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Fundraiser: Gnome Hunting
Wednesday, May 14... By Torell Taylor.Car lovers pimp their rides, MySpace addicts pimp their profile, and gnome lovers -- yes -- pimp their gnomes! NoDaRioty presents Pimp My Gnome Live Auction. This mythical auction will consist of 25 clay garden gnomes that have been transformed into works of art by 25 local artists. NoDaRioty pimped and displayed their gnomes in shops and galleries up and ...
Creative Loafing Charlotte |
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Serra's gargantuan art in Paris
The American artist Richard Serra's sculpture "Promenade," five enormous slabs of Cor-Ten steel set along the central axis of the floor of the Grand Palais, is on view until June 15.
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Tour Company Asks Parents To Let Kids Drink On Spain Trip
In today's world of instant access to anything and everything, you can add your kids' school work to the list. Online programs like ParentC... Nearly 25 years after leaving Syracuse University, actress and recording artist Vanessa Williams will receive her bachelor of fine arts degree this weekend.
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Angola: Govt Studies Institutionalisation of Arts International Festival
Luanda provincial government is studying a way to institutionalise the International Festival of Theatre and Arts created by Elinga Teatro on Tuesday announced an official source.
AllAfrica.com |
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Ornamental
The Garden of Kinetic Delight navigates Fort Avenue during Saturday’s Kinetic Sculpture Race. Photo by Bill Lear
The Baltimore Guide |
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Patterson Park exhibit covers urban tree canopy
by Mary Helen Sprecher newsroom@baltimoreguide.com It’s not the Golden Fences. Tim Almaguer, executive director of the Friends of Patterson Park, wants to get that straight right away. This weekend’s exhibit, “Park Life/City Movement,” isn’t going to shut out anyone, unlike the recent project in the Mt. Vernon area of the city. “(The exhibit in Patterson Park) is going to [...]
The Baltimore Guide |
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A master plan for Lake City's future is unveiled at museum
Lake City Chamber of Commerce members and City officials gathered at the National Bean Market Museum of South Carolina for the unveiling of plans to totally revitalize Lake City. “Revitilzation is key to a small town,” said Mayor Lovith Anderson Jr explaining that revitilizing will bring more industry to town and create more tourism.
Florence Morning News |
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Budding artists
The creativity and talent of students from 19 schools will be on display this week at Heritage Village Mall, 1645 N. Spring St. in Beaver Dam. Randolph High School is hosting this year's Trailways All-Conference High School Art Show from May 8 to 10 in the storefront formerly occupied by Maurice's.Klayton Kindt, in his second year as the art teacher for the Randolph School District, is ...
Beaver Dam Daily Citizen |
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GANA ART GALLERY
To May 18: ¡°Natura: Kim Hong-joo and Jung Gwang-ho.¡± The Gana Art gallery celebrates its 25th anniversary with a special exhibition of two artists¡¯ works.
JoongAng Daily |
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Local hoofers open int¡¯l dance fest
Continuing its thirst for new challenges, this year¡¯s International Modern Dance Festival will kick off with collaborative pieces by local choreographers and festival organizers.
JoongAng Daily |
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Student art show set at Elwood Museum
AMSTERDAM — The Walter Elwood Museum and the Amsterdam High School Art Department will host the 15th annual high school art show 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the museum, 300 Guy Park Ave.
The Leader-Herald |
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American Idol: Did the Top 4 rock?
Memo to "American Idol" contestant Jason Castro: Covering a song by an artist with a hairstyle similar to your own doesn't ensure success.
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer |
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Community Calendar
What’s Happening? It’s that time of year again — time for community flea markets, picnics and block parties, as well as vacation Bible schools, outdoor movies, festivals, carnivals and more. We are asking individuals to send information on such events to The Baltimore Guide so that we can include them in our Community Calendar. [...]
The Baltimore Guide |
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X-rays power discoveries at Chicago's Field Museum
Digital medical imaging and information technology from Carestream Health, Inc., is playing a key role in helping The Field Museum of Chicago discover and analyze secrets hidden within its world-class collections.
PhysOrg |
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All around the town
Bid! Martini Lutheran Preschool is holding an auction. Restaurant gift certificates, Orioles tickets, antiques and more are up for sale. Bid by visiting www.federalhillpreschool.org and click on the small auction item on the bottom left of the page. Proceeds benefit the preschool’s financial aid fund. Pottery: Towson University holds a spring pottery sale on Friday, May [...]
The Baltimore Guide |
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'A new renaissance'
BISMARCK, N.D. - In 1972, the American Indian Higher Education Consortium started with six tribal colleges, gaining official charter as a nonprofit and basing its home office in Denver.
Indian Country Today |
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Painting the past, part four: A flood of images, and feelings
By TIM MADIGAN Julie Meetal generally worked late at night, after her husband and two teenage children were long asleep. There was never a plan or preliminary sketch as she sat down in the studio adjoining her home. The images just seemed to materialize from somewhere beyond her: the barbed wire from her mother's time in Auschwitz; her father's rifle from the Polish resistance; the mass grave ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Monet landscape sold for $41.4M
An 1873 riverbank landscape by French Impressionist painter Claude Monet has been sold for $41.4 million in New York, auctioneers said.The Railroad Bridge at Argenteuil fetched the highest price ever paid for a Monet, The New York Times said.Christie's auction house had estimated the work would go for $35 million.The hammer price was $37 million and the final price of $41.4 million includes ...
Moldova.org |
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Petrofac Opens Training Center in Houston
Petrofac, the international oil & gas facilities service provider, announces the opening of its new training center in Houston to be operated by its training arm, Petrofac Training.
Rigzone |
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Last Light photographs glimmer at the Goderich Library As the last light of the sun hit the peak of the Goderich ...
As the last light of the sun hit the peak of the Goderich Public Library, the Last Light Photo Exhibit wound down for its first day.
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Giant horse could be new 'Angel of the South'
The North-South divide widened a little today as designs for a sculpture twice as high as the Angel of the North were unveiled in Kent.
Times Online |
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Ebbsfleet riders and runners revealed
Arts & entertainment: Ideas for public art landmark in Kent include proposal from Turner prize-winner Mark Wallinger
Guardian Unlimited |
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Clo & Iz Launches Home Show Gallery Venture
Clo & Iz is a distinctive collection of accessories and gifts that are sold through home-based trunk and gallery shows. The dynamic assortment of carefully selected artist-designed pieces includes sterling silver jewelry, fabric headbands, belts, and totes. The Clo & Iz model leverages the growing demand for sociable and stylish shopping experiences with the desire for unique goods that are not ...
Centre Daily Times |
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St. Tammany News
St. Tammany Parish, La. The trade made earlier this month that gave the St. Tammany Parish Library a 1.5-acre vacant plot of land adjacent to the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Maritime Museum in Madisonville where a new library is proposed to be built was amended by the Parish Council Thursday night.
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Santa Fe Eavesdropper
Overlooking swimming pool at Salon Marr Graff art gallery opening: Man 1: “Hey, I skinny dipped in that pool once.” Man 2: “Huh, I was thrown into that pool by a group of angry lesbians once.”
Santa Fe Reporter |
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