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Photography before you learn to read: Trade sees new trend
Cologne, Germany - Photography-mad families in Germany are buying children their own cameras as gifts to celebrate the first day at school, an industry group said Wednesday at the Photokina trade show in Cologne. Rainer Schmidt, secretary of the Germ...
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Library of Congress' National Book Festival to Offer Variety of Interactive Family Activities - National Mall, ...
The Library of Congress' National Book Festival offers fun-filled activities for the whole family. New teen and children's authors, NBA and WNBA players, and popular storybook and television characters to appear on National Mall throughout the day. (PRWeb Sep 24, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/library-of-congress-book/92008/prweb1378414.htm
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On exhibit: Sculpture, paintings, small pastels
Three prominent granite sculptures frame the view of the York River beyond the George Marshall Store Gallery. These are just three of 33 paintings and sculpture by New Hampshire artist Gary Haven Smith currently on view on the grounds and in the gallery.
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Clay Hill announces unique wedding contest
YORK and#8212; Clay Hill Farm's Green Wedding Giveaway (www.greenweddinggiveaway.com) is a contest of commitment. Clay Hill Farm's unique new concept will be launched Thursday, Sept. 25, by celebrity relationship expert, Steve Santagati.
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Front seat to history
With a pencil and a large pad of paper, 87-year-old Franklin McMahon has been a witness to some of the greatest moments in postwar America. His on-the-spot "reportorial drawings" of presidents, popes and protests are part of three exhibits opening in Lake County.
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Kenya: Sculptor Quietly Marketing Kenya
As Kenyan Olympic heroes and heroines were awarded cash prizes by the Head of State in Mombasa after the successful outing in Beijing, a Kenyan sculptor was watching the event from his living room.
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Festival to celebrate Vietnam’s diverse, colourful cultures
Dong Ho folk painting will be displayed in the event. Nhan Dan/VNA- A colourful festival to highlight various regions’ cultural identities will take place in Hanoi from October 6-9, beginning a series of activities to celebrate the 1,000th founding anniversary of the Thang Long-Hanoi capital city.
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Libraries gear up for book festival
A RANGE of events and activities have been organised by Highland Council libraries in and around Inverness during the 5th Inverness Book Festival (30 September-3 October).
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Giants from '70s feel need to share history
As a part of this week's American Artistic Renaissance Symposium, Cornell University is hosting many of the most influential artists to emerge from the 1970s.
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Angola: Musician Rui Mingas Turns Down Festival Invitation
Angolan singer Rui Mingas, special guest for Luanda's "Song" Festival, scheduled for Thursday, in Luanda, cancelled his participation in the event, alleging personal reasons.
AllAfrica.com |
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Mental health and art (12 pictures)
Stonehenge - Colin Stelfox Stelfox had always enjoyed painting and drawing but lacked motivation to get going with it alone at home. Arts on Prescription in Stockport, Greater Manchester, gave him the opportunity to get into it and he is now able to enjoy doing his work at home.
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Rothkos reunited at Tate
The children of artist Mark Rothko are coming to London to see the reunion of 15 of his most famous paintings in a blockbuster exhibition opening this week at Tate Modern.
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Swiss music rocks but struggles to make it big
Lausanne is still recovering from last weekend's biennial Label Suisse music festival showcasing fresh new sounds from Switzerland and attended by 300,000 music fans.
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Maring Auction Company Set to Auction Red Steeple Farm
160 acre Minnesota crop farm to hit auction block, featuring 6,000SF Victorian Queen Anne style home on 25 landscaped acres. Special collections also to auction, including 21 restored vintage collector cars and trucks as well as antique farm tractors, Louis XV furniture and much more. (PRWeb Sep 24, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Minnesota/Farm/prweb1376904.htm
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TEEincarnation™ Announces the Launch of its On-line T-shirt Auction Site
"TEEincarnation is the only auction site on the web dedicated to designer t-shirts; it is truly a marketplace for t-shirt lovers and collectors." (PRWeb Sep 24, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1370644.htm
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Guggenheim chooses a curator, not a showman
The Guggenheim named Richard Armstrong of the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh as its next director.
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Rough Rider reunion brings together state's honorees
Eight of North Dakota's most famous and influential sons and daughters will appear together in the portrait gallery honoring them today.
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VN museum gifted Goya aquatint prints
VietNamNet Bridge – Hans Guggenheim, a Spanish painting collector is about to present 46 aquatint prints of famous artist Francisco de Goya to the Vietnam Museum of Arts on October 3, 2008.
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After 50 Years Abroad, Acclaimed Sculptor, Milton Hebald, Has Returned to the United States
Milton Hebald, the award-winning contemporary baroque sculptor from New York City, has returned to United States at the age of 91. (PRWeb Sep 24, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Milton-Hebald/Sculptor/prweb1379004.htm
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'Big Z' refuses to dish on Piniella
NEW YORK - Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano, honored Tuesday as the National League Latino MVP Pitcher of 2007, was presented with two framed portraits of himself pitching, one a dramatic painting by a well-known artist, the other a cartoon caricature.
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Old St. Petersburg in all its splendor
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia -- Cruise lines like you to think there are two ways to visit this city full of imperial palaces, museums, canals and onion-domed cathedrals: either book some of the ship's excursions or go through the trouble and expense of arranging your own tourist visa.
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Artist fest is Saturday at Fabyan Forest Preserve
It may not be Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jatte, but Saturday afternoon on the island in the Fabyan Forest Preserve might have something in common with the famous Georges Seurat painting. Artists will participate in the Plein-Air Artist Fest from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday in the Fabyan Forest Preserve. And the public is invited to watch just how the artists — using whatever ...
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Records prove works of art weren't a gift, lawyer says
A lawyer for the Beaverbrook U.K. Foundation says records prove the works of art at the centre of a dispute with the Beaverbrook Art Gallery weren't a gift.
Daily Gleaner |
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Bonhams expands Middle East team
Bonhams, the international fine art auction house established in the UK since 1793, has announced today the appointment of Elizabeth Johnston in the newly created role of Client Manager and Sharon Murray as Office Manager, to be based in Bonhams' Dubai office.
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Arts community grills candidates
Candidates vying to become Fredericton's next member of Parliament say they would support the Beaverbrook Art Gallery's plans to take on a bigger role as the art gallery of New Brunswick.
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