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Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra: Sonic Youth
Ward Stare Ward Stare has become the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra's Resident Conductor. The 26-year-old also leads the Youth Orchestra. Seven-year-old Ward Stare tilted the album jackets out one by one, staring at the bold letters and intent faces on

Museum rekindles that old flame
LOS ANGELES -- Aficionados of the internal-combustion engine -- and its profound influence on popular culture and society -- will feel ecstatic the moment they enter the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. The museum encompasses one of the most

How Big Floyd turned Hitman into a work of art
Floyd Mayweather Sr puts Ricky Hatton through his paces in training. Photograph: John Gichigi/ 'I don't know anyone else in the whole world with my talent,' Floyd Mayweather Sr says as a look of amazement spreads across his battered old face. 'In fact I

Opera preview: Riders To The Sea, London
Though the Philharmonia mounted immensely successful semi-staged performances of Ralph Vaughan Williams' most ambitious opera, The Pilgrim's Progress, at Sadler's Wells back in June, it has been left virtually to the very end of the 50th anniversary of

Visual Illusion Painting No Longer An 'Enigma'
Barrow scientists solve 200-year-old scientific debate involving visual illusions Neuroscientists at Barrow Neurological Institute at have discovered a direct link between eye motions and the perception of illusory motion that solves a 200-year-old

Bali earns US$2.5 million from painting exports
Denpasar (ANTARA News) - Bali exported as many as 750,000 paintings in various types and sizes in the January-September period in 2008 earning some US$ 2.5 million in foreign exchange from the activity, according to a report released by the province's

Ante-Holz as art
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Ballistic Releases Matte Painting 2 Book
The seventh book in the d'artiste series from Ballistic Publishing -- MATTE PAINTING 2 -- features master artists Yusei Uesugi (the first digital movie matte painter), Max Dennison and Chris Thunig. With more than 30 Hollywood blockbuster movies to

Valencia exhibition features painting from St John's Co-Cathedral
A Mattia Preti painting depicting St George on Horseback, normally displayed at St John's Co-Cathedral, has been shipped to Spain to form part of an exhibition organised by the Cultural Secretariat of Valencia entitled James I, Memory and Historical

MET Opera Opens A Newly-Designed Retail Store In Lobby 11/25
The Metropolitan Opera will open a newly-designed retail store in the lobby of the Opera House on Tuesday, November 25 at 10:00 am. Reconceived and renovated from top to bottom, the new shop will offer a wide selection of music, books, and jewelry, along

KUWAIT CP TO ATTEND OPENING OF ISLAMIC ART MUSEUM IN DOHA
KUWAIT, NOV. 21 (BNA) KUWAITI CROWN PRINCE SHAIKH NAWAF AL AHMED AL JABER AL SABAH WILL BEGIN A VISIT TO QATAR TOMORROW DURING WHICH HE WILL ATTEND THE OPENING OF THE ISLAMIC ART MUSEUM IN DOHA. THE ISLAMIC ART MUSEUM IS ONE OF A SERIES OF MUSEUMS WHICH

Museum's US$85m makeover
WASHINGTON - THE American History Museum, famous for hosting US treasures from the star-spangled banner of old, to pop-culture memorabilia, reopened on Friday after a US$ 85 million (S$130 million) makeover. President George W. Bush attended a ceremony

Art: Snuggle in for a world tour: Besides gilding a room with culture, a pile of art books can open doors into past lives, exotic lands, foreign climes and fresh ideas.
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US AFCP donates to Hubei Museum
??(english.cnhubei.com) The U.S. Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) donated US$49,998 to Hubei Provincial Museum to protect the silk fabrics of the Warring States Period (403 BC-221 BC). ??Clark T. Randt, Jr., Ambassador of the

Mission Houses Museum 35th Annual Holiday Craft Fair
The Mission Houses Museum will be hosting the 35th Annual Holiday Craft Fair at Mission Houses Museum on Saturday, November 29th and 30th from 9:00-4:00. Come and join us at the museum for local food, and a wide variety of high-quality hand-crafted koa

