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Judges Announced for Samuel French Short Play Festival
Kathleen Clark, Israel Horovitz and Jane Milmore are among the playwrights who will adjudicate the 33rd annual Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Short Play Festival.
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Museum presents 73rd annual regional exhibit
FITCHBURG -- The Fitchburg Art Museum presents the 73rd annual Regional Exhibition of Art and Craft sponsored by TD Commerce Bank.
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Stratford Festival Review – The Trojan Women: Can you feel their pain?
The Story: It’s the end of the Trojan War, a campaign waged on Troy by the Greeks that has lasted 10 years.
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Business and professional news
• Jolene Maggert, owner and photographer of A Magic Moment Photography in Byron has been designated as an Affiliated Photographer for the "Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep" foundation. The foundation is made up of volunteer photographers internation
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Winners announced in chainsaw championship
The results for the Oregon Divisional Chainsaw Sculpting championship have been released.
The World |
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The Bronx's Hidden Treasures: Mansion Museum Lets Visitors Interact With The Past
As the station uncovers some of the best-kept secrets in the Bronx, NY1's Dean Meminger introduces a stately mansion that's a regal now as when it was first built in the 1840s.
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Entertainment in Brief: 06/17/2008
Jeff Haas Trio plays 'Jazz at Sunset'; Stone Circle marks 25th anniversary; Full lineup for annual Folk Fest; Museum exhibit focuses on railroads; Musicians unite to help area writer; Art exhibit opens at Holiday Inn; Summer Music Cruises set to sail; Summer Art Camp has new home; Encounter art in village of Empire
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Miss Columbus contest drops national affiliation
Seven young women are vying for the title of Miss Columbus and a $2,000 scholarship. (7 comments)
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Kids Day at the museum is Saturday
Are your youngsters looking for something to do? Bored waiting for the fair to come? Come to the local museum Saturday and draw cartoons or see how your ancestors ground coffee.
Rushville Republican |
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Piece of cake: Edinburg bakers make tasty three-dimensional masterpieces
EDINBURG - Lillie Dominguez wanted to give her fiancé, Edward Vargas, a wedding present he would never forget. Who knew combining Vargas' love for motorcycles and a wedding would be so easy - or delicious?
Valley Morning Star |
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City of Heroes: Painted PC Contest
The folks at the Daily Mirror (UK) are co-sponsoring a contest where the winner will received a handpainted PC. Teamed with Draw the World Together, the PC sports artwork by comic artist Andrew Wildman. Check it after the jump.
WarCry Network |
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At Bonnaroo music festival, the old jams with the new
At the festival, in Manchester, Tennessee, the main headliners Metallica and Pearl Jam shared the six stages with newer bands like Battles, Two Gallants and Mastodon.
International Herald Tribune |
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Metallica Reveal New Album Title and Cover Art
Metallica have have revealed the title of their new album - Death Magnetic . Click photo to view the artwork.
KNAC.COM |
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Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog
I've been enjoying Jonathan Jones' posts on the Guardian's art blog of late. Most recently Jones commented on the latest Matisse-Picasso-style mano-a-mano painting show: Boucher and Chardin at London's Wallace Collection.
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Wanderport Corporation Acquires Major Oil Property with a Private Foreign Oil Company and Launches New Website
Wanderport Corporation (Pink Sheets:WDRP) today announced its agreement to enter into a partnership with the UMA Group, a leading player in the Russian oil and gas industry, in order to acquire interests in a block property located in the Komi Republic of Russia. This is the first major oil and gas property obtained by the Wanderport Corporation and is the result of the Company's increasing ...
Centre Daily Times |
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Puck’s History Museum cafe calls it quits
(Crain’s) — The Chicago History Museum’s History Café is, well, history. The Wolfgang Puck-operated café opened in September 2006 as part of a broad relaunch of the museum. The facility and Los Angeles-based Wolfgang Puck Catering Inc. reached a mutual decision to close the restaurant ...
Crain's Chicago Business |
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Boosted and Amanda Visell Team Up to Present an Exclusive Mobile Art Content Collaboration
Boosted today announced an exclusive content deal with Los Angeles-based artist Amanda Visell offering its youth wireless customers an opportunity to own and experience a piece of artwork from the renowned artist on their Boost Mobile phone, for a fraction of the high gallery fees.
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Irmo artist's work gets audience with Sanford
COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - An Irmo artist got the chance to have an audience with Gov. Mark Sanford. James Middlebrooks honors fallen South Carolinian soldiers through his artwork.
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Modern, contemporary artists to rub shoulders at Saffronart sale
In a rare occurrence, the Saffronart summer auction, to be held online Wednesday and Thursday, will bring together 140 works of 67 modern and contemporary artists.
Calcutta News |
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Photography fundraiser to benefit pets, owners
It was near Christmas in 2006 when Kel Leigh Coale suspected her 8-year-old golden retriever, Markee, had eaten an ornament from the Christmas tree, making him sick.
The Oakland Press |
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Arts, Beats, and Eats goes green
Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson remembers the first year he attended the Chrysler Arts, Beats and Eats festival. "I spent the whole time leaning over picking up garbage," he said.
The Oakland Press |
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Wanderport Corporation Acquires Major Oil Property with a Private Foreign Oil Company and Launches New Website
LOS ANGELES----Wanderport Corporation today announced its agreement to enter into a partnership with the UMA Group, a leading player in the Russian oil and gas industry, in order to acquire interests in a block property located in the Komi Republic of Russia.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Microsoft Announces Plans for European Search Technology Center to Deepen Investments in Live Search
CANNES, France and REDMOND, Wash. , June 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, Microsoft Corp. today announced plans to open a Search Technology Center (STC) in Europe in its fiscal year 2009. The new center will be designed to help accelerate Microsoft's investments in Live Search and disrupt the search and advertising marketplace to the benefit of ...
The San Francisco Examiner |
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Bulgarian Sculptor Vezhdi Rashidov Awarded State Order
Renowned Bulgarian sculptor Vezhdi Rashidov was awarded Sts.Cyrill and Methodius state order at an official ceremony on Tuesday. President Georgi Parvanov awarded Mr Rashidov with the order over his merits in art.
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King warns inflation may hit 4%
Bank of England Governor Mervyn King has warned that inflation may rise above 4 per cent this year as oil and energy prices soar.
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