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The dance of life: one couple's story Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 10:08PMAmy Querin's work is caring for her husband of three years who lies in a hospital bed at his parents' home in Kingsburg. Donny Querin was diagnosed with leukemia three months before their wedding; he now suffers from complications of a bone marrow transplant. Amy Querin bathes him, flushes his IV line and provides intimate care. She is a 30-year-old care giver, teacher and dancer -- brimming ...
The dance of life: one couple's story Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 10:08PMAmy Querin's work is caring for her husband of three years who lies in a hospital bed at his parents' home in Kingsburg. Donny Querin was diagnosed with leukemia three months before their wedding; he now suffers from complications of a bone marrow transplant. Amy Querin bathes him, flushes his IV line and provides intimate care. She is a 30-year-old care giver, teacher and dancer -- brimming ...
Sugary Photographs with Tricks, Poses and Effects: A Festival on Photography Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 9:45PMYaniv Waissa, Grand Canyon, Haifa, 2009 from the series "Disintegration of a Revived Nation". ANTWERP.- I hate nothing more than sugary photographs with tricks, poses and effects. So allow me to be honest and tell the truth about our age and its people.
Sugary Photographs with Tricks, Poses and Effects: A Festival on Photography Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 9:45PMYaniv Waissa, Grand Canyon, Haifa, 2009 from the series "Disintegration of a Revived Nation". ANTWERP.- I hate nothing more than sugary photographs with tricks, poses and effects. So allow me to be honest and tell the truth about our age and its people.
Pablo Picasso and other Modern Masters Announced at the Gibbes Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 9:45PMWillem de Kooning, Untitled (Landscape), 1977. Oil and masking tape on vellum on canvas, in two sheets, 36 x 48 inches. Courtesy: Esther and James Ferguson.
Pablo Picasso and other Modern Masters Announced at the Gibbes Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 9:45PMWillem de Kooning, Untitled (Landscape), 1977. Oil and masking tape on vellum on canvas, in two sheets, 36 x 48 inches. Courtesy: Esther and James Ferguson.
Erol Akyavas's "The Siege" Fetched 1.274.000 Euro at Antik A.S. Auction House Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 9:44PMThe Siege”, brought a remarkable 1.274,000 EURO. ISTANBUL.- At Antik A.Ş. in Istanbul, Erol Akyavaş’s monumental masterpiece, “The Siege”, brought a remarkable 1.274,000 EURO. It exceeded pre-sale estimation of 700,000 – 1,000,000 EURO.
Erol Akyavas's "The Siege" Fetched 1.274.000 Euro at Antik A.S. Auction House Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 9:44PMThe Siege”, brought a remarkable 1.274,000 EURO. ISTANBUL.- At Antik A.Ş. in Istanbul, Erol Akyavaş’s monumental masterpiece, “The Siege”, brought a remarkable 1.274,000 EURO. It exceeded pre-sale estimation of 700,000 – 1,000,000 EURO.
The Box Shows Robert Mallary's Work in Los Angeles for the Frst Time Since 1954 Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 9:43PMLeft to right: "Incubus", 1959. Polyester resin mix with black enamel on plywood. 77 ½"tall x 57" wide Harpy, 1962. Polyester resin impregnated tuxedoes and steel. Photo: Fredrik Nilsen. Courtesy: The Box.
The Box Shows Robert Mallary's Work in Los Angeles for the Frst Time Since 1954 Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 9:43PMLeft to right: "Incubus", 1959. Polyester resin mix with black enamel on plywood. 77 ½"tall x 57" wide Harpy, 1962. Polyester resin impregnated tuxedoes and steel. Photo: Fredrik Nilsen. Courtesy: The Box.
Come in Spinner: There’s a fraction too much fiction Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 9:21PMThe recent controversy over a strategy prepared by a Victorian government media adviser illustrates the problems that arise from journalists-turned-advisers, explains Noel Turnbull .
Come in Spinner: There’s a fraction too much fiction Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 9:21PMThe recent controversy over a strategy prepared by a Victorian government media adviser illustrates the problems that arise from journalists-turned-advisers, explains Noel Turnbull .
Revolution city Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 9:06PMBucharest's architectural wonders reflect its extravagant, turbulent past.
Revolution city Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 9:06PMBucharest's architectural wonders reflect its extravagant, turbulent past.
Student chosen for Cambridge scholarship Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 8:57PMBy Drew Teague The University of Cambridge is where one UK student will be studying literature thanks to a scholarship from a charity organization. Jason Grant, an English and linguistics junior, received a scholarship from the English-Speaking Union Kentucky Branch, according to a news release. Grant’s scholarship is helping him attend the University of Cambridge to study [...]
Student chosen for Cambridge scholarship Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 8:57PMBy Drew Teague The University of Cambridge is where one UK student will be studying literature thanks to a scholarship from a charity organization. Jason Grant, an English and linguistics junior, received a scholarship from the English-Speaking Union Kentucky Branch, according to a news release. Grant’s scholarship is helping him attend the University of Cambridge to study [...]
