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Crazy Horse memorial turns 60 this year
The Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota marks its 60th anniversary this month. When complete, it will be the world's largest sculpture.
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TODAY’S BEST BET
An art exhibit featuring the work of students in the Luzerne County Community College Commercial Art program continues through June 17 at the Schulman Gallery, LCCC campus, Nanticoke. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is
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Marvel Comic artists visit Strong National Museum of Play
Marvel Comic artists will be at Strong National Museum of Play for Comic Book Super Heroes Weekend.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |
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Churchville-Chili teen acts in national Shakespeare contest
A Churchville-Chili senior will perform in New York City at Lincoln Center.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |
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Center Street gallery to close
When it opened nearly three years ago, Center Street Artisans represented a new retail niche for the downtown -- a store stocked with beautiful, high-end, handmade furniture and crafts by artisans from Vermont and New England. ... - By BRUCE EDWARDS Herald Staff
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Penfield filmmaker's documentary on local sculptor Paley wins award
A Penfield filmmaker has won a New York state Emmy award for his documentary on internationally-known and Rochester-based sculptor Albert Paley.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |
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Police raid art gallery, ticket 130 Detroit
Officials at a west-side art gallery were consulting with attorneys Monday after a Detroit police raid Saturday morning left 130 partygoers with loitering tickets and 44 vehicles impounded. Police said the raid targeted illegal after-hours alcohol sales.
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Congressional art entries on display
STOCKTON - Entries from this year's 11th Congressional District Art Competition will be on display from 1 to 5 p.m. today through Friday at the LH Horton Jr. Gallery at San Joaquin Delta College.
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At the Kennedy Center, an International Cast of Voices
The Kennedy Center's ongoing festival of a cappella music is virtually a summit of the world's top voice-only ensembles, performing everything from show tunes to Renaissance madrigals. The concerts this past week at the Millennium Stage have been both free and revelatory (and try arguing with that)...
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Art Galleries
"All Things" Portola Art Gallery presents "All Things" oil paintings by Lindy Duncan. Through June 30, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Call 650-321-0220 or visit www.portolaartgallery.com . Portola Art Gallery, 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park
Palo Alto Weekly |
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Hyperion looks ahead with caution
ELK POINT - A Dallas company that wants to build an oil refinery in Union County stands at a fork in the road today. If county voters reject a zoning change on 3,800 acres of farmland so Hyperion Refining can move forward on a $10 billion state-of-the-art refinery, its next move is simple, says company project executive Preston Phillips. "We want to be in a community that wants us," Phillips ...
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Philadelphia Museum of Art CEO Anne d'Harnoncourt dies at 64
PHILADELPHIA - Anne d'Harnoncourt, the longtime head of the Philadelphia Museum of Art who championed art as essential to the city's financial and cultural vigor,...
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Instruments strike a chord with museum goers
VERMILLION, S.D. - One visitor might be drawn to the six-string Spanish guitar on which Bob Dylan composed some of his earliest songs. Another might gaze in awe at one of just a handful of Stradivarius violins still with its original neck, or a 1767 Portuguese grand piano
The Salt Lake Tribune |
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Youth photo competition
Hunters Hill Council’s Youth Photography Competition is now on for people aged seven to 18 years. With the theme of ‘Where I Live’, participants must take an interesting photo of a favourite place near where they live.
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Anne d'Harnoncourt, museum chief, dies
Anne d'Harnoncourt, the longtime chief executive of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and one of the art world's most influential women, has died. She was 64.
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Lea Rano retiring
Over a period of 15 years, Lea Rano has taught hundreds of students how to draw, paint and sculpt at New Mexico State University-Alamogordo. That's why the student art show in May at the Henry Campbell Art Center turned into a semi-official retirement party for her.
Alamogordo Daily News |
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'Liberty Let's Roll' will take an 8-foot sculpture on a mission to inspire the masses
Five ways to contribute to 'Liberty Let's Roll,' a grassroots tour that will take local visionaries and an 8-foot sculpture of Lady Liberty on a coast-to-coast mission to inspire the masses.
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Tomasz Stanko Quartet with Billy Harper at MoMA: Tribute to Krzysztof Komeda
Starting last April, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) began running a series, called Jazz Score , celebrating original jazz composed for the scores of movies from the 1950s to the present.
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Polar cruise aids L.B. Family Service
A Cruise to the Arctic - from Penguins to Polar Bears! Honoring its 74th year, the Family Service 2008 fundraiser cruise was held May 2 at the Renaissance Long Beach Hotel.
Long Beach Press-Telegram |
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Promoter pushing for fall festival at Boulder Rez
A local concert promoter is taking a second shot at hosting a multi-day music, art and camping festival on the banks of the Boulder Reservoir.
Boulder Daily Camera |
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Former teacher pleads guilty to porn charges
Coen Potts, a former elementary art teacher in Auburn-Washburn Unified School District 437, pleaded guilty Monday to child pornography charges.
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Going Places - East Lake County
GOLF OUTING Hobart Hobart Chamber of Commerce will host its annual golf outing June 6 at River Pointe Country Club, 6700 Country Club Road. Registration begins at 9 a.m., with a shotgun start at 10 a.m. Fee includes greens fee, cart, lunch, dinner, beverages and driving range. Cash raffle and contest prizes. Dinner only tickets are also available.
The Times of Northwest Indiana |
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German heritage on display at county museum
There was a time in Frederick County when German was such a common language that German speakers had their own newspaper. That was in the 19th century, more than 100 years before talk of English as the official language circulated through the halls of local governments.
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Capps unveils "Dream" event car
CARLSBAD, Calif. (May 30, 2008) - Ron Capps revealed the artwork of the NAPA AUTO PARTS Late Model car he'll be driving in the June 4 Prelude to the Dream event at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.
Motorsport.com |
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Crazy Horse Memorial turns 60 with no end in sight
CRAZY HORSE, S.D. -- Sixty years after the first blast signaled work had begun on the world's largest mountain carving, the project is far from finished.
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