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Exhibits and events at the Boca Raton art museum
South Florida Sun-SentinelEXHIBITIONS Through Dec. 7: Visiones: 20th Century Latin Art – Selections from the Nassau County Museum of Art Jose Clemente Orozco: The Graphic Work Through Dec. 12: Freshness, Joy, Guiltlessness in Art Exhibition - Paintings and Prints by Dan...Tags: Boca Raton, Music Industry, Larry Rivers, Auction Service, Nassau County Museum of Art
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School's bookworms bulk up for 'Battle of the Books'
247-4537Stacks of new books in the Eaton Middle School library are being swapped among students trying to memorize every detail. The school is participating in the region-wide Battle of the Books for the first time since its inception by the Williamsburg...Tags: Sociology, Middle Schools, Jeff Smith, Tangerine, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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Open enrollment available for Medicare drug plans
Open enrollment for Part D prescription drug plans has begun and continues through Dec. 31. Medicare recipients may choose from the following locations: ALLENTOWN Catholic Charities, 530 Union Blvd.: weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays. For an...Tags: Bodies of Water, Rivers, Jim Thorpe, Lehigh Carbon Community College, Medicare
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EU history, arts digitized
Associated PressBRUSSELS — Attention all culture-craving couch potatoes: Cultural riches from more than 2,000 years of European civilization are going digital. It's part of a new European Union online library project that is set to rival Google and aims to...Tags: Culture, European Union, Google Inc.
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An open letter to MOCA's board of trustees
Art CriticTo: MOCA trustees Re: Rescue plans for MOCA's fiscal crisis I read with interest in Wednesday's paper about the fiscal calamity plaguing the Museum of Contemporary Art, which seems to suggest that the nation's premier institution for art of the past...Tags: Marcel Duchamp, Barack Obama, Economy, Budgets and Budgeting
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Affordable Museum Experiences
You can see some fine art for free or low cost, with a little planning, at some of the area's largest museums — and with not much planning at Yale. The best deal is the Museum Pass program that allows two adults and two children free admission to...Tags: Adults, Yale Center for British Art, Bank of America Corp., New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Waterbury
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The Art Of Making The Arts Affordable
There are many ways to see movies and plays, visit museums, hear readings by authors and listen to classical music without breaking the bank. Suggestions for ways to get high culture on the cheap are provided by Courant staffers Frank Rizzo, Donna Larcen,...Tags: Academic Progress, The Hartt School, Facebook, Hartford Stage, Colleges and Universities
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Cleveland Museum of Art agrees to return 14 ancient treasures looted from Italy
Associated Press WriterROME (AP) _ The Cleveland Museum of Art agreed Wednesday to return 14 ancient treasures ranging from Etruscan jewelry to a Medieval cross that authorities say were looted or stolen from Italy. Italian Culture Ministry officials and the director of the...Tags: Culture, Nike Incorporated, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Theft
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MOCA faces serious financial problems
Los Angeles' prestigious but chronically underfunded Museum of Contemporary Art has fallen into crisis. Museum Director Jeremy Strick said MOCA is seeking large cash infusions from donors, and this week he did not rule out the possibility of merging...Tags: Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Charity, Jackson Pollock
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Ankeny couple wants penguin book restricted
An Ankeny couple wants a book about two male penguins raising a chick together restricted in an elementary school library, claiming it exposes young children to homosexuality. Officials at Ankeny's East Elementary School denied a request by James and...Tags: Censorship, Elementary Schools, Family
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Be an angel for Adopt-a-Child
Sentinel Staff WriterAdopt-a-Child for Christmas, an all-volunteer nonprofit organization, will collect and distribute gifts to needy children in east Lake County for the 21st year. The signature angel trees are at post offices in Mount Dora, Eustis, Tavares, Umatilla and...Tags: Sprague, Tavares, Mount Dora, Religious Festivals, James Gray
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Museum has thousands of sports memories on display
A delivery driver drops a stack of packages in the lobby of the Los Angeles Sports Museum. What's in them?
"I don't know," said Gary Cypres, founder and curator of the downtown museum that will open to the public on Nov. 28. "Let's find out." And, with...Tags: Honus Wagner, Rene Lacoste, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Cleveland Indians, Major League Baseball
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