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Museum says ex-employee pocketed $1m
HOLLIS -- A town resident and her three children are being sued by the Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, Mass., for allegedly embezzling more than $1 million from the museum. ... - By HATTIE BERNSTEIN Staff Writer
The Nashua Telegraph |
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Textile exhibit opens Saturday
A textile exhibit opening soon at the Midland Center for the Arts needs to be experienced, not merely seen.
Midland Daily News |
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Whaling museum picks new president
NEW BEDFORD — The 43-year-old former vice president of the International Yacht Restoration School and Museum of Yachting in Newport, R.I., has been voted the new president of the New Bedford Whaling Museum.
The Standard-Times |
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Channel Surfing: 'America’s Toughest Jobs' heads to Midland oil field
ROBERT PHILPOT America’s Toughest Jobs: The rough-jobs-but-someone’s-gotta-do-’em competition moves to its Friday home with a new episode that takes the contestants to Midland, where they drill for oil while real-life oilfield workers watch their antics in disbelief. Dallas’ Steven Hopper is still in the running. 7 p.m., KXAS/Channel 5 Think: Krys Boyd’s Dallas-based talk show leans ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Grammy nominees performing at Fiesta de Luces
The City of Lights will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month today by hosting the third annual Fiesta de Luces, or Festival of Lights.
Daily Herald |
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Avedon's portraits of power on exhibit
Richard Avedon photographed celebrities: presidents and generals, great artists and heads of industry. And he photographed nonentities: no-name soldiers and protesters and secretaries. What makes him one of the greatest portraitists of the 20th century...
The Standard-Times |
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR
The Art Stand Gallery features a new exhibit, 'Autumn Colors' until Oct. 25. Fourteen regional artists show paintings, ceramics, photography and jewelry. Located at Highway 180 and Frankwood Avenues, Minkler. Open Thursdays - Mondays from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm.
The Hanford Sentinel |
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Book-release party today at Chauvin art site
HOUMA - Fans of the Chauvin Sculpture Garden can gather this weekend to celebrate the release of a book centered on the eccentric outdoor art display and its mysterious creator."Heartoffact: The Visionary Environment of Kenny Hill," a 100-page paperback filled with about 70 color illustrations and a diagram map of the site, debuts today.
The Daily Comet |
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This weekend will be the Cat’s Meow
CATSKILL — The streets of Catskill will be feel a lot less “cat”like Monday, as “Cat N’ Around” comes to a jubilant close this Sunday at the Cat’s Meow Auction and Gala.
The Daily Mail |
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After the Roar of the Crowd, an Auction Post-Mortem
The reaction to the auction has run the gamut from serves-you-right righteousness directed at the art world, to the crowning of Damien Hirst as superartist and speaker of deep truths.
New York Times |
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Energy Bar: Fuel for a successful day
To-do list 1 - They call it "a feast for the senses," and this weekend's free Cedarburg Wine & Harvest Festival is indeed a bouquet of sensation delights.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
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Inspiration for kids of all ages
The Franklin Graham Festival began with a bang Friday night, with an estimated 8,300 turning out for Christian entertainment and a message from one of the world's leading evangelical preachers. Graham, the 58-year-old son of Billy Graham and heir to the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, delivered a sober message after rollicking music by Israel and New Breed and TobyMac.
The Post and Courier |
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Going Straight to the Source
A visitor at the Shanghai Art Museum takes a photo of a work by the artist Zhong Biao.
New York Times |
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Bluffs' public art plan focal point of conference
Just a few years after the Public Art Master Plan for Council Bluffs was unveiled, the country is taking note.
Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil |
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Ditson festival at ICA dips into new territory
For the first time, together under one dramatically beautiful roof, Boston's new music ensembles are attempting to make a case for their all-too-neglected genre. ...
Boston Herald |
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Festivals aplenty this weekend
It’s been one wild week, between gas prices and that dizzying Wall Street rollercoaster ride. But with the weekend here, and summer officially coming to an end, it’s time to get out and there and celebrate at a local festival.
Asheville Citizen-Times |
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Weekend planner
Field to Table Festival: Celebrating sustainable agriculture with Southern culinary experts, through Sept. 28, Biltmore Estate, Asheville. Demonstrations, talks and seminars. Included in admission price.
Asheville Citizen-Times |
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Home & Garden calendar
ANTIQUES AND ARTISANS SHOW: About 15 antiques dealers and 40 artists participate. Antiques include 19th-century artwork, sterling silver pieces, period furniture, jewelry, pottery and more. Show is 10 a.m.-6 p.m. today and noon-4 p.m. Sunday at Spindale House at 100 W. Main St., Spindale.
Asheville Citizen-Times |
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Aboriginal rock art puts First Fleet in its place
Sydney - A wall of Aboriginal rock art paintings replete with images of aeroplanes, bicycles, guns and steamships blasted open the notion that interaction between Australia's indigenous population and the rest of the world began with the British take...
EARTHtimes.org |
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Eiko & Koma
In the ’50s, art critic Harold Rosenberg coined the term “action painting” to describe Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning’s technique of abstractedly applying paint to a canvas.
Washington City Paper |
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Warhol hires curator
The Andy Warhol Museum has appointed New Castle native Eric C. Shiner to be the first Milton Fine Curator of Art effective Oct. 1.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
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Marchesa Presents Evening Wear That's A Little Decadent
Design duo Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig of Marchesa presented a jaw-dropping collection of evening wear at Chelsea Art Museum. George Whipple filed the following report.
NY1 News |
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Marchesa Presents Evening Wear That's A Little Decadent
Design duo Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig of Marchesa presented a jaw-dropping collection of evening wear at Chelsea Art Museum. George Whipple filed the following report.
NY1 News |
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Warhol hires curator
The Andy Warhol Museum has appointed New Castle native Eric C. Shiner to be the first Milton Fine Curator of Art effective Oct. 1.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
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Little Buffalo readies for 25th birthday bash
The Little Buffalo festival almost didn’t make it to its 25th birthday, but you’d never know by the party planned for this fall.
The Sentinel |
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