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Safer creates artwork for `60 Minutes'
Morley Safer has created a work of art celebrating the 40th anniversary of "60 Minutes." It will be unveiled at a party Monday. It's the face of a clock (like the famous CBS newsmagazine's stopwatch) etched in marble with "60" at the top and "40" where the "8" would be. "I wanted it to be something that was kind of ancient but ageless," said the veteran correspondent, who worked on the project ... The Charlotte Observer
Travel insider: Kauai hosts traditional Festival of Lights
The 12th annual Festival of Lights is Dec. 5-31 in Lihue, Kauai. The celebration is a local tradition centered on a Christmas folk art collection begun 50 years ago by "Auntie" Josie Chansky, a folk artist. The Salt Lake Tribune
Hip Digital Media and Nectar Launch Exclusive Dido "SAFE TRIP HOME" Fan Contest
Hip Digital Media, Nectar, and RCA Label Group today announce the launch of an exclusive music campaign with international multi-million selling artist, Dido, via the Nectar Music Store (www.nectarmusicstore.com). In a special Nectar exclusive, cardholders who download the complimentary album track, Look No Further, from the Nectar Music Store will be automatically entered into a free draw for ... Centre Daily Times
Safer creates artwork for `60 Minutes'
Morley Safer has created a work of art celebrating the 40th anniversary of "60 Minutes." It will be unveiled at a party Monday. It's the face of a clock (like the famous CBS newsmagazine's stopwatch) etched in marble with "60" at the top and "40" where the "8" would be. "I wanted it to be something that was kind of ancient but ageless," said the veteran correspondent, who worked on the project ... Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Gruppé works come home for exhibit at Rockport Art Association
The Rockport Art Association announces the upcoming exhibition, “Emile A. Gruppé, 1876-1978” featuring more than 40 paintings from the “Emile A. Gruppé” exhibition held at the Spanierman Gallery, plus paintings by his father, Charles P. (1860-1940), and son Robert C. (b. 1944). The Cape Ann Beacon
Safer creates artwork for `60 Minutes'
Morley Safer has created a work of art celebrating the 40th anniversary of "60 Minutes." Bradenton Herald
Physical graffiti
Local graffiti artist and teacher Rene Gagnon is featured at the DeBlois Gallery in Newport throughout the month of October. Fall River Herald News
Hip Digital Media and Nectar Launch Exclusive Dido "SAFE TRIP HOME" Fan Contest
Hip Digital Media, Nectar, and RCA Label Group today announce the launch of an exclusive music campaign wallstreet:online AG
King Tut Exhibit Begins Another Run In The US
An exhibit showcasing items buried in the Egyptian tomb of King Tut is back in the United States, opening Friday in Dallas where at least 1 million visitors are expected. CBS 11 Dallas - Fort Worth
SFist Tonight: Fun-Size Edition
Well, since we've already given you bars in which to see tonight's debate -- all of them , in fact -- and a place to binge eat on fattening food , we're going to recommend a cool new art studio in downtown/SOMA. (Really, it's the only civilized place left in this City.) ART : New York City artist Tim Roda comes to the better coast for a solo exhibition called "Family Album," a ... SFist
Safer creates artwork for `60 Minutes'
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Morley Safer has created a work of art celebrating the 40th anniversary of "60 Minutes." Bay News 9 Tampa Bay
Park moves statue with genitalia
Managers of the Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum in Blanding, Utah, said complaints led them to move a statue with male genitalia from the park's entrance.State Parks Director Mary Tullius said a local group that calls itself the Values Committee had pushed to have the sculpture of Kokopelli, a healer and fertility god in ancient Indian cultures, moved from where it has stood since 1989, The ... Moldova.org
First Edition Cycling News, October 3, 2008
Tom Boonen recovered from a disappointing world championships by netting another season victory in the Circuit Franco-Belge. The European stage race season closer began in Maubeuge, France for a quick 187.9 kilometre long stage which was contested at a whopping 46 kilometres per hour. Cyclingnews
West Salem student wins photo contest
