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Another for the collection
BENTONVILLE — The list of announced works from the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art’s permanent collection continues to grow in October — this time from an event in Kansas City, Mo. (Benton County Daily Record)
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Capital One Announces American Life Photo Contest
In search of the next generation of great American photographers, Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE:COF) and Newsweek in conjunction with Flickr today announced the "American Life" online photo contest, offering consumers the opportunity to share images that best capture the everyday moments of life in America - from amazing landscapes and sunsets to neighborhood landmarks and the family ...
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Hoover family honored with public art
The Hoover family’s influence in Fayetteville was permanently memorialized in the form of art Wednesday. (Northwest Arkansas Times)
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Hundreds flock to see art in Munich toilet
A public toilet in Munich which has been transformed into an art museum has attracted hundreds of people in the first days after opening, a spokesman for the city's tourism agency said on Thursday.
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Minnesota museum returns $2.8 million painting, concluding it was Nazi loot
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts has sent a $2.8 million painting back to France after concluding it had been stolen by the Nazis during World War II. The museum had owned the 1911 Fernand Leger painting "Smoke Over Rooftops" since 1961. Advertisement: WALL'S MEDICINE CTR Candles & Gifts We have a variety of Bean Pod candles available. Stop in to receive 10% off all candles and ...
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Rehoboth Art League's Holiday Fair to open doors Saturday, Nov. 1
The Rehoboth Art League’s annual Holiday Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 1. At the Holiday Fair, shoppers can see the work of more than 40 artists who will bring pottery, mixed media, paintings, floral arrangements, textiles, stuffed toys, candles, calligraphy, glass, jewelry and other arts and crafts.
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21-year-old charged in murder of pregnant sister-in-law in LeRoy
BLOOMINGTON — A 21-year-old man was charged Wednesday with sexually assaulting, beating and strangling to death his pregnant sister-in-law in a room where his wife and three children were sleeping. Photo gallery NEW Video Deceased 19-year-old remembered by family
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21-year-old charged in murder of pregnant sister-in-law in LeRoy
BLOOMINGTON -- A 21-year-old man was charged Wednesday with sexually assaulting, beating and strangling to death his pregnant sister-in-law in a room where his wife and three children were sleeping. Photo gallery NEW Video Deceased 19-year-old remembered by family
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Foster Wheeler Awarded Contract for New Refinery in Libya
HAMILTON, Bermuda----Foster Wheeler Ltd. announced today that its Milan-based subsidiary Foster Wheeler Italiana S.p.A., part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, has been awarded a contract by Zwara Oil Refinery Company Limited for consultancy and project management services for a planned new 200,000 barrels per stream day crude oil refinery at Mellita, near Zwara, in the Great ...
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THE winners have been announced in Withington Civic Society’s annual photography competition. The theme this year was ‘Trees in Withington’, and a presentation ceremony was held at Withington Library.
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Hundreds flock to see art in Munich toilet
A public toilet in Munich which has been transformed into an art museum has attracted hundreds of people in the first days after opening, a spokesman for the city's tourism agency said on Thursday.
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Amazonia named 'Midwest Travel Treasure'
The new Amazonia exhibit at Mesker Park Zoo has been named a Midwest Travel Treasure by AAA, the group announced this week.
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NEW YORK–Photography company Eastman Kodak Co. slashed its outlook for 2008 revenue growth and earnings, after posting weaker-than-expected quarterly results from higher raw material costs and sluggish sales in its graphics business.
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In pictures: Turner's watercolours
Thirty works of art by British artist JMW Turner are going on display at The Courtauld Gallery in London.
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Book Review - Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman ...
An angry, black homeless man, a wealthy art dealer and a woman after God's heart; God has plans for these three. Same Kind of Different As Me is an unusual autobiography in that it combines the lives of two disparate men, a wealthy, disaffected art dealer and an angry, black homeless man, with that of the woman whose love for God drew them together. The former art dealer, Ron Hall, penned the ...
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H2O Innovation Signs a Major Water Purification Contract Worth CA$9.4 Million
QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC-- - H2O Innovation Inc. , a Canadian company specializing exclusively in water technology, has won a bid launched by Petro-Canada Oil Sands Inc. on behalf of Fort Hills Energy L.P. to build six water filtration units with a combined treatment capacity of 3960 cubic meters per day.
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Kodak profit spikes
But the photography products firm sees weakness ahead
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Students hold conservation art show
PANAMA CITY BEACH - The Home Depot on Back Beach Road is hosting an art exhibit featuring work by students from Breakfast Point Academy.
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Christie's to hold Russian Art Week in November
MOSCOW, October 30 (RIA Novosti) - Christie's will hold a series of Russian art sales in London on November 24-27, a spokesman for the auction house said on Thursday.
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'I don't do men with breasts': Artist explains why golfer Colin Montgomerie will never be an oil painting
He is arguably Scotland's finest ever golfer, but even Colin Montgomerie might accept he is no oil painting. Yet, even Monty would baulk at artist Jack Vettriano's reason for refusing to paint him,
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Kodak Net Income Doubles to $96 Million; Forecast Cut (Update1)
Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Eastman Kodak Co. , the 128-year-old photography company reshaping itself as traditional film demand wanes, said third-quarter earnings more than doubled on demand for digital cameras. The company said full-year sales and profit will be less than it previously forecast.
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Lowe-Volk photo exhibit offers window on nature
CRESTLINE -- In November, Crawford County residents have a chance to get up close and personal with nature at a new exhibit at the Lowe-Volk Park Nature Center.
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Southlake man's 'Star Wars' museum will be open for fundraiser
The Force is strong with a local collector who is opening up his personal "Star Wars" museum as part of a fundraiser for Southlake Safety Town.
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Minnesota museum returns painting stolen by Nazis
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts has sent a $2.8 million painting back to France after concluding it had been stolen by the Nazis
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Exhibits
Last day; Solo exhibition by Marty Weishaar; Ceramics and paintings; Redware pottery; Essences; Original oils and gicles; The Fabric of Our Lives; William Rush; Digital artist; Landscape paintings; Abraham Lincoln: Self Made in America; Mezzotints and paintings; Photography; Western personae; One Hundred Stories
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