Urban Arts Festival Preview Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 8:51PMON-CAMPUS: This week, various clubs are gearing up to bring the Urban Arts Festival back to UCI.
Urban Arts Festival Preview Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 8:51PMON-CAMPUS: This week, various clubs are gearing up to bring the Urban Arts Festival back to UCI.
New chandeliers beam with light and art Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 2:34AMWhen lighting designer Michael McEwen ran out of time to finish the Glass Onion chandeliers he was to install in the Jay Jeffers-designed Great Room and Loft for the 2009 Metropolitan Home San Francisco Showhouse, he didn't panic. Installing the large...
Move over, ‘Clash of the Titans' Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 2:34AM"The Infinities: A Novel" by John Banville; Alfred A. Knopf (274 pages, $25.95) Though John Banville likes to say that he writes in "a literary patois" he calls "Hiberno-English," the Irish novelist and critic is, without question, one of the great living masters of English-language prose.
Opening Friday Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 2:32AMAjami The Art of the Steal The Good Guy Green Zone October Country Our Family Wedding Remember Me She's Out of My League Sweetgrass...
Top 10 free entertainment destinations Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 2:30AMSeveral museums, galleries and other Bay Area entertainment destinations offer free days at least once a month. Below are 10 of our favorites. San Francisco Asian Art Museum: First Sunday of the month is free. www.asianart.org. California Academy of Sciences:...
Arts briefs: One last chance to see 'Seussical' Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 2:22AMPublished: Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 9:42 p.m. "Seussical" continues at 3 p.m. today at the David Reid Theater in the Chapman Cultural Center.
DPS-MIS celebrates ninth Annual Day Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 7:27PMDoha: DPS-Modern Indian School students of class I and II celebrated the ninth Annual Day at Doha cinema.
Frédéric Fekkai brings 'outside the box' sessions to stylists in his Palm Beach salon Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 7:17PMMonday was training day at Frédéric Fekkai's Brazilian Court salon.
Picture This: A Nose Goes Missing Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 6:50PMThe South African artist William Kentridge has unleashed his imagination on Shostakovich’s bitterly satirical and breathless opera at the Met.
Ad-Art is more than art Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 6:45PMHave you ever walked into Ad-Art Inc. down on the southeast edge of Albert Lea? You walk in, and you see a few offices. You keep going down the hallway and notice a few rooms that remind you of high school art rooms, with items such as X-Acto knives, light tables, T-squares and stools.
The 100 club: Artists who signed up for comedian Josie Long’s self-improvement odyssey reveal fruits of their 100 days ... Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 6:30PMRyan was working in Belgium until he moved here last August. Originally from Canada, he lived in Amsterdam and Rome before finding his way to London. Now he's here, what's he doing? "A push-up and a sit-up every day." Eh? "I'm doing a push-up and a sit-up every day – adding one more for every day that passes. Now I'm on 79, it's pretty tough."
And the Oscar for best original score goes to John Terry, the Inglourious B*****d! Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 6:28PMAt the risk of making you even more nauseous than usual as you read this column today, I am in Hollywood for the Oscars. NBC have asked me to grill the stars as they strut their way into the ceremony.
Ian McEwan lampoons fellow luminaries on climate trip Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 6:27PMIT was meant to be a cultural response to climate change. The mission: charter a sailing boat in the Arctic and take 12 leading artists and writers to ponder on the perils of climate change in their work.
Richard Hamilton: Modern Moral Matters, Serpentine Gallery, London Dexter Dalwood, Tate St Ives, Cornwall Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 6:27PMIt has always seemed ironic that Richard Hamilton should be known as the Father of Pop Art, pipping Warhol to the post with his 1956 collage, Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing?
Piers Morgan: John Terry wins the Oscar for best original score, the Inglourious B*****d! Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 6:25PMAs I lay by the pool of the Beverly Wilshire hotel my mind turned to what would happen if all the Oscars this year went to sportsmen and women...
Asians Allege “Step-Motherly” Treatment At Oscars Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:56PMNo nominations for “Made in Asia” films has been made in this year’s 82nd Academy Awards, which will be given coming Sunday at Hollywood (California, USA).
Helena Bonham Carter Is Tim Burton's Red Queen Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:47PMWhat's it like living with a director known for his sense of whimsy? The accomplished actress calls her role as Alice in Wonderland 's bulging-headed villain "Tim's revenge."
World Premiere of Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission planned for SXSW Film Festival Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:35PMFilm to document historic journey by world's first second generation astronaut.
Tomorrow, Today: The Films of Jia Zhangke at MoMA Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:20PMArguably the most capital-I Important international filmmaker to emerge in the last decade, Jia Zhangke is the foremost chronicler of a country in transition. Working in both documentary and narrative (and sometimes a mix of the two), his films, at once intimate and sweeping, chart China’s baby steps towards capitalism, generational shift, and changing topography. The complete retrospective of ...
