Exhibitions News
- Belait Youth And Sports Associations Host Customer Day Tuesday, August 26, 2008 @ 8:23PMKuala Belait – In Conjunction with the National Youth Day celebration this year, over 30 national sports associations as well as youth and welfare bodies gathered under one roof to educate the public and promote their activities at the Youth and Sports Customer Day at Mumong Sports Complex yesterday morning.
- Entertainment Tuesday, August 26, 2008 @ 8:11PMThe winning artwork in Australia’s major printmaking award won’t be found in the art gallery itself but in the bookshop on the way out.
- Culture feast at Wollombi Tuesday, August 26, 2008 @ 8:06PMWollombi Cultural Centre (WCC) will be hosting some exciting exhibitions over the next few weeks. Laguna artists Penny Walton and Hadyn Wilson will be holding an exhibition to celebrate the coming of spring.
- It’s My Town for Aug. 27 Tuesday, August 26, 2008 @ 8:02PMManassas Therapy Dogs is celebrating its fifth anniversary with a community-wide event, “Meet Manassas Therapy Dogs,” on Sept. 21 at the Loy E. Harris Pavilion in Old Town Manassas.
- ARTS & CULTURE Tuesday, August 26, 2008 @ 7:53PMNew York is known as the birthplace of hip-hop. Detroit unleashed Motown onto the world. Seattle was ground zero for the grunge movement. And Oakland? Well, Oakland will perhaps always be saddled with the memory of its ill-fated but kinda wonderful (at the time, at least) hyphy movement.
- ARCHIVE SEARCH Tuesday, August 26, 2008 @ 7:48PMWhen Dana Harrison bought the Noodle Factory warehouse in 1999, it was a dump. The roof leaked. One downstairs bedroom was landlocked in a back interior corner, leaving no possible escape hatch if a fire broke out.
- Fabulous Fiber Tuesday, August 26, 2008 @ 6:55PM Anew exhibition at the Monmouth Museum explores traditional and contemporary works in fiber. "Fabulous Fiber" will be on view through Sept. 21. Juried by award-winning fiber artists Joanie San Chirico and Geraldine Velasquez, this exhibition features artwork that represents unique approaches within the media of fiber and demonstrates diversity in contemporary fiber art.
- 18-game NFL season a good option Tuesday, August 26, 2008 @ 6:22PMLess exhibitions the better.
- Team USA did right by US in these Olympics Monday, August 25, 2008 @ 10:59PMThe Olympics come to an end tonight, no doubt complete with all the magnificent fireworks and pageantry that rung in the games a few weeks ago.
- Tough road tests await ISU men Monday, August 25, 2008 @ 10:53PMMarquee names dot Indiana State’s men’s basketball schedule. Louisville, DePaul and Purdue all appear on ISU’s docket.
- Family in awe of modern love for Bradman Monday, August 25, 2008 @ 10:50PMThe son of Don Bradman says he continues to be "astounded" by the amount of affection directed towards his late father.
- Thai artist colours soul of Hanoi’s old quarter Monday, August 25, 2008 @ 10:41PMVietNamNet Bridge – Thai painter, Somboon Phoungdorkmai, has been impressed with still moment of Hoan Kiem Lake, bustle atmosphere of Đong Xuan night market, quiet mossy bricks at “O Quan Chuong” (Quan Chuong Gate) and tried to capture them into her more than 20 paintings.
- Smith pleased with Falcon rookies Monday, August 25, 2008 @ 10:18PMFLOWERY BRANCH - Entering his 10th year coaching in the NFL, Mike Smith knows that preseason stats are essentially meaningless. Starters rarely play past the second quarter. Teams traditionally prepare game plans for just one of their four exhibitions.
- Whitney Museum of American Art to Present Corin Hewitt: Seed Stage Monday, August 25, 2008 @ 10:01PMNEW YORK, NY.- This fall, the artist Corin Hewitt takes up occupancy in the Whitney’s Anne & Joel Ehrenkranz Lobby Gallery for Seed Stage, an installation merging performance art, live theater, and an investigation of ideas about still life.