Meggan Turner, a senior at West Salem High School, won First Place in the Student Division of the 39th Annual Oktoberfest Photography contest. Her photograph (along with participants and winners from other categories) was displayed over the weekend at the Oktoberfest Photo Exhibit, held at the La Crosse Public Library. Meggan was also honored in an awards ceremony on Sunday September 27th at the ... West Salem Coulee News
Hip Digital Media and Nectar Launch Exclusive Dido "SAFE TRIP HOME" Fan Contest
LONDON----Hip Digital Media, Nectar, and RCA Label Group today announce the launch of an exclusive music campaign with international multi-million selling artist, Dido, via the Nectar Music Store . Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
Things to do 10.3.08
JEROME TIGER EXHIBIT, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, through October, Five Civilized Tribes Museum. Admission: $3, adults; $2, seniors 65 and older; $1.50, students; and free, children under 6. Group rates for 10 or more are available. The museum is handicap accessible. Muskogee Phoenix
A look inside the Taubman Museum of Art
Whether you’ve passed by on 581 or work in downtown Roanoke everyday, we’ve all watched it go up; going from a parking lot, to a steal structure, to what sits here today. WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke
Improvising Your Weekend (In the Dark): "Bat Friday" at ColdTowne
"The Bat," artist’s rendering Bat Fridays Fridays in October Coldtowne Theatre ( ) $7-10, 8 p.m. [ info ] Befitting a theater that's home to a troupe named The Midnight Society , every Friday this month will find ColdTowne Theater asking its patrons, "Are you afraid of the dark?" No, it's not a SNICK flashback, it's "Bat Fridays," a block of comedy featuring several ColdTowne ... Austinist
art October 3 - November 10 (except Sundays) at Tejas Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #4007 6042; 1 pm - 7.30 pm:
Devi-II — Twenty-five artists’ impressions of Goddess Durga. Till October 3 at Gandhara Art Gallery, Flat 5A 1B Gurusaday Dutta Road, #2280 1790; 1 pm - 7 pm: Fresh Marks — Works by a bunch of fresh artists Anirban Mitra, Haraprasad Tripathi, Mrinmoy Debbarma, Nantu Behari Das, Rajendra Pradhan, Rajesh Dev and Sajal Kaity. The Telegraph
Park moves statue with genitalia
BLANDING, Utah, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Managers of the Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum in Blanding, Utah, said complaints led them to move a statue with male genitalia from the park's entrance. UPI
Offended neighbors get Utah park statue moved
A Utah state park on Thursday moved an American Indian-inspired statue of a humpbacked flute player because of objections it was offensive because the male figure is anatomically correct. Officials at Edge of the Cedars State Park moved the sticklike figure from in front of its museum to a spot behind it so it can't been seen from the street, park manager Teri Paul said. The park, in Blanding, ... The Charlotte Observer
Offended neighbors get Utah park statue moved
A Utah state park moved an American Indian-inspired statue of a humpbacked flute player Thursday after objections that it was offensive because the male figure is anatomically correct. Officials at Edge of the Cedars State Park moved the sticklike figure from in front of its museum to a spot behind it so it can't been seen from the street, park manager Teri Paul said. The park, in Blanding, is ... The Charlotte Observer
The exhibition “Leonardo da Vinci – The Inventions of a Genius” in Bucharest
The exhibition “Leonardo da Vinci – The Inventions of a Genius,” including 50 reproductions of the engines invented, projected and conceived by the famous artist of the Renaissance, may be visited in the Foyer of the “Ion Dacian” Operetta Theatre in Bucharest. Nine O'Clock
QUICK CLICKS: Local news briefs for Thursday, Oct. 2
Art Center Waco, 1300 College Drive, will have a reception for the opening of its new exhibit, “Art, Science and the World Around Us,” from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday. The artists will discuss their work at 7 p.m. Waco Tribune-Herald
Vanishing art
Photo: Houston Davis, right, of ServiceMaster Professional Cleaning and Disaster Restoration in Jefferson City, uses a pressurized baking soda spray Wednesday to remove the Luche Libre painting on the interior wall of the historic former Missouri State Penitentiary. Jefferson City News Tribune