Corella Ballet Dances into City Center March 17-20 Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:16PMLongtime ABT dancer Ángel Corella's recently created Corella Ballet Castilla y León will make its U.S. debut at New York City Center March 17 20. Matthew Murphy profiles the 2-year-old company, established in 2008 as Spain's only classical ballet ensemble.
Preying on travellers Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:14PMAsia is a vibrant travel destination but there are plenty of unscrupulous individuals trying to make a quick buck out of unsuspecting tourists. Be smart and don’t be caught unawares.
Cellardoor Winery in Lincolnville continues to expand, refine operations Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 4:50PMThe upward trajectory of Cellardoor Winery in Lincolnville has been full of challenges for first-time winery owner Bettina Doulton. Among the first challenges when she purchased the winery in ...
Worthington Board of Trustees removed fire chief due to conflict; not specific wrongdoing Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 4:47PM(WHAS11) - WHAS11 News has learned more about Worthington Fire Chief Gary Yurt being removed as chief by the district’s board of trustees. It was a unanimous vote, but they are telling WHAS11, it came down to a personality conflict, not any wrongdoing. WHAS11’s Investigative Reporter Adam Walser has been talking to former firefighters and others in that community about what led to the sudden ...
Community Calendar: Find A Friday Fish Fry Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 12:20PMCheck WTAE Channel 4's calendar to find upcoming events around Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania. You can also ask us to add your community event to the list.
ACADEMY AWARDS Oscar producers: This show's for you Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 12:19PMWhat they have up their sleeves: A leaner, younger, quicker-paced program Over the years, the Oscar telecast has suffered with a show that was regularly pitched more to the Hollywood crowd sitting in the hall than the viewers at home. The result: a fairly steady loss of TV audience. The producers of the 82nd Academy Awards telecast, Bill Mechanic, left, and Adam Shankman, hope to reverse the ...
Jean Nero: Technology only as good as those who use it Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 12:16PMNo matter how great the technology we develop, it’s the human — the dedication of the skilled person using the tech — that makes the difference.
Going Out: Alive, kicking, and rolling Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 11:13AMDANCE Neo-Filipino: Dance In A Time of Change Presented by Ballet Philippines March 5 at 3 and 8 p.m.; March 6 and 7, 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Roxas Blvd., Pasay CityBallet Philippines (BP) is tapping into the state of flux the world is in for Neo- Filipino, the companys 40th anniversary curtain-closer. Dubbed Dance In A Time of Change ...
Ask The Tribune: How much space does the library need? Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 11:01AMEditor’s note: The Tribune asked readers to submit questions about the Ames Public Library’s expansion plans, which were then posed to library Director Art Weeks, Assistant Director Lynne Carey and expansion architect Jeff Scherer. This is Part 3 of the resulting Q&A.
EA and Klei Entertainment Join Forces Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 11:00AMREDWOOD SHORES, Calif.----EA Partners, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. and award-winning independent development studio Klei Entertainment announced today an exclusive publishing agreement to bring the provocative new game Shank to Xbox LIVE® Arcade, PlayStation®Network and PC this summer.
Poet Pinsky performs more than poetry at Regattabar Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 10:26AMWhen Robert Pinsky steps up to the microphone at the Regattabar on Friday, he won’t just be reading his poems. He’ll be fronting a jazz band. The event, titled “Poetry & Jazz & Sagov & Pinsky,” features the longtime Cambridge resident with pianist Dr. Stanley Sagov and the Remembering the Future Jazz Band.
Zhang Gong's First Solo Exhibition in the U.S. at Eli Klein Fine Art Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 9:33PMZhang Gong, Confrontation, 2009. Acrylic on canvas, 47 1/4 x 86 5/8 inches (120 x 220 cm). Photo: Courtesy Eli Klein Fine Art. NEW YORK, NY.- Eli Klein Fine Art presents Zhang Gong’s first solo exhibition in the United States.
George Krevsky Gallery Opens Exhibition from the Estate of Gordon Cook Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 9:33PMGordon Cook, "Two Stick Figures", 1985, oil on canvas, 30 x 39-1/4 inches. Photo: Courtesy George Krevsky Gallery. SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The George Krevsky Gallery announced that they have been selected to represent the estate of Gordon Cook. A well respected Bay Area Figurative artist, Cook was a close friend and peer of Robert Arneson, Joan Brown, Elmer Bischoff, Manuel Neri, and Wayne Thiebaud ...
Exceptional Highlights - Art Karlsruhe Arouses a Mood for Discovery Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 9:32PM'Dance with the devil' sculptures by German artist Ottmar Hoerl are displayed at the 'art KARLSRUHE' fair in Karlsruhe, Germany, 02 March 2010. The international fair for classical modernity and contemporary art presents artworks from 208 gallerists from 12 countries from 04 to 07 March.