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Some arts companies could exit stage left after funding bids fail
In the fiercely competitive world of arts funding, as in life, there will be winners, and there will be losers. While more than 60 artistic companies will benefit from a share of nearly £7m in the latest round of Scottish Arts Council (SAC) funding, more than 40 others will lose out.
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Washington DC
LOS ANGELES ( Map , News ) - The fabled intersection of Hollywood and Vine was shut down for hours Wednesday after a fire gutted a corner nightclub where Lindsay Lohan partied and a scene from "Ocean's Eleven" was filmed.
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Integration Missteps at AOL Led to First Flat Ad Quarter
NEW YORK (AP) -- AOL made key mistakes that pushed down display-advertising sales and resulted in the Time Warner Inc. unit's first quarter of flat ad revenue since it began staking its future on the boom in online ads, executives said Wednesday.
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Gas prices have race fans rethinking trip to the track
Auto racing is the ultimate in gas-guzzling entertainment. But the prospect of paying $4 a gallon to get to the track has some fans reluctant to start their engines. Ticket sales have slipped just as May, the biggest month in motorsports, approaches. So track promoters are shifting into high gear to keep the grandstands full, offering all-you-can-eat packages and staging rock concerts. ...
Lexington Herald-Leader |
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Theater review: High tech and high art mesh in 'Figaro' at Berkeley Rep
Madame La Guillotine chomps her blade hungrily in the background during the first act of "Figaro." Theatre de la Jeune Lune's idiosyncratic pairing of opera and theater begins in 1792, as the revolution blazes through Paris' Reign of Terror and flashes back and forth in time from there.
San Jose Mercury News |
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A Swift Kick in the Pants
n a sea of drowning pop-tarts,Taylor Swift seems to be doing swimmingly
LA.com |
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The digital age is booming – and so are courses in new media at universities
The way that we approach and receive traditional media – news, television, music, advertising – has changed beyond recognition over the last quarter of a century. And universities are spearheading the charge to educate the new media techies of tomorrow.
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Passed/failed: An education in the life of Myleene Klass, musician and former member of Hear'Say
Myleene Klass, 30, was selected in 2001 to be a member of the band Hear'Say on the ITV1 show Popstars. Their debut single, "Pure and Simple", was the fastest-selling non-charity single ever. Her piano albums, Moving On and Music for Romantics, topped the classical-music chart. She came second in the sixth series of the TV show I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!, set in the jungle. Her ...
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Experimental music now calls the tune
SEVERAL Scottish theatre companies could be forced to close after the Scottish Arts Council rolled out a major shift in funding for arts organisations.
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Akamai: Web Growth Trumps Economy Woes
The company said it plans to capitalize on growing online video services, particularly high-definition content, for growth.
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O'Sullivan
This road construction is brought to you by the Arizona Department of Misery
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Episode 17: Seasoning
For our reality series Make Me the President, we scoured the country to find the most power-hungry, Machiavellian and downright unattractive people in the United States of America (“The Greatest Nation On Earth” ™) to find the man, or woman, who could raise the most money, be willing to break the most promises and offer the most bland reason to become — The President.
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Miles Kington Remembered: Freud's topical application for nervous speech writers
There are two diametrically opposed schools of thought when it comes to writing an after-dinner speech. There is the Clement Freud school of thought and the non-Clement Freud school of thought. I learnt this when as a young man I foolishly accepted an invitation to take part in a Cambridge Union debate.
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Albert Hofmann: Chemist who discovered the mind-altering properties of LSD
A whole generation experienced psychedelic enlightenment thanks to Albert Hofmann, the discoverer of LSD, or lysergic acid diethylamide. His chemical induced a new genre of pop music, art, textiles and even wallpapers. It brought some of its users to a mental breakdown. The Harvard psychologist Timothy Leary urged the flower-power generation to "turn on, tune in and drop out" and was sacked for ...
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Into the Little Hill, Pacific Road Arts Centre, Birkenhead
Neither an opera nor a cantata, George Benjamin's "lyric tale" Into the Little Hill is a jewel-like piece of music-theatre. Composed in 2006, it received, as part of a tour of the world's major cultural cities, its UK premiere and only two British performances on the Wirral Peninsula, and was a highlight of Liverpool's 08 programme as European Capital of Culture.
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Glamour at Google
Marissa Mayer, Google's vice president of search products and user experience, is merging her love of high-end fashion and art, with tech. She spoke with the Wall Street Journal about her personal style philosophy, and what you can find in her wardrobe.
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Gas prices have auto racing fans rethinking trip to the track
Auto racing is the ultimate in gas-guzzling entertainment. But the prospect of paying $1 a litre to get to the track has some fans reluctant to start their engines.
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Scam Diego
Posted by dbauder on April 29, 2008 Tony Krvaric, San Diego Republican Party chairman and head of the party's state budget committee, "is the co-founder of Fairlight, a band of software crackers which later evolved into an international video and software piracy group that law enforcement authorities say is among the world's largest such rings," says the ...
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MTV, Radiohead Partner Against Human Trafficking
MTV and Radiohead have teamed to produce a music video for the band’s track “All I Need” to raise awareness of human trafficking.
MultiChannel News |
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Study's findings support art facility, but questions remain.
Warren County needs and can support a 350- to 450-seat performing arts center, according to initial findings from a consultant hired by the new Warren County Arts and Culture Center board of trustees. \
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Study's findings support art facility, but questions remain (Comment)
Warren County needs and can support a 350- to 450-seat performing arts center, according to initial findings from a consultant hired by the new Warren County Arts and Culture Center board of trustees.
Middletown Journal |
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Conchords soar on US chart
NEW Zealand's Flight of the Conchords officially graduated to stardom today when their debut album opened at No.3 on the US pop chart.
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Flight of the Conchords soar on US chart
A PAIR of New Zealand comedians who play struggling musicians on a cult hit television show officially graduated to stardom today when their debut album opened at No.3 on the US pop chart.
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All Events for 2 May 2008
Until 31 Dec 2008 With Dave Cross, D. Johnny, The Oli and Paul Martin playing dirty chunky tech house and electro.... more details Until 31 Dec 2008 A permanent display telling the story of the area covered by the present borough of Wandsworth from prehistoric times to the present day.
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The grotesque shamelessness of Latvia’s political “elite”
All of the political parties which make up Latvia’s governing clique have major questions to answer about their occasional or sometimes utter lack of ethics and honesty. This month two in particular stand out.
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