- Archives Thursday, August 21, 2008 @ 12:44AMAnyone caught smoking within 100 feet of campus buildings will soon face a fine and a court date.
- Ketchup, flour, bats and rain mark end of camp Thursday, August 21, 2008 @ 12:39AMNASHVILLE — Injured players are immune from taking part in the Tennessee Titans’ traditional end to training camp. Too bad for rookie receiver Lavelle Hawkins and cornerback Cary Williams.
- SPORTS BRIEFS Thursday, August 21, 2008 @ 12:24AMINDIANAPOLIS - The NCAA banned the horse-collar tackle from college football. Following the lead of the NFL and acting on a proposal made by its Football Rules Committee, the NCAA will assess a penalty this season when a runner is yanked to the ground from the inside collar of his shoulder pads or jersey. Other changes announced yesterday include a clarification of rules on chop blocks, or ...
- Exhibit explores plantation paintings Thursday, August 21, 2008 @ 12:15AMPicture a plantation. Would a scene from Gone with the Wind come to mind? Might there be a tree-lined lane leading to a big house with tall columns surrounded by extensive fields of cotton, or maybe tobacco or rice?
- WorthPoint Experts Will Evaluate Art, Antiques and Collectibles During American Presidential Experience at INVESCO ... Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 12:49PM Experts from WorthPoint , the premier Web site for art, antiques and collectibles, will evaluate items brought by visitors to the American President Experience at INVESCO Field in Denver August 22-29.
- Perth Mint to take on new look Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 12:19PMThe Perth Mint, proud occupant of the same historic limestone building since its opening in 1899, will take on a new 21st-century look over the next three years.
- 48 hours in Chicago Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 12:18PMA HELL OF A TOWN: Chicago holds a reputation in North America for being a city of culture, with opulent art, architecture and shopping venues that appeal to people from all walks of life.
- Timken Museum names new director Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 5:04AMBALBOA PARK – After a formal search that lasted a little more than a year, the Timken Museum of Art has appointed a new director, John Wilson. He succeeds John Petersen, who died in December 2006.
- UAE- Capital Centre reveals landmark towers Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 5:01AMUAE- Capital Centre reveals landmark towers
- Uganda: Traders Pay Over 16 Taxes in Sudan Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 4:21AMUGANDAN traders pay over 15 taxes in Juba, a situation which may force them to stop their work.
- Spencer returns to practice for Seahawks Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 4:07AMHowever, Spencer’s return should bolster an offensive line that suffered another setback when right tackle Sean Locklear sprained a ligament in his left knee.
- Spencer not back, but getting close Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 3:38AMAlthough his activity was limited, just having Chris Spencer in uniform and on the practice field Monday brought a hint of a smile to the usually stern facade of Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Holmgren.
- Anger as visitors are shut out of museum Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 3:32AMIT claims a visit to its exhibitions will be “unlike any visit you’ve ever made to any other museum” but it probably wasn’t referring to the fact that it would be closed.
- Move over little girls: 33-year-old German wins vault and 5-5 Romanian wins floor Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 1:34PMBEIJING Just when it seemed the Olympic gymnastics arena was becoming a playground reserved for prepubescent pixies, along come Oksana Chusovitina and Sandra Izbasa.
- Marry into the latest Dep trends Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 10:55AMVietNamNet Bridge - Look out future brides and grooms, as the big day approaches the Dep Wedding Festival 2008 is coming this weekend to show off the latest trends in tying the knot.
- ‘Focus on food, infra’ Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 10:33AMA BUSINESS leader urged private and public groups to focus their efforts and advocacies on energy self-sufficiency, agriculture and food security, infrastructure development and education to help improve the economy.
- POLLOCK: Bills feeling at ‘home’ in Toronto Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 10:31AMPITTSFORD - The grand experiment starts tomorrow night. That’s when the Bills play the first of eight games at Toronto’s Rogers Centre over the next five years.
- Equestrian industry booming in India Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 9:42AMKanpur/New Delhi, Aug 17 : As more and more people are getting hooked onto the sport of horse racing and polo, lots of opportunities for the Indian leather industry are opening up one of them being the equestrian industry.
