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• Mary Hartline, a TV Star When TV Was New, Is Dead at 92

  19-08-2020 23:49 via nytimes.com
  
  Often called television’s first sex symbol, she was a striking presence on “Super Circus” from 1949 to 1955 — and a master of promotion.
  
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• Uplifting Yoko Ono Banners Made in Response to Pandemic to Appear on Met Facade

  19-08-2020 23:43 via artnews.com
  
  Ahead of its reopening on August 29, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is putting an uplifting new artwork by Yoko Ono on view across its iconic Fifth Avenue facade. The piece, which is titled DREAM TOGETHER (2020), comprises two banners respectively bearing the words “DREAM” and “TOGETHER” in black lettering on a white background, and it was conceived in response to the current Covid-19 pandemic. The banners are set to be unveiled on Thursday.
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• Superheroes 4 Kids: Healing through the arts at Sacred Heart Children's Hospital - KXLY Spokane

  19-08-2020 22:12 via kxly.com
  
  Superheroes 4 Kids: Healing through the arts at Sacred Heart Children's Hospital  KXLY Spokane
  
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• Birch Creek Receives Arts Board Grant - Door County Pulse

  19-08-2020 22:11 via doorcountypulse.com
  
  Birch Creek Receives Arts Board Grant  Door County Pulse
  
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• Former Kennedy Center Leader and New Sarasota Resident Michael Kaiser on Arts and the Pandemic - Sarasota

  19-08-2020 22:08 via sarasotamagazine.com
  
  Former Kennedy Center Leader and New Sarasota Resident Michael Kaiser on Arts and the Pandemic  Sarasota
  
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• Author and UNC School of the Arts professor says 'sometimes just a thread of chocolate is enough to make a piece amazing' - Winston-Salem Journal

  19-08-2020 22:00 via journalnow.com
  
  Author and UNC School of the Arts professor says 'sometimes just a thread of chocolate is enough to make a piece amazing'  Winston-Salem Journal
  
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• On the Road, Again: ‘Route One/USA’ Revisits 1980s America

  19-08-2020 21:10 via nytimes.com
  
  Robert Kramer’s documentary, a “fascinating portrait of late-1980s attitudes toward religion, race and history,” is available for streaming.
  
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• Southeast Michigan entertainment calendar Aug. 21 - The Oakland Press

  19-08-2020 21:00 via theoaklandpress.com
  Southeast Michigan entertainment calendar Aug. 21  The Oakland Press
  
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• Sep 7 | FTH at Home: Global Arts for Global Kids | Flushing - Patch.com

  19-08-2020 20:38 via patch.com
  
  Sep 7 | FTH at Home: Global Arts for Global Kids | Flushing  Patch.com
  
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• Edison School of Arts Adds Board Members - Inside INdiana Business

  19-08-2020 20:32 via insideindianabusiness.com
  
  Edison School of Arts Adds Board Members  Inside INdiana Business
  
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• August 19, 2020 Arts Etc. - The International Examiner

  19-08-2020 20:26 via iexaminer.org
  
  August 19, 2020 Arts Etc.  The International Examiner
  
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• Katiejane Garside: Five Encounters With Performative Arts That Changed My Life - American Songwriter

  19-08-2020 20:22 via americansongwriter.com
  
  Katiejane Garside: Five Encounters With Performative Arts That Changed My Life  American Songwriter
  
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• King County Gives $2 Million To Music Venues, Arts Organiztions - Bellevue, WA Patch

  19-08-2020 20:19 via patch.com
  
  King County Gives $2 Million To Music Venues, Arts Organiztions  Bellevue, WA Patch
  
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• Hartford Program Offers New Vision For Struggling Arts Organizations - Connecticut Public Radio

  19-08-2020 20:14 via wnpr.org
  
  Hartford Program Offers New Vision For Struggling Arts Organizations  Connecticut Public Radio
  
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• She Was More Than Just the ‘Most Beautiful Suffragist’

  19-08-2020 20:09 via nytimes.com
  
  Exalted as a martyr to the cause of women’s suffrage, Inez Milholland later fell largely from view. But Jeanine Michna-Bales, a history-obsessed artist, is determined to change that.
  
