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Downtown filled with 'Musical Echoes'
FORT WALTON BEACH — Anywhere from 20,000 to 30,000 people attended Musical Echoes this year at the Fort Walton Beach Landing. Not bad, considering eight years ago the festival barely attracted 3,000, said Musical Echoes Chairman Chuck Tucker. What began as a collaboration between local flute enthusiasts and the Muscogee Nation of Florida has turned into a world-class national event celebrating ...
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July 20 Buddy Guy Tribute Concert in Chicago's Millennium Park
Blues guitarist Jimmie Vaughan will headline a special tribute concert on July 20 honoring Chicago blues legend Buddy Guy during the Great Performers of Illinois festival in Millennium Park. Guy, an internationally acclaimed blues guitarist and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, will receive the first Great Performer of Illinois award for his outstanding contributions to popular music and ...
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Curator wanted for major art project
The search is on for a curator to organise Northern Ireland's entry to one of the world's greatest art exhibitions.
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Dream City of America; Louisbourg, Nova Scotia 250 Years Later
Scotiabank today unveiled Dream City of America, a photography exhibit by David Fisher on display in Scotia Plaza's main banking hall for the 2008 CONTACT photography festival. The exhibit examines a series of ghost sites and archaeological siege fields at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, one of the world's best preserved 18th century siege landscapes 250 years after its final conquest and fall.
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Crocker Art Museum receives paintings from female artists
The Crocker Art Museum has announced the donation from AT&T of two paintings from renowned women painters with strong ties to California. Pacific Ocean by artist Jennifer Barlett will become the largest work in the Crocker collection.
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Greg Funfgeld lives for new directions
On Friday afternoon, in Lehigh University's Packer Memorial Church, Greg Funfgeld will begin conducting his 25th Bethlehem Bach Festival, a 101-year-old institution he has changed every which way.
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Fun at the Gilroy Library
Enter a Teen Poetry Contest at the Gilroy Library, 7387 Rosanna St. One winner from middle school and one from high school will receive a $25 cash prize.
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The American Folk Art Museum in Negotiations to Sell Air Rights and Grant an Easement
The American Folk Art Museum today announced that it is currently in negotiations with a developer to sell air rights and grant an easement for light and air in connection with its premises located at 45 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019. In order to sell the air rights and grant the easement, the Museum intends to seek to amend the Loan Agreement between the Museum and The Trust for ...
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Grammy Winning Blue Shoe Project Hosts Free Blues Fest Featuring Grammy Winners
Colleyville, Texas - On Saturday, May 10, 2008 from 2 PM to 9 PM, Grammy-winning non- profit organization The Blue Shoe Project will host Colleyville's first-ever blues festival in The Village at Colleyville development, 62 Main Street, Colleyville, Texas (at the intersection of Highway 26 and Main Street in Colleyville).
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Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival Announces Arsen Shomakhov Emerging Artist Winner
The Arkansas Blues & Heritage Festival (formerly KBBF), recognized as one of the largest free blues festivals in North America announces the 2007 Emerging Artist Contest Winner. This past year over 150 bands and performers applied to participate in the contest.
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Sea Pros unveils its exquisite international yacht line in the Kuwaiti market
Sea Pros Yachts representing the number one group in the world for pleasure yachts and the exclusive agents of The Ferretti Group, Pershing, Bertram and Regal in the Middle East is all set to exhibit its new collection of luxurious and unique yachts, marine engines, tools, equipments and accessories for the first time in Kuwait.
AME Info |
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Adobe Thermo Turns Up Heat in RIA Wars
The upcoming product will enable designers and developers to better work together.... Build IT Knowledge with Current & Trusted Content Helps Employees Develop & Hone New Technical Programming Skills. Sign Up & Get Full Access.
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Amy and Karl at Donaufestival 2008
Vienna art group H.A.P.P.Y are preparing to amuse and bemuse with their whacky musical about soul star Amy Winehouse and Fashion mogul Karl Lagerfeld at this year's Donaufestival.
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Artists show off crafts
FARMINGTON HILLS -- It was a feast for the eyes and ears Sunday at the Costick Center in Farmington Hills during the grand finale of the fiveday Festival of the Arts celebration.
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NORTH COUNTY: Henderson adds art, wine
Five years ago, while working on the Castroville Artichoke Festival, Francesca Henderson said she thought the Castroville Community Center wasn't getting enough use during the annual event.
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Cinco de Mayo festival set for Saturday in Port Richmond
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Aztecan dance, a live mariachi concert, and indigenous Mexican art and food will be part of Staten Island's first free Cinco de Mayo festival.
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The Role of Imagination in the Creation of Landscape Art Explored in Exhibition
Reality and Fantasy: Land, Town and Sea Features Prints from the Nelson-Atkins Extensive Collection of Works on Paper
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Southeast Asian artists gaining clout in Beijing
BEIJING: Some 80 galleries from across the world showcased their best art pieces over the weekend at the Chinese International Gallery Exposition 2008 in Beijing.
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Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog
Painter Paul Wonner died last week. He was 87. Kenneth Baker wrote the Chronicle obituary. I've long been a fan of Wonner's early, Bay Area FigEx work.
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TORR Canada Awarded US $13 Million Contracts to Supply Gas Separation Equipment in North America
TORR Canada Inc. , dedicated to providing process solutions to the Oil and Gas industry, today announced that its American business unit, ProSep Technologies, Inc., has been awarded two contracts to supply CO2 gas membrane separation units for a total value of approximately US $13 million.
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Specialty Coffee World Meets in Minneapolis, May 2 - 5
----Specialty Coffee Association of America: What: The Specialty Coffee Association of America will hold its 20th Annual Conference & Exhibition at the Minneapolis Convention Center, May 2 - 5, in Minneapolis, Minn.
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City of Minneapolis Declares ''Specialty Coffee Week'' in Honor of Coffee Industry's Biggest Event, May 2 - 5
MINNEAPOLIS----It's "Specialty Coffee Week" in Minneapolis, Minn., May 2 - 5, as declared by the City of Minneapolis and its Mayor's Office. The official proclamation, which will take place on Saturday, May 3, 12 p.m., honors the business of specialty coffee and the Specialty Coffee Association of America's 20th Annual Conference & Exhibition at the Minneapolis Convention Center.
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Dutch museum shows Jewish links to comic strip art
AMSTERDAM (Reuters Life!) - From the simple sketches in America's turn-of-the-century Yiddish newspapers to Art Spiegelman's Holocaust narrative "Maus" 70 years on, comic strip art has long been used as a way to depict Jewish experience.
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Painting the past
Connellsville's Gerald Metzger has been adding a splash of color to the city's North Arch Street area for more than 30 years.
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BEST BET: Artists unveil 'green' clothes
Fashion goes "green" today at the York College of Pennsylvania during the Wearable Sculpture Show: Recycled Materials show.
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