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Sixth Annual Albany Teen Art Show Reception

(Albany, Oregon) - The sixth annual Albany Teen Art Show is on display at Albany City Hall through May, and a public reception to honor the work of 125 Albany-area teens will be held at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, 2011.

The reception will be in the Great Hall at City Hall, 333 Broadalbin St. SW., and is open to the public, artists and their friends and family.

Lincoln`s Birthday Set to Launch `Peace in Poetry` Workshop

Cultivating the first peace event at the State Capital for some 15 years.

(SALEM, Ore.) - It is well over "fourscore and seven years ago" since Abe Lincoln delivered his famous Gettysburg Address to pay homage to Union troops who died in the Civil War.

Yet the spirit of Peace has been revived here in Salem and will be celebrated on his birthday, February 12.

An Open Letter to Tim King and the Salem News

The third inning in Israel 4 Art's spat with Salem-News over the Apartheid wall that makes Gaza an open air prison.

(TEL AVIV / SALEM) - The “News” Editor of the Salem News, Tim King, has decided to defend his errant writer and her less than stellar reporting skills in a response to Craig Dershowitz’ Open Letter to Belen Fernandez.

By way of justification, Tim explains that Belen is “tongue-in-cheek” which seems to equate to “foot-in-mouth.” But, he vehemently protests, she is also “ever so smart.” Mr. Dershowitz never called her intellect into question.

Oregon Arts Commission Awards 13 Artist Fellowships

Grants Recognize Excellence in Performing and Literary Arts

(SALEM, Ore.) - The Oregon Arts Commission announces 13 recipients of its 2011 Individual Fellowships, awarded to performers and writers of exceptional talent and demonstrated ability, professional achievement and continuing dedication to an artistic discipline. Peer-review panels of artists and arts professionals from across Oregon recommended the recipients to the Arts Commission.

Why an Art Professor Wants a Camera Installed in His Head

Known in the artistic field as a "participatory artist, Wafaa Bilal has caused uproars at NYU in the past...

(CHICAGO) - Some film and video enthusiasts have been accused of letting their passions go to their head. But their fanaticism pales when compared to New York University assistant-professor Wafaa Bilal.

The photography expert intends to have a camera implanted in the back of his head.

There Is No Business like Shoa Business

The fraudsters duped people into applying who were not eligible so everyone could share funds that never should have never been allocated in the first place.

(LONDON) - Seventeen people have been charged in the US with the theft of $42m of Holocaust compensation funds provided by the German government.

US Attorney Preet Bharara said ‘we are dealing here with “thousands of false applications.”

Oregon Cultural Trust Releases Fiscal Year 2010 Report

(SALEM, Oregon) - The Oregon Cultural Trust announces the publication of its Fiscal Year 2010 annual report. The report details the Trust's finances, programs and donors. It includes profiles of funded projects at Fishtrap, Oregon Caves Chateau and Portland Opera. The Trust's annual reports, from FY2003, are available at www.culturaltrust.org or by request from cultural.trust@state.or.us or 503-986-0088.

Governor Kulongoski Appoints Two to Oregon Arts Commission

(SALEM, Ore.) - Governor Ted Kulongoski has appointed Josie Mendoza of Lake Oswego and Roger Hull of Salem to the Oregon Arts Commission.

Sarah Palin Refudiates 5-Minaret Plan for New York

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - It comes as somewhat of a surprise that the Nov. 5 release of the Turkish film “New York’ta Beş Minare”—“Five Minarets in New York”—has not prompted any warnings on Twitter by Sarah Palin.

Warnings about how five minarets cause even more unnecessary heart-stabbing pain throughout the heartland than does a Ground Zero mosque that is neither a mosque nor located at Ground Zero.

Bob Dylan: `The Brazil Series` Paintings & Drawings in Copenhagen

“The Brazil Series” is exhibited in a large well lit gallery. In a gallery alcove, there is a timeline of Dylan's career.

(COPENHAGEN) - On our recent trip to Copenhagen, we visited the National Gallery of Denmark (Statens Museum for Kunst) for the first public showing of Bob Dylan's "The Brazil Series."

It includes 40 acrylic paintings and eight drawings he created during the period 2009-10.