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Matariki Festival At Te Papa, 6 June – 29 June
Matariki is a time of festivity for Mäori, and the Matariki Festival at Te Papa (Friday 6 June - Sunday 29 June) takes the spirit of this time to all people of Aotearoa New Zealand with a three-week celebration featuring live music and dance, workshops and insightful lectures.
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Norwich gets creative to keep art for students
In Norwich, district officials tried to add a part-time art teacher to the 2008-09 budget to ease a scheduling crunch with their existing art teachers.
The Norwich Bulletin |
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'Titanic' exhibit a passageway to frigid night of 1912
Items salvaged from wreck go on display at Carnegie Science Center.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |
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Science Center director hired to head similar venue in Ky.
Joanna Haas, 40, of Shadyside joined the Carnegie in 2003. During her tenure, the center upgraded its planetarium, began work on a robotics exhibit and is making plans for a new SportsWorks on a parking lot next to the main building.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |
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2008 Spoleto Festival Begins May 23
Charleston's 31st annual Spoleto Festival – the American counterpart to Italy's Festival of Two Worlds – kicks off May 23.
Playbill |
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Hamburg's Our Town Foundation gets a bigger headquarters
Hamburg’s downtown revitalization effort known as the Our Town Foundation needed more room to expand and to house its growing art gallery. So, the foundation moved across State Street to a facility that is nearly three times the size of its former location.
Reading Eagle |
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Nudes show to reopen
The controversial Sydney art exhibition by Bill Henson is set to reopen to the public after several of the works of naked young adolescents were withdrawn.
Merimbula News Weekly |
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Contest: Penguins Illustrated
Hey, kids! Show your passion for the Pens with a hand-drawn picture of your favorite hockey team.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |
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Water World
The Singapore River will be transformed into a liquid stage tonight (23 May). No river taxis are allowed to ply the river for one hour, and up to 5,000 people are expected to crowd the banks at Boat Quay to watch Water Fools, the outdoor spectacular that opens the month-long Singapore Arts Festival.
Sin Chew Jit Poh |
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Australian police shut down naked children exhibition
The Sydney skyline. Australian police have shutdown a photographic exhibition that includes images of naked children amid complaints that the pictures breach child pornography laws
TODAYonline |
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Art exhibit to raise money for charity
VietNamNet Bridge - An exhibition of photos and installation art featuring the works of photographer The Phong and artist Ly Hoang Ly is being held at Ho Chi Minh City Exhibition House on 92 Le Thanh Ton Street , District 1.
Vietnam Net |
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Australian police shut down naked children exhibition
Australian police have shutdown a photographic exhibition that includes images of naked children amid complaints that the pictures breach child pornography laws, a spokeswoman said Friday.
AFP via Yahoo! News |
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Australian police shut down naked children exhibition
SYDNEY - AUSTRALIAN police have shutdown a photographic exhibition that includes images of naked children amid complaints that the pictures breach child pornography laws, a spokeswoman said on Friday.
Straits Times |
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Australian police shut down naked children exhibition
Australian police have shutdown a photographic exhibition that includes images of naked children amid complaints that the pictures breach child pornography laws, a spokeswoman said Friday.
AFP via Yahoo! Singapore News |
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Henson show to go ahead
Art exhibition to open after removal of controversial nude photographs.
The Age |
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Ecological awareness -- Now in print
Way back in 1888, Kodak popularized the hobby of snapshot photography with its famous slogan: "You press the button, we do the rest."
CNN.com |
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Losing whale remains to B.C. should spur on action for provincial museum: Scott
The former executive director of the P.E.I. Museum and Heritage Foundation is hoping the province will soon find a home for prized collections such as the 26-metre blue whale currently being exhumed in western P.
The Guardian |
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2009 Applefest lineup to include public wedding
"Appley Ever After" is a contest for an all-expense-paid wedding during the festival. The Applefest lineup for 2009 will include a new addition that will bring a little romance to the hugely popular event.
The News-Herald |
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Picassos stolen from Palm Beach art gallery
The thieves worked quickly and apparently knew just what they wanted, swiping two Picassos worth almost a half-million dollars but leaving more expensive artwork behind.
Sun-Sentinel |
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Henson fracas: Art the victim of child s-xualisation
No related articles. A selection of photographs from the Bill Henson exhibition in Sydney, closed after a visit from the police, appeared on the gallery’s website until late yesterday when the site was shut down.
Crikey |
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Sydney police investigate photo exhibition that portrayed nude teenagers; exhibit closed
Police investigated Friday whether any laws were broken by a Sydney art exhibition that the prime minister called revolting for its portrayal of nude 12- and 13-year-old children.
AP via Yahoo! Philippines News |
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Holding his 10th solo art show
PENANG-born artist Prof Dr Cheng Haw Chien, who has established his name in the art scene not only locally but also internationally, is currently holding his 10th solo exhibition in his home state.
The Star |
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Dylan Days: Tangled Up In Ore
A one–of–a–kind exhibit opened at Ironworld in Chisholm today. Called "Tangled Up in Ore," it's running in conjunction with Hibbing's Dylan Days celebration.
Northland's News Center |
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Calendar for May 23
CONQUEST: SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY CONVENTION — FANDOM UNIVERSITY: Autograph sessions, authors readings, benefit auction, panel discussions, art show and auction, masquerade contest, Old Time Radio listening lounge, anime and Friday night performance of Burlesque Downtown Underground. By Kansas City Science Fiction and Fantasy Society. Airport Hilton, 8801 N.W. 112th. www.conquestkc.org ...
The Kansas City Star |
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Australian police shut naked child photo exhibit
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A photographic exhibition in Sydney of naked 12 and 13-year-old children, closed by police only hours before its opening night, has sparked a heated debate over whether adolescent nudity is art or pornography.
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