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African Street Festival hopes to educate
Organizers of the 26th annual African Street Festival want this year's event to entertain and educate.
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Artistic homage to an identity
Madeleine Gera's latest exhibition, entitled Identity, can be described as a window on the lives and identities of others. Inspired by the book entitled On Identity by French-Algerian writer Amin Malouf, Ms Gera's exhibition focuses on Maltese-inspired themes and subjects.
Times of Malta |
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Pickamania! First try is a success
SILVER CITY — The first ever Pickamania! is now in the history books, and organizers are pleased with the public's response to the festival. "We did not know what to expect for the first year," said Fay McCalmont, Mimbres Regions Art Council executive director.
Silver City Sun-News |
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Social Scene: Museum's Chairish the Children and Cancer Society's Hope Gala
Chairish the Children, cherish the adults. Here's looking at you, kids, was the salute when the Louisiana Children's Museum held its 10th annual on-site bash, Chairish the Children, and themed it "Fly to Neverland." Capital One was the presenter and,...
New Orleans Times-Picayune |
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Henrietta actor has had varied life
Rick Benedetto is carving a niche in the action/horror/comedy genre.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |
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Record start for UK artist's sale
Damien Hirst's bull in a tank of formaldehyde with its head crowned by a gold disc sold for 10.35 million pounds ($NZ28.6 million), a record at auction for one of the contemporary art world's stars, Sotheby's said.
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JB Seed Successful Grant Applicants Announced
The JB Seed is all over for the fourth year running and this year it was bigger than ever before. This year the Seed has expanded to include partnerships with the Falls Festival and Southbound festival, with one act (who’s manager is attending the workshop) being chosen to play at both festivals.
Undercover |
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PEOPLE OF NOTE: OSPAC Honors Rain date for Jazz and Latino Music Festival
*The Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center, a non-profit organization with a mission to bring high caliber performances, has a strong commitment to arts education and thus offers it at free or minimal cost to the public through its annual Jazz and World Music Workshop.
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Pink touch
It's easy to see that pink is Ann Wilson's favorite garden color. A pink lady sculpture with a bit of bridal veil floating around her head stands next to the front walk. Lime green monkeywort, like miniature coins, creeps at her feet. A nearby mandevilla twines around a lamp post, its pink flowers trumpeting at the blue sky. Pink impatiens, pink and purple petunias, coleus and sedum with the ...
The Argus Leader |
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A Snapshot of the Man Who Would Become 41
Each day this week, a Washington Post writer examines a particular photo from the show "Richard Avedon: Portraits of Power" at the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
Washington Post |
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£10.3m.. cheap at calf the price
HIRST AUCTION MAKES RECORD £70M
Daily Mirror |
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Local and live
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 • "RICHARD SWANSON: SCULPTURAL RHYTHMS": Yellowstone Art Museum, 401 N. 27th St. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Large-scale sculpture created for YAM's Northwest Projects gallery. $5, adults; $4, senior citizens; $3, ages 6-18; free, ages 5, younger and YAM members. Up through Oct. 26. 256-6804.
Billings Gazette |
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Moneys pours in at record Hirst auction
BRITISH artist Damien Hirst entered the record books today after an unprecedented auction of his works raised ?70.5 million ($A158.75 million) with more than 160 lots still to be sold.
News Interactive |
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Geared for Seasons
On Sept. 10, mountain biking enthusiasts pedalled their way to Hyland Cinema to watch the London premiere of Seasons -- the third and latest film produced by Vancouver- and Whistler-based The Collective, a film/photography/ mountain biking outfit.
London Free Press |
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Following a natural progression
NORTON - Wheaton College's new outdoor sculpture has grown. World-renowned artist Patrick Dougherty said Monday he added a fourth tower to create an edge that draws people in as they walk toward it.
The Sun Chronicle |
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Where to Find the Real Spirit of Competition?
What's the real spirit of competition? What's the spirit of the modern Olympics? The questions arise every time the Olympic Games come around. An ongoing archeological exhibition from Greece, the birth place of Olympics, is here to give the answer.
China Daily |
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New museum opens in Congers
CONGERS - For the last several years, members of the Congers Civic Association have been working quietly to put together a public display of the history of their hamlet.
The Journal News |
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Gallery features bronze collection
The works of contemporary sculptor Dr Alex Kolozsy are now available at Leatherby’s Art Gallery. Owner Darin Leatherby has a small collection of Dr Kolozsy’s bronze works, and he’s pictured here with one of Dame Nellie Melba.
Weekly Times |
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New Caledonia Holiday Prize for 2008 TWT Festival Queen
Fabulous prizes including an overseas holiday for two can be won in this year’s TWT Granny Smith Festival Queen Quest which was launched last week. Quest is open to all young ladies 16 years and over with Grand Final judging Wednesday October 8 and Gala presentation Dinner Thursday October 9.
Weekly Times |
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Detroit International Jazz Festival 2008
Billed as A Love Supreme: the Philly-Detroit Summit , the 29th Annual Detroit International Jazz Festival gathered more than just musicians from those two great jazz cities.
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REVIEW: Lesser-knowns steal Monolith festival's spotlight
Sometimes the most memorable concerts are those you never saw coming. That's not to say the concerts for your favorite "I-have-your-songs-tattooed-on-my-body" band aren't sublime, as well, but the unexpected joy that arises from a great show performed by a band your roommate's boyfriend's sister blogged about, but you've never heard, can reach that same level, and often surpass it.
Daily Nebraskan |
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Boise Art Museum director resigns
The Boise Art Museum board announced Monday that Executive Director Wesley Jessup resigned Friday.
The Idaho Statesman |
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Calendar -- West Des Moines, Clive & Waukee
Kids in Parks Art Contest. Through Nov. 30. Send in photos, poems and other art forms that focus on "Kids in the Park." Entries will be entered in an all-city contest and judged by the West Des Moines Parks and Recreation Green Team. For age 18 and younger.
The Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index |
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Damien Hirst smashes auction record
Damien Hirst has smashed the record for an auction dedicated to a single artist, selling 54 new works for a total of £70.55 million.
ITN via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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By nature, Ankeny's Pat Hykes is an artist
Painting began as a hobby for longtime Ankeny resident Pat Hykes, but it quickly turned into an accomplished career that has spanned more than three decades.
The Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index |
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