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Fire station art proposal now online
COLUMBIA — Community members can now view and comment on Fulton artist Jane Mudd's proposal for a publicly funded sculpture to be placed at the new Fire Station No. 7. In June, the city's Standing Committee on Public Art chose Mudd from eight applicants to create the "site-specific" art through the Percent for Art program. If the proposal is approved, the sculpture will sit at Green ...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
When four techies with a passion for photography planned to go on a trip to capture vignettes of life in different parts of India through the lens of their cameras, they chose Rajasthan as their first destination.
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Savannah Music Festival 2009 Benefit to Feature Wynton Marsalis & the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
On January 29, 2009, the Savannah Music Festival (SMF) brings noted bandleader, trumpeter and jazz historian Wynton Marsalis back to Savannah with The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) for an intimate benefit concert at the Lucas Theatre for the Arts. Sponsored by Local 11 Ten, the event is the Festival’s only fundraiser for the 2009 season, replacing the black tie galas and auctions of ...
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ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts
The ICA Auction Exhibition is a fitting finale to the ICA's 60th anniversary celebrations. The exhibition includes 36 works, including many brand new pieces, from some of the most influential artists of the post-war and contemporary period.
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Kiski School District Suspends Photography Contract Over Alleged 'Misconduct'
Parents of senior students in the Kiski school system got a letter saying the district was suspending work with photography company Studio G.
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Accused 'Illuminati' burglar appears in court, hearing postponed
The man charged with burglary after getting stuck in an air vent at the Knoxville Museum of Art will have to wait a little longer to face the charges against him.
WVLT-TV Knoxville |
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Pressures on Manila to ratify ICC treaty
Last week, a two-day international conference was held in Makati City’s Renaissance Hotel on a subject not too well-known here: the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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La Cuisine de Beauregard event set in November
DeRidder residents are invited to experience authentic Louisiana heritage, music, art and crafts, food, and much more during a month-long extravaganza of festivals in November.
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Knights and princesses to attend the Medieval Festival of Targu Mures
Under the title “Medieval Traditions and Knights,” over 100 knights and princesses, 70 folklore artists, 50 troubadours and over 40 actors will meet in Targu-Mures this week, in order to attend the first Medieval Festival in the history of the city, MedievArtFest.
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Puerto Rico at the Smithsonian Podcast Available at http://www.moreaboutthat.info/tres12/
Puerto Rico has taken center stage at the Smithsonian Latin Center in Washington, DC. "Puerto Rico at the Smithsonian" has partnered with the Museum of Puerto Rican Art to create a series of programs highlighting Latin American culture through exhibitions and educational activities.
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Oktoberfest brings community together
Southlake’s 7th annual Oktoberfest will hit Town Square Oct.3-5. The event offers opportunity for the community to come together for music, arts and crafts, kid’s activities and no festival would be complete without the food.
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art Till September 30 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #6550 8418; 10.30 am - 7 pm:
The Persistence of Form , featuring works by Suhas Roy, Prakash Karmakar, Shyamal Mukherjee, Aditya Basak, Bratin Khan, Sanatan Dinda, Gourango Beshai, Swapan Das, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Sibsaday Chaudhuri, Atin Basak and others.
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Shopping festival
Puja shopping festivals, in association with The Telegraph , at Mani Square, City Centre and South City Mall. Attractions include RJ Hunt at Mani Square, 6.30pm.
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Garden appears in Southern Living
HOUMA - The Chauvin Sculpture Garden, one of Terrebonne Parish's most unique attractions, earned a spot in Southern Living magazine this month.The Bayouside Drive garden appears in a travel piece in the magazine, which reaches millions of readers each month.
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Neighbor watches garden grow in popularity
CHAUVIN - People across the world know folk artist Kenny Hill as the mysterious, reclusive figure who planted dozens of tumultuous sculptures next to the bayou, then disappeared.Julius Neil of Chauvin remembers Hill as the kind neighbor who offered to help with chores and spent evenings talking with him in the garden.
The Daily Comet |
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Grace Lutheran School Teacher Awarded Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year in Pocatello
A complete surprise for a Pocatello teacher Monday afternoon when she was awarded the Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year award in front of nearly 350 of her students during a special assembly.
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Museum brings a touch of Alaska to NYC
Tribune correspondent Lisa Anderson writes of a SoHo center that aims to raise awareness of Alaska Natives' art and environment NEW YORK—In the market for a basket woven from seal intestines? How about a pouch fashioned from a moose bladder and decorated with shells? Or a statue of a musk ox carved from a woolly mammoth tooth?
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New home for New York art museum
Museum of Arts and Design moves to controversially renovated building
Seattle Times |
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Funky visions in Jersey City
High Priestess of Soul, 1972 by Ben Jones is on display at the Jersey City Museum. Deliverance -- The Art of Ben Jones 1970-2008 and ROCA: Jersey Style Project Gallery. Where: Jersey City Museum, 350 Montgomery St., Jersey City. When:...
The Star-Ledger |
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It's better with butter
NEW HARTFORD — Thumbprints and fingernails were the only tools Lobsang Damchoe, a Tibetan monk, used to create intricate sculptures out of butter and beeswax in a demonstration of Buddhist tradition at the Dae Yen Sa International Buddhist Temple here Monday.
Republican-American |
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Book festival kicks off Thursday
The Amelia Island Book Festival kicks off Thursday with a vintage and rare wine auction at the Palace Saloon. It continues Friday with authors in the schools and “rock 'n roll readings” by authors.
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Autistic 10-year-old excels in academics, not socially
Ten-year-old Michael Garcia won his school’s geography bee last year, got a perfect score on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills test, and in second grade got a blue ribbon in a city-wide art contest.
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ARTS + FEATURES
Rhys Chatham, the New York-born, Paris-based avant-garde composer, guitarist and trumpet player, will open this year’s Aposition festival of innovative and experimental music on Thursday by leading a for-the-occasion band of local rock musicians through his work, “Guitar Trio (G3).”
St. Petersburg Times |
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Academy of Arts Museum
17 Universnetskaya Nab. Tel. 323-6496, 323-3578 M. Vasileostrovskaya. Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Photographs, manuscripts, video, materials from private collections and Anna Akhmatova museum.
St. Petersburg Times |
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DINING GUIDE
Cafe Idiot — Great Russian and vegetarian food served all day. Jazz, cappuccino, fresh juice, specialty teas. Happy hour from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Weekend brunch. Used English-language books and magazines, plus an art gallery. Open daily, 11 a.m. to 1 a.m.
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