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Hot Springs, Ark.: Gangster Museum of America
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. -- The site of the new Gangster Museum of America has a history as sordid as its subjects. The building, constructed at the turn of the 20th century on Central Avenue here, has housed the chamber of commerce, a drive-in mortuary and a bordello.
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Slaying inspires 'Sacred Stones' art series
Artist Kearine Muizz draws her greatest inspiration from places many people spend their lives trying to avoid - cemeteries. For more than two years, Muizz has wandered through graveyards, searching for the spark that will guide her to complete her most challenging work: nearly two dozen impressionist paintings based on the statues she saw at Paris†storied Pere-Lachaise cemetery. The ...
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You can't have your stuff back
When Art Institute President James Cuno, then 19, visited his first museum -- the famous Louvre in Paris -- he was awed. "Most of the world was there for me, or so it seemed,'' recalls Cuno of the Louvre, mentioning artifacts from Mesopotamia, pharaonic Egypt, renaissance Italy and baroque France.
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"Tirador" to be shown in Sydney Film Festival
Fresh from its victory at the 21st Singapore International Film Festival last April 13, Tirador (international title: Slingshot ) gains international prestige once more when it is chosen to take part in yet another international film fest.
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Festival offers chance to explore Concord
CONCORD - The annual Spring Into Arts Festival is one of the handful of opportunities where residents can truly slow down as they peruse downtown Concordâ€s shops and eateries, said local business owners. â€Well, they block off (Union Street),†said Holly Reese, co-owner of downtownâ€s Two Leaves and a Bud tea shop. â€And I think thatâ€s good because people can really look and see what ...
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Bartlett artist brands summer arts festival
Denise Laurin has been selected by the Arts in Bartlett organization as the winner of the Bartlett Festival of the Arts logo contest.
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Art Crawl not dampened by rain
It was hard not to feel a little artsy while walking around downtown Antioch Saturday afternoon. Scattered in different directions, bands and orchestras cranked out beats, while artists painted and thespians performed skits. All the while, the performers avoided a constant drizzle of rain while attempting to raise awareness for the arts.
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Spring Wings festival to appeal to more than birdwatchers
FALLON -- Spring Wings Bird Festival will take place Friday to May 11 in Fallon's Oats Park, with activities designed to appeal to more than just avid birdwatchers.
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Eclectic aesthetic
SPRINGFIELD -- A strong, eclectic mix of works fills the 97th Spring Juried Exhibition of the Ohio Art League at the Springfield Museum of Art.
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AROUND OHIO
CANTON • "Liz Hunt: Contemporary Rustic Furniture" features pieces made by the central Ohio artist from saplings and other materials. The exhibit continues through July 20 in the Canton Museum of Art, 1001 Market Ave. N., with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday.
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Revealed: $72.8m Rockefeller Rothko has gone to Qatar
Qatar’s ruling Al-Thani family is the mystery buyer of Mark Rothko’s White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose) , 1950, which sold at Sotheby’s New York on 15 May 2007 for $72.8m—setting a record for the highest price ever paid for a work of post-war art at auction.
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Cabinetmaker carves a niche in the art world
Jeremy Welsh is a sculptor and cabinetmaker. Or make that cabinetmaker and sculptor. He's not quite sure himself. "That's a hard question to answer,'" he said last week, sitting near a bench inside the shop at William B. Schreitz Cabinetmaker in Annapolis, where he works.
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beauty of restraint
When world-renowned architect Will Bruder designed Reno's award-winning Nevada Museum of Art, his team of advocates and collaborators included the museum's chairman of the board, Peter Pool, who spent hours onsite helping guide the building process.
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CR annual juried student exhibit winners announced
EUREKA -- Winners have been announced for the College of the Redwoods annual Juried Student Exhibition. The exhibition included 40 works of paintings, drawings, photography, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry and digital art selected by juror
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BLOODMOBILE- cleveland.com
UPDATED: 04 :44 a.m. EDT, May 04, 2008 The Cleveland Museum of Art's "Runaway Knight" (calling himself Sir Broderick Jeffries) ducks out of the rain onto an RTA B-Line Trolley at Lakeside and E. 12th after catching lunch at the Galleria. Seated next to him is Gus Woods of East Cleveland.
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TD staffers win 17 awards in state journalism contest
TimesDaily staff members have won 17 awards in the 2007 Alabama Associated Press Managing Editors journalism contest.Staff members received four first place awards, two second places and 11 third places in the contest, topping the 15 awards won by the TimesDaily in 2006.
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Business celebration draws 150
Lillian LeBlanc was moving from booth to booth at Saturday’s Pacific Avenue Business District Spring Festival in Tacoma and stopped when she saw a portrait of several girls clad in slippers and tights.
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SDHS wins cargo ship contest
BERLIN -- Much is said about Worcester County's winning high school sports teams, but few people probably know that the county is also home to Maryland's champion cargo ship-building team.
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Car owners take high road with lowriders
LOS ANGELES – When he started tinkering with that old Chevy nearly 40 years ago, Jesse Valadez didn’t have any idea he was creating a museum piece in his garage. He just wanted a cool ride that would attract girls.
Tacoma News Tribune |
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Sinatra is still doing it his way: Ten years after his death, he's being celebrated with new CD and DVD collections, a ...
Ten years after his death, the entertainer is celebrated with new CD and DVD collections, a postage stamp and a television film festival. Death was not a career setback for Frank Sinatra.
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Beauty in the eye of a true master
The Morse Museum's 'Quest of Beauty' showcases the joy of the Gilded Age. Louis Comfort Tiffany was ever the practical aesthete. A man of exotic tastes and extravagant means, he made a good business of beauty, decorating and furnishing the parlors of the Gilded Age.
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Community Women’s Club: Victorian Tea and Chinese Auction, 1 p.m., South Elementary School, Main Street, Newfoundland. $7/$3, 676-3711.
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In Denver, it's a summer filled with Rocky Mountain highs
By HELEN ANDERS One of Denver's most iconic pieces of public art is the 40-foot-tall blue bear that peers into the Colorado Convention Center. This summer, he'll have a lot to watch, both inside the convention center and out. Denver plays host to the Democratic National Convention from Aug. 25-28, and that's likely to be a lively gathering. Summer festivals will bring in thousands to celebrate ...
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