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Mitra Creative Develops MyLifeInSmiles.com for Gen Art and Crest®
Mitra Creative (www.MitraCreative.com) develops MyLifeInSmiles.com Web 2.0 Photo Contest site for leading New York Arts organization, Gen Art (www.GenArt.org). The site, launched in April 2008, was created for the Crest® Whitestrips MY LIFE IN SMILES national amateur photography competition, which will award a $1,000 prize to selected photos of beautiful smiles which will be featured in a ... PRWeb via Yahoo! News
After struggle, Indy film fest brings success into focus
A few years ago, the Indianapolis International Film Festival had to beg for movies, celebrities and recognition. Now, all three gravitate to the annual festival, which launches its fifth season Wednesday. The Indianapolis Star
Venue doors may be opening for minors
Minors who have previously been barred from going to see their favorite bands play, watch a stand-up comedian or attend an art show because alcohol was being served at the venue will no longer have to face refusal at the entrance doors. Oregon Daily Emerald
Art stored for museum's facelift
Thousands of artworks are packed away at the Holburne Museum in Bath as a development project begins. BBC News
Kanye Photo Shy
Kanye doesn't want there to be any unauthorized record of his performances on this tour at all, he's not letting "photography of any kind" go down at his shows this summer antiMUSIC
What we see: Symmetry vs. asymmetry
The use of symmetry, asymmetry and balance in photographic composition is an extremely subjective topic, and it applies to most all forms of art, so everyone can play. GO... The Idaho Statesman
Extra!, April 21
For the second year in a row, a Virginian has been named national Beerdrinker of the Year in a contest sponsored by Denver's Wynkoop Brewing Co. Rocky Mountain News
UHS students put on an artful show
Noticing vibrant colors in a far-off country. Finding the extraordinary in everyday items. Seeing beauty in what others disparage. Those are a few of the ways Urbana High School students found inspiration to complete artworks on display at the Cultural Arts Center in downtown Frederick. The Frederick News-Post
Ankeny arts program is Friday; exhibit opens today
“An Ankeny Evening for the Arts,” a joint project between the Ankeny Art Center, Ankeny Community Chorus and Prairie Ridge Church, will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at the church, 825 N.W. 36th St. in Ankeny. The Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index
An end and a beginning
Tonight, 100 days of beard growth probably will end for 46 contestants participating in the Brothers of the Brush contest. The Steamboat Pilot & Today
CONCERTS, FESTIVALS AND MORE
TODAY WSU Percussion Concert, university ensembles, 7:30 p.m. today, Miller Concert Hall, Duerksen Fine Arts Center, WSU. Tickets $6 (discounts available). Information, 316-978-3233. TUE. Shopportunity, with prizes and silent auction, noon-9 p.m. Tue., NewMarket Square, 21st and Maize Road. Tickets $25, or five for $100, available by calling 316-942-6300, ext. 271. "Relationships," ... The Wichita Eagle
Skullduggery, Indiana Jones? Museum says skull not Aztec
By Claire Rosemberg AS INDIANA Jones gets set to hit cinema screens with a new death-defying adventure in the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, a Paris museum acknowledged this weekend that its own star exhibit crystal skull was not what it was cracked up to be. Gulf Times
Artists invited to join poster contest
Contest is opportunity for artists to leave their mark on Pensacola's history Pensacola News Journal
From Harlem to the Himalayas
Last weekend, Harlem came down to the Lower West Side. For the last few years, the Jazz Museum in Harlem has been such a key player on the New York music scene that it's easy to forget that the actual, physical museum does not yet exist — or at least, its permanent home has not yet been constructed. This past week, the Jazz Museum was involved in two outstanding concert events. On Thursday, the ... The New York Sun
Opening Week All-Stars
The Tribeca Film Festival, the seventh edition of which begins Wednesday, doesn't so much start with a bang as it does with a steadily swelling drumbeat. During the last month, announcements of various programs and competitions have gradually filled in the 120-feature slate. Though we're still 48 hours from the opening film, the festival kicked into high gear over the weekend when tickets and ... The New York Sun
Community Calendar for April 21
Bingo, 1-3 p.m., Feather River Senior Citizen's Assoc., 1335 Myers St. $1 per card/$2.50 for 3. Bolt Antique Tool Museum: Unique museum with more than 5,000 tools collectedby Carl (Bud) Bolt during 49 years. Oroville Mercury-Register
Framed by Art
A visitor is framed by a piece by Melanie Richards at the Workshop on Art, Research and Practice Spring 2008 Exhibition presented by students of the class at the WARPHAUS on First Avenue on Saturday night. The show featured work from throughout the semester by the students of the art class. Independent Florida Alligator
Uptown, a Concert for a Musical Cause
Daisy and Paul Soros sat in the front row for Orpheus Chamber Orchestra's gala concert on Thursday, their eyes bright, smiles wide. The program, a tribute to their Hungarian heritage, brought joy all around, particularly when three members of the Budapest Festival Orchestra fiddled their way to the stage playing Bartok's Rumanian Folk Dances. The boisterousness was a contrast to the formality of ... The New York Sun
Cole Pratt, 53, art gallery owner
Cole Pratt, the affable owner of Cole Pratt contemporary art gallery on Magazine Street, died Saturday at Touro Infirmary as a result of a heart attack April 13. He was 53. New Orleans Times-Picayune
Lincoln officials looking at Plan B location for Lincoln sculpture
LINCOLN -- Plans to put a life-sized statue of Abraham Lincoln on the third floor of the Logan County Courthouse have been scrapped. The Pantagraph
Rodin Symposium enhances exhibit
Francine Janousek said she "just liked everything" about this weekend's Rodin Symposium at the Plains Art Museum in Fargo. Advertisement: MOLSON LAKE LODGE FOURTH OF JULY "BIG BANG" SPECIAL We are offering BIG discounts at our American Plan main lodge & Little Bolton outpost camp locations for a four day/four night fishing trip July 2-6, 2008. CALL TODAY FOR DETAILS 1-800-521-1347. ... Fargo Forum
T. rex, Life on Mars arriving at Carnegie Museum this spring
Beyond the possibility of an awful plot for a 1950s science fiction flick still making the late night television orbit, Tyrannosaurus rex doesn't fit into Life on Mars. BizJournals
Artists and students remake Barbie
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. -- C-section Barbie will not be available in toy stores this year, but she will be featured in the upcoming Liberating Barbie Auction. New Orleans Times-Picayune
CSUSB museum secures future
SAN BERNARDINO - The home of the largest display of Egyptian artifacts west of the Mississippi River was recently awarded the American Association of Museums' highest recognition - accreditation. San Bernardino Sun
Scene
This Week Tuesday GroundWorks 2008 Jazz Cabaret Benefit will be held from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at the Cleveland Bop Stop, 2920 Detroit Ave., Cleveland. Performances by Helen Welch with Mark Gonder, Glen Holmes, Rock Wehrmann, Gustavo Aguilar and Howie Smith; hors d'oeuvres, cash bar and silent auction. Tickets start at $75. 216-691-3180. Akron Beacon Journal