children occupied until boarding time.
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Krrrl waits for someone to discover his sketches
EL PASO -- The artist known as Krrrl is working hard at not getting his drawings noticed. Krrrl, an Albuquerque resident, headed to the El Paso area from Albuquerque about a year ago in the midst of some creative searching. Related: Upcoming and current exhibits Video: Percolator showcase
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'Elemental Realms' at airport
El Paso -- The exhibit "Elemental Realms" opened July 26 in Cutter Aviation Terminal at the El Paso International Airport.
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Tom Lea lecture at Museum of Art
El Paso -- Biographer Brendan M. Greenley Jr. was in El Paso July 27 to present the lecture "The Two Thousand Yard Stare: Tom Lea's World War II.
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Ogden Valley Balloon fest to include car show, games
The 14th annual Ogden Valley Balloon Festival in Eden on the edge of Pineview Reservoir east of Ogden is scheduled Aug. 15, 16 and 17 this year.
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Digital dreams
Delno Ebie has been an actor for 15 years, from local stage productions to Eddie Murphy's "The Haunted Mansion," and is a familiar face on local TV through commercials for Cox Communications and the Wichita River Festival. Now, Ebie is leaping into what he considers the future of television by writing, directing and starring in a Web series -- filmed in and around Wichita -- that he hopes to ...
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Celebs, politicians, best-selling authors at National Book Festival
WASHINGTON — Salman Rushdie and Tiki Barber are among 70 authors scheduled to participate in the 2008 National Book Festival.
Cape Cod Times |
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Where's the edge? Betting the Hall of Fame Game
The opening game of the National Football League exhibition season has all of the key elements involved in preseason football betting that make it unique for handicapping the regular season. And that includes both the maddening and the valuable eleme...
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Oklahomans study Austin's music scene
For cities looking to capitalize on their intellect and artist communities, Austin, Texas, is a case study. The Texas capital is home to the University of Texas, as well as the Austin City Limits Music Festival and South by Southwest Music Conference. It's estimated that the music industry contributes nearly $1 billion to the local economy and generates $25 million in tax revenue, according to ...
The Oklahoman |
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Locals use 'Wish' trees for dreams, big and small
PASADENA - World peace is all very well, but what 3-year-old Cabral Corvelo really wants is "To make a water balloon and a pancake. • Photo Gallery: The Yoko Ono Wish Tree
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In past few years, Oklahoma has become a place on the map for film, music industries
TULSA — Art and music festivals are becoming big business in Oklahoma cities, not just for artists, but for businesses and community leaders who see creating a vibrant arts community as a solid economic development move. "There is a financial incentive to find talent here and grow that talent locally,” said Jill Simpson, director of the Oklahoma Film and Music Office. "Historically in ...
The Oklahoman |
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Freedom of expression
It's a little past 2 in the afternoon, and the young, attentive mother bends toward her kindergarten-aged child to answer a question. He's focused and pointing toward one of the paintings full of squiggles in "Suitcase Paintings: Small Scale Abstract Expressionism," on display at the Greenville County Museum of Art.
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Din L-Art Helwa gives guarded support to St John's museum proposals
The environment NGO Din l-Art Helwa has given guarded support for proposals by St John's Co-Cathedral Foundation to excavate part of St John's Square to increase exhibition space for the museum.
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Money talks: Should big art shows be profit-makers for lending museums?
By ANDREW MARTON For the Kimbell Art Museum’s current exhibit of impressionist works from the Art Institute of Chicago, it was that unforeseen moment when desired publicity drifts into unwanted notoriety. In June, Portfolio magazine ran an article under the snarky headline "Pay Per View" that criticized the reported $2 million fee the Kimbell paid to the Chicago museum for "The ...
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Thousands of volunteers make annual arts festival event shine
Ben Newman, 11, listened to the beat of Japanese drums on the Main Stage while chomping a chocolate-chip cookie during Bozeman’s 31st annual Sweet Pea Festival on Saturday at Lindley Park.
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MAIL BAG LETTERS FROM READERS
In this age when volunteerism appears at times to be an aberration, I must pen this “love” letter to everyone who helped at the Back Mountain Memorial Library Auction.
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Provocative art has racial focus
FORT WORTH, Texas — An exhibit that is apt to disturb some people, delight others and make almost everyone think about the complex issue of race relations is on view at the Modern Art Museum. Called "Kara Walker: My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love,” the show contains room-size black cut-paper silhouettes, film animations, light projections and more than 100 works on paper. Capturing ...
The Oklahoman |
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Fine Arts In brief
ART NOTES New collection STILLWATER — Local ophthalmologist James B. Wise recently donated more than 60 works of Western art to his alma mater, Oklahoma State University. The collection features works by Johnny Hawk, Bert Seabourn and Doc Tate Nevaquaya. A selection of paintings is on view through Aug. 8 at the Gardiner Art Gallery in the Bartlett Center for the Visual Arts. For more ...
The Oklahoman |
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Evolving technology celebrated in exhibit at Oklahoma Capitol
An existentialist show that deals with "The Illusion of Mattering” and other conundrums of modern life, in black, white and shades of gray, is on view at the state Capitol. In the exhibit are paintings and prints on board, canvas and paper by interactive media specialist Marc Barker, who describes art as "my meditation and my reprieve from the world of computers.” Suggesting the evolution of man ...
The Oklahoman |
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Artists ‘stretch' themselves in gallery's 3 shows
Paintings of "characters” by Dorothy Norris Moses and funky ceramic heads by Barbara Broadwell offer a nice contrast to the Zen-like simplicity of acrylic still lifes by Bill Rabon in three new shows at the JRB Art at the Elms gallery. Moses is at her best when she exaggerates dramatically — as in "Stretch Yourself,” a mixed media painting of a man with a little hat, little head, long neck and ...
The Oklahoman |
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Seven new works of art will change the Fort Worth landscape
By ANDREW MARTON The public art face of Fort Worth is poised for rejuvenation. Over the next six to 12 months, a selection of artworks, ranging from free-standing sculptures to whimsically painted and molded shapes, will dot Fort Worth’s landscape — from its downtown core to the outlying communities. Whether put into already existing and highly familiar town squares, traffic medians and ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Famed author to visit Hunt Gallery
A Russellville native is playing host to one of the South's most noted authors. Jennifer Norris Hunt, a Russellville native who now lives in Birmingham, will host Kathryn Tucker Windham at her art gallery on August 8.
Franklin County Times |
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Photos worth a thousand words
The power and beauty of the photograph have new meaning for me after a visit to Museum London last week. I would have expected Sketches in Black and White, a selection of photographic portraits from the museum's permanent collection to impress, even move deeply.
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Shades of Bluegrass
The musicians are set to go for next weekend's Bluegrass in the Park Folklife Festival in Audubon Mill Park.
The Gleaner |
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Stockholm gay pride parade draws 45,000 people
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - With rainbow flags on buildings and buses for more than a week, it was hard to miss Stockholm's gay pride festival. On Saturday, about 45,000 people showed up for the finale, a downtown march.
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