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Uptown Entertainment Goes Downtown With Opening of Ren Cen 4 Theatres
Uptown Entertainment, an Ilitch-owned company that operates the Palladium and Birmingham 8 theatres, celebrated the grand opening of the renovated Ren Cen 4 theatres, a four-screen cinema with state-of-the-art sound and projection located in the Renaissance Center, on Saturday.
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Sun shines on annual Riverfest
Sunday's Arts/Quincy Riverfest was a "baptism by fire" for Becky Vogel. The marketing coordinator for the Quincy Society of Fine Arts (QSFA) has been in her position for only three weeks.
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The Climate is Right for Trains: Bombardier Transportation Presents Record Line-Up of Innovative Rail Technology ...
Innovative rail products, a record number of vehicles, two vehicle world premieres and the launch of a breakthrough portfolio of energy and cost-saving technologies are at the center of Bombardier Transportation's exhibits at InnoTrans 2008 in Berlin.
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Coats! Max Mara, 55 Years of Italian Fashion
Max Mara presents Coats!, a stunning installation of 70 Max Mara coats from 1950 to present day and a journey into the history of Italian fashion as seen through the coat: the iconic garment of Max Mara, at the National Art Museum of China (NAMoC), October 19-November 12, 2008.
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Todd D. Smith named executive director of Tampa Museum of Art
The Tampa Museum of Art board of trustees appointed Todd D. Smith as the museum's permanent executive director.
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Coats! Max Mara, 55 Years of Italian Fashion
NEW YORK----Max Mara presents Coats!, a stunning installation of 70 Max Mara coats from 1950 to present day and a journey into the history of Italian fashion as seen through the coat: the iconic garment of Max Mara, at the National Art Museum of China , October 19-November 12, 2008.
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New Bray & Scarff Store Supports Habitat For Humanity
Store Manager Jim Arata (left) presents a check to Loudoun Habitat For Humanity Board member Bud Green. [Photo by Black Bear Photography] The grand opening of the Bray & Scarff appliance store in Sterling was good news for Loudoun Habitat For Humanity.
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Kodak's Kodachrome Dwindles With Digital Age
Elaborately crafted photographic film, extolled for its sharpness, vivid colors and archival durability could soon become extinct as sales compete with the digital age.
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Uganda: Gwoktcho Promotes African Beauty, Love
Gwoktcho is proud host to an inspiring art exhibition currently running at Kampala's top Nommo Gallery. The exhibition which kicked off last week, features various Africana nd modern art.
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Rotary seeks art for silent auction
ALHAMBRA - The Rotary Club of Alhambra has planned a silent art auction to be held along with the club's annual Rotary Raffle Nov.
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Earth art "r" marks new town on steel works site
One of the largest public art installations in Scotland is unveiled at the Ravenscraig development in North Lanarkshire
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The McPherson Scottish Festival has been named one of America's 100 Best Events for 2009 by the American Bus ...
According to McPherson Convention and Visitors Bureau director Judy Casey, inclusion in the Top 100 list, published as a supplement to the September/October issue of Destinations magazine, indicates that the McPherson Kansas Scottish Festival offers excellent entertainment value to both tour groups and individual travelers from around the world.
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Celebrating Anglesey's trees
Anglesey's second annual woodland festival will be held in the grounds of Carreglwyd in Llanfaethlu on Saturday this week. Visitrs will have an opportunity to learn and appreciate more about the environment, in particular the importance of woodland, through many varied activities.
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Here comes $500 oil
Matt Simmons is as perplexed as anyone that it has fallen to him to take on OPEC, Exxon, the Saudis, and all the other misguided defenders of conventional wisdom in the oil patch. Why should one investment banker with a penchant for research be required to point out what he regards as the obvious - that from here on out, oil supplies can't meet demand, and if we don't act soon to solve this ...
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TAG Heuer celebrates British Formula 1 drivers
TAG Heuer President and CEO Jean-Christophe Babin has hosted the exclusive preview party for the TAG Heuer British Formula 1 Drivers exhibition curated by Sir Stirling Moss OBE, Damon Hill OBE and brand ambassador Lewis Hamilton at The Mall Galleries.
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Baytown girls use off-time to volunteer
A mini-Crayola gallery now graces the walls of Wooster Baptist Church, adding cheer to the sometimes-grim mood of the Red Cross Shelter site. Colorful drawings of family, animals and rainbows help to cheer youngsters who have lost everything during Hurricane Ike.
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SFA faculty exhibit shows talents of professors at Cole Art Center, downtown Nac
For as long as he can remember, Peter Andrew, professor of art, said there has always been an annual faculty art exhibition. He said the event is important because it gives the SFA and Nacogdoches community a chance to see what the art department is all about.
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Beaverbrook Heirs Appeal Decision That Gives Art To Canadian Museum
The heirs contend that the judge was biased. "There is no justification for calling New Brunswick's and the gallery's greatest benefactor a 'con artist ' who committed a 'gargantuan fraud' and was comparable to Goebbles," say the heirs.
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Niko Resources Ltd. Commences Production in KG-D6 Block
CALGARY, ALBERTA-- - Niko Resources Ltd. has commenced production of hydrocarbons in its KG-D6 block of Krishna Godavari Basin with the production of crude oil on September 17, 2008.
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Atlanime at Japan Fest
Japan Fest, Georgia's Japanese cultural festival, will be opening up in 2008 with its first ever anime programming. There will be an anime screenings handled by Atlanime, a Georgia-based anime fanclub, as well as trivia contests, fan panels, and more.
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The Jungle
Just a quick heads up—Shelf Life will be on hiatus next week, as a giant chunk of the ANN staff heads to New York City for the New York Anime Festival. It'll be a pleasant departure from the monotonous California sun, and I hope there'll be some inclement weather.
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Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog
This morning's bit of ham-fisted fundraising comes from the Smithsonian, which is using the 'events-only' email distribution list of at least one Smithsonian museum to beg for money. It's possibly the silliest fundraising solicitation I've ever received.
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Lights! Camera! Northern Brooklyn!
Since 2002, Williamsburg-Greenpoint has lived without a movie theater. The absence is especially surprising given the area's history of film exhibition: At one point, the neighborhoods boasted six movie theaters in less than five square miles. But since the 1950s, the theaters have been slowly disappearing, converted to other uses or demolished. "If you're making some amount of money showing ...
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Obama supporters take to barns
PORTAGE TOWNSHIP -- Local supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama gathered Saturday afternoon to begin painting a barn with his logo.
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Warhol piece to fetch $1.5m-plus
AN Andy Warhol painting is expected to fetch between $1.5 and $2 million at auction in Sydney this week
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