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Degas collection goes under hammer at Sotheby's
Several works by French impressionist painter Edgar Degas will go under the hammer at Sotheby's on November 3, the auction house said Friday.
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Degas collection goes under hammer at Sotheby's
Several works by French impressionist painter Edgar Degas will go under the hammer at Sotheby's on November 3, the auction house said Friday.
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Art display takes a child's eye view
The Resource Center for Women and Their Families announces a special art display, "Domestic Abuse: Through the Eyes of Children." This exhibit opens Saturday, Oct. 4 at the Somerset County Library in Bridgewater and runs through Oct. 31 as part...
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Contest will test florists' petal mettle
They've overcome grueling time trials, faced judges demanding perfection and wrestled flowers that won't stay in the lines. When it's all over, one will emerge as the nation's top florist.
Rocky Mountain News |
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Australian Art Carving Out A Niche In New York
New Yorkers do not have to travel all the way to Australia to see the latest in Aboriginal art. As NY1's Stephanie Simon explains in the following report, the art is carving out a place for itself right in the city.
NY1 News |
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Richmond Homefront Festival
The second annual Richmond Homefront Festival brings a wealth of live music, carnival rides and eclectic family entertainment to the Marina Bay neighborhood this weekend.
Bayinsider |
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New Sculpture Exhibit at UTPB 10/3/08 UTPB News Release October 3, 2008
Odessa, Texas - On Thursday, October 9, from 7-9 p.m., at a free public reception, the sculpture of Austin artist Hank Waddell will be unveiled at UTPB in the Nancy Fyfe Cardozier Gallery on campus.
CBS 7 West Texas |
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Artist Captures Phelps In Oil Painting
As you know Saturday is a big day for Michael Phelps. It's also an important one for a Baltimore artist.
CBS 13 Baltimore |
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Sea Pollution and Cleaning to Figure at Arabia Conference
DUBAI — Nearly 2,300 professionals from regional and international oil and gas companies, logistics services, oil and gas tanker operators, companies engaged in sea cleaning, pollution control and environment protection from oil and chemical spills, will be attending the Offshore Arabia Conference and Exhibition 2009.
Khaleej Times |
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Byrnes Pays Tribute To Slain Florida Player
THE FOOTBALL FIELD AT BYRNES HIGH… PAINSTAKINGLY LINED AND PAINTED FOR FRIDAY’S GAME… ...AND DON BOURGEOIS… IS THE ARTIST. THURSDAY NIGHT… HE FOUND HIMSELF PAINTING A NUMBER… THAT HE HAD NEVER PUT ON THIS FIELD BEFORE.
WSPA Spartanburg |
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Archive for the ‘Duke Ellington Jazz Festival’ Category
7:30 PM, JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER For better or worse, it was an intimate evening at the Goldman Theater - less than 20 people in attendance. “Isn’t it terrible?
Washington City Paper |
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Daring and Disturbing
an exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, June 27–September 28, 2008; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, October 26, 2008– January 25, 2009; and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., February 26–May 17, 2009.
New York Review of Books |
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Sculptures at Second Fridays
Second Fridays Art Evening at the Oxford Community Art Center will host 11 pieces of fine art sculpture from the Greater Cincinnati "20 days and 20 nights" Enjoy the Arts Festival Sculpture Hunt.
The Oxford Press |
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Manchester Kurdish Film Festival 2008
Kurdistan (KurdishMedia.com) 03 October 2008: The third Manchester Kurdish Film Festival (MKFF) took place during the period 20th - 24th September 2008 at two separate venues, the Contact Theatre and the Odeon Cinema Printworks, both located in the central Manchester area.
Kurdish Media |
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Pencil This In...Friday
There's a weekend festival at the La Brea Tar Pits starting tonight. Did you know La Brea means "the tar"? / Photo by Gamma Infinity via LAist's flickr pool. FREESTYLING *: Latin battle MCs take to the stage tonight at the Pico Rivera Sports Arena at 8 p.m. in the U.S. finals of the freestyle MC competition known as Red Bull Batalla de los Gallos . The free event will feature MCs ...
LAist |
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Conveying thousands of years of Iraqi heritage through the painted word
Ali Abbas Hamadi's journey from Baghdad to Beirut and Beirut to Sydney has seen the artist bring his work back to Lebanon's capital for a month-long exhibition, appropriately called "From Baghdad/Beirut to Sydney." This show, whose Arabic title is "A donkey carries the city," is currently up at Hamra's Gallery Zamaan.
The Daily Star Lebannon |
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Wisconsin Book Festival 2008: Dave Zirin speaks
Perhaps best known for his Edge of Sports column and radio show, Dave Zirin is the award-winning antithesis of the mainstream sportswriter. His new volume, A People's History of Sports in the United States, was published last month as part of historian Howard Zinn's People's History series for New Press. In 320 pages, Zirin places sports in the socio-political and cultural contexts where they ...
Isthmus |
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Former Photographer For Local High School Charged With Misconduct
The district attorney obtained evidence against the defendant by planting a recording device on a minor before she visited his photography studio. ADVANCE VIDEO:Suspect Taken Into Custody
WPXI Pittsburgh |
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Kovels: Inkwells obsolete but valued
This boat-shaped milk glass inkwell was patented in 1870. It has a pewter top decorated with an anchor and chair. It sold for $160 at a Glass Works auction in East Greenville, Pa. Writing a letter? You're probably using a...
The Star-Ledger |
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Salmon celebrated on Saturday
The 5th Annual Bear Creek Salmon Festival will take place on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the North Mountain Park Nature Center at 620 N. Mountain Ave.
Ashland Daily Tidings |
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Rock Hall music program helps preschoolers get ready for kindergarten
You're 4 years old, 3 feet tall, and you're in line with your classmates, waiting to cross the lobby of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Uh-oh!
The Plain Dealer |
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New Staniar Gallery Exhibit: Alberto Rey: Life, Death and Beauty
Alberto Rey: Life, Death and Beauty will be on view in Staniar Gallery, on the campus of Washington and Lee University, October 13 through November 5. Alberto Rey, a Cuban-American artist who has been exhibiting nationally and internationally for 25 years, uses paintings and video to explore environmental issues and their connection to a sense of identity.
Rockbridge Weekly |
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Consultant: Famous painting at UI too valuable to lose
IOWA CITY and#8212; The University of Iowa Museum of Art's accreditation would be in serious jeopardy and most probably would be revoked if the UI sold a famous Jackson Pollock painting to help pay for flood damages, UI officials say.The latest estimated insurance value of the Pollock painting owned by the UI is $140 million, officials said.That value was given to the UI Museum of Art by ...
The Gazette |
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Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke
If you watched WSLS Thursday evening from 5-6:30pm you noticed our set was very different as we were allowed to give you a sneak peak of the Taubman Museum of Art prior to tonight’s debate which is hosted by WSLS.
WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke |
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Annual Moon Festival Saturday in China Alley
Another fall tradition returns Saturday to Hanford, as the Hanford Taoist Temple Preservation Society presents the 29th annual Moon Festival at China Alley in downtown Hanford. Activities run from noon to 5 p.m., and admission is free to the public.
The Hanford Sentinel |
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