|
Harvest and Arts Festival to be held Saturday
The 27th Annual M&T Bank Harvest and Arts Festival & Octubafest will fill the streets of Carlisle with games, music, art and chilli on Saturday, Oct. 11 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Sentinel |
|
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage
The painting shows a young girl with long, flowing hair in a peach fiesta dress dancing and looking away.
The Victoria Advocate |
|
Holyoke seeks to boost arts
HOLYOKE - Gallery walking tours. Art displayed in business windows. Road signs providing clear directions to the galleries and back to the highway. Staging more positive arts events to help change people's perception about safety in the city.
The Republican |
|
Las Olas Art Festival shines through the rain
In an outdoor showcase of eclectic art, the Las Olas Art Festival brought metal sculptures, abstracts, and mosaic pieces to the streets for its 21st show.
Sun-Sentinel |
|
End of sanctuary darkens celebration
EWING -- For Scudder Stevens and Scott Scudder, yesterday's festival marking the 300th anniversary of Ewing Presbyterian Church was a bittersweet tribute to their heritage.
The Times of Trenton |
|
Charlotte takes ‘body blow’ from banks
CHARLOTTE — No sooner had construction begun in the late 1980s on the 42-story bank headquarters — the tallest building in North Carolina — than its biggest rival announced it would build a taller building right up the street. If one bank gave $50,000 to the Chamber of Commerce, the other wrote a check for the same amount. When one built a performing arts center, the other built a museum. For ...
The State |
|
Thousands head out to art fest in Vero Beach
Violet Krochmalny of Vero Beach was on a mission Saturday morning as she and friend Ed Delaney scoured the more than 90 booths at the Autumn in the Park crafts and artworks festival. "I came here specifically to find this," said Krochmalny, as she displayed a piece of hanging wall art she purchased from vendor Terri Martin.
Vero Press Journal |
|
At Boca museum, discover masterpieces of a landmark Mexican artist
In every portrait of the great Mexican artist José Clemente Orozco, the first thing you notice are his eyes. Through owlish, black-rimmed glasses, he seems to be gazing fiercely, almost angrily, at the world around him.
The Palm Beach Post |
|
Fly Fishing Museum features works of Pleissner
I keep promising myself I'll learn how to fly fish. The closest I've come recently, however, was a return visit to the American Museum of Fly Fishing in Manchester, Vt.
Plattsburgh Press Republican |
|
Kiddie Academy fosters safety
SPARTA -- In addition to face painting, children got fingerprinted at Saturday's Kiddie Academy safety fair.
New Jersey Herald |
|
Area wine festival will be in January in Vero
The 2009 Treasure Coast Wine Festival will bring several of the world's finest vintners and chefs together with wine collectors and other bidders for a three-day wine gala in Vero Beach from Jan. 23 through 25.
Vero Press Journal |
|
Clinch River Antiques Festival set Oct. 10-11
CLINTON - It's become a fall tradition in Anderson County that's grown into much more than just a popular antiques show and sale.
Knoxville News Sentinel |
|
Chattanooga: Mobile field trips tour area
In hard economic times, luxuries such as school field trips are scarce, so educators with Chattanooga’s Creative Discovery Museum are taking lessons on the road.
Chattanooga Times Free Press |
|
Exhibit chronicles civil rights in Savannah
Forty years after he captured scenes of the civil rights movement in Savannah, Frederick C. Baldwin is still the man behind the camera. During a press conference for this exhibit, the former Savannah resident, who now lives in Houston, strode to the stage with a fedora on his head and a Leica camera around his neck.
Savannah Morning News |
|
Getting involved
There was a festival like atmosphere Saturday at Vernon Park Mall as Lenoir County Schools held its first ever Parent Fun Day. The school district's employees volunteered to run several games and contests for students who attended the event with family and friends.
Kinston Free Press |
|
QUICK TAKES
ON STAFF: Photographer Kimberly S. Harra has joined The Image Zone, owner Brenda Anderson, announced. Harra is a 2008 graduate of The Art Institute of Pittsburgh. She graduated with a bachelor of science degree in photography.
The Steubenville Herald-Star |
|
Art or ego
'One Man Show' celebrates artists' visions Albany -- Walk across the gallery space at the Capital Repertory Theatre and there's Geoffrey Bullard's face upon a metal shovel. A few steps down and there he is again, dressed as a bishop. And that's Bullard over there, too, wearing a Civil War uniform and holding a billowy damsel in distress. This is a "one-man show" of a different color. Instead ...
Albany Times Union |
|
Families find adventure at Albany Institute
Day at the museum Despite the name of the program we went to last spring, there wasn't a lot of "horsin' around" at the Albany Institute of History & Art.Instead, kids and parents paid rapt attention to Kristen Schweigard, the public and family programs coordinator, as she guided us through a collection of 19th-century cast iron hitching posts. To help inspire the students to make their own ...
Albany Times Union |
|
Weekend: Warhol multimedia exhibit makes a stop in Columbus
COLUMBUS — Watch Andy Warhol's films and videos, and it's easy to imagine the late pop artist feeling right at home in the current age of reality TV and Web video.
The Findlay Courier |
|
Flint Journal wins awards in annual Michigan Press Association Better Newspaper contest
Ryan Garza Flint Journal file photo (Feb. 2008)Journal staff photographer Ryan Garza took first place in the 2008 Michigan Press Association Better Newspaper Contest for this feature photo of students at Flint's Stewart Elementary School. From left, "trainer" Amaree...
The Flint Journal |
|
It's Apple Fest time
At first glance, Community Orchard's Apple Fest looks more like the Iowa State Fair than a local festival. It takes a crew to carefully orchestrate traffic to five acres of land designated for parking. It is at first a sea of cars, then it is a sea of people, and then - it's time to celebrate. By 2 p.m.
The Fort Dodge Messenger |
|
Learn About ‘Gallery Ghost’ Book, Game
“Gallery Ghost” by Anna Nilson, 2008, Birdcage Press, $17.95, hardbound, 40 pages: A recipient of the Independent Publisher Book Awards, “Gallery Ghost” is a game rather than a story. Art student Sarah cleans the museum at night and plays games with the ghosts there. In this book she invites the reader to join the fun. Twenty-four ghosts haunt the museum, all having been artists in life; they ...
Bristol Herald Courier |
|
Artful Dodger program salutes cancer survivors
The stories of cancer survivors and caretakers had people wiping away tears. About 30 people attended the Artful Dodger silent auction and program Saturday afternoon at Decker Auditorium on the Iowa Central Community College campus. Mary Lundgren took care of her husband who had lung cancer. This November will mark the two-year anniversary of his death.
The Fort Dodge Messenger |
|
Career Almanac
On the Move Dr. Matthew Allison , a radiologist, joined Stanly Regional Medical Center. David Bodel joined Carolinas HealthCare System as vice president of strategic facilities planning. Rubie Britt-Height joined The Mint Museum as director of community relations. Trevor Byrd was promoted to director of research for Morehead Associates. Carole Griffin was promoted to director of its ...
The Charlotte Observer |
|
Art at the fair
Cakes and pies aren’t the only thick slices served up at the State Fair. The fair’s fine art show usually contains about 1,500 pieces — and probably is one of the biggest exhibitions anywhere. The artists who take part range from those just starting out to those with years of experience. Many artists enter because nearly $30,000 in prize money is awarded. Others do it because a lot of art gets ...
The State |
|
|