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Model for Rockwell Boy Scout painting dies at 82
A man who modeled for one of artist Norman Rockwell's iconic Boy Scout paintings during World War Two has died in Aztec, New Mexico, where he had lived since 2003.
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Model for Rockwell Boy Scout painting dies at 82
Associated Press - August 4, 2008 11:15 AM ET AZTEC, N.M. (AP) - A New Mexico man who modeled for 1 of artist Norman Rockwell's iconic Boy Scout paintings during World War Two has died.
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Photos of the Week 8/4
This week's favorite photos were chosen by the Daily Herald photography staff.SClBSClB
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Sunny day for artist Jill
LYNN Art Club vice-chairman Jill Ilett's painting, Sol y Sombra, was the visitors' choice of best picture in the club's 2008 Festival Exhibition. (01/08/2008)
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Lifestyle digest
stival swirls around Northfield NORTHFIELD -- The fifth annual ArtSwirl will be held Aug. 7-10 in Northfield. The event will feature music, dance, theater and literary and visual art displays. The festival will also include a specially-commissioned s
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Stars line up for literary festival
Former London mayor Ken Livingstone, comedienne Julie Walters and West End and TV star John Barrowman all feature in a varied and colourful line up at this year's Cheltenham Literature Festival, revealed by organisers.
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NASA's 50-year history show on Web site
The U.S. space agency is commemorating its 50th anniversary with an interactive multimedia Web site that details its five decades of exploration.Combining current and historic video with state-of-the-art computer animation, the virtual exhibit takes a World's Fair approach to NASA history, featuring pavilions that host each decade of the agency's challenges and achievements, the National ...
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Properties from the past - 08-04-08
This is the first in a series the News P ress calls Property from the Past, focusing attention on the collec tions of St. Joseph’s museums. Each week, the News P ress is going to pick an item in a museum and tell a story you might not have heard before.
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Qwest Foundation Awards Northwest African American Museum $20,000 Grant
The Qwest Foundation today announced its support of the Northwest African American Museum (NAAM) with a $20,000 contribution. The grant will be used to support NAAM's mission of connecting students with the traditions and innovations in art, education, history and culture of African-Americans in the Pacific Northwest through the Educational Traveling Trunks Program. The trunks will be made ...
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Art Brodsky: An Oil Drilling Platform We Can All Support
The GOP Merry Pranksters are planning another guerilla-theatre performance as early as today. The motivating cause behind all their enthusiasm -- drilling for oil.
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Butter Shawn Johnson Sculpture Takes Shape
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Iowa's olympics stars will be featured at the Iowa State Fair in some unique ways this year. While Lolo Jones competition hopes to ice her chances for the gold in Beijing, the world-class hurdler will be a cool attraction at the Iowa State Fair.
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Photo exhibit captures Buddhist philosophy
VietNamNet Bridge – Some photographers strive to capture the beauty of nature and human life, but 12 professional photographers and monks in the Ha Noi-based Que Huong Photography Club are out to show the Buddhist philosophy of everyday life.
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Path to enlightenment - Buddhist monk, wife to open Little Zen Museum
Rev. Genki Takabayashi, a Buddhist monk, and his wife Leslie Gannon moved to Victor eight years ago after they retired. Takabayashi and Gannon met while she was attending his mediation sessions in Seattle and they have been married for the last 11 years.
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Missouri City resident wins social film contest
When Missouri City resident Lafayette Howell grabbed his video camera to capture his son romping in the backyard of his Quail Valley home, he had no idea the video clip would capture the attention of a Hollywood filmmaker and take first place in a one-of-a-kind social film contest.
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Frugal Fun Alert: Monday
Fun around town, for $10 or less: Doom!: DVD release/screening party for Doomsday at the Troc (1003 Arch), 7:30PM. $3 Good Cheap Comedy: The Comic vs. Audience Comedy Show at the Shubin Theatre (407 Bainbridge), 8PM. $5 We Heart Iggy: Screening of Iggy and The Stooges—Escaped Maniacs featuring filmed performances from the 2005 Lokerse Festival at the Khyber (52 S 2nd), ...
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Fair kicks off today
The Scioto County Fair began quietly Sunday with the arrival of 4-H livestock and art exhibits. The weeklong event continues this week with country music singer Luke Bryan taking the grandstand tonight at 8 p.m.
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Tiepolo Drawings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art , in New York City, marks the renovation and reopening of the Robert Lehman Wing with an exhibition of 60 drawings by Venetian master Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770) and his son, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727–1804), who acted as his assistant.
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Sculptor has an element of style
SPRING LAKE -- Michael Farrer Coston rubs his hand gently around the backside of the large wooden sculpture as if he is a medical doctor checking for a broken bone.
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Weather attracts shoppers
Posted on Saturday, August 02, 2008 at 6:01 p.m. Saturday's summer weather draws in big crowds for an art festival in Escanaba.
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Exhibit on motorcycle police slated
The exhibit that will open next month dates back 100 years to 1908 when police forces across the country began using motorcycles to protect and serve the public.
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CRAZY, an Award-Winning Film Inspired by the Life of Guitar Legend Hank Garland, Is an Official Selection at the ...
CRAZY, an independent feature film inspired by the tragic life and groundbreaking music of legendary 1950s-era guitarist Hank Garland, is an official selection at the 9TH Annual Sacramento Film & Music Festival in Sacramento, CA.
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Philippine Puppetry Festival to take place from August 13-15
Guess this riddle: "Hindi Tao, Hindi Hayop... May Buhay?" The answer: It's the title of a unique Filipino theater event that brings together six puppetry forms—black theater, ventriloquism, marionette, and rod, hand, and shadow puppetry—in one festival.
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Group fights art museum location
FAYETTEVILLE -- The executive director of the Fayetteville Museum of Art says the museum hasn't started its public fundraising campaign yet because of critics who don't like its location.
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Noted historian Franklin to speak at MFAH
Dr. John Hope Franklin, 93, a Presidential Medal of Freedom Winner and distinguished historian who is an expert on American race relations, will lecture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, on Friday, August 1.
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John Nicholson
Is There Room In Art For Football? You can tell it's August. I'm drunk in the morning. This isn't some sort of alcoholic response to the lack of football. No, it's because its festival time in Edinburgh and I've been up most of the night carousing.
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