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Cyclorama Gallery opens today
Paul Philippoteaux's fully restored 1884 circular painting coupled with a 3-D diorama of the landscape of the Battle of Gettysburg gives visitors a unique view of the Civil War's most famous battle.•••" … great n...
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Westporters Compete in BBQ Contest
This weekend at the first annual Blues, Views and BBQ Festival presented by the Westport Downtown Merchants Association, (l-r) Bob Colgan, Ted Sullivan and Alex Jinishian were smoking up as they competed in the amateur division of the barbeque contest.
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WestportNow Photos Go On Display
Curated by WestportNow photographer Laurence Untermeyer, a show of WestportNow images from over the years opened today at the Westport Historical Society. Visitors enjoyed seeing the photos “off-line” and up on the walls. Also opening was “Unique Perspectives - Photography by Six Westport Artists.”
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Shake and Bake
Team “Shake and Bake” won first place in the amateur ribs category and third place in chicken in this weekend’s first annual Blues, Views and BBQ Festival presented by the Westport Downtown Merchants Association.
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Vice-President inaugurates 15th Triennial Conference on Museums
New Delhi, Sep 22 : Vice-President M Hamid Ansari today said museums, libraries, national galleries and archives were not only a major contributor to the creative and tourist economy but also powerful places of social learning for the promotion of creativity and innovation.
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Mississippi Jazz & Heritage Festival
(Summit, MS) The 13th Annual Mississippi Jazz & Heritage Festival (MJHF), celebrating Mississippi's great jazz legacy, will take place in Summit, Mississippi on Sunday, September, 28, 2008, from 6:00pm - 8:00pm.
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Art gallery patrons in Detroit are cleared
DETROIT -- The American Civil Liberties Union says charges have been dropped against more than 100 people who attended a party at a Detroit art gallery.
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Legendary Celtic bard Ossian subject of art exhibit at U of Guelph
GUELPH, Ont. - A University of Guelph exhibition of works by leading Scottish contemporary artist Calum Colvin focuses on the legendary bard Ossian.
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Artist seeks new home for giant ant sculpture
PORTSMOUTH -- It’s just about time for the giant red ant in Market Square to take its leave.
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Manitowoc artist showcased at Fox River Trail, auction
GREEN BAY - Manitowoc artist Heidi Dalbergs large fiberglass design of an endangered frog was picked for The Einstein Projects annual summer display, Butterflies Friends on Parade 2008.
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Art gallery patrons in Detroit are cleared
Associated Press - September 22, 2008 1:54 PM ET DETROIT (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union says charges have been dropped against more than 100 people who attended a party at a Detroit...
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Monday September 22, 2008 - 13:58 EST
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Michael Frey is an entrepreneurial chameleon. Frey is opening his first restaurant later this month, T&T (Tacos & Tequila) in the Luxor, after 11 years carving a niche in the lucrative cigar retail and bar business.
Rolling Good Times |
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Photo of the Day: September 22, 2008
Our friend DBomb Photography too manages to pull off a shot that is all at once soft, lovely and slightly intimidating. Those flowers look like they'd hurt! Great capture.
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Celebrating the Forbidden
I loved Ray Bradbury's writing from the first time I read The Martian Chronicles , and once I picked up Fahrenheit 451 , the images of those burning books never quite left me. In these bizarre times, I'm grateful that the Rosenbach is marking Banned Books Week with Authors of Mischief, a juried artist exhibit featuring contemporary artists' books on themes related to banned books, ...
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Pinwheels For Peace
Members of the Cambridge Middle School eighth grade advanced art class are shown with various size pinwheels placed next to the school as part of the nationwide Pinwheels For Peace program. The program is an art and literacy installation project, started in 2005, as a way for students to express feelings about peace and harmony. The project, coordinated by art teacher.
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Rich-hued Kodachrome era fading to black?
It is an elaborately crafted photographic film, extolled for its sharpness, vivid colors and archival durability. Yet die-hard fan Alex Webb is convinced the digital age soon will take his Kodachrome away.
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Titian paintings going on show on Athens museum
More than 20 paintings by Renaissance master Titian and his contemporaries go on display in Athens this week on the occasion of an official visit to Greece by Italy's president.
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Louisiana Business: BluePrint, Epcot, Ogden Museum, Lake Charles, Charter Schools
September 22, 2008
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Pencil This In
ART: P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center's exhibition titled That Was Then… This Is Now will be closing on the 29th. The exhibit "channels the spirit of the 1960s—and its artistic and political upheavals" through works inspired by flags, weapons, and dreams. The group exhibition shows the "artistic and socio-political climate of the late 1960s, and features artists united by the desire to ...
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U.S. sculptor unveils life-like structures made from butter
London, Sept 22 : An innovative sculptor in the U.S. has unveiled an unusual collection of life-like sculptures that have been made from butter.
New Kerala |
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Art to be projected on outside of restored Guggenheim
New York's distinctive Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum celebrates the completion of a $29-million US restoration Monday with an art installation focused on the exterior of the building.
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San Francisco's Get Connected Summit Announces Schedule of Events
proudly announces it's complete schedule of events, guest speakers, seminars, contests and more.
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Tetrahedron sculpture brings rave reviews
A 9 foot piece of glittering art that faces the Lion's Park on Fifth Street North in Breckenridge has stirred up rave reviews for Breckenridge High School teacher Stan Goldade.
Wahpeton News |
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Charges dropped in art gallery raid
The ACLU of Michigan said today that the City of Detroit has dropped charges against the nearly 116 people who were detained and ticketed by Detroit police during a raid at Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit in May.
Detroit Free Press |
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25 places to see in Georgia before you … well, you know
If you want to explore Rome, Athens, Scotland, Amsterdam, Bethlehem, Culloden, Denmark, Geneva, Vienna, and Milan, you won't need a passport. Just visit Georgia, a wondrous and beautiful state with its incredible scenery, historic sites, hidden gems, offbeat places, unusual museums and place names plucked right off the world map.
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