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Coke's Agency Designs Metallica Album Cover
The artwork for Metallica’s hit album Death Magnetic didn’t come from an underground artist or some corporate record label’s art department. Instead, it came from Coca-Cola’s design agency.
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Donations sought for Placer women's shelter
A drive to collect donated clothing, toiletries and household supplies for the opening of a battered women's shelter in Placer County will be held Saturday at the La-Z-Boy Furniture Gallery in Roseville.
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NIAGARA FALLS: Freedom Trail Festival set for Saturday
The history of the Underground Railroad will be celebrated during the ninth-annual Freedom Trail Festival on Saturday.Art and history will join together between the hours of noon and 6 p.m. as north Main Street near Cleveland Avenue will come alive with the sights, sounds and smells of music, poetry, dramatic recreations and food vendors.
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Cold War Modern: Design 1945-75 - The Art Newspaper
More than 300 exhibits covering design, architecture, film and popular culture from both sides of the Iron Curtain span a period of unprecedented technological development and tensions between East and West immediately after the end of World War II. Sputnik and Apollo mission spacesuits, designs by Charles and Ray Eames, architecture by Le Corbusier and previously unseen Eastern bloc design are ...
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[Best Bets] Friday, September 19
Tune in to WLEZ 103.7 FM at noon for Radio JFP as hosts Kimberly Griffin and Sage Carter-Hooey are joined by Jacksonians to discuss current events. The show streams live at wlezfm.com . … The Crossroads Film Society’s Global Lens series continues at the Mississippi Museum of Art at 6:30 p.m. with “The Custodian” and “Let the Wind Blow” at 8:20 p.m. Admission is $3 for members and $5 for ...
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Runner auctions Eminem's mailbox
With so many charities sprouting up, there are always opportunities to donate to different causes. For athletes, the best way may be by running or playing for a particular cause. For those lucky enough to stumble across celebrity items, eBay offers another venue to raise money.
The Milan News-Leader |
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Man Pulled From Museum Air Duct After Failed Break-In
A man found himself in a very tight spot after apparently trying to break into the Knoxville Museum of Art.
Eyewitness News Memphis |
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Auction to Fix House Superman Built
Auction to raise funds for Ohio house where comic book hero was created.
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Thomas Jane Cuts a DUI Deal
Patricia Arquette's hubby didn't need a medium to predict the outcome of this one. Thomas Jane was sentenced to a year's probation Wednesday after pleading no contest in...
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Sept. 17: Local Lifestyle Briefs
Visit the galleries at Minnetrista in Muncie from Sept. 20-Oct. 19 for a look at “Open Space: Art About the Land.” The art competition and exhibition recognizes and encourages artists in east central Indiana who derive creative inspiration from the land, or whose work celebrates the notion of open space as it relates to the land.
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Step away from the realm of reality
Indigenous Australian and New Zealand art pervaded the Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery with the opening of the "Earth and Spirit" exhibit Monday Sept. 8. The exhibit features selected artwork that highlights and exemplifies the nature of Australian and New Zealand culture.
The Equinox |
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Aerial photography to help manage state land
The Treasury Department will use aerial photography in managing its one-million rai land-lease project, according to director-general Prasit Suebchana.
Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news |
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Museum sheds light on access
A new traveling exhibit at the Koch Family Children's Museum of Evansville will show children what life is like for their peers with disabilities.
Evansville Courier & Press |
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Ink Spot
Thrash metal is the perfect musical setting for the new residence of the Ink Spot. Hidden in the Foundry Lofts (formerly the Ironworks building) at 300 W. South St., the tattoo shop/art gallery is an oasis of free expression and courageous art.
Jackson Free Press |
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Athletics: Classic Half Marathon Returns to Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA – September 17, 2008 – Approximately 15,000 runners are expected to take to the streets of Philadelphia on Sunday, September 21 for the 31st annual ING Philadelphia Distance Run. The half marathon will begin at 7:45 am at Eakins Oval in Philadelphia, on the Ben Franklin Parkway in front of the Art Museum.
RunnersWeb.com |
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Matthew McConaughey Joins Elite Group Of A-Listers Who Couldn't Crack a Six-Figure Opening [Matthew McConaughey]
Any Straight-to-Flopz masterpiece can top out below $100,000 theatrically, but it takes a special kind of crap to do so with a real star above the line. Take Surfer, Dude, the new Matthew McConaughey...
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Let loose your ‘Cakap-cakap’ talent
Tunku Alizakri and Sharon Lam try filling in the dialogue bubble as Sidney Tan looks on. Display your wit in DiGi’s creative contest that involves cartoons and truly Malaysian moments.
The New Straits Times |
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Give small countries a chance, says Yoko
John Lennon’s wife Yoko Ono has said the world’s small countries should be given a chance, as she launched a retrospective exhibition of her art work in the Polish capital. “The reason I feel so clos
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Linux mobile stack adds Flash
— Sep. 10, 2008 — [Updated Sep. 15] -- Azingo says it has integrated Adobe Flash Lite 3.1 web multimedia technology into the browser in its LiMo-compliant Linux stack for phones and mobile devices.
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Prepare to party with Pete Escovedo at Dublin's Day on the Glen
EMERALD GLEN PARK is the place to be in Dublin this weekend as the city celebrates the annual Day on the Glen festival.As usual, there will be lots of food, fun and entertainment combined with some educational features from 10 a.
Contra Costa Times |
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Entertainment
John Lennon’s wife Yoko Ono has said the world’s small countries should be given a chance, as she launched a retrospective exhibition of her art work in the Polish capital.
The West Australian |
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Auctions for Ohio Superman birthplace top goal
By The Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) -- Online auctions benefiting Superman's birthplace have been more powerful than a locomotive.
Bay News 9 Tampa Bay |
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Edward Lifson: Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Be A Modern Architect . . .
Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House is still flooded and they're desperately seeking funds to restore and reopen this masterpiece.
HuffingtonPost |
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HTC Touch HD handled, pre-release style
Filed under: Cellphones , Handhelds Okay, so this "review" of HTC's beastly new Touch HD isn't much of a review, but it offers up a few important snippets of insight -- and perhaps more importantly for the visual stimulation-starved among us, a plethora of photography. The reviewer notes that the 800 x 480 display is positively gorgeous, the cam is decent (though autofocus is a tad ...
Engadget |
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Girls Inc. Blasts Off! Fundraiser Is Sept. 26
The Girls Incorporated of Chattanooga's Blasts Off! fall fundraiser and auction will be held on Sept. 26 from 6-8 p.m. at the Creative Discovery Museum.
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