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Next Events: May 9
DOWNTOWN PROUD CAJUN FESTIVAL Today and Saturday, downtown Farmer’s Market. Live music, gumbo cookoff, Cajun food, motorcycle swamp run, classic car show, eating contests. Benefits Downtown Wichita Falls Development Inc. and the Wichita Falls Professional Firefighters Association.
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Local man’s butterfly photo displayed in DC
A Lawrence resident has captured an image of Monarch butterflies that is on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.
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ART GALLERIES, MUSEUMS
Saturday "The Art of Nature," seminar by sculptor and painter Janice Wiebe Ollenburger, 10:30 a.m., Dyck Arboretum of the Plains, 177 W. Hickory, Hesston, during the FloraKansas Plant Sale. An exhibit of works will show through July 15. Hours during FloraKansas are 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat., noon-4 p.m. Sun., 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon. Donation $2, $1 for children under 12. Information, 620-327-8127. ...
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Country star brings hits to the festival
I n his 18-year music career, country artist Tracy Lawrence has amassed 17 No. 1 singles and several platinum and double-platinum albums. He has won an array of awards, including an Academy of Country Music award for Top New Vocalist of the Year in 1993, and has become an advocate for many causes, including his own, the Tracy Lawrence Foundation. Lawrence has plenty to feel good about when ...
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Le Quang Ha displays paintings in Thailand
VietNamNet Bridge - Painter Le Quang Ha rose to fame in the early 21st century for his portraits. His work has been on display in Bangkok at an exhibition entitled Nhung Khuon Mat Bien Dang (Deformed Faces) since April 26, and will stay until May 18. He spoke about his latest exhibit.
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JK Rowling `Storycard' to be auctioned for charity
JK Rowling is one of 13 authors producing a “storycard” written on a blank A5 sheet as part of a charity auction in London.
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Bethany's art show, sale is May 30-31
Bethany Christian Church, 10453 Springwood, will have its sixth annual art show and sale May 30-31. Exhibition categories include hanging media, photography and design arts.
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Exhibits
Leigh Pawling: Flatware and More. Opens Saturday with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Continues through July 11 at Something Special, 23 West Walnut St., Kingston. Hours: Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 288-8386.
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Heavenly in a wildflower
Out of the cold dirt they come. Beneath the brown leaves, next to the gray rocks, beside the sculptured tree trunk, their colorful faces lift toward the light.
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Festival encourages young aspiring filmmakers
Debbie Venezia knows that the raw filmmaking talent is out there waiting to be found, and she is hoping that she can play a part in that discovery.
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News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska
PALMER — Casey Castillo peers into a surveying scope at the Alaska State Fairgrounds trying to make sense of what he sees. Around him, hundreds of other students pound away with hammers, learn the fine art of painting and get their hands a little dirty.
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Paintings of Children & Children's Book Illustrations -- 05/09/08 at Evergreen Fine Art
Paintings of Children & Children's Book Illustrations -- 05/09/08 at Evergreen Fine Art
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Sixth-grader's water-themed poems take top honors
Bailey Bystry, a Glen Ellyn resident and sixth-grade student at Hadley Junior High School, earned a spot as a finalist in the River of Words Environmental Poetry & Art Contest -- the largest youth poetry competition in the world.
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Wakarusa museum open for season
The Wakarusa River Valley Heritage Museum is now open for the season. The museum at Clinton Lake’s Bloomington Beach will be open from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. It is open by appointment at other times. Call 748-9836.
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FILM
BAM: Actor/director John Turturro introduces Michael Curtiz's gangster classic "Angels With Dirty Faces" (1938) Sunday at 5:30 p.m. 30 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn; (718) 636-4100. RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART: Oscar winner Joel Grey introduces Minelli's 1970...
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Sheepdog trials will start today in Hotchkiss
For a small town festival that’s a bit out of the ordinary, Hotchkiss will sponsor the Fifth Annual Sheep Camp Stock Dog Trials today through Sunday.
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Sculptor, artists give varied views in exhibit
NORMAN — A sculptor and two visual artists not only use different media and materials, but offer t
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Calendar Listings
"The Art of Good Taste" Patron's Dinner - Annual black-tie dinner featuring a five-course meal paired with hand-selected wines. Also live auction of rare vintage wines, exotic trips, and art. Fri., May 9, 7 p.m. $750 per person.
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Nature-themed exhibits open
Visitors may think they've wandered into a garden in downtown Oklahoma City when they attend the nat
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Exhibits in the Week Ahead
"Dale Chihuly: The Exhibition,” April 30-Dec. 31, and "Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow,” April
The Oklahoman |
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VN to attend world congress and performing arts festival for young people
VietNamNet Bridge - Tuoi Tre (Youth) Theatre will represent Vietnam to the 16th world congress and performing arts festival for young people from May 9th to 18th 2008 in Adelaide, Australia.
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Arts offer educational foundation
Imagine a life without the arts. There would be no entertainment, music or visual imagery. There would not be any photographs, colorful advertisements, paintings or video games. It would be a dull, lifeless world. We would once again be living in the Dark Ages. However, what advanced society out of the Dark Ages and into the Renaissance? The arts.
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Family affair for Gag artwork
NEW ULM - As the work of one of Anton Gag's daughters comes home to New Ulm, the work of another is headed northward. Like the two women who made them, works by sisters Wanda Gag and Flavia Gag are traveling to and from their hometown. Some of Flavia Gag's work was unwrapped at the family home on Thursday afternoon.
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Chicago artist's work on display
WHITING An opening reception for "Expressions," a show by Anthony Gutierrez, takes place from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at CornerStone Art Gallery,1500 119th St.
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Confusion over art heist
A Gold Coast man will be sentenced today for the theft of more than a dozen paintings from a studio in 2004, including a work that the owner claimed was a Cezanne worth $50 million.Brett Michael Williams will face sentencing in Lismore District Court, more than four years after what was said to be Australia's biggest art heist.Williams, aged 44 at the time of his arrest, stole a number of ...
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