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TransNation: Doubly Triggered
Visual artist Georgette Freeman titles her current exhibit, Up From the Depths: Triggered . When I reach the sixty-one-year-old artist by phone in the same 275-square-foot San Francisco apartment she’s resided in for 33 years; she suggests, “We both know the word triggered. Mine was retirement.
Gay Wired |
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Grey to Green Festival to be held at Wick Park Saturday
Youngstown State University has collaborated with the city and numerous citizens and organizations to host the inaugural Grey to Green Festival, an event whose mission is to intensify awareness of environmental issues at the North Side's Wick Park on Saturday from 11 a.
Jambar |
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Finding your child's motif
Decorative painter Sunny Goode's goal has always been to get more people painting, glazing, colour-washing and stencilling to create a special environment for their child.
Otago Daily Times |
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Artists contribute to auction
Artwork created by more than 25 Otago-Southland talents will go under the hammer at the St Josephs School fundraising art auction on September 20.
Otago Daily Times |
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Rockford museum's Greenwich Art Fair marks 60th year
The Rockford Art Museum will mark 60 years of its Greenwich Art Fairs this weekend in Rockford. The fair will host an array of activities for children and families. In the meantime, enjoy these photos and a story from past fairs, representing our latest installment in our Remember When series.
Rockford Register Star |
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Cooper-Young street revelry offers family-friendly fun, food
The Cooper-Young Festival will celebrate its 21st season on Saturday.
Memphis Commercial Appeal |
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Class Act 2008
Otago Daily Times Class Act 2008 award recipients gather at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery after being presented with certificates by Prime Minister Helen Clark and Otago Daily Times editor Murray Kirkness.
Otago Daily Times |
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Jedi masterpieces
A look at the contest to reimagine classic works of art with a "Star Wars" motif.
Los Angeles Times |
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Houstonist Flickr Photo of the Day - Feeling the Music
Feeling the Music by cybertoad Viva Flamenco. This wonderfully lit shot is of The Soniquete Flamenco Company who performed during the Theatre District's Open House. ________________________________________________________________ If you have a passion for Houston and photography, consider joining a whole bunch of Houston's best photographers in the Houstonist Flickr Photo ...
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Cape May Jazz Festival Celebrating 30th Festival
November 7-9, 2008, will mark the Cape May Jazz Festival's 15th year and 30th celebration presented by Bank of America.
All About Jazz |
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Wernicke faces off against Popoff; both council races also contested
Jim Wernicke, a retired California State Assistant Attorney General and former Marine, is running for Mayor of Gold Beach against two-term incumbent Karl Popoff.
Curry County Reporter |
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Gloucester County honors three victims from 9/11
"Angels gather here," read the sign on an angel doll sitting near a sculpture with World Trade Center steel in a Mantua Township park this morning.
The Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Exhibit by KOZO opens today at Thaddeus C.
LAPORTE -- Thaddeus C. Gallery will present a solo exhibition featuring the serigraphs of Japanese master printmaker KOZO. The exhibition will open with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. CDT Friday.
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Riney artist was ‘In Cold Blood’ attorney
The Pratt community is invited to attend a presentation by Duane West at the Delmar Riney Art Gallery at noon on Friday, Sept. 12. West’s primary role in the exhibit that will come down following the gallery talk is as an agent for Jessie Montes, the artist who produced the unusual cardboard sculptures.
The Pratt Tribune |
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City launches indie filmfest for students
THE Quezon City (QC) Film Development Commission launched the 1st Quezon City Independent Film Festival last Wednesday at Gateway Cinema 2, showcasing the fresh and creative minds of Filipino youth through short films.
Sun Star |
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A ‘Quayle-esque’ choice
One night he’s got a prime photography spot, right in front of the stage of the Democratic National Convention; the next night, a prime spot in the end zone of Montrose High School’s football stadium.
Montrose Daily Press |
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N.C. artist creates 9/11 sculpture
GREENSBORO & FAYETTEVILLE -- A Greensboro artist has created a special tribute to the victims of 9/11. A sculpture called The Gate was created in August outside of the Airborne and Special Operations Museum in Fayetteville.
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2-day RP Bird Festival starts in Puerto Princesa
Marking the beginning of the annual winter migration of birds from mainland Asia and Japan, the 2008 Philippine Bird Festival will be held today and tomorrow in Puerto Princesa City, with the theme "Aba, Kakaiba!"
Manila Bulletin |
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Eighty-Four Years Of Agriculture And Family Fun!
In 1924, the Kiwanis Club of Shelby started a tradition that endures today. The people of Western North Carolina gathered at the Cleveland County fairgrounds in early autumn to exhibit their crops, livestock, sewing, and canning.
ShelbyInfo.com |
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Auction offers stay at 'Citizen Kane's' castle
You can almost hear Citizen Kane turning in his mausoleum. To pay for the upkeep of the late William Randolph Hearst's massive art collection, members of the paying public are to be allowed to stay overnight at his former home.
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Events
-ART Columbia Museum Constantine Manos' Aof G Arret ei ks Pn oorwtf oh loiosting . www.columbiamuseum.org -BOOKS Friends of the Richland County Public Library will host best-selling historical fiction author Jacquelyn Cook September 14, 3 pm in the Bostick Auditorium of the Main Library. 929-3475.
Columbia Star |
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Briefs
The Mint moves Charlotte's Mint Museum of Art was designed by architect William Strickland and built by Perry & Ligon (the same) in 1837 on Mint Street. It was moved brick- by- brick to woodsy Randolph Road in the 1930s. A new $57 million five- storey Mint is under construction on South Tryon Street, which is in the heart of downtown Charlotte.
Columbia Star |
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5 oil firms roll back prices by P2
With the continuing downward spiral in global oil prices, Philippine oil companies have offered a bigger relief to consumers with a P2-per-liter rollback effective 12:01 a.m. today, Friday, Sept. 12, 2008.
Manila Bulletin |
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SC School for the Deaf and Blind students to perform at EdVenture
"Where Every Child is a Masterpiece" is the inspiration for the arts program for students with sensory disabilities at the SC School for the Deaf and the Blind. Students from the school's arts program were invited to produce an art exhibit for display and perform during Family Night at the EdVenture Children's Museum in Columbia during EdCeptional Kids Month.
Columbia Star |
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Shell Underscores Nigeria's First 4D Seismic Acquisition for Bonga Field
Nigerian's first 4D seismic acquisition in deepwater oil and gas operations has been achieved at SNEPCo-operated Bonga field, 120km southwest of the Niger Delta.
Rigzone |
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