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Kinetic Klassic honors spirit of Hobart Brown
FERNDALE -- The dynamic spirit of Hobart Brown was on display Sunday as the Kinetic Klassic -- a three-block race of kinetic sculptures down Main Street -- honored the passing of the Glorious Founder.
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Barbecue champions will open restaurant
HARTSELLE The nationally recognized Butts and Bones barbecue competition team is bringing its show to Hartselle permanently.Sometime in June, Gary Travis and Lindanne Phillips will open Hickory Street Station Restaurant Art Gallery and Studio.
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Downtown Senior Center Fundraisers and Events: laughter exercise workshop, today, 2:30 p.m.; bingo party, Thursday, 5 p.m.; oil painting classes, Mondays, 9 a.m.; line-dancing classes, Tuesdays, 10 a.m.; exercise with Carl, Wednesdays, 10 a.m., 305 Penn Ave. 347-3970.
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World's fair landmark getting new life
Memorial Hall will be new home of Philly's Please Touch Museum. Memorial Hall, one of the jewels of the Centennial Exposition of 1876, lost its luster many years ago.
The Morning Call |
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Public take peek at Ha Noi’s Red River development plan
Ha Noi — Hundreds of people were struggling to get a glimpse of the development plans for Ha Noi along the Hong (Red) River at the Quan Ngua Sport Palace’s second exhibition on Saturday.
Việt Nam News |
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: El Greco, Velazquez, Ribalta drop jaws with detail
"El Greco" means "The Greek" in Spanish, in case you didn't know. The artist has come to be known by his Spanish designation -- and largely for the work he completed in Spain -- but he was born in Crete in 1541 as Domenicos Theotokopoulos. While wandering the galleries of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston's "El Greco to Velazquez: Art During the Reign of Philip III," I overheard a middle-aged ...
The Dartmouth |
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PEDAL POWER
MAYBE Leonardo DiCaprio is starting to feel guilty about all the jet fuel consumed by his private planes. At the opening of the Bonhams Flagship Showroom for art Thursday night, "Leo and his mom rode up on their bikes and parked right in front on 57th and Madison," a source said. The duo looked at pieces by Andy Warhol and Banksy, which will soon go on the block, before hopping back on their ...
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ANGEL CAKE WOWS FOOD FESTIVAL CROWDS
A FAMILIAR looking cake was the centrepiece at a tea party held on the banks of the River Tyne over the weekend.
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Library toots its own horn with book fest
In sharp contrast with the notion of hollow and dusty, book-filled halls, dimly lit study tables and the gray-haired, bespectacled librarian, the Philadelphia Free Library looks forward to another year of displaying the vitality and fun that it has to offer at its 2nd annual Philadelphia Book Festival.
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DICKENS' RAVEN. . .and other great treasures of the Free Library
WITH THE return of the Philadelphia Book Festival this weekend, and a grand expansion project for the Central Library in early stages, the corridors of the Free Library are abuzz with excitement. But beyond the library's mile-high stacks of journals, encyclopedias and novels, there are underappreciated treasures that even the most fervent book lovers don't know about.
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There is an interesting story in the Houston Chronicle today that focuses on rich Venezuelans who are fleeing their homeland to come to Houston, many with hopes of plugging into the city's oil industry.
The Narco News Bulletin |
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Liz Smith
Here are a few raveled threads plucked from that highly charged evening at the Metropolitan Museum, put on by Vogue's Anna Wintour last week. (And, incidentally, did you know that the editor's rather controversial Chanel dress, described as looking a bit like ram's horns, was called "Storm"?)
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UFOTV Announces the Launch of Two Internet Companies -- "UGC Concepts" and "UGC Labs" -- and Establishment of "The ...
"UGC Concepts," a division of UFOTV, has been established to create new User-Generated Content (UGC) communities to mobilize artists and activists toward a common goal of raising the consciousness of the planet through fine arts, culture and technology. "UGC Concepts" will develop the ideas in an inspiring and creative think tank atmosphere. "UGC Labs" will provide all of the technology and ...
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Pleasant Valley High library morphs into art gallery
multimedia CHICO -- Friday afternoon the library at Pleasant Valley High School morphed into an art gallery where visitors strolled among colorful works and talked to creative artists.
Chico Enterprise-Record |
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Her paintbrush helps Kenyans fight AIDS/HIV
MUNCIE -- A skilled watercolorist, Martha Gilliom takes great pleasure in painting, something that she didn't embrace until she was in her mid-30s. But the ability to help others by painting makes it all the more satisfying.
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12 May 2008: 8:21am
ASHLEY has become the seventh contestant to be eliminated from BBC1's I'd Do Anything. Read SCOTLAND gets its first chance to show it has talent tonight - but only offers up a singing family.
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Artist's work to get new life
A regionally renowned and prolific local artist spent his lifetime painting Burlington County scenes that inspired him.
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Snohomish County Council loosens purse strings on public arts funding
EVERETT -- Snohomish County doubled funding for public art projects last week when the County Council bolstered its 1 percent for the arts program. The council voted to remove a hurdle that required private donations to unlock more county arts money.
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Met's superhero fashion exhibit packs a punch
NEW YORK -- Newsflash: A cadre of superheroes have invaded one of Gotham's top cultural institutions, bringing swaths of bright color, pop graphics and an everyman theme to the hallowed halls of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Provo Daily Herald |
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NW column: Greece gardeners: Grab your bloomers
The annual plant sale sponsored by several Greece garden clubs will be held Saturday, May 17, on the grounds of the Greece Historical Society and Museum, 595 Long Pond Road, from 9 a.m. to noon (or until sold out).
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |
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Contest photos due Thursday
BELLINGHAM — Entries in Bellingham’s third annual “Essence of Bellingham” photo competition will be accepted through Thursday.
The Bellingham Herald |
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Citizen wins 16 awards in Az Press Club contest
The Tucson Citizen won 16 awards at the 2007 Arizona Press Club Contest. Awards were presented Saturday at the Heard Museum in Phoenix.
Tucson Citizen |
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Oil Refineries Subsidiary Carmel Olefins Completes Acquisition of 49% of Domo Polypropylene
Oil Refineries Ltd. , Israel's largest oil refiner, announced that Carmel Olefins Ltd. completed on May 6, 2008, the closing on the transaction to acquire 49% of the outstanding share capital of Domo Polypropylene BV , under the terms of the press release dated January 24, 2008.
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Who Is Alexander Calder?
Alexander Calder (1898-1976), the son of an artist and a painter, not surprisingly was a multimedia artist. In addition to sculpture, he painted, made toys and designed carpets. In the 1930s he created a new art form known as mobiles. You can see one in the National Gallery of Art's East Building....
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NORTH ATTLEBORO - For the first time, high school juniors and seniors will jointly display their art in a gallery-type setting highlighting their talent.
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