Blogs Posts in Arts category; 23 blog posts

91-year-old rocks Australia's biggest outdoor art show

A 91-year-old woman won the top prize at Australia's main open-air art exhibition at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Thursday for a granite carving she completed 13 years ago. May Barrie's sculpture beat 113 other artworks at the Sculpture By The S [...]

Posted On : Oct, 29 2009 | Comments : 0

Music and drama at arts festival

Music and drama at arts festival

Brechin is playing host to painters, sculptors, musicians, and actors as the town's arts festival takes place. There will be drama, folk, and classical weekends, along with exhibitions and workshops. Famous percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie [...]

Posted On : Sep, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

Oscars ticket poster to be sued

Oscars ticket poster to be sued

Oscars organisers have been given the identity of someone who tried to sell two tickets for this year's ceremony without permission for $5,000 (£2,516). A judge in Los Angeles ordered website Craigslist, where the tickets were offer [...]

Posted On : Jul, 25 2008 | Comments : 0

July arts fest renews Reno's image, draws visitors

July arts fest renews Reno's image, draws visitors

An arts and cultural festival that began 13 years ago as an attempt to fill a tourism gap between the Reno Rodeo in June and the Hot August Nights car rally is coming of age as a key component of civic leaders' efforts to revive the city's [...]

Posted On : Jun, 28 2008 | Comments : 0

Another Art Theft in So Paulo

Another Art Theft in So Paulo

Two Picasso prints were stolen by three armed robbers from a museum in São Paulo, Brazil, on Thursday, The Associated Press reported. Along with the Picasso prints, “Minotaur, Drinker and Women” from 1933 and “The P [...]

Posted On : Jun, 14 2008 | Comments : 0

Balloon blows away free fall record bid

Balloon blows away free fall record bid

French skydiver Michel Fournier's bid for a record-breaking parachute jump from Earth's stratosphere was aborted Tuesday when the balloon that was to carry him into the far reaches of the sky slipped away from his flight crew. The former p [...]

Posted On : May, 27 2008 | Comments : 0

Cuty Boy Is Unique In This World

Cuty Boy Is Unique In This World

  My name is Cuty Boy and please don't conclude from my appearance that I am merely a feline of Persian origin.Try to understand me and then reach a conclusion. I am reserved, quiet and self-disciplined.I hardly make a sound [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2008 | Comments : 0

Which Idol Will Fall First?

Which Idol Will Fall First?

If this was the best top 24 ever, then it stands to reason that this is the best top 12 ever. I may be drinking the kool-aid because, to my eyes, this top 12 looks as strong, top to bottom, as I’ve seen. David, is this the best top 12 [...]

Posted On : Mar, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

Pakistan Rivals Join to Fight Musharraf

Pakistan Rivals Join to Fight Musharraf

The leaders of the two major political parties here, in an unexpectedly strong show of unity against President Pervez Musharraf, agreed Sunday that they would reinstate the judges fired by the president and would seek to strip him of cruc [...]

Posted On : Mar, 10 2008 | Comments : 0

Penthouse magazine plans $250 mln IPO

Penthouse magazine plans $250 mln IPO

The owner of Penthouse magazine, once known for its hard-core brand of porn, plans to hit up Wall Street this year for $250 million as it cleans up its act and aims to make a name for itself on the Internet. Penthouse Media Group, former [...]

Posted On : Mar, 06 2008 | Comments : 0

Local Man Breaks World Record For Body Piercing

Local Man Breaks World Record For Body Piercing

 Philadelphians were witness to a world record setting performance Friday thanks to "The Preston and Steve Show" on WMMR Radio. Philadelphia's own, "Pip Freak," a.k.a. Phillip Roomet, broke the world record for the [...]

Posted On : Mar, 04 2008 | Comments : 0

Harry Potter author`s crusade for caged Romanian orphans

Harry Potter author`s crusade for caged Romanian orphans

London, Feb 27: "Harry Potter" author J K Rowling will join British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's wife, Sarah, in a battle today to end the horror of Romanian orphans being kept in squalid cages. According to The Sun, both launc [...]

Posted On : Mar, 04 2008 | Comments : 0

World's Tallest House Of Cards

World's Tallest House Of Cards

 Bryan Berg is a man who has the art to build house of cards and has broken a number of world records as well. Berg first broke the world record for tallest house of cards in 1992 at the age of seventeen, with a tower 14 feet, 6 inches [...]

Posted On : Feb, 01 2008 | Comments : 0

Its a Hot night for Cool charity concert

Its a Hot night for Cool charity concert

While rock stars are good at raising money and public consciousness, star-studded lineups usually suffer. Few performers fare well when removed from their comfort zones and sharing sound engineers and equipment, a situation that usually res [...]

Posted On : Jan, 08 2008 | Comments : 1

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