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Salina teens arrested in connection with burglary
ERIN MATHEWS Four Salina teens were arrested Tuesday, accused of burglarizing a downtown photography studio in June.
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Museum executive picked to direct Appleton
OCALA - A Swedish-born museum executive and art historian known for raising money and membership at cultural institutions has been named to head Marion County's epicenter of art and culture.
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'A Day on the Island' set for Oct. 3
Isle of Hope United Methodist Church's popular bi-annual event "A Day on the Island" will take place from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Oct. 3. A homes tour, a juried art show and a silent auction are some of the featured events. Tickets are $25, with all proceeds benefiting various Isle of Hope community outreach activities. Isle of Hope Methodist Church is at 412 Parkersburg Road. For information, call ...
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NY Anime Festival Presents Star-Studded Line Up at 2008 Event
“An entire world unto itself …” notes Show Manager, “with an enormous and dedicated fan base.”
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Looking Ahead in Martin County, updated Sept. 24
First Thursday Gallery Night: Martin County's largest art gallery event featuring receptions, music, artists at work at 20 locations, Hobe Sound to Jensen Beach. 5-8 p.m. Oct. 2, for gallery map visit martinarts.org.
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London's Tate Modern hosts Rothko exhibition
The Tate Modern gallery in London will shine a light Friday on 50 works by the abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko, in the first major exhibition of his work in Britain for more than 20 years.
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EDF deal will reduce 'reliance on oil and gas' - but what about renewables?
It's a controversial deal that will see a French state-owned company take over Britain's nuclear industry, with plans already in place to build four new reactors.
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Winners abound at festival
Grove City Area Chamber of Commerce officials on Monday announced the winners in various categories of last weekend's Arts in the Alley event.
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Sweet festival ready to go
The 2008 Sugar Cane Festival, a time honored annual celebration of one of Louisiana’s key crops, kicks off this evening following weeks of hard work and preparation.
The Daily Iberian |
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'Mad Men' illustrated
Ooh, have you seen these groovy Mad Men illustrations? Artist Dyna Moe is a Mad Men fanatic who has been creating drawings for each episode. "I started by doing Rich Sommer's Christmas card to his co-workers last season," she says....
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Splash of art
ST. LOUIS - A major exhibit of abstract art opens in St. Louis next month. The Saint Louis Art Museum will host "Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning and American...
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Artists Cover Classics For War Child
If you want to hear some contemporary artists covering classic songs for a good cause, pick up the War Child compilation Heroes when it arrives on Nov. 25.
ChartAttack.com |
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Travel briefs: Bodies exhibit moves to Luxor
BODIES . . . The Exhibition Las Vegas has moved to the Luxor Hotel and Casino. This educational exhibit is the first to debut in the new Premier Exhibitions 38,800-square-foot exhibition center at Luxor. The exhibit showcases more than 260 full body, organ and partial body specimens.
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Abundance of palaces in India's most colorful state
Rajasthan has an embarrassment of palaces: middle of nowhere, towering on hilltops, crammed in narrow backstreets and reflected in lakes - so many that the Rajasthanis don't know what to do with them. They've been turned into hotels, museums and government offices. Some have been overtaken by bats.
The Salt Lake Tribune |
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China's Factory for Fake Art Tries to Beat Slump (Update1)
Sept. 24 (Bloomberg) -- In a village in southern China, Wu Ruiqiu is worried about the effect of an economic slump on the art market. He should be. Wu represents artists who make 60 percent of the world's oil paintings.
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Bloomin’ spring art exhibition
BUSSELTON Art Society has been a force to be reckoned with in town for almost half a century and is still going strong with many talented artists playing the main part.
Busselton-Dunsborough Mail |
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Olney Arts Council hosts Fall Festival
The 34th annual Olney Arts Council Fall Festival of Arts and Crafts will be held from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. September 27 at Olney City Park.
Olney Daily Mail |
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French art thief gets 5+ years in US prison
A French art thief who admitted stealing and trying to sell valuable Claude Monet and other paintings will serve more than five years in U.S. prison.
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Williamsburg Cinema Projects Spring Opening
A rendering of the lobby of Cassandra Cinema . Except for the avant-garde Ocularis screenings in the old Galapagos , North Brooklyn has been a dead zone for movie theaters for years. Why, just the other day the Greenpointers blogger could be heard begging the world to open up a movie theater near her: "I know it will take you years and hundreds of thousands of dollars, but I ...
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Prosser balloon rally launches on Friday
When: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. PROSSER -- The skies over this Lower Valley city will fill with color this weekend as the Great Prosser Balloon Rally and Harvest Festival begins.
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Americana Music Festival and more
The weight is a gift After things got rolling late for the Americana Music Festival 's official opening night at the Ryman last Wednesday and some guy coaxed us through a brief television applause tutorial, Billy Bob Thornton took the stage to introduce Lev...
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Arts & Entertainment:
Time and time again we’ve seen the word “independent” co-opted by the very corporate forces the independents claim independence from: “indie” record labels engulfed by a corporate parent; “indie” film festivals that draw Hollywood’s A-List roster to remote Western boomtowns.
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Sweetness and Dark
Although Jerry Dale McFadden has closed TAG Gallery, he continues to represent top-flight artists. Part of his post-gallery strategy has been to team up with Cynthia Bullinger at Estel. This month he curates a show at Estel of two of his most well-regarded TAG artists, Lori Field and Anna Jaap.
Nashville Scene |
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Japan's Seiji Ozawa takes up French fine arts seat
Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa took up his seat as a foreign member of France's revered academy of fine arts Wednesday, joining the likes of US filmmaker Woody Allen and British architect Norman Foster.
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US judge: Monet thief receives 62-month sentence
MIAMI - A French art thief who admitted stealing and trying to sell paintings by Claude Monet and other famous artists will serve more than five years in U.S. prison.
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