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Soderbergh challenges Cannes with epic Che tale
Unless it is one of his "Ocean's Eleven" casino romps, Steven Soderbergh never makes things easy for an audience. With his epic film biography of Latin American revolutionary Che Guevara, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, Soderbergh defiantly has made the story he wanted to see, one that will prove a very tough sell to some audiences. The two-part saga runs four hours, 30 minutes. It ...
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SIXTIES BACK IN THE SWING
Sixties Icon tasted success for the first time since his 2006 St Leger heroics when scooting clear to claim the Letheby & Christopher Festival Stakes at Goodwood.
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Palm Beach Picassos Pilfered
Police say two Pablo Picasso etchings worth a combined $450,000 have been stolen from a gallery in Palm Beach, Florida. Palm Beach police spokeswoman Janet Kinsella says a glass back door had been smashed.
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3 generations of Vietnamese artists and their memories of war
"Post-Doi Moi: Vietnamese Art After 1990," running until Sept. 28 at the Singapore Art Museum, examines what happened to Vietnamese art when the Communist government opened up to a market economy with the Doi Moi, or renovation, policies.
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A bit of the blues: Annual Silver City festival brings in powerful headliners
The 13th annual Silver City Blues Festival will feature powerful headliners this year including Big Pete Pearson, Zac Harmon and Sherman Robertson on Saturday and Marie Knight and John Mooney on Sunday.
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In-depth on Indy - Part 4: The Crystal Skull legends: Fact or fiction?
In Part 4 of our special series exploring the 'Indiana Jones' phenomenon we talk to the Royal Ontario Museum about the mysterious crystal skulls and separate fact from fiction.
CTV.ca |
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Student-produced jazz-reggae festival returns to UCLA
When asked whether he would appear as part of the jazz or reggae portion of this weekend's UCLA JazzReggae Festival, John Densmore, drummer for the legendary rock band the Doors, had to pause to consider his reply.
Los Angeles Daily News |
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10:30am -- N.M.'s Top Google Doodlers
Three of seven state winners of 2008 Doodle 4 Google contest are from tiny House, N.M.
Albuquerque Journal |
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Pablo Picasso Etchings Stolen from Palm Beach Art Gallery
PALM BEACH, FL (AP) -- Police say two Pablo Picasso etchings worth a combined $450,000 have been stolen from a gallery in Palm Beach.
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2 Picasso etchings stolen from Fla. art gallery
(AP:PALM BEACH, Fla.) Police say two Pablo Picasso etchings worth a combined $450,000 have been stolen from a gallery in Palm Beach. Authorities responded to an alarm at Gallery Biba at about 3:40 a.m. Thursday.
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Best of local photos at show
See the best in Vancouver Island photography at Photo Salon 2008. The competition and exhibition, presented by the Harbour City Photo Club, opens at 7 p.m. on June 20 at the Nanaimo Art Gallery at Malaspina University-College.
Nanaimo Daily News |
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Museum is ready for its move to PNC
A recent funding boost from four area Rotary Clubs has nearly allowed the Nanaimo and District Museum to meet its goal as preparations continue for the museum's move to the Port of Nanaimo Centre this summer.
Nanaimo Daily News |
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Gallery hosts guest
About her work: Her fanciful, boldly colorful and humorous sculptural clay images are unique creations designed to evoke a smile, a laugh and sometimes even a chortle.
The Shelby Star |
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Arts Council announces summer camps
What: Summer art camps Where: Cleveland County Arts Council When: June 16-20, "Photographic Safari," "Clay Play!," "Hannah Montana!;" June 23- 27, "Horton's Art from Whoville," "Art Adventures," "The Wonderful World of World Art, Journey 1;" July 7-11, "Rainbow Basket Weaving," "VIVA Piñatas!,"
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Art show at Miramar school features students' works
BY EILEEN SOLER Sunshine Elementary School students were all artists for a day at the school's first art show. ''Welcome to zee art show, and for your prezeenz, accept for your enjoyment a bonbon,'' said kindergarten teacher Valerie Martin dressed as Mademoiselle Arteest, who greeted guests with sugary SweeTarts.
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releasing doves from a cage, singing her "Peace Will Come" as she set the birds free. "It takes a tremendous amount of courage to be an artist in this contest, honestly," said Poland’s Isis Gee after qualifying to the final. "I feel like God is really watching over me."
Tiscali |
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Hialeah celebrates Cuban art with exhibition
The city of Hialeah's Art Initiative hosted its second Cuban art exhibition, Amor al Arte, May 5 at the Raul L. Martinez Government Center, 501 Palm Ave.
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Awaiting the Todi Art Festival
Many new attractions at the Todi festival that is fifteen years old this year: there is a new artistic director, Maurizio Costanzo and the bill goes right through from July to September, with the odd event in June even.
in Umbria |
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Toronto Arts & Letters Club hopes for renaissance as it turns 100
Toronto's Arts & Letters Club is celebrating its 100th birthday with a new impetus to get more artists from many different disciplines through its doors.
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Butterfly art to benefit Christian Action Ministries
St. John's Clinic-Branson area offices will participate in the Butterflies at Branson fundraiser for Christian Action Ministries. Butterflies at Branson is an art exhibit presented by The Butterfly Palace Rainforest Adventure featuring larger-than-life butterflies. It's sponsored by local businesses. Seven butterflies are on display at St. John's Clinic locations in the Branson area. The ...
The Springfield News-Leader |
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Ad Club gives Russell Museum $400,000
Associated Press - May 22, 2008 12:14 PM ET GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) - The Great Falls Ad Club has made a record donation of just over $400,000 to the C.M. Russell Museum.
KTVQ Billings |
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Rescued from a skip - the table which went under the hammer for £40,000
A rare walnut table which was rescued from a skip has fetched £40,000 at auction. Shrewsbury-based auctioneers Halls said they and the owners of the flap-top table, a family from Powys, were delighted with the price fetched by the lot.
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Show features rare art, posters, memorabilia from World War I
Bruce Hunter bought his first World War I poster at an auction on Nov. 11, 2002 at 11 minutes past 11, making it the exact date and time of the anniversary of the signing of the armistice ending the Great War.
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RP entry ‘Serbis’ stirs ‘mini-scandal’ in Cannes
LOS ANGELES, California—“…Pic rates as the year’s mini-scandal thus far,” Variety’s Todd McCarthy commented on Brillante “Dante” Mendoza’s “Serbis,” the Filipino film competing in the ongoing Cannes Film Festival.
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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American artists in Giverny focus at the Flo Gris
Over 50 oil paintings are on display, featuring Impressionist masterworks by American expatriate artists who worked in Giverny, a small French village made famous by Claude Monet.
Pictorial Gazette |
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