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Art for babies (8 pictures)
Research has shown that newborns respond to contrasting images, and a new book of monochrome artworks aims to calm and entertain babies. Here are some of the works featured, by artists that include Damien Hirst, Julian Opie and Bridget Riley.
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Forensic Sculpture Could Help Crack Cold Case
A forensic sculptor hopes that his new discoveries will help shed some light on an almost two-year-old cold case.
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Forensic Sculptor Helps To ID Philly Body
A renowned forensic sculptor is helping investigators identify a man found dead in southwest Philadelphia nearly two years ago.
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Around the World and Back
The noncompetitive, keenly curated New York Film Festival, which begins its two-week run Friday, is neither a far-ranging marketplace nor a prelude to an awards night. Therefore, it's tempting to look upon what is, by the increasingly popular "more is more" programming standards of Cannes, Toronto, Sundance, and Tribeca, a comparatively small slate of 28 contemporary features as a reliable ...
The New York Sun |
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Strop City Annual Soul Food Festival kicks off Saturday
The Strop City Annual Soul Food Festival will take place between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday, September 27 on the Morehouse Parish Courthouse square. Seeking God Ministries is presenting the event, and “Praying Time” is the first year’s theme.
Bastrop Daily Enterprise |
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Our show is for everyone
PEOPLE of all ages will be catered for at the 2008 Taree Show, on October 10, 11 and 12. Activities start on the Friday with the junior heifer show, with exhibitors coming from as far as Dorrigo and Coffs Harbour, but the majority of events will be held Saturday and Sunday.
Manning River Times |
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Not-to-miss acts at San Francisco's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
With more than 70 acts performing, most far from household names, figuring out whom to catch at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival can be daunting. While you can hardly go wrong at any stage on any day, here are a few sets that promise to be memorable. (First, a no-brainer: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss at 5:15 p.m. Friday. If you can get off work and get to the Golden Gate Park, you'll go. ...
San Jose Mercury News |
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Byron council gives go-ahead for Evolve festival
ON THEIR TOES: The Byron Ballet Company will be part of next week's festival program. EVOLVE organisers can breathe a sigh of relief with Byron Shire Council granting formal approval for the Byron Bay festival to go ahead next weekend.
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Ernie Davis statue awaits redo
SYRACUSE, N.Y.—Nearly two weeks after the unveiling of a statue of former Syracuse University running back Ernie Davis that mistakenly depicts him wearing Nike shoes, sculptor Bruno Lucchesi is still waiting to make the corrections.
Lebanon Daily News |
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NKoreans get rare chance to see foreign films
By DAVID GUTTENFELDER, Associated Press Writer. North Koreans got a rare chance to see foreign films _ including Britain's Oscar-winning "Atonement" and China's "Assembly" _ during the 11th Pyongyang International Film Festival held in the communist capital.
Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news |
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Evolving John Lennon art show is part of Yoko Ono's mission
When Yoko Ono started showing John Lennon's artwork in the '80s, she was derided as an opportunist and worse. Two decades later she is seen as a keeper of the Lennon legacy.
Rocky Mountain News |
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Literature winners from Poland visit
Their talent for reading literature aloud in English won Antonina Gugala, Julia Jablonska, Monika Przybyszenska, Ewa Wikiel and Monika Zdunkiewicz the opportunity to travel from their native Poland to repeat their winning performances at the Eisenhower Public Library, in Harwood Heights. There were 80 contestants in Poland. The contest -- a joint venture between the Eisenhower and the Warsaw ...
Park Ridge Herald-Advocate |
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Heritage Festival is planned for this Saturday
The annual Mountain Heritage Festival will be held this weekend, offering a variety of activities in town for all. Festivities, that are free of charge, will kick off at 9 a.m. and conclude around 4:30 p.m.
Alleghany News |
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Northwest delegation says scale down $4.2 billion I-5 bridge
Columbia River CrossingThis artist's rendering shows what a new 12-lane I-5 bridge over the Columbia River with light rail could look like. By Dylan Rivera The Oregonian Key Northwest members of Congress doubt the federal government will pay for a...
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IN THE GALLERIES: I don't feel at all like I fall
Over the years, Mark Brasuell's abstract paintings have evolved stylistically, though his skill at using color to address issues of form and line and his use of experience for inspiration haven't changed.
Rocky Mountain News |
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Pop Japan Travel Brings Designers, Painters, and Art Fanatics to the Largest Art Exhibition in Asia
(Los Angeles, September 23, 2008) - If you thought Pop Japan Travel only based tours around anime and manga, think again. On November 5th, the company who created the idea of Japanese pop culture travel will bring you to the most sensational art exhibition in the world- Design Festa 2008!
Anime News Network |
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Dodge Poetry festival a hit
WATERLOO VILLAGE -- A freewheeling love of language proclaimed the beginning of the continent's largest celebration of poetry.
New Jersey Herald |
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NKoreans get rare chance to see foreign films
North Koreans got a rare chance to see foreign films _ including Britain's Oscar-winning "Atonement" and China's "Assembly" _ during the 11th Pyongyang International Film Festival held in the communist capital.
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Paris Hilton portrait shown in NYC is made of porn
By KAREN MATTHEWS, Associated Press Writer. A well-known British artist who has made collage portraits of President Bush and Paris Hilton out of porn magazine images is exhibiting the pictures at a gallery in New York.
Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news |
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Kim Hill auctions off contemporary jewellery
Contemporary, one off, exclusive jewellery up for auction – an event not to be missed. At Pataka Museum of Arts and Cultures in Porirua, Thursday 16 October, 5pm.
Scoop.co.nz |
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Paris Hilton portrait shown in NYC is made of porn
Art exhibit shows porn magazine images of President Bush and Paris Hilton
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Art building gets upgrades
s fall semester. But some Webster University art students and staff said that the changes didn't necessarily improve the building.
The Webster University Journal |
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Portraits of President Bush, Paris Hilton exhibited in NYC are made of porn mag images
NEW YORK - A well-known British artist is exhibiting collage portraits of President Bush and Paris Hilton he made out of porn magazine images.
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune |
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Glimpses of Stephanie's life
THE art exhibition “Fragments of Me” featuring the latest works of Singapore-born Stephanie Hazejager-Sng draws to a close this Sunday, having spent two weeks at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPaC) in Sentul Park, Jalan Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur.
The New Straits Times |
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Close to Home : Making tracks
The All Aboard! Festival in Feilding celebrates the centenary of the North Island Main Trunk Railway. Over 20 train trips will be on offer over Labour Weekend, October 23-28, including a trip from Auckland on the Silver Fern railcar.
The New Zealand Herald |
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