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Painting left in Shelbourne parking lot returned
The oil painting accidentally left leaning against a railing in a Shelbourne Street parking lot has been returned to its owners.
Victoria Times Colonist |
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Sound-off: Are the fine arts dying in Milwaukee?
Do young adults care about the fine arts any more, or are the fine arts a dying form of entertainment in Milwaukee?
OnMilwaukee.com |
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Local music does festival proud as B-52s headline an eclectic mix
Rockin' at the Knox took over the Albright-Knox on Saturday, as alt-rock/new wave pioneers the B-52s-- the band that put Athens, Ga., on the map, prior to the explosion of R. E. M. -- headlined the annual fundraising festival on the front lawn of the museum.
The Buffalo News |
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Laura Bush, daughter Jenna read at book festival
WASHINGTON - First lady Laura Bush and daughter Jenna took a lesson from their own book Saturday at the National Book Festival. The mother and daughter co-authors were...
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Throngs fill Mercersburg, Pa., for 29th annual town festival
MERCERSBURG, Pa. - Saturday morning showers might have thinned the early crowd at the 29th annual Mercersburg Townfest, but by noon, the streets were so crowded that some people wished it would rain again. A collaborative effort between the Mercersburg Area Chamber of Commerce and the local branch of M&T Bank, the event is a six-hour celebration of food, fun and fall in the small Pennsylvania ...
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Telling tales
Romantic love. War-frightened fugitives. Sexual frustration. The vast American wilderness. Inflated ego. The Ascension of Christ. And a tough, young boy getting his first pair of glasses. These are only a few of the images depicted in One Hundred Stories, the show opening next weekend at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown.
The Herald-Mail |
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Olmsted Falls: Grand Pacific Junction hosts Apple Festival
The Grand Pacific Junction Merchants are hosting their first ever Apple Festival Oct. 4 and 5. The festival will be combined with Art on the Bridge and Falls Day in the Park. Kids' crafts, family activities and apple products will...
The News Sun |
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Final day of Warrens Cranberry Fest
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Moss' lipstick portrait fetches £33,600 at auction
London, Sept 28 : A self-portrait by supermodel Kate Moss, drawn in lipstick, has fetched 33,600 pounds at an auction. The catwalk queen created the portrait, which had been expected to sell for between 30,000 pounds and 40,000 pounds, while she was dating the Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty.
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Tara Donovan: Recreating nature with plastic and glass
Donovan, who has drawn attention over the last decade for her ability to transform huge quantities of prosaic manufactured materials , had her first monograph published this month by Monacelli Press and her first major museum show, a traveling retrospective, which opens on Oct. 10 at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston.
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Cotuit couple's former home is where the art is
COTUIT - The whimsical paintings of Ralph and Martha Cahoon, filled with sailors, ships, lighthouses, and mermaids, would be reason enough to visit the Cahoon Museum of American Art. But the collection also contains some masterpieces of marine painting, tonalism, impressionism, and folk art.
Boston Globe |
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Butterfly festivals take off with flying colors
The fall migration of monarch butterflies is nothing short of navigational wizardry. In September and October, these delicate orange-and-black beauties flit 3,000 or so miles — the longest migration of any insect — from parts of the United States and Canada to overwintering grounds in central Mexico.
Asbury Park Press |
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Confluence
Windward Community College showcases the talent of its art students -- and the art instructors who educate them -- in "Confluence," on exhibit through Oct. 8 at Gallery Iolani.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
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School honored for show
Pickerington High School North's theater program has won first place in the USA Weekend National Showstopper Contest.
The Columbus Dispatch |
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Event toasts 8th year with packed lineup
Courtesy photoFrank McCourt, author of "Angela's Ashes," will speak 7 p.m. Oct. 25 during Muskegon's Muskegon Area Arts and Humanities Festival. Organizers of the monthlong Muskegon Area Arts and Humanities Festival say it is an opportunity for the community to...
The Muskegon Chronicle |
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Khuyool Investments to showcase four key projects worth Dhs1.3bn at Cityscape Dubai 2008
Khuyool Investments, one of the fastest growing property development firms in the region, will highlight four of its major developments during the seventh edition of Cityscape Dubai, the largest business-to-business real estate investment and development event in the world to be held from October 6 to 9, 2008, at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre.
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Art calendar
View exhibit openings, receptions and special events on a self-guided tour of art galleries in Downtown Honolulu, Chinatown and Kailua, Oct. 3; free; 524-1160:
Honolulu Advertiser |
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Creativity displayed during festival exhibits
Visitors touring the art show and exhibits of this year’s Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival and Fair at the Cyr-Gates Community Center could be forgiven for needing a moment to take it all in.
The Daily Iberian |
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Urban Planner: September 28, 2008
WORDS: Torontonian artist Steve Driscoll is launching his new book, Steve Driscoll: Conversations , this afternoon at David Mirvish Books . The book serves showcases the changes and developments in Driscoll's paintings over the last eight years, and the launch will also include an exhibition of the work presented in Driscoll's book.
Torontoist |
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Artist Bombach to speak at GC arts group
If you're interested in art, consider the Garden City Fine Arts Association.
Garden City Observer |
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WHAT'S HAPPENING: Quilt Exhibit
Preble County Art Association biannual quilt exhibit features beautiful work of dozens of talented local quilters with works both new and old.
Palladium-Item |
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Imagination Place extending hours
Imagination Place Children's Museum will have extended hours starting Tuesday.
The Gadsden Times |
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Ready for a chowder stampede
NEWFANE -- If you want Art Gladow's famous chicken chowder, get in line early at the annual Apple Harvest Festival next Sunday at the Hrvol House Museum grounds.
The Buffalo News |
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Home and Away
Icelandic artist Katrín Elvarsdóttir has been nominated for the prestigious 2009 Deutsche Börse Photographic Prize for her exhibition “Equivocal” in Gallery Ágúst in Reykjavík. The prize comes in recognition of raising the profile of contemporary photography.
Iceland Review |
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Falletta's crescendo
Messiah,” they say, cinched it. In December 1997, a guest conductor named JoAnn Falletta, competing for the job of music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, came to town and conducted a performance of Handel's masterpiece that, six months later, still had people reeling.
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