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Majida Al Roomi to Open Al Quds Festival
Lebanese singer Majida Al Roomi will sing from Beirut via satellite to open “Al Quds (Jerusalem) Festival 2008” starting this week, Zahi Khouri of the Palestinian company “Yabous Art Production” that is planning the music celebration in Jerusalem said.
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Crowds please SoNo arts festival officials
NORWALK - Despite a troubled economy and heavy rain Saturday, the crowds at the weekend SoNo Arts Celebration were bigger than expected, an organizer said Sunday.
Norwalk Advocate |
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Eritrea: President Opens Eritrea Festival 2008 At National Level
President Isaias Afwerki today opened Eritrea Festival 2008 at the national level.
AllAfrica.com |
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Art in Many Forms
Eleanor Thomas' artwork is described as colorful and eclectic. St. Joseph had a chance to see it first-hand this weekend. Her works were on display at The Galley Seven in downtown St. Joseph Sunday.
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Berlusconi boobs over masterpiece
COVER-UP
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Indian culture takes center stage in Westchester
VALHALLA - The sights, melodies and aromas of Indian culture swept through the Kensico Dam plaza yesterday as Westchester County held its ninth annual Heritage of India Festival.
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Kanye West, NIN close Lollapalooza fest in Chicago
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hip-hop superstar Kanye West and industrial rock legends Nine Inch Nails on Sunday put exclamation points on a successful Lollapalooza music festival on Chicago's lakefront.
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Donations to Chinese Character Museum in urgent need
A senior Chinese official has called for museums, cultural relic collectors at home and abroad to contribute to the national museum on Chinese characters on Friday.
China Economic Net |
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Show planned for Hudson art
Hudson County artists are invited to display their work at an Outdoor Art Show in Bayonne on Sept. 13. The show, which will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at a location to be announced, will feature works by Bayonne's Melissa Maiorano, a member of Hudson Artists of New Jersey.
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Show planned for Hudson art
Hudson County artists are invited to display their work at an Outdoor Art Show in Bayonne on Sept. 13. The show will be at a location to be announced.
The Jersey Journal |
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Photo Journal: Ariadne auf Naxos , with Damrau, at Munich Festival
Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos - the last of three new productions offered up at this year's Munich Opera Festival - played its final performance in the Prinzregententheater July 30.
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Mine sculpture gives families something they can touch
While Karen Jobe Templeton was sculpting the faces of nine workers killed last August in the Crandall Canyon mine, there was something about Kerry Allred's face that his children said wasn't quite right.
Deseret Morning News |
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Mary Brogan Museum hosts first art exhibit
Gordon McCleary and Jost Van Dyke will present "Be Bold," a collaborative photography exhibition that is free and open to the public, in the Atrium Gallery at the Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science Saturday, Aug. 16 from 5:30 until 8 p.m.
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Art Auction Preview -- 08/05/08 at Anderson Ranch Arts Center
Art Auction Preview -- 08/05/08 at Anderson Ranch Arts Center
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THEATER, MOVIES AND MORE
WED. Senior Wednesday, outdoor sculpture talk, 10:30 a.m. Wed., Wichita Art Museum, 1400 W. Museum Blvd. Included with admission. Information, 316-268-4921. "Salome," Wichita Creative Music Society's summer film series, 7:30 p.m. Wed., B-Side Gallery, 817 W. Douglas. Free. THU.-SAT. "Married Alive!," musical-comedy, through Aug. 30, Cabaret Oldtown, 412 ½ E. Douglas. Shows 8 p.m. ...
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Colt Brennan rallies Redskins over Colts in Hall of Fame game
Rookie Colt Brennan threw two touchdown passes in the second half, and Matterral Richardson returned an interception 38 yards for a touchdown to rally Washington to a 30-16 victory over the Indianapolis Colts in the Hall of Fame exhibition game Sunday night in Canton, Ohio.
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Exhibit rolls out rare remnants of Montana's labor movement
Mary Alice McMurray’s favorite piece in a Montana labor movement exhibit on display through today in Bozeman is the front page of a 1903 Anaconda Standard.
Bozeman Daily Chronicle |
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Tools of the past on display at festival
LaFOX – Jerry Larm ventured to the Antique Tool Show and Sale at Garfield Farm on Sunday in hopes of learning about a tool that was new to him.
Kane County Chronicle |
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Donations to the Belvedere by Thaddaeus Ropac on View
View of the exhibition. © Belvedere, Wien/Thomas Preiss VIENNA- Thanks to the generous donation from Thaddeus Ropac, 17 works of art of extraordinary quality by Julius Deutschbauer, Walter Obholzer, Gerwald Rockenschaub, Hubert Scheibl and Erwin Wurm are entering into the Belvedere Collection.
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Pictures by Tim Walker on View at the Design Museum in London
View of the exhibition. Photo: Luke Hayes. LONDON.- London based photographer Tim Walker has established himself at the cutting edge of fashion photography. His images capture a sublime moment in time, evoking a sense of epic drama and beauty.
Art Daily |
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Stills Announces the Opening of the Martha Rosler Library at the Edinburgh Art Festival
EDINBURGH.- Stillsʼ gallery has undergone a radical transformation. Until November, an open reference library with an eclectic array of over 7,700 books from the personal collection of the prolific artist, writer and political agitator, Martha Rosler, will fill the space.
Art Daily |
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Carved & Gilded: The Sculpture of James T. McClellan at The Cape Ann Museum
James T. McClellan, Seahorse, undated. Private collection. Photo (c) 2008 Steve Rosenthal. GLOUCESTER.- The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present an exhibition of the works of sculptor James T. McClellan (1910 – 2005) on view from August 2 through October 19, 2008.
Art Daily |
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Pleasant Journeys and Good Eats Along the Way: A Retrospective of Paintings by John Baeder
John Baeder, Al Mac’s Diner, 1991, oil on canvas, 30 x 48 inches. Collection of the Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa. ASHEVILLE, NC.-
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Playing Against Reason: Frances Richardson at Corn Exchange Gallery
EDINBURGH.- Following her successful solo show last August, artist Frances Richardson returns to the Corn Exchange Gallery in 2008 with a compelling body of new drawings and sculpture, “Playing Against Reason”.
Art Daily |
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Thieves haul away 300 pound sculptures
AMESBURY, Mass. -- Two sculptures weighing 300 pounds each were stolen from outside an artist's studio.
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