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'Crazy' to open Jacksonville film fest
LOS ANGELES, May 15 (UPI) -- "Crazy," a movie inspired by the life of late guitar great Hank Garland, is set to open the 2008 Jacksonville (Fla.) Film Festival.
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Part of proceeds from art exhibition to go to Chinese quake victims
SINGAPORE: Art lovers and collectors can now do their bit for the quake victims in Sichuan. Local art gallery, Jasmine Fine Arts, will donate 5 percent of the proceeds from its exhibition to the Singapore Red Cross.
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From Turner to Cezanne
The Columbia Museum of Art will bring in its most expensive exhibition ever next year, one featuring big names including Claude Monet, Paul Cezanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Vincent van Gogh.
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PAAM film series shows ‘Matador’
Banner Daily Update Thurs. May 15 FilmArt@PAAM is screening "Matador" (1986), a key film in establishing writer-director Pedro Almodóvar's international reputation as a cinematic talent to be reckoned with, on Thursday, May 15 at 7 p.m. at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, 460 Commercial Street.
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Student art displayed in annual GHS exhibit
All students enrolled in GHS art classes during the 2007-08 school year had the opportunity to participate in an exhibition Wednesday. Art teacher Chris Dokolasa, who helps organize the show, tries to make sure every art student has at least one piece displayed.
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Santa Clara Town Hall dedication tomorrow
The dedication of Santa Clara's new Town Hall will include a two-day art exhibit and two art symposiums, in addition to the dedication ceremony.
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This Weekend, May 16-18
The Depot is hosting a party for fifth graders on Friday, May 16, from 3:30 to 5. Admission is $10 (pay at the door), and includes pizza, drinks, ice cream, games, face painting and more. The concession will be open to purchase only snacks. Rain date is Wednesday, May 21.
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NCTA s The Cable Show 2008 Exhibitor Profiles
15/05/2008 14:35:00 Business Wire NCTA s The Cable Show 2008 takes place May 18 -20, 2008 at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. Listed below are profiles from Cable Show 2008 exhibitors.
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NCTA s The Cable Show 2008 Exhibitor Profiles (3º)
15/05/2008 14:35:00 Business Wire a vast treasure of American music, art, culture and entertainment. BlueHighways TV is the only programming network with a deep connection to roots music.
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NCTA's The Cable Show 2008 Exhibitor Profiles
NEW ORLEANS----NCTA's The Cable Show 2008 takes place May 18 -20, 2008 at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. Listed below are profiles from Cable Show 2008 exhibitors.
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Photographer has sense of awareness
Queens photographer Shams M. Tarek has opened his exhibition “Bengali” at Espresso 77, using it as a way to raise awareness and funds for some charities that are assisting the South Asian community.
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Art Market Faces Jittery Times, Despite Monets
It took only about 120 seconds last week for a Monet to exchange hands for a small fortune. Christie's auctioneer Christopher Burge started the bidding at $26 million for a 1873 Claude Monet painting of two puffing locomotives crossing a river bridge. The price then zoomed up, in $1 million increments.
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DCCA calls for artwork
The Department of Community and Cultural Affairs, Division of the Commonwealth Council for Arts and Culture, is again preparing for its annual CNMI Women's Exhibit schedule from June 2 to July 3, 2008.
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Part of proceeds from art exhibition to go to Chinese quake victims
SINGAPORE: Art lovers and collectors can now do their bit for the quake victims in Sichuan.
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ION: Microsoft's Hanna On The Fight For Shadowrun Audience
In a postmortem lecture titled "You Can't Do That! Crossing Platforms and Genres with Shadowrun" and held at the 2008 ION Game Conference, Microsoft Game Studios' Dana Hanna discussed how now-defunct developer FASA Studio lost and regained its audience during the production of its Xbox 360 and PC shooter Shadowrun. Said Hanna on preparing to finally announce and exhibit the game at E3 2006 ...
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Francis Bacon painting fetches record $86 million
They made their lives in London and were friends for half a century: Francis Bacon, the flamboyant, carousing painter of a nightmare world, and Lucian Freud, a younger, more reserved maker of astonishing portraits.
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MARKET SNAPSHOT: U.S. Stocks Stage Opening Stall As Oil Rises
U.S. stocks on Thursday tilted higher following a soft start after a slew of data and rising oil prices cast a negative light on the economy, while a flurry of deal-making in the online media space bolstered thinking of more M&A activity ahead.
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SPECIAL EVENTS
RECEPTION for artist Kathy Mahue at 4 p.m. Friday at Julie Wait Designs Art Gallery in Rogers. juliewaitdesigns.com or 631-8706.
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Castle Museum opens in Wilmerding
The Castle in Wilmerding once again is full of items and displays that portray the history of the Westinghouse Valley. After the George Westinghouse Museum moved to the Senator John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh's Strip District last year, Wilmerding Renewed Inc. worked to find a replacement.
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Eco-friendly fairground coming to Cork festival
The 2008 Cork Midsummer Festival is going to host an environmentally friendly fairground.
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Gimme five (things to do this weekend)
1. A La Carte & Art — The outdoor festival season kicks off with this celebration of the arts featuring live music, a juried arts and crafts show, food, a farmers market, children's activities and more.
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Fur flies at ‘Kung Fu Panda’ premiere at Cannes
CANNES, France (AP) — Fur might be a politically incorrect fashion statement on the red carpet at the world’s most-prestigious film festival. Not when you’re the star of a movie called “Kung Fu Panda,” though.
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Los Angeles Times Brings Readers onto the 'Hollywood Backlot'
The Los Angeles Times is set to unveil "Hollywood Backlot" on Thursday, May 15th, with exclusive, on-set photography from veteran Hollywood lensman, David Strick.
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Phoenix-Based Artist and Philanthropist Robert Miley Takes Art and Activism to New Heights
Phoenix-based artist, educator and philanthropist Robert J. Miley's epic sculpture "Release The Fear" will be featured in Atomic Flame: Three Minutes To Midnight, a new documentary film to be screened at July's G8 Summit in Japan and then released nationwide in the U.S.
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Berlin Nazi bunker becomes private museum for contemporary art
BERLIN - When Adolf Hitler ordered his favorite architect Albert Speer to plan a public bunker for downtown Berlin, he probably never imagined the same building would one day house a collection of contemporary art.
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