Krieghoff paintings hidden for decades under newspaper wrapping up for auction
TORONTO - Two paintings by Cornelius David Krieghoff are headed for auction after being stashed away in a U.K. attic and spending decades hidden under newspaper wrapping. Bonhams auction house says the paintings 'are in near-perfect condition' and are in

David Virelles Wins the Louis Applebaum Composers ...
Composer and pianist David Virelles has won the Louis Applebaum Composers Award. This year's $10, 000 award recognizes excellence in a body of work by an emerging artist in the field of jazz composition. Born and raised in Santiago de Cuba, to a musical

Glenn Miller Orchestra Back Into Barnstaple
The official Glenn Miller Orchestra swing their way back into Barnstaple for a tea time performance at 5pm at the Queen's Theatre on Sunday 23rd November. Proving that it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing, the band have been going strong

Namugongo holds art exhibition
Evelyn Amek shows products of her skills during the exhibition at the school By Nicholas Kajoba Practical learning is one of the major ways of helping a child to understand quickly, both in class and outside. As part of helping pupils to understand what

Bangladeshi art exhibition in Pakistan
A month-long painting exhibition of Bangladeshi artists titled 'Colours of Bangladesh' will begin at National Art Gallery in Islamabad on December 5. Pakistan Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman is expected to inaugurate the

Ahmadinejad asks artists to propose plan for cinematic city
Ahmadinejad-Cinematic City President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday attended the film taking scene of a historical TV serial on aftermaths of Karbala event on Ashoura Day, titled 'Mokhtar Nameh' in Ahmadabad-e-Mostowfi district of Tehran. According to

FATMA ISSA HOLM ART AT LAMU CULTURAL FESTIVAL
. . . Coastweek - - American-Dream. . Lamu Festival Week Coastweek - - Talented Lamu artist Fatma Issa Holm will be hosting an exhibition of her paintings in Lamu during the Lamu Festival Week. The name of her exhibition is 'Nature and Animal: Our

Titanic Museum Attraction Coming to Pigeon Forge
The keel is being laid in East Tennessee for Titanic Pigeon Forge, a towering ship-shaped museum/attraction devoted to the world?s best-known ocean liner. Christening of the 30,000-square-foot structure that will resemble the romantic, ill-fated

Holiday theater guide 2008
Christmas Carol Gi Given the financial horrors of the season, you'll want to choose your holiday entertainment wisely. But you can't let a pesky little recession keep you away from Christmas cheer, a few satirical laughs and some family time in the

Santa's Great American Depression Holiday Show! America
In a sketch comedy and improv revue by actors from The Second City and iO, Batman comes to terms with economics, a bomb is loose in an American city, Santa gets no rest and Thomas Jefferson rediscovers what it means to be an American.

Xtreme Holiday Makeover
Mike Kristula (Credit: Courtesy of New World Repertory Theatre) A fast-paced, family-friendly improv show.

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Top Five Opera: Elektra
1 ELEKTRA Susan Bullock is stunning as the deranged heroine of Strauss's tragedy in a revival of Charles Edwards's intelligent production. Royal Opera House, Bow Street, WC2 (www.royaloperahouse.org 020-7304 4000), Mon 2 RIDERS TO THE SEA Richard Hickox

Top Five Museums: Cold War Modern
1 BABYLON: MYTH AND REALITY A collection of major archaeological finds, featuring vivid reliefs and examples of architecture, alongside a look at the myths and traditions of the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar II. British Museum, Great Russell Street, WC1

Portland movie theater to move to art museuum
PORTLAND, Maine --A landmark Portland movie theater known for showing foreign and alternative films is moving its operations to the Portland Museum of Art. The Movies on Exchange Street and the museum have formed a venture called Movies at the Museum to