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Tijuana drug tunnel becomes art center
Sculptures have replaced bundles of U.S.-bound marijuana.
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Turn your eyes to the skies at the Prosser Balloon Rally
Balloons and a feast of harvest gatherings are planned Sept. 26-28 at Prosser's annual Balloon Rally and Harvest Festival.
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Lakeville Arts & Music Festival Saturday
The fourth annual Lakeville Arts & Music Festival will be held this Saturday, Oct. 4 - rain or shine - between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the junctions of Routes 105 and 18 and Precinct Street.
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Expressing themselves
Artists honored at Festival of the Arts award banquet
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Deciding Moment: Bout With Cancer Makes Woman Realize Art is Her Passion
For Donna C. Kaylor, a bout with breast cancer a few years ago inspired her to have a renewed interest in painting.
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Sotheby's to auction cubist Harlequin by Picasso
A Harlequin from Spanish painter Pablo Picasso's cubist period will be auctioned in November by Sotheby's in New York and is expected to fetch more than 30 million dollars, the auction house said Friday.
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Steven Wayne Yvaska: Grateful Dead memorabilia up for auction
"More Skeletons from the Closet," an auction of items related to the Grateful Dead, will take place Oct. 5 at Bonhams & Butterfields in San Francisco. With more than 170 lots heading across the block -- it's the firm's second sale (the first was May 2007) devoted entirely to the doodads "Deadheads" desire -- this is one auction that will rock.
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Fall Festival starts Saturday morning
Olney City Park will be bustling this weekend during Olney Arts Council’s 34th annual Fall Festival of Arts and Crafts. The event, which will be held from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, will feature approximately 61 booths. Olney Arts Council board member Jennifer Balding said that number is slightly lower than last year.
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Saint Laurent's Art Collection May Fetch $438 Million in Paris
Sept. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Christie's International said works of art from the collection of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge may fetch up to 300 million euros ($438 million) in a Paris sale planned for February 2009.
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Bailout Protesters Offer Billions in Bad `Assets' to Government
Sept. 26 (Bloomberg) -- For sale: one fraying cloth mop. The price: $150 billion. ``But I'll take $100 billion,'' said the seller, Myk Freedman. The Brooklyn, New York, resident was one of hundreds of people who demonstrated by Wall Street's charging-bull sculpture yesterday in protest of the government's $700 billion proposal to prop up the nation's financial system.
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This weekend's best bets
Wondering what to do this weekend? From haunted houses to the MidPoint Music Festival, we've got the details on a bunch of cool events you won't want to miss.
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Arts and Entertainment Calendar, updated Sept. 26
Hispanic exhibit: Paintings, sculptures. St. Lucie County Historical Museum, 414 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce, through Sept. 28. nelsonmerchancely1@juno.com .
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Site of Tijuana drug tunnel becomes art center
Artists and intellectuals now sip wine where drug traffickers once convened. Sculptures have replaced bundles of U.S.-bound marijuana. Read comments
The Fresno Bee |
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£400m art collection of Yves Saint Laurent for sale
An unrivalled collection of artworks assembled by Yves Saint Laurent, the late French fashion guru, is expected to fetch up to 500 million euros (£396 million) at auction next year.
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First Look: After Effects CS4
Just when you thought there was nothing more to add to After Effects, Adobe has crammed a large number of new features and...
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Crafts, Music, Beer All On Tap for Fall Festival
The largest arts and crafts festival in the area takes place this weekend in Downtown Washington.
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Photography exhibit explores America's communities
Known and respected as a documentary photographer, Catherine Opie catches the people and moments we all might miss as we race through our lives - an empty highway, a lesbian couple, street corner shrines, a lone surfer.
Seattle Times |
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SA artists unite to fight BMW
South African artists have auctioned their work to help one of their own in his copyright suit against BMW South Africa.
News 24 South Africa |
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Playboy to auction 17 drawings, illustrations
CHICAGO (AP) - The art of Playboy magazine is being made available to the public at auction. The 17 pieces from "Playboy: The Art of Beauty" will be auctioned on October 15th at Heritage Auction Galleries in Dallas.
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Site of Tijuana drug tunnel becomes art center
Fri, Sep 26, 2008 (12:06 p.m.) Artists and intellectuals now sip wine where drug traffickers once convened. Sculptures have replaced bundles of U.S.-bound marijuana.
Las Vegas Sun |
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Playboy to auction 17 drawings, illustrations
Associated Press - September 26, 2008 3:15 PM ET CHICAGO (AP) - The art of Playboy magazine is being made available to the public at auction.
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Art center opens atop former border tunnel
Artists and intellectuals now sip wine where drug traffickers once convened. Sculptures have replaced bundles of U.S.-bound marijuana. Tijuana's newest cultural center sits atop a former drug trafficking tunnel that ran from this Mexican border city to a California parking lot.
KTAR 92.3 Phoenix |
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Colored Pencil Society of America's Annual Exhibition
The Colored Pencil Society of America ( CPSA ) recently held its 16th Annual International Exhibition and Convention at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center, in Seattle. More than 770 works were submitted for entry, and 124 were accepted for show in the juried exhibition.
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Art Cars to roll into Northwest Houston
A definitive collection of art is coming to Northwest Houston But these 3-D works aren’t on a canvas and can’t be hung on a gallery wall.
Cypress Sun |
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Sugar Cane Festival
The annual celebration that honors the sugar industry in South Louisiana is in full swing this weekend.
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