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Preserving childhood memories, through art / Create a family gallery to showcase favorite works
School is out. The kids are bringing home arms full of completed schoolwork. What are you going to do with all those art projects that get unloaded on the kitchen table? If you keep everything and tuck it away, you'll be renting a storage locker in a couple...
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Home events
Camron-Stanford House Victorian period home. Call for hours. $3-$5. 1418 Lakeside Dr., Oakland. (510) 444-1876. www.cshouse.org. Oasis An exhibition of works for the garden and home. Ends Sun. ACCI, 1652 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. (510) 843-2527....
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Boom times for music fest
The annual Concert of Colors musical diversity festival is unveiling the lineup for its 16th event today. The free festival, July 17-20, is known for presenting a wide array of music from all around the world, and this year organizers are touting a special emphasis on percussion-heavy acts. Among the regions represented: Africa, India, China, Japan and the Caribbean.
Detroit Free Press |
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Farsons renews sponsorship for Photography Award
The Farsons Foundation is renewing its sponsorship for the Press Photography category of the 18th Malta Journalism Awards (MJA), organised by the Institute of Maltese Journalists (IĠM). “The Farsons Foundation has been sponsoring the Institute of Maltese Journalists since 1992. The sponsorship of the Press Photography category abides fully with the Foundation’s mission statement that is to ...
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D'Harnoncourt cast a long shadow
It's possible that in its next artistic chief, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will find a curator of great substance and keen instinct. A fund-raiser as deft as she is persuasive. A diplomat built from equal parts common touch and erudition, with the wisdom to know when and where to use which. A world traveler able to translate art trends into Philadelphia's particular cultural vernacular.
The Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Pete Doherty - Doherty Buys 10000 Moss Painting
British rocker PETE DOHERTY is missing his ex-lover KATE MOSS so much, he spent $10,000 (GBP5,000) on a portrait of her. The Babyshambles frontman was photographed ...
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Cannes: A Critic's Take
Tony Rivetti Jr. For a certain population at this year's Cannes Film Festival , the biggest thrill on the red carpet was the return of a sixtysomething guy who wears a retro fedora in a little movie called Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull . For another crowd, equally ardent if less prone to wearing souvenir T-shirts, the thrill was the triumph of a bunch of vibrant, multiethnic ...
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Elgin 2023 organizing fundraiser; live auction
To assure the community of Elgin's future, Elgin 2023 plans two fund raisers over the next couple of months to finance economic development efforts.
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Anita Creamer: Grieving for his daughter - in his own artistic way
When he learned of his daughter's death, Michael Bookout came home and began painting one canvas after another featuring a solitary girl with huge, downcast eyes, straight hair and, often as not, red hearts blooming on her cheeks.
The Sacramento Bee |
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Marvin's painting of Sir Booby Robson to raise funds
AN ASHINGTON artist has been given a massive boost in his new business, thanks to football legend Sir Bobby Robson. (04/06/2008 08:02:00)
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Portrayed Havana scenes with a South Beach flair
AND ARTURO ARIAS-POLO El Nuevo Herald When her sister and painting partner, Haydée, died last October, Sahara Scull vowed to carry on. But as it so often goes with older couples bonded for life, she didn't live long.
Miami Herald |
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Tattoos given room and bod at museum
For one night, at least, tattoos — and the living canvases that carry them — took their place alongside Rembrandt, Matisse and Picasso.
Denver Post |
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Samsung and Thomas Kinkade develop Digital Masterworks Art-TV
Samsung announced today that it has collaborated with The Thomas Kinkade Company to develop a prototype of the first TV to be combined with a digital art display system. The Samsung LCD TV and mini-exhibit would be able to shift between artwork and TV...
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Martinez works 'above and beyond'
Inside a fourth-grade classroom at Ventura's Pierpont School, teacher Susan Martinez has decorated her walls with student paintings and windows with cutouts of golden suns.
Ventura County Star |
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Hermitage Hotel men's room makes it to the finals of national contest
The Hermitage Hotel's Art Deco-themed men's room is one of the finalists in Cintas Corp.'s America's Best Restroom VII Contest.
The Tennessean |
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Technological advances in Dallas classrooms lauded at meeting
DALLAS TWP. — Seventh-graders at Dallas Middle School recently visited the Cleveland Museum of Art, where they saw its collection of Renaissance art and discussed it with their tour guide.
The Citizens' Voice |
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Medicare, mental health topics highlighted
Schedule school physicals early. Athletes can learn about programs for improving performance. Learn more about Medicare Mental Health Coalition's gallery to be open Friday night.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |
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Moreno Valley folklorico festival furnishes scholarship money
There was more to the Moreno Valley Ballet Folklorico Festival last month than costumes, dancing and a multicultural celebration. The festival also raised money for scholarships for high school seniors in Moreno Valley.
The Press-Enterprise |
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NE-YO PLEADS GUILTY TO RECKLESS DRIVING: Singer sentenced to 24 hours of community service.
*Singer Ne-Yo has pleaded no contest to a reckless driving charge in Georgia's Cobb State Court stemming from a traffic stop in February. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, he was sentenced to 24 hours of community service, fined $1,000 and must attend a defensive driving class.
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Rod Byers: Pssst, wanna buy a Rolex?
On a recent segment of 60 Minutes, there was a feature about a woman who purchased a painting for $5 at a garage sale. She intended to use it as a dart board.
The Union |
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Gambling for Kids
Dressed in cowboy boots, hats and Western shirts some 200 people played in a Texas Hold'Em Poker competition and enjoyed the silent auction, live music and barbecue at the Olympic Village Inn in Squaw Valley Saturday night.
Sierra Sun |
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Full Sail University Student Announced as Webby Award Winner
Full Sail University (www.fullsail.edu) student, James Rydesky, was named as the winner in the 2nd Annual Webby-In-Motion contest, presented by the Webby Awards.
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Scottsdale City Council Approves Scottsdale Public Art Program's Proposed Soleri Bridge and Plaza
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.----Scottsdale Public Art announces today the long-awaited downtown pedestrian bridge and plaza designed by famed architect Paolo Soleri will move forward this fall/winter, following the Scottsdale City Council's final approval Tuesday of a new budget.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Stolen Canadian gold art likely being sold: police
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Whoever stole C$2 million ($2 million) in art from a Vancouver museum is likely trying to sell the collection, not melt it down for the gold, as had first been feared, police said on Tuesday.
ABS-CBNNEWS.com |
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Terra-cotta warriors to be shown during Beijing Olympics
Five authentic terra-cotta warriors from the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC) will be on display in the Olympic Green central zone during the sporting event. The free show will run from Aug. 8-24, said a spokesman of the Xi'an-based Emperor Qin's Terra-Cotta Warriors and Horses Museum on Tuesday.
China Economic Net |
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