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Ossining taxpayers may have to help foot the bill for $20,000 or so of damage to a local cemetery following a recent vandalism spree. More PEEKSKILL - A permanent exhibit of children's artwork will soon guide the way through some local history - past former trolley tracks, the McGregor Brook, the old cobblestone streets and the city's new artists' lofts. The Journal News
DISPATCH FROM KOREA Pusan Festival Opens Huge Event, but Sees the Sky Falling too
Busan's beaches are always busy on holiday weekends, but none more so than this past Kae Chun Jul weekend. In addition to the launch of the 13th Pusan International Film Festival , which opened on Thursday, the seaside community hosted a marathon, the opening of the Korean Navy's International Fleet Review, and the continued production of " Haeundae ," a 15-million-dollar disaster movie being ... indieWIRE
Exhibit explores the post-WWI love affair between Paris and New York
Paris/New York: Design Fashion Culture, 1925-1940 is a must-see for anyone interested in 20th-century American design. USA Today
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. "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" opened over the weekend at the Dallas Museum of Art, the first of three museums to host the exhibit's encore tour. Yahoo! Asia News
Eric Pryor is named director of N.J. State Museum
2005 STAR-LEDGER FILE PHOTOEric Pryor of West Orange has been named executive director of the New Jersey State Museum. Eric Pryor, president of the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey in Summit, has been named the new executive director of... The Star-Ledger
Very special artists auction off their masterpieces
An encore presentation tonight from some very special artists whose masterpieces will be auctioned off to the public. WPTV West Palm Beach
SEE Virtual Worlds, Entropia Universe Join Forces to Bring Blockbuster Movie Properties to Virtual World
LOS ANGELES, BUSINESS WIRE -- SEE Virtual Worlds, LLC, a new division of SEE Touring Attractions Inc. - the award-winning company behind many successful and innovative themed touring exhibitions, including Star Trek The Tour and Titanic Official Movie Tour - today announced a partnership with Mindark PE AB, the Swedish developer and creator of the Entropia Universe, to expand popular Hollywood ... Broadcast Newsroom
The Econvision Wrong contest
Which European countries are faring well in these economic tough times and which are not? Jan Randolph from Global Insight joins Kylie Morris to find out. Channel 4
Boxes, stories and string, but not enough depth to write home about
In "Music Box," Maya Zbib twirls, hops, writhes, and crawls. She builds cute wooden sculptures and tosses little bundles of candy from her pocket into the audience. She tapes string to the wall and drops fistfuls of beads onto the floor. And when the lights go down at the end of it all, she pulls a few audience members up from their seats. The Daily Star Lebannon
Luxology Announces imageSynth 2 - Seamless Texture Creation Plug-in for Adobe Creative Suite 4
DMN Newswire--2008-10-6--Luxology® LLC, an independent technology company developing modern 3D content creation software, today announced the immediate availability of imageSynth� 2, the newest version its popular image processing tool. Broadcast Newsroom
Residents brave rain for Salmon Fest
Swimming in a 350-gallon fish tank, the Chinook salmon didn't seem to mind the rain, nor did many of the other event-goers at the Fifth Annual Bear Creek Salmon Festival. Ashland Daily Tidings
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Sotheby’s said it will sell a painting by leading Russian avant-garde artist Kazimir Malevich that may fetch “in excess of $60 million” at an evening sale in New York on Nov. 3. St. Petersburg Times
Slide show: Kite festival brightens Seal Beach skies
The 12th annual Japan America Kite Festival took flight Sunday Orange County Register
Gay Film Festival Held In Secrecy
The Side by Side Film Festival, Russia’s first international gay and lesbian film event, which was apparently stopped by the authorities on Thursday when two venues that were to hold the screenings were raided by the fire inspectorate and ordered to close, went on in secrecy over the weekend. St. Petersburg Times
Farm Girl Festival: Visitors praise event
If Teresa Hoff and daughter, Shyanne Hoff, 10, both of Sarcoxie, have their way, the Farm Girl Festival will become an "annual tradition" for one of their monthly mother-daughter days. The Carthage Press
McKerley, Story showcase new work at 18 Hands Gallery
Post-minimalist artist Eva Hesse’s belief that decorative art was the “only art sin” may have had less to do with disdain for decorative expression than with a post-modern compulsion to articulate. Greater Houston Weekly
Bret Michaels Schedules 'Rock of Love Bus' Stop at Gonzales Thunder Rally to Shoot Footage for VH1 Show's Third Season
Bret Michaels' tour bus was already stopping in South Central Texas Oct. 11 as headliner for Gonzales Thunder Rally, a three-day rock festival and bike rally Oct. 10-12, but the Poison frontman just announced that he's also bringing along the VH1 production crew and rock 'n' roll ladies to shoot footage for "Rock of Love Bus," the third season of the popular "Rock of Love" reality show. Centre Daily Times
Raw Material
This may not look like your typical art scene, but Ciaran O'Connor, top left, and John Povah are in fact constructing an art gallery. Long Beach Press-Telegram
See Extraordinary World Treasures in Atlanta This Fall
ATLANTA , Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlanta will soon celebrate the U.S. premiere for an all-new King Tut exhibition and the Southeast's debut of China's Terracotta Army. "Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs" ( Nov. 15, 2008 - May 22, 2009 at the Atlanta Civic Center) and "The First Emperor: China's Terracotta Army" ( Nov. 16, 2008 - April 19, 2009 at the High Museum of Art) will ... Broadcast Newsroom
Bret Michaels Schedules 'Rock of Love Bus' Stop at Gonzales Thunder Rally to Shoot Footage for VH1 Show's Third Season
GONZALES, Texas----Bret Michaels’ tour bus was already stopping in South Central Texas Oct. 11 as headliner for Gonzales Thunder Rally, a three-day rock festival and bike rally Oct. 10-12, but the Poison frontman just announced that he’s also bringing along the VH1 production crew and rock ‘n’ roll ladies to shoot footage for “Rock of Love Bus,” the third season of the popular “Rock of Love” ... Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
Norton Museum wins prestigious service award
The Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach is one of 10 national recipients of the 2008 Medal for Museum and Library Service. TCPalm.com
Wilcoxens carve winning pumpkin
Leon and Nadine Bailey, left, pose with their purchase of the winning pumpkin in Mangum's pumpkin carving contest that was held Friday during Mangum's Art & Antique Stroll. The winning carver was Joan Wilcoxen and husband Eddie, right. Eddie also read some of his poetry during the event. The contest drew a large crowd and raised over $300 for the non-profit Friends of the Park. Altus Times
Researching the family tree: Forkland investigates ties to Lincoln for annual festival
FORKLAND - It's as if Abe Lincoln had gathered up a handful of his own tribe to celebrate the 200th anniversary of his birth year in a way only family can. As Forkland prepares for its 37th annual festival on Friday and Saturday, they're gearing everything toward telling the story of the 16th president of the United States and his descendants. This year's theme is "Roots, Trunk, & Branches: ... The Danville Advocate-Messenger
RoboTech: Learning in disguise
WAILUKU - The RoboTech Maui Expo received rave reviews in its debut at the 86th Maui County Fair. Hundreds of people, including a group of about 200 for a Saturday robotics tournament, showed up to see the display of robotic exhibits set up in the Baldwin High School Gymnasium. The Maui News
BlizzCon(R) 2008 Gaming Convention Begins This Week
IRVINE, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.'s two-day gaming festival, BlizzCon(R) 2008, begins on Friday, October 10, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Broadcast Newsroom