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Dan Walters: Voter turnout could affect key contests
California finds itself in an odd position vis-a-vis today's presidential election -- a non-battleground in the historic presidential clash between Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama, but with a number of very tight legislative contests and battles over high-profile ballot measures of its own.
HispanicBusiness.com |
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Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog
Danny Lyon. Two SNCC Workers, Selma, 1963. Whitney Museum of American Art. For introduction, click here. Election day IV was the previous entry in this blog.
Arts Journal |
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Suburban filmmakers have an indie hit
A feature film made by a group of up and coming filmmakers with CNGM Pictures, based in Palatine, has captured its second award at a national film festival.
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Jockey wannabe caught damaging NY horse artwork
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) -- Police in Saratoga Springs are looking for a well-dressed man caught on videotape knocking over one of several fiberglass horses that dot the city's streets.
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Kansas City Office Building Reveals Art Exhibit
As a part of its continuing efforts to help revitalize and beautify downtown Kansas City, on Oct. 18, City Center Square unveiled an installation art exhibit in one of its 12th Street display windows by local artist Kati Toivanen.
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Mall craft show this weekend
Sandburg Mall will have an Art and Craft Show this Saturday and Sunday. A variety of special craft items will be available, including: Doggy duds, florals (seasonal and non-seasonal), solar light fixtures, painted woodwork, home interior, blankets, dolls, paintings and more. Participants will be set up in Center Court.
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Coming up: Jens Hoffman at PNCA
Jens Hoffman The Pacific Northwest College of Art continues its FIVE Idea Studio series next week with a talk by curator and writer Jens Hoffman. Hoffman's talk, "What is a Curator? From Exhibition Maker to Author," will meditate about the...
The Oregonian |
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What Would You Build For SEMA? [Question Of The Day]
It's SEMA time again, the annual customizer festival in the desert that never fails to polarize opinion — perhaps appropriate that it starts on an election day this year. We've just begun our...
Jalopnik |
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Art nets $7M
Sotheby's auctions 3 Russian paintings that were found at the Berkshire Museum. PITTSFIELD — On a night when the art market appeared to stumble, Berkshire Museum soared, with a record-setting sale that will add $7 million to its coffers.
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Fairs and festivals
See area fairs and festivals.
Old Colony Memorial & Plymouth Bulletin |
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Picasso Exhibit to Open Doors in Sofia
An exhibit presenting masterpieces of the great artist Pablo Picasso is going to open doors at the National Gallery of Foreign Art in Sofia on December 17.
Novinite.com |
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Jockey wannabe caught damaging NY horse artwork
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Police in Saratoga Springs are looking for a well-dressed man caught on videotape knocking over one of several fiberglass horses that dot the city's streets.
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Gallery Visio hosts "Art For AIDS"
The University of Missouri-St. Louis participates in many good causes. On Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008, they participated in the third annual Art for AIDS benefit, hosted by Gallery Visio. The benefit features artwork by UM-St. Louis students, faculty and alumni.
The Current Online |
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School's artwork to be exhibited at Te Papa
He has eyes of learning, a mouth of water, hair of clouds and Hereweka, or Harbour Cone, for a nose. He wears hand-woven flax sandals, has a poem on his skirt and his mere contains the pictures of Portobello School's 86 pupils, who are telling his story to the nation.
Otago Daily Times |
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Herbert calls for help in solving skull dilemma
THE Herbert has called on Coventrians for help in solving a moral dilemma - what to do with a 177-year-old skull. The museum has the skull of Mary Ann Higgins, the final person to hanged at the city's Whitley Common.
Coventry Observer |
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Jockey wannabe caught damaging NY horse artwork
Associated Press - November 4, 2008 11:05 AM ET SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - Police in Saratoga Springs are looking for a well-dressed man caught on videotape knocking over 1 of several...
WCAX-TV Vermont |
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O.C. brokers bet $2 million on luxury-home office
It features a 40-foot-wide waterfall in the lobby and and specially commissioned artwork.
Orange County Register |
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Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog
Herbert Randall. From the Herbert Randall Freedom Summer archive at the University of Southern Mississippi. For introduction, click here. Find recent content on the main index or look in the archives to find all content.
Arts Journal |
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Museum to display icons of English rural life Farmers Weekly
The Museum of English Rural Life at Reading is calling on Farmers Weekly readers to help it with a groundbreaking project.
Farmers Weekly Interactive |
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George Michael to pay $1.6 million for face replica
The ‘Careless Whisper’ singer is planning to splash out on a 24-carat gold and diamond replica of himself after seeing the sculptures on British TV show ‘The Dragons’ Stories’ - a follow-up to entrepreneurial program ‘Dragons’ Den’.
The Arizona Republic |
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Ricky Davao, Michael de Mesa, and Jett Pangan do comedy in one-night performance of "Art"
After a successful premiere in Cebu, Yasmina Reza's Broadway and London hit comedy Art is scheduled for a special Manila performance on Saturday, September 22, at the Music Museum.
PEP |
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Keeping friendship intact is an Art
Art is an outstanding comedy about three men whose friendship is tested by something seemingly trivial. The camaraderie of their barkada is threatened when one member of the group buys a painting that the others find too expensive and is meaningless.
PEP |
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Arts & Leisure: Solid obsessions
Stark geometric shapes, modernized crucifixes, and delicate wire sculptures represent the solidified obsessions of long-time collaborators National Artist Arturo Luz, jeweler Hans Brumann, and sculptor Impy Pilapil.
BusinessWorld Online |
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Lifelong doodler a headliner
Last winter, at the Post Office across Walnut Street, Eugenie Hirsch saw the Red Bluff Art Gallery for the first time.
Red Bluff Daily News |
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Scholastic Arts Spotlight: Ian Williams
Ian Williams spends a lot of time in the art studio at Allendale-Columbia school. This is where some of his most compelling pieces come to life. He's composed charcoal drawings, paintings, photography, and film and video.
WROC Rochester |
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