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Brisbane band wins Big Day Out spot
BRISBANE act Kate Bradley and The Goodbye Horses have won a sought-after spot to perform at next year's Big Day Out music festival.
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Open Web Awards: The Finals
The moment is here. After more than 50,000 nominations and in excess of 80,000 verified votes from the web community, we’re pleased to announce the finalists in the Open Web Awards , an open, international contest to find the web’s best sites and services. Congratulations to all the finalists! You have until midnight PST on December 14th to pick the winners. Winners receive the Open Web ...
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More Wilderness Drilling Parcels Withdrawn
Conservationists condemn oil drilling near some of Utah's scenic treasures.
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The Two Susans
Last year I wrote a cover story about the Wadsworth Atheneum Art Museum on Main Street in downtown Hartford that was pretty gloomy. I used words like "dysfunctional" and "debacle." I recounted how a $120-million capital campaign to fund a major makeover of the museum by a famous...
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Photo world begins grappling with video SLRs
Photography buffs left cold by home video get new aesthetic possibilities with video SLRs. But adapting to the technology isn't always easy.
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15 years in the making, Australia gets a portrait gallery
A new National Portrait Gallery opens Thursday in the Australian capital of Canberra, a project 15 years in the making.
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Feds halt plan to drill in scenic Utah canyons
A section of whitewater rapids tucked between high cliffs, little-changed since explorer John Wesley Powell boated through in 1896, and a canyon decorated with thousands of ancient rock art panels have been pulled off the auction block by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
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7 Days in Kyiv
‘Art-Emigrants’ exhibition presenting “hyperrealism” artworks, created by Ukrainian artists that have lived outside Ukraine for a long time, opened at Modern Fine Arts Museum of Ukraine.
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Neko Case, Reigning 2009 Album Art Champ
So Fox Confessor Brings the Flood had some awfully lovely, subtle artwork . But this? My friends, pictures created to accompany music just don't come any better than this. Middle Cyclone , as noted yesterday , arrives March 3 thanks to Anti- , and Neko is due to appear January 28 at San Francisco's Herbst Theatre as part of the City Arts & Lectures series. Just try and ...
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County hears pleas to save water lab, museum
As Skagit County commissioners prepare to drop the budget ax on county programs and employees, local officials spoke out Tuesday against proposed cuts to a water-testing lab, the Historical Museum and…
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Museum Drive bridge to reopen Friday
Mobile, Ala. - The Museum Drive bridge over Twelve Mile Creek will reopen Friday after being closed for more than a year, city officials said. The bridge leads to many recreational hot spots, such as the Mobile Museum of Art,...
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Student artist scores with ‘hands’ work
Friendswood High School student artist Bud Oefelein's drawing of hands made it to the top ten in an area contest and won the artist money.
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Christie's HK Asian sales miss target, crisis weighs
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Auction house Christie's sold $146 million worth of Asian artwork in its Hong Kong autumn sales concluded Wednesday, around 35 percent below its pre-sale estimate as the financial crisis shrunk demand for Asian art.
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Christie's HK Asian sales miss target as crisis weighs
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Auction house Christie's sold $146 million (98.7 million pounds) worth of Asian artwork in its Hong Kong autumn sales concluded Wednesday, around 35 percent below its pre-sale estimate as the financial crisis shrunk demand for Asian art.
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The Tampa Am ramps up 99 Bottles of Beer exhibit at Skatepark of Tampa
By Megan Voeller Unless you're an avid skateboarder, names like Jimbo Phillips and Don Pendleton might not mean much to you. But if ollies and heelflips are your bag, chances are you recognize the names of those two widely acclaimed skateboard graphics artists. (Jimbo Phillips is not to be confused with his dad, Jim Phillips, an artist of even greater stature within the skateboarding community.) ...
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Celebrate an old-fashioned Christmas
By Leilani Polk Want to celebrate the season with a 19th century-style experience? Several Bay area institutions host happenings that take locals back to a simpler era, before commercialism reigned and Santa Claus was Chief Christmas. Henry B. Plant Museum has made its annual transformation into the Tampa Bay Hotel circa 1891 for the 27th annual Victorian Christmas Stroll. The halls and rooms ...
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Officials Invite Art Lovers To Gallery Hop In Brooklyn
Art lovers will soon have a fun and free way to see all that Brooklyn has to offer. Tourism officials kicked off the smArt Brooklyn Gallery Hop today.
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State landfill to power $80M electricity plant
THE GAS-TO-ELECTRIC PLANT, shown in an artist’s rendering, will be constructed by Ridgewood to replace its existing facility at the state landfill in Johnston. It will more than double the on-site electric generating capacity, to 47.6 megawatts.
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Christmas Apple Fest, lighted parade
The Christmas shopping season officially kicks off in Willcox Friday with the Christmas Apple Festival.
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1st Sunday gallery walk
Absolute Gallery Jef Mallett, creator of the “Frazz” cartoons, signs copies of his latest book, “Frazz 3.1416,” and displays original Frazz comic strips.
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Art Basel Miami Beach Prepares To Open
South Florida is at the center of the art world for the next few days as Art Basel, the largest international art show in this country, prepares to open to the public on Thursday.
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In the Schools
Guyer High School will host the third annual Guyer High School Fine Arts Holiday Mosaic Concert at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Guyer High School auditorium.The concert will feature performances by art, band, choir, orchestra and theatre students of GHS. “Carol of the Bells,” “Silver Bells” and A Charlie Brown Christmas are among performances.
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Christie's HK Asian sales miss target, crisis weighs
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Auction house Christie's sold $146 million worth of Asian artwork in its Hong Kong autumn sales concluded Wednesday, around 35 percent below its pre-sale estimate as the financial crisis shrunk demand for Asian art.
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Craft Sale Set For Thursday
On Thursday, Durham's Council for Senior Citizens will hold a morningtime craft sale. The sale will begin at 9 a.m. and last until 3 p.m. Paintings, kit and crochet goods, woodwork items, ceramics, and jewelry will be on sale. The craft sale will be held at the Durham Center for Senior Life at 406 Rigsbee Avenue.
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Work of South Otago artists recognised
The creative and artistic talent within South Otago was as good as anywhere else in the country and a tribute to the local scene, the judge at this year's Art South Otago exhibition said at its official opening on Tuesday night.
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