- Band-Aides host band exhibition, membership drive tonight Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 5:15PMThe Fairfield Band-Aides band boosters are sponsoring a membership drive and informational meeting, featuring exhibitions by both the high school and middle school marching bands, at 7 p.m. today at Trojan Stadium.
- LIFESTYLE IN BRIEF 16/8 Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 5:10PMOn August 12th, the Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Education and Training in the Central City of Da Nang launched a theatre project for the school system, to teach Tuong (classical drama) arts.
- Of sons, daughters, & property rights Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 3:32PMThere is always an element of doubt in understanding the intricacies of laws governing property, particularly coparcenary. Vatsala Dhananjay elaborates on ancestral property vis--vis the Hindu Succession Act.
- Position details Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 3:07PMFor our renowned museum client, we are seeking a Curator of European Glass.
- Belinda Carlisle is still on the Go-Go Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 1:56PMWe really did belong to a club. There were degrees of membership, of course - hey, nice asymmetrical haircut! - but one thing was for certain: if you were lucky enough to have lived through the new-wave music invasion of the early 1980s, Long Island was the place to be.
- Our brave cousin Rachel Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 1:11PMOur family never knew much about our European relatives. With dissolution of the USSR in 1989, however, access to records became possible, and in 2004 we hired a Lithuanian researcher to explore the Margolis family records.
- Understanding human condition through art Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 12:29AMSince the beginning, humans have tried to understand the meaning of life and their purpose in the world. Art is one way people make sense of what is around them. The ability of art to break down what it means to be human is why Libertyville native Andrew Auble became interested in the medium. Auble fell in love with printmaking after he took a woodcut-printmaking course at Southern Illinois ...
- After storm lifts, Eagles pour it on Panthers Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 12:02AMOnly the lightning that delayed play 58 minutes was more electric than the way Carolina’s Richard Marshall turned Philadelphia’s trickery into treachery. In an exhibition Thursday night at Lincoln Financial Field that lasted much longer than either team preferred, the Eagles tried to get cute and paid the price. Philadelphia had an excellent chance to break a scoreless tie late in the first ...
- Spare Times: For Children Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 12:02AMFOR CHILDREN.
- Dance Listings Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 11:58PMSelective listings from dance critics of The New York Times.
- From the Days When New York Was Actually New Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 11:57PMKaren Osate, visiting from France, at the Registration Hall on Ellis Island.
- Signs a testament to economic woes Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 11:57PMAmador and Brianna Leal just wanted to get the word out about their new day care center. The entrepreneurial couple went about it the best way they and businesses across the world know how: They put up signs.
- Scott Robertson thrills crowds with his handiwork with a gun Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 11:50PMSPARTA � Scott Robertson stood at a skeet house at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex.
- ASTM forms technical committee on sustainability Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 12:13PMASTM International has formed a technical committee to promote and integrate sustainable development across multiple industry sectors. First meeting is scheduled for October 2008.
- New cultural district for Oslo Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 11:52AMOSLO. The city of Oslo has announced a plan to move several museums and its main library to a central waterside location near the harbour and close to the new NKr3.3bn ($500m) National Opera house.
- Arts Calendar: Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 11:46AMOakland International Black LGBT Film Festival through Sun. at Parkway Theater, 1834 Park Blvd., Oakland. For details of films see www.clubrimshot.com/filmfestival.html
- The Dilution of Anne Frank Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 11:44AMThe ironies of Anne Frank’s tragically brief life didn’t end with her murder in Bergen Belsen. Her diary was originally adapted into a play by Meyer Levin whose version was rejected by Lillian Hellman and the play’s producers because its emphasis was too Jewish.
- Rage Against the Machine to rock DNC Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 11:39AMIn one of many events surrounding the upcoming Democratic National Convention, Rage Against the Machine will headline the Tent State Music Festival to End the War on Aug. 27 at the Denver Coliseum. the Flobots, the Coup, State Radio, and Wayne Kramer are also on the bill.