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An Infinite Line, The Basement, Brighton
The Brighton Festival may pride itself on being an event of national standing but, in terms of its themes and preoccupations, it's still very much a local affair. Over the past few years we have seen performances taking place in an abandoned Art Deco hotel; in the bowels of the town hall; under the stage of the Theatre Royal; and even in a public lavatory. This year, the theatrical innovators ... Independent
This Week In The Arts
Creative Discovery Museum opens its new exhibit "Adventures with Clifford the Big Red Dog!" Saturday, May 17. For more information, please call (423) 756-2738 or visit www.cdmfun.org. The Chattanoogan
Taking it to the clouds
There's more to the XLive festival than just the headline act – hip hop star Missy Elliot. Like any true festival, this Genting Highlands-hosted event – starting at 7pm tomorrow evening - will see multiple stages featuring a fair selection of international and local acts. The Star
2008 Summer events guide: Festivals
Utah is home to many summer festivals, including the Utah Shakespearean Festival in Cedar City, Utah Festival Opera in Logan, the Moab Arts Festival and Swiss Days in Midway. The Salt Lake Tribune
Maze prison was as bad as Guantanamo, say producers
A film documenting the final weeks of the IRA gunman Bobby Sands has been defended by its makers at the Cannes Film Festival as a useful insight into the mindset of modern suicide bombers. Independent
Festival of Greece 2008
Going strong for over three decades, the annual Festival of Greece at Oakland's Ascension Greek Orthodox Cathedral is the largest event of its kind in Northern California. Bayinsider
Jade cup puts poetry into auction
Hong Kong An early Mughal shell-shaped carved white jade cup, inscribed in Chinese with a Qianlong imperial poem from the 18th century, is displayed during a Christie’s press preview in Hong Kong. The work of art will be sold at Christie’s Hong Kong spring auctions on May 27 and is expected to fetch more than HK$25 million (£1.65 million). Times Online
Climate Issues And Art Combine In Two Exhibitions
In honour of the annual United Nations World Environment Day (WED) celebrations on 5 June, the Natural World Museum (NWM) and Te Papa are pleased to present Moving Towards a Balanced Earth: Kick the Carbon Habit in partnership with the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), the Ministry for the Environment, and the New Zealand Government. Scoop.co.nz
Another art record tumbles as painting by Francis Bacon fetches £44m
A nightmarish painting by Francis Bacon has become the most expensive work of contemporary art sold at auction, only a day after sales records were broken by the late painter’s friend, Lucian Freud. Times Online
Jubilee Music Fest: Pickin’ for the schools
ROGERSVILLE — The inaugural Jubilee Music Fest will be held Saturday at the Jubilee Gallery, featuring nine music acts, to benefit music and art programs at Hawkins County high schools. Johnson City Press
Local Teen a Finalist in Google Design Contest
Student artists from kindergarten through high school are competing to turn the famous Google.com logo into their own work of art. It's called "Doodle 4 Google" and one of the finalists is a teen from Baltimore. Fox 5's Sarah Simmons has his story. FOX 5 Washington D.C.
Museums await visitors on Saturday night with open doors
The gates of 12 museums from Bucharest will open for the broad public, on Saturday evening, on the occasion of the fourth edition of “Night of Museums,” an event organized every year in several European countries and dedicated to the International Museum Day, celebrated on May 18. Nine O'Clock
Photography tips from a Breckenridge expert
Images with meaning Summit Daily News
Anime Festival Orlando 9 Announces YouTube™ Contest
Orlando, FL (May 15, 2008) - Anime Festival Orlando is giving fans of the event a chance to win two weekend passes to its convention being held at the Wyndham Orlando Resort from August 14 – 17, 2008. Each year, attendees of AFO come from all over the world, so AFO wants to know: "How Do You Plan To Get To AFO?" Anime News Network
art Till May 17 at Gallery 79, 79 Raja Basanta Roy Road, 1st floor, #2466 2837; 4 pm - 7 pm:
Mystic Colours , an exhibition of watercolours and collage by Shiladitya Ganguly and Probal Das. Till May 17 at Masters Collection Art Gallery, G7 Malayalay Apts, 3 Woodburn Park Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Stretch of Imagination : A show of exclusive artworks by 30 well-known artists. The Telegraph
Fur flies at 'Kung Fu Panda' premiere at Cannes
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. DreamWorks Animation, whose past Cannes entries include the first two "Shrek" flicks and "Over the Hedge," put its adorable martial-arts hero alongside the festival's highbrow cinema entries Thursday with the ... The Charlotte Observer
DBA releases list of artists, businesses at Artwalk 2008
The Downtown Beloit Association has announced which arts will be where during the annual Artwalk celebration this weekend. American Industrial Arts Gallery, 655 Third Street, Suite 302. Friday Night Only - Paintings by Mark Gunderson and Anne Elisabeth Hogh. Sculpture by Jack Demunnik. Beloit Daily News
Asian antiquities expert dies in custody
Roxanna Brown, a renowned Asian antiquities expert linked to possible illegal trafficking in Southeast Asian art, has died in federal custody in Seattle.There was no official cause of death listed, though her brother said he thought she may have suffered a heart attack, the Seattle Times reported Thursday.Brown, 62, director of the Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum at Bangkok University in ... Moldova.org
Shaking Up the Crowd at Cannes
The apocalypse came early to the Cannes Film Festival this year, filling screening rooms with snarling dogs, bursting bombs, shouting men and screaming women. New York Times
TRIPS ON A TANKFUL
Listed below you will find a listing of resorts, hotels, restaurants, county and state parks, lakes, campgrounds, museums, and other attractions that can provide fun for you and your family without busting your budget. All of them are within a tank full of gasoline!!! WHBF-TV Quad Cities
But Is It Art?
An art teacher at Armijo High School in Fairfield, California is in deep doo-doo after inadvertently flashing an image of men having sex with each other during a class on the use of Adobe Photoshop. Gay City News
MC Chris to Perform at New York Anime Festival
Norwalk, CT, May 15, 2008: The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced mc chris -- one of the most unique, provocative and poignant voices in hip hop today -- will be performing at its 2008 event. mc chris's music is a combination of hip hop beats and lyrics ripe with comic book, movie, television, and cartoon references that he simply calls "rap for dorks." Anime News Network
Artist s rendering of the Regal cinema complex at The Town Center at . Aquia in Stafford County, VA. (Graphic: ...
Aquia in Stafford County, VA. InfoBolsa
Diversions calendar
FESTIVALS GOLDEN VALLEY DAYS: Music and art festival, fireworks, Sat. pancake breakfast, vintage car show, food: Fri. at Brookview Park, Hwy. 55 and Winnetka Av., and Sat. at Golden Valley City Hall campus, Winnetka Av. and Golden Valley Rd. 6-9 p.m. today; 8 a.m. Sat. Free. City of Golden Valley. Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
Jazz Meets World Music at the 30th Annual Harmony Festival
Sonoma County's Harmony Festival, a three day “party with a purpose" that melds new ideas, community activism, eco-awareness, spiritual wisdom, visionary art, and conscious music, has invited a very special guest to its 30th anniversary celebration this year: jazz. All About Jazz