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• Arts & Science Center to host Small Works on Paper - Pine Bluff Commercial

  19-08-2020 20:09 via pbcommercial.com
  Arts & Science Center to host Small Works on Paper  Pine Bluff Commercial
  
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• Sundance Institute Grants COVID Relief Funds to 39 Arts Organizations - Hyperallergic

  19-08-2020 20:02 via hyperallergic.com
  
  Sundance Institute Grants COVID Relief Funds to 39 Arts Organizations  Hyperallergic
  
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• Brewery Arts Center transforms into a winter wonderland today for filming in Carson City - Carson Now

  19-08-2020 20:00 via carsonnow.org
  
  Brewery Arts Center transforms into a winter wonderland today for filming in Carson City  Carson Now
  
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• Community: BM&CF to hold online fundraiser this fall - Roanoke Times

  19-08-2020 19:55 via roanoke.com
  Community: BM&CF to hold online fundraiser this fall  Roanoke Times
  
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• Ron Gorchov, Beloved Painter of Stripped-Down Canvases, Is Dead at 90

  19-08-2020 19:53 via artnews.com
  
  Ron Gorchov, an artist whose work often took the form of saddle-shaped canvases with minimalist forms painted onto them, died at 90 on August 18. His death was announced by New York’s Cheim & Read gallery, which co-represented him alongside Maurani Mercier gallery in Brussels, Modern Art in London, and Thomas Brambilla in Bergamo, Italy.
  Since 1967, Gorchov created canvases that are curved in such a way that they arc away from the wall, jutting toward the viewer in a manner that lends
  
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• The Yadkin Arts Council's Junior Appalachian Musicians' Program goes Virtual this Fall of 2020 - Yes! Weekly

  19-08-2020 19:51 via yesweekly.com
  
  The Yadkin Arts Council's Junior Appalachian Musicians' Program goes Virtual this Fall of 2020  Yes! Weekly
  
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• Prized Camille Pissarro Painting Can Stay at Madrid’s Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, U.S. Court of Appeals Rules

  19-08-2020 19:11 via artnews.com
  
  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in California has ruled that the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation in Madrid is the owner of a Camille Pissarro’s 1897 painting Rue Saint-Honoré, Après-midi, Effet de Pluie, which it purchased in 1993 from the collector Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza. In 2005, the heirs to the work’s original owner, Lily Cassirer Neubauer, alleged in a complaint that the foundation knew upon acquiring it that the painting ha
  
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• Visual Arts — Aug. 19 - Brainerd Dispatch

  19-08-2020 19:00 via brainerddispatch.com
  
  Visual Arts — Aug. 19  Brainerd Dispatch
  
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• Latif Nasser, Harvard Ph.D., on the Rewards of Being Dumb

  19-08-2020 18:50 via nytimes.com
  
  They include getting your own Netflix show. Nasser, a science journalist known for his work on “Radiolab,” talked about going on-camera for “Connected” and the importance of staying curious.
  
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• Two N.Y.C. Museums Announce Reopenings

  19-08-2020 18:49 via nytimes.com
  
  The Brooklyn Museum and El Museo del Barrio will reopen to the public on Sept. 12.
  
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• Two Museums Announce September Reopenings

  19-08-2020 18:49 via nytimes.com
  
  The Brooklyn Museum and El Museo del Barrio will reopen to the public on Sept. 12.
  
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• At Theaters, Push for Racial Equity Leads to Resignations and Restructuring

  19-08-2020 18:49 via nytimes.com
  
  “It takes a lot of work and humility, and it requires that white people step aside,” says one of several artistic leaders who have done just that.
  
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• Yadaloo Music and Arts festival goes virtual due to coronavirus pandemic - Arkansas Online

  19-08-2020 18:38 via arkansasonline.com
  
  Yadaloo Music and Arts festival goes virtual due to coronavirus pandemic  Arkansas Online
  
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• Danville Arts & Craft Festival falls victim to pandemic - Sunbury Daily Item

  19-08-2020 18:30 via dailyitem.com
  Danville Arts & Craft Festival falls victim to pandemic  Sunbury Daily Item
  
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• The DNC Roll Call That Officially Named Joe Biden the Democratic Presidential Nominee

  19-08-2020 18:12 via nytimes.com
  
  At the pandemic-altered convention, the usually dull roll call became a travelogue of American diversity and comeback squid.
  
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• COVID-19 Arts & Culture Relief Fund Helps Showcase Local Artists, Keep Space Open During Pandemic - CBS Denver

  19-08-2020 18:06 via denver.cbslocal.com
  
  COVID-19 Arts & Culture Relief Fund Helps Showcase Local Artists, Keep Space Open During Pandemic  CBS Denver
  
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• Your Outdoor Theater Memories, Starring Hanks, Streep and Rain

  19-08-2020 17:41 via nytimes.com
  
  Toppling arches, swarming mosquitoes and celebrity encounters are among the singular summer sensations readers can still recall.
  
