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"Street art" draws attention of the public, potential investors, and law enforcement

Blek le Rat, the man who gave birth to Banksy http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article4066727.ece Banksy [Macromedia Flash Player] http://www.banksy.co.uk/ Tate Modern: Street Art http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/streetart/default.shtm TIME: Art of the Street Photo...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2008/0613
30,000 pumpkins appear in the middle of Boston and a world record is broken

A love in Common for pumpkins http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/10/22/a_love_in_common_for_pumpkins/ Morton, Illinois: The Pumpkin Capital of the World http://www.pumpkincapital.com/ Big Pumpkins.com http://www.bigpumpkins.com/ Pumpkin Recipes http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/find/results?search=pumpkin Pumpkin Carving 101 http://www.pumpkincarving101.com/ Its...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2006/1027
A look back at the 40th anniversary of Woodstock

Greying flower children make pilgrimage to Woodstock 40 years on http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/festivals/article6798424.ece Woodstock wasn't everybody's summer of '69 http://www.lohud.com/article/20090818/COLUMNIST/908180339/-1/SPORTS Why is this Woodstock anniversary so...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2009/0821
Advertising Age

Advertising Age is one of the most well-known advertising industry publications, and their website is an important place for those interested in the industry, whether they be new to the field or whether they have decades of experience. Along the top of the homepage, visitors will find nine different sections, including Global News, Hispanic Marketing, and Digital. Each of these sections features...

https://adage.com/
African American History Month

February is African American History Month, and, as the Library of Congress site notes, it's an area of history that should be incorporated into all discussions about American history. The Library of Congress listened to its own advice and created this most useful site to help students, teachers, and others to do just that. Visitors can read about a number of notable African Americans, including...

https://blackhistorymonth.gov/
African American Sheet Music, 1820-1920

During the 19th and early 20th centuries, sheet music was produced in enormous quantities in the United States. To historians and other interested parties, much of this material serves as a way to look at social and cultural mores of the times. This digital collection from Brown University takes a look at the sheet music that reflected attitudes towards African-Americans. Containing several...

https://library.brown.edu/cds/sheetmusic/afam/
Americans for the Arts (Last reviewed in the Scout Report on September 15, 1995)

Based in Washington, D.C. and New York, Americans for the Arts is primarily interested in "representing and serving local communities and creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts." From their homepage, visitors can learn about their most recent advocacy efforts and also learn more about creating and supporting arts opportunities in various...

https://www.americansforthearts.org/
Animation Magazine

This online magazine is all about animation and features regular articles, reviews of films and books, and profiles about people in the industry and tutorials. Articles in the current issue address topics such as "the impact of new technology on performance and the future roles of technology, new and old" and international perspectives on Bridging the Cultural Divide in Digital Entertainment. The...

https://www.awn.com/animationworld
Annual Eurovision Song Contest Selects Unique Finnish Band as its Winner

Finnish square named after Lordi http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5006286.stm Eurovision Song Contest [Windows Media Player] http://www.eurovision.tv/english/index.htm The axeman’s serious side http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1781044,00.html Lordi be, Europe! http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/opinion/story.jsp?story=692191 Molvania Disqualified from...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2006/0526
Arts and Culture in the Metropolis: Strategies in Sustainability

Many policy analysts and urbanologists are interested in the role that cultural institutions play in cities, and this report from the RAND Corporation explores the interaction between these institutions and the different cities in which they are located. Released in March 2007, this 124-page report was authored by Kevin F. McCarthy, Elizabeth Heneghan Ondaatje, and Jennifer L. Novak. After...

https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monographs/2007/R...
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