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Austin Metblogs @
Monday 6 May 2013 at 7:16 pm
The weather was perfect and the people were out to dance. Fiestas Patrias of Austin provided a full schedule of music and other activities on both days. We attended on day two, the conjunto festival managed by Johnny Degollado. We were sorry to arrive just too late to hear the University of Texas conjunto and ...
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Tuesday 16 April 2013 at 3:33 pm
In one ring was an entire entertainment, as close as could be. The tent seating five hundred, in folding chairs and on bleachers, was set up on the grass just west of the Long Performing Arts Center, with handsome views in all directions, including downtown. A little pre-show entertainment offered a foretaste of the delights ...
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Monday 25 March 2013 at 2:25 pm
Thank you, Honk!TX for parading again this year. Portable music that lifts the spirits and does not require protection for the ears is in scant supply and for that reason very, very welcome. Even the many dogs along the parade route looked happy. Children appeared to be happier still. Every group in the parade was ...
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Wednesday 6 March 2013 at 7:11 pm
Yup, it was such a success last time around at Santa Anita Park they are returning this summer. If you made it to the Pasadena locations last year you were probably put off by the density of the crowds and difficulties with parking and stuff. The move to Santa Anita Park alleviated those obstacles and ...
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Atlanta Metblogs @
Thursday 6 December 2012 at 9:45 pm
Shortly after we moved to Capitol View, French muralist and street artist Roti was brought to Atlanta by the Living Walls organization, to paint a legally-approved* mural on a wall on University Avenue next to the 75 freeway. Titled “An Allegory of the Human City,” the long, highly complex and detailed piece was, in my ...
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Dubai Metblogs @
Sunday 2 December 2012 at 6:30 am
Father of nation (late) Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al’Nahyan managed to bring the 7 emirates of arabian gulf together this day in 1971. His Vision & wisdom transpired through out the region. 41 years later UAE is trade, social & economical hub of diversified nationalities. Peace Tolerance Prosperity & Religious harmony prevail across the UAE ...
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Pittsburgh Metblogs @
Wednesday 24 October 2012 at 12:20 am
I was out with Venture Outdoors this weekend on an art and wine walk, and we stopped at Fraley’s Robot Repair, one of Pop-Up Pittsburgh’s projects. If you have a chance, head down to the cultural district and check out the shop, and to see what the robot is up to, he’s a busy guy. ...
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San Jose Metblogs @
Tuesday 9 October 2012 at 3:41 pm
One of the great activities at last month’s Luna Park Chalk Art Festival was a bike tour of 24 of the “art boxes” recently created around San Jose. The art boxes are city-owned utility boxes that have been painted by local artists, each in the artist’s individual style. Decorating the boxes has turned these eyesores ...
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Wednesday 19 September 2012 at 6:19 pm
Because of whatever often-fleeting eye candy I might chance upon when venturing forth into the urban arena, I rarely leave home without some sort of photographic documentation device in hand — and that goes double whenever I find myself in the Arts District south and east of downtown. Case in point, discovered near the 6th ...
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Pittsburgh Metblogs @
Monday 17 September 2012 at 2:27 pm
A new project on Kickstarter has popped up, a documentary about the fight to save the Braddock Hospital. The project itself has already had a lot of help, but they need a little extra push to finish up some video and sound editing, as well as mastering and DVD production. Levels of giving come with ...
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San Jose Metblogs @
Saturday 15 September 2012 at 4:24 pm
Silicon Valley’s premier art event, the Zero1 biennial, kicked off last night with a street festival dubbed [e]merge. The festival featured live music and numerous art exhibits including performances and interactive displays. The biennial’s theme this year is “Seeking Silicon Valley”, and the art on show at the festival last night did show a return ...
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Pittsburgh Metblogs @
Sunday 2 September 2012 at 8:54 pm
Now available for purchase (starting today, actually), Target will be selling special-edition cans of Campbell’s tomato soup in iconic Warhol colors and with quotes from the artist. Check out the article from High Snob here. h/t to Man Made DIY ...