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• Artist Ross Bleckner and Former Assistant Cody Gilman Settle Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

  19-08-2020 17:35 via artnews.com
  
  A lawsuit brought against artist Ross Bleckner by his former assistant Cody Gilman has been settled out of court for an undisclosed amount. The settlement was reached on August 4, and the suit has been dismissed with prejudice, which means that Gilman cannot file suit against Bleckner again.
  A representative for New York’s Petzel gallery, which represents Bleckner, said that Bleckner and Gilman had both signed NDAs and therefore could not comment. Marjorie Mesidor, a lawyer representing Gi
  
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• WNET ALL ARTS Talks: A Symphony of Survival Live Stream On August 20 - New Jersey Stage

  19-08-2020 17:32 via newjerseystage.com
  
  WNET ALL ARTS Talks: A Symphony of Survival Live Stream On August 20  New Jersey Stage
  
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• Fall Arts Critics' Picks - Charleston City Paper

  19-08-2020 17:29 via charlestoncitypaper.com
  
  Fall Arts Critics' Picks  Charleston City Paper
  
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• The D.N.C. Offers Calamari Counterprogramming

  19-08-2020 17:24 via nytimes.com
  
  At the pandemic-altered convention, the usually dull roll call became a travelogue of American diversity and comeback squid.
  
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• Fine And Decorative Arts To Conclude Summer At Fontaine's Auction Gallery Sept. 12 - ArtfixDaily

  19-08-2020 17:24 via artfixdaily.com
  
  Fine And Decorative Arts To Conclude Summer At Fontaine's Auction Gallery Sept. 12  ArtfixDaily
  
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• 3 more movie theaters in Colorado Springs are reopening soon - Colorado Springs Gazette

  19-08-2020 17:22 via gazette.com
  
  3 more movie theaters in Colorado Springs are reopening soon  Colorado Springs Gazette
  
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• Playing through the Slow Apocalypse

  19-08-2020 17:20 via artnews.com
  
  One starry evening, a teenage boy washes onto a beach on one of the Channel Islands between England and France. As the last rays of sunlight turn the sky violet, he pulls himself to his feet and begins walking toward a nearby road to look for help. Instead of help, he finds a speeding car, which slams into him before its driver, a retired cartoonist living on the island with her wife, can hit the brakes. When the couple learn their inadvertent victim is likely a refugee of unknown legal standing
  
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• Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation cancels annual Perspectives pottery show - Online Athens

  19-08-2020 17:14 via onlineathens.com
  Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation cancels annual Perspectives pottery show  Online Athens
  
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• All My Relations Arts Opens Applications for an Indigenous Digital Artist Cohort - Mpls.St.Paul Magazine

  19-08-2020 17:10 via mspmag.com
  
  All My Relations Arts Opens Applications for an Indigenous Digital Artist Cohort  Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
  
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• Former UFC fighter rolls 'with the punches' at McSweeney Martial Arts in Plano - Community Impact Newspaper

  19-08-2020 17:02 via communityimpact.com
  
  Former UFC fighter rolls 'with the punches' at McSweeney Martial Arts in Plano  Community Impact Newspaper
  
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• Best of Boca 2020: Lifestyle & Arts - Boca Raton

  19-08-2020 16:59 via bocamag.com
  
  Best of Boca 2020: Lifestyle & Arts  Boca Raton
  
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• Morris Arts “Great Conversations' gala goes virtual, Oct. 8 - Morristown Green

  19-08-2020 16:52 via morristowngreen.com
  
  Morris Arts “Great Conversations' gala goes virtual, Oct. 8  Morristown Green
  
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• Laura Lippman Isn’t as Terrible as She Makes Herself Sound

  19-08-2020 16:44 via nytimes.com
  
  The veteran crime novelist gets personal in her first essay collection, “My Life as a Villainess.”
  
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• UI Theatre Arts Fall 2020 Virtual Auditions | Arts Iowa - Iowa Now

  19-08-2020 16:31 via arts.uiowa.edu
  UI Theatre Arts Fall 2020 Virtual Auditions | Arts Iowa  Iowa Now
  
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• Electronic Arts (EA) Renames Subscription Service to EA Play - Yahoo Finance

  19-08-2020 16:25 via finance.yahoo.com
  
  Electronic Arts (EA) Renames Subscription Service to EA Play  Yahoo Finance
  
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• Aquinnah: Arts and antiques online - Martha's Vineyard Times

  19-08-2020 16:16 via mvtimes.com
  
  Aquinnah: Arts and antiques online  Martha's Vineyard Times
  
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• Russian Ballet Returned to the Stage. Then a Covid Outbreak Hit.

  19-08-2020 16:11 via nytimes.com
  
  The Mariinsky Ballet has been ordered to stay home to avoid further spread of the coronavirus. What does this mean for other companies?
  
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• New funds for arts organizations; a conversation with Jonatha Brooke - MinnPost

  19-08-2020 16:11 via minnpost.com
  
  New funds for arts organizations; a conversation with Jonatha Brooke  MinnPost
  
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