Visual Arts
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From the dust, glittering Louvre show emergesJun 24, 2014 5:30 am - PARIS - For nearly a decade, one of the world's greatest palaces has also housed a dusty building site. Now, thanks to a $35.4 million restoration, one of the Louvre Mus...
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12th Annual Arts Festival this weekend in BartlettJun 23, 2014 11:00 pm - The 12th Annual Arts Festival produced by Arts in Bartlett will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 28-29, in Bartlett Park at Oak and North Avenues. A ...
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Weekend picks: Hey, buuuddy! Pauly Shore plays SchaumburgJun 22, 2014 11:00 pm - Bio-dome dude: Fans of 1990s films like “Encino Man,” “Bio-Dome” and “Son-in-Law” won't want to miss comedian and actor Pauly Shore performing this weekend at the Im...
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Artworks chosen to be displayed across U.S.Jun 22, 2014 11:00 pm - DALLAS - Online voters have chosen dozens of works of art to appear on billboards and signs in cities across the U.S. later this summer. The 58 works picked were announc...
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Sunday picks: Bret Michaels, hair rockers play ElginJun 22, 2014 5:00 am - Vintage metal: Bret Michaels of the 1980s hair-metal band Poison will be joined by some key contemporaries at the Hair Band Heavyweights show at Grand Victoria Casin...
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Fashion museum exhibit looks closely at lingerieJun 21, 2014 5:45 am - NEW YORK - From a 1770 corset to a 2014 bra-and-panty set in lacy stretch silk, the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology has put the focus on lingerie and ladie...
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Weekend picks: Jim Gill gets silly in NapervilleJun 21, 2014 5:00 am - Jim Gill jams: It's time to get silly! Award-winning musician Jim Gill presents a family concert with interactive dancing, singing and a silly dance contest at Washi...
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Detroit-area museum shows off Warhol record coversJun 20, 2014 5:30 am - BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. — The banana. The zipper. Along with his Marilyn Monroe portrait and the Campbell Soup cans, Andy Warhol's album covers have their own place in t...
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Waukegan ArtWauk event:Jun 18, 2014 1:01 am - "Colorful Communications," an art show by Kim Rahal, will open Saturday June 21, at Dandelion Gallery, 109 S. Genesee St., Waukegan. The opening reception, from 5 to 9 p...
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Devo explores its earliest sounds at St. Charles' Arcada showJun 17, 2014 5:30 am - Let's travel back in time for a moment — to Akron, Ohio, circa 1975. The country was reeling, scarred by more than a decade of social protest, violence both at home and ...