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Sunday 12 August 2012 at 3:40 pm
Certainly not THAT bridge. Nowhere near the one Anthony Keidis sings of drawing blood and giving his life away. But a bridge’s under nonetheless — in this case the one that carries Sunset Boulevard over Silver Lake Boulevard — that the majority of passers-through traverse safely installed within the confines of vehicles. Perhaps there’s a ...
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Wednesday 8 August 2012 at 2:08 pm
One of my most favorite art gallery’s in L.A. has got to be the L.A. Center for Digital Art. Maybe because I drift into that realm with my own art often, but the images shown there are technically at the top of that genre and media. The current show that will run this month is ...
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Austin Metblogs @
Monday 11 June 2012 at 4:07 pm
Patience played to a full house, including all the children who arrived early for a special program and remained for the entire matinee performance yesterday, just as entranced as the rest of us. H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, and The Mikado seem to be the most frequently performed masterpieces, but, thanks to our very ...
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San Jose Metblogs @
Saturday 2 June 2012 at 3:17 pm
I had a fantastic time at the annual SubZERO art festival last night. The festival has been getting a lot of press in the Mercury, Metro, etc., calling it the best thing going in San Jose, the highlight of the year, San Jose’s best street festival, and so on, and it did not disappoint. What ...
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Austin Metblogs @
Sunday 13 May 2012 at 8:50 pm
Today’s the very last day for a wonderful traveling exhibition at the Blanton Museum. There’s still time to get there before it closes at five. It’s called “American Scenery: Different Views in Hudson River School Painting.” Views of the Susquehanna, Hudson, Saco, and other rivers and panoramas of Niagara, Lake George, Saranac astonish in their ...
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San Jose Metblogs @
Sunday 13 May 2012 at 12:24 am
Five South First Area museums and galleries hosed a fun event this afternoon, called ArtHouse. MACLA held a poetry slam (pictured) and painting workshop by a local artist. The Stage Theatre hosted Notre Dame High School’s improv comedy players. The ICA gallery held a filmmaking workshop. Numerous artists had prints available for sale. The San ...
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Thursday 26 April 2012 at 3:42 pm
Monrovia does things a little different. In this case we turn Cinco de Mayo into a big street fair that is family friendly and hold it before the actual day. We’ll be doing it Sunday April 29th to be precise. The event is full of activities for kids, music and art featuring local artists. It ...
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Wednesday 25 April 2012 at 7:12 pm
I’m not always successful, but whenever I’m biking around Los Angeles, I try to return a way different from whatever way I came and/or devote a little bit of my rides to exploring someplace new and/or at least revisiting an area I hadn’t been through in a while. Such was the case yesterday coming back ...
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Friday 20 April 2012 at 3:01 pm
I’m not a fan of malls, but I am a sucker for a good fine art event. At least Paseo Colorado is a semi-open mall. Paseo Spring Fest promises to be among the better ones as it is a juried event, meaning the artists have to be reviewed by a jury panel to ensure they ...
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Thursday 12 April 2012 at 6:05 pm
You’d think I live in Pasadena given how often I post about the place, I don’t, but they always have something of interest going on. This Saturday its the 10th Annual Pasadena Earth and Arts Festival to be held in and around the Armory Center for the Arts across from Memorial Park. Here’s the run ...
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Wednesday 11 April 2012 at 1:34 pm
The images from the cell phone have evolved, the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art has nearly 3 dozen photographers showing images taken with their cell phones. These promise not to be “instagrams” but rather documentation in an a sometimes digitally manipulated view of the world around us. Mobile Pixels will run from April 12-May ...
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Dubai Metblogs @
Friday 30 March 2012 at 11:13 am
Scheduled for Saturday March 31 2012 The Most Expensive Event of the region & World’s richest race is scheduled at Meydan Race course in Dubai. Details HERE The Dubai World Cup, worth US$10 million in prize money alone, is classified as a ‘Group One Flat Race’ for four-year-old thoroughbreds and above, and spans a distance ...
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Wednesday 14 March 2012 at 1:19 pm
This should be interesting. 7 local news photographers, 1 photographer/artist and one Disney artist are getting together to put on a show and reception this Saturday night. Two of my favorite artists will be there. Stephen Coleman a photographer and the Disney Artist, Rick Kess…pretty much ensures I’ll be in attendance. Free food and booze ...
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