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New public art installed in downtown Walnut Creek
Cement titles added outside the new Mercer building on California Boulevard
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Dog, frog and platypus run through Baltimore for annual Kinetic Sculpture Race
Don't be alarmed if a 13-foot poodle in pink fluffy tulle rushes past your house this morning.
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New Orleans sings praise as Neville Brothers finally reunite
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Neville Brothers, who traditionally help close out the New Orleans Jazz amp; Heritage Festival, returned to the big stage Sunday for the first time since Hurricane Katrina flooded and wrecked their homes, along with 80 percent of the city.
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Coming soon
AN EXHIBITION of the work of father and son Aubrey and Gary Klinkradt opens at the Ann Bryant Art Gallery Coach House in East London this week. The exhibition opens with a function on Thursday evening and will run till May24.
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Activities contribute to healing at hospital
Patients might be painting an ocean-themed mural on a wall, adding plants to a garden to make it burst with color or playing a game of chess outdoors. They’re living healthier lives, enjoying what they’re doing, changing their lifestyles and getting better.
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Art for art's sake boost for ICA's anniversary
Famous artists are to donate freshly-created works for an auction held to raise money to mark the 60th anniversary of the Institute of -Contemporary Arts.
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Food, fun and sun: Cannoli, chain saw among attractions at 25th Taste of Collier
Ice carving may not typically elicit the same excitement associated with a grand slam or a touchdown in other spectator sports, but give Collier County residents good food and a cold beverage and they’ll cheer all the same. Sunday’s 25th annual Taste of Collier celebrated all things good about food, fun and sun at Bayfront from noon to 4 p.m. It was the event’s second year at the location, after ...
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Firm helps with grief by putting loved one’s ashes in artwork
On first glance there might not be anything unusual about the assembled clay discs mounted on the wall of Marjorie Hoachlander’s Bethesda condominium. After all, the gray flecks toward the bottom look like they could be concrete.
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African Odyssey benefits Newark Museum
More than 500 guests celebrated the Newark Museum's new exhibition of African art, culled from its renowned permanent collection, at the African Odyssey Ball Saturday night in Newark.
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Remembering A Local Art Teacher
The award ceremony at Art Break Sunday was dedicated to former Caddo Parish art teacher Pasty Jackson. Jackson was killed in a car accident last Monday. She was laid to rest Saturday. This Sunday her friends and family honored her at the festival she loved, Art Break.
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New Orleans sings praise as Neville Brothers finally reunite
The Neville Brothers, who traditionally help close out the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, returned to the big stage Sunday for the first time since Hurricane Katrina flooded and wrecked their homes, along with 80 percent of the city.
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Syracuse International Film Festival winners
The fifth annual Syracuse International Film Festival came to a close Sunday evening with an awards ceremony at the Palace Theatre. Honors were handed out in 14 categories along with five citations.
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New Orleans sings praise as Neville Brothers finally reunite
NEW ORLEANS -- The Neville Brothers, who traditionally help close out the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, returned to the big stage Sunday for the first time since Hurricane...
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New Orleans sings praise as Neville Brothers finally reunite
By MARY FOSTER The Neville Brothers, who traditionally help close out the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, returned to the big stage Sunday for the first time since Hurricane Katrina flooded and wrecked their homes, along with 80 percent of the city. The brothers - Aaron, Art, Cyril and Charles - performed on the festival's biggest stage in front of an immense crowd that appeared delighted ...
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New Orleans sings praise as Neville Brothers finally reunite
NEW ORLEANS May 4, 2008, 08:27 pm ET · The Neville Brothers, who traditionally help close out the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, returned to the big stage Sunday for the first time since Hurricane Katrina flooded and wrecked their homes, along with 80 percent of the city.
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Local Residents Listen to Tales of King Arthur
Everyone has an imagination, and for area residents creative thinking was a must for a story telling adventure today at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum.
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Painting by Qatari sells for $60,000
Staff Reporter A PAINTING by well-known Qatari artist Yousef Ahmed fetched $60,000, more than double its expected price, at an auction conducted by British auction house Christie’s in Dubai last week.
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New Orleans sings praise as Neville Brothers finally reunite
The Neville Brothers, who traditionally help close out the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, returned to the big stage Sunday for the first time since Hurricane Katrina flooded and wrecked their homes, along with 80 percent of the city.
Centre Daily Times |
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New Orleans sings praise as Neville Brothers finally reunite
The Neville Brothers, who traditionally help close out the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, returned to the big stage Sunday for the first time since Hurricane Katrina flooded and wrecked their homes, along with 80 percent of the city. The brothers - Aaron, Art, Cyril and Charles - performed on the festival's biggest stage in front of an immense crowd that appeared delighted to have them ...
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Edward Burra, Crane Kalman Gallery, London
Edward Burra was a true English upper-middle-class eccentric. He could be waspish, camp and difficult. In 1961, while painting at home, the Royal Academy rang to ask if he would consider becoming an associate. His acerbic response was to shout downstairs to his manservant, who was speaking to them: "Tell them I'm busy."
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Preview: The Daphne du Maurier Festival of Arts and Literature, Fowey, Cornwall
Daphne du Maurier's son Christian Browning still lives in the family home, near Fowey, Cornwall, that was owned by his grandmother. This is where she wrote her first novel, The Loving Spirit, in 1931.
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Fine Arts Charter School To Get Technology Lab
ROGERS -- Students who want to use satellites to make a map of art museums or use specialized software to create anime movies can learn through an environmental and spatial technologies lab at the Northwest Arkansas Academy of Fine Arts.
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Alastair Michie: Painter and sculptor
Alastair Michie was a talented painter and sculptor who took up art belatedly in the early 1960s. During the previous decade he had pursued a successful career as a freelance designer and illustrator. The change seemed inevitable for someone from an important Scottish art family such as his. His mother, Anne Redpath, was one of the greatest Scottish painters of the 20th century, his father, ...
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Qatari artist goes under the hammer for $60,000 at Christie’s Dubai auction
Dubai • Qatari artist Yousef Ahmed's well-known painting “Father” has fetched $60,000 in a Christie's auction held at the Emirates Towers, Dubai last week.
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Chicago's Field Museum opens DNA Discovery Center
CHICAGO (AP) - A new state-of-the-art laboratory called the DNA Discovery Center is open at Chicago's Field Museum. Visitors can look through windows to see how DNA is extracted from plants and animals, sequenced and then analyzed.
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