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And the winners of the 2008 CMFF photo contest are...
MIDDLESBORO — The Cumberland Mountain Fall Festival Amateur Photography contest was a gleaming success this year. With three times more photographs to consider than in previous years, Middlesboro Daily News judges had some tough decisions to make.
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WA News
British artist Mackenzie Thorpe spent yesterday morning at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, teaching some of the young patients the finer points of painting as part of the weekend’s Telethon activities.
The West Australian |
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Samson Oil & Gas to Drill the Leonard #1-23H Well in the Williston Basin, North Dakota
DENVER----Samson Oil & Gas, Ltd. has been notified by Zavanna, LLC that the Bronco drilling rig is in the process of being moved and rigged up on the Leonard #1-23H well location in the North Harstad Oil Field.
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Tickets On Sale For Parachute Festival 09
Auckland, 6 October 2008 – Tickets are now on sale for Parachute 09, the Southern Hemisphere’s largest four day music festival. Hot on the heels of last week’s line up announcement, discounted earlybird tickets are now available at parachutemusic.com.
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S-Series Sets The Benchmark For Perfect Photos
The S-Series range of digital cameras from Fujifilm marks the next step up in digital photography – ultra zoom digital cameras for the sharp shooting professional or serious photography enthusiast.
Scoop.co.nz |
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Festivals, marketing: DBIG aims to be more than just latest spinoff from the Chamber
Now and then, in the 53-year history of the Chesterton/Duneland Chamber of Commerce—formerly the Chesterton, then the Westchester, then the Duneland Chamber of Commerce—a group of retail merchants feeling under-served or under-appreciated by the Chamber would bolt, to form its own organization specifically dedicated to the issues of small business: joint promotions, shop hours, parking, ...
Chesterton Tribune |
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Crossroads: 'Wilmington, City of Neighborhood Highways' a contest winner
The contest I dreamed up last week made my BlackBerry buzz more times with e-mails in a three-day span than ever before. More than 110 people participated, sending more than 200 different entries.
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First-ever Schweinfest celebrates art, culture
AUBURN - The Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center has a long-standing goal to turn the old standard of an art museum on its head. Year round the Schweinfurth hosts numerous lively, interactive performers, artists, dancers, musicians, singers and storytellers.
The Auburn Citizen |
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ACLU make last try to keep painter out of jail
ROSEVILLE, Mich. -- Artist Ed Stross faces a stint in jail unless the American Civil Liberties Union manages to overturn his conviction for painting the word "love" on his mural in this Detroit suburb.
MLive.com |
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Winner of NZ’s biggest women only art exhibition
Masterton’s Taren Wood won the top prize at the New Zealand women’s art exhibition which has just ended in Gisborne.
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Sotheby’s Islamic art sale on Oct 8
DOHA • Arab and Islamic art's golden run has not gone unnoticed. Eminent international auction house Sotheby's will organise in London on October 8 an exclusive event to sell rare treasures of arts from the Islamic world.
The Peninsula |
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Bronze statue stolen in Covina; police blame scrap metal thieves
Scrap metal thieves have stolen a bronze statue from Covina, part of a collection of public art donated by a local developer, police said today.
Los Angeles Times |
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Bakwena urged to use culture to fight poverty
The recent Dithubaruba Cultural Festival hosted by Kgosi Sechele I Museum in Molepolole, was not just a day of song, dance and drama as it served as a motivational day, encouraging Bakwena not only to take pride in their culture and heritage but to also use culture to upgrade their living standards.
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Sotheby’s makes Doha debut
By Arvind Nair Almost 100 pieces of art, including paintings as well as jewellery and watches, worth up to $95mn are on display Sotheby’s inaugural exhibition at the Ritz-Carlton in Doha.
Gulf Times |
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Review: "Wild Beauty" at the Portland Art Museum
"Indian Summer" by Carleton Watkins In 1882, one of the greatest photographers of the West, Carleton Watkins, took a picture of the clearing of the Cascades. The image shows an explosive, watery dousing that rockets into the air dozens of...
The Oregonian |
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art Till October 7 at Gallery 79, 79 Raja Basanta Roy Road, 1st floor; 4 pm - 7 pm:
A solo exhibition of collage by Indrani Sen. Till October 12 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #2475 2275, 2461 8812; 3 pm - 8 pm: Chitrakoot Art Gallery presents Puja Celebration of Art . Featuring prints, photographs, paintings and sculptures, both old and new.
The Telegraph |
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Malevich Expected to Smash Record
06 October 2008 LONDON -- Sotheby's expects a painting by avant-garde painter Kazimir Malevich to shatter the auction record for a Russian work of art when it goes under the hammer in New York on Nov. 3.
The Moscow Times |
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Gillard outrage at Henson 'scouting'
Federal Education Minister Julia Gillard and Youth Minister Kate Ellis express outrage at photographic artist Bill Henson's talent scouting visit to Melbourne primary school.
The Age |
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'King of the mountain' immortalised in bronze
A four metre high sculpture of Peter Brock will be erected today on Bathurst's Mount Panorama in central western New South Wales.
ABC via Yahoo!7 News |
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Ceramics with a twist
Dunedin ceramics artist Jim Cooper launched his latest exhibition, "Peppermint and Incense", at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery yesterday.
Otago Daily Times |
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Dispatch from Iceland: Reykjavik Fest Honors Costas-Gavras and Shirin Neshat; Docs Celebrate Rebellion
As the Reykjavik International Film Festival wrapped up this past Sunday, the Icelandic fest celebrated artistic achievement by honoring Costa-Gavras and Shirin Neshat earlier in the week.
indieWIRE |
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Holyoke seeks to boost arts
HOLYOKE - Gallery walking tours. Art displayed in business windows.
The Republican |
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ACLU Make Last Try to Keep Painter Out of Jail
Artist Ed Stross faces a stint in jail unless the ACLU manages to overturn his conviction for painting the word "love" on his mural in this Detroit suburb.
FOX 2 News Detroit |
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Festival opening weekend has Dunedin buzzing
What a weekend. David Helfgott, the Camut Band and the launch of Subject2Change's debut CD, #1 , on Friday night . . .
Otago Daily Times |
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NYFF: Four Nights with Anna
The 2008 New York Film Festival's first real dud. After 17 years, Polish veteran Jerzy Skolimowski delivers a murky, repetitive movie that plays like an involuntary parody of an Eastern...
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