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Kathleen Olson's "Inside Out" at Washington & Lee
Washington and Lee's Williams School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics has opened a new exhibit by art professor Kathleen Olson, titled "Inside Out." Olson's work was previously exhibited last fall in the art center at W&L. Details on the new exhibit follow.
Italy 2010: accommodation guide
A castle in Umbria, available through Invitation to Tuscany Renting villas and cottages Many rental specialists have managed to hold their prices for 2010, and there are reductions on less popular properties because owners have become more realistic in recessionary times.
The best local festivals of 2010 | June to December
You may only just be getting over your hangover, but don't hang up your dancing shoes just yet.
ARTICLE Italian painter byname of Tommaso di Giovanni di Simone Cassai born Dec.
A forest ranger saved a truck from a horror pile up after its driver passed out by jumping onto the moving cab in an astonishing James Bond-style stunt.
Forest ranger leaps onto runaway truck
Arezzo, December 9 - An Italian forest ranger narrowly averted disaster on Wednesday by leaping aboard a runaway truck and pulling it off the road.
A memorial service for Dorna McDonald May of Bon Aqua is scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec.
OU Students to Study Abroad in Renovated Monastery
The University of Oklahoma is looking to send more students overseas for its study abroad program thanks to a recent lease by the school, but some may be wondering why the school is spending millions when money is tight.
University of Oklahoma students will soon have more opportunities to study in a foreign environment after the Board of Regents approved the lease and renovation of a former Italian convent Wednesday.
OU regents OK plan to put medical info on IDs
University of Oklahoma students and faculty and staff members could have stickers encoded with emergency medical information for their driver's licenses by next fall.
OU Regents to consider $4.7 million renovation of Italian monastery
The University of Oklahoma could add a new building to its list of academic brick and mortar.
OU Regents to consider Italy property lease for study abroad
The lease of a property in Arezzo, Italy, for enhanced study abroad educational opportunities and an on-site auto parts inventory for fleet services on the Norman campus are among items to be considered by the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents at its regular meeting this week in Lawton.
The world-famous Philippine Madrigal Singers will present a concert at the St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. The group, known as the Madz, has consistently won top prizes in the most prestigious choral competitions held in various European cities in Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Hungary, Spain, Germany.
Book Review: Custom Bicycles, A Passionate Pursuit
A celebration of the hand-made bicycle builder This hard-back coffee table book takes the reader into the world of the hand-made bike, taking 39 of the world's best specialist frame builders and celebrating them and their work, showing off the bicycle as a work of art.
Vasari's papers 'not leaving Italy'
Rome, October 26 - It his highly unlikely that the archives of 16th century art biographer Giorgio Vasari would ever leave Italy even if they were sold, Italian Justice Minister Angelino Alfano said Monday.
IMAGES Main Italian actor and director born Oct. 27, 1952, Misericordia, Arezzo, Italy Italian actor and director known for his comedic work, most notably La vita bella , for which he won an Academy Award for best actor.
Outcry in Italy over sale of Renaissance papers
Papers of artist, architect and writer Giorgio Vasari reportedly sold to unidentified Russian buyers for a 150m The Italian government was today facing an outcry from art lovers and historians following the discovery that one of the most important archives of Renaissance documents had been sold to unidentified Russian buyers, reportedly for a 150m ...
Fabbriciani, JACK Quartet to perform
The Department of Music and the Robert and Carol Morris Center for 21st Century Music are bringing renowned musicians Roberto Fabbriciani and the JACK Quartet to UB this month for performances and related educational activities.
Aoife O'Riordain was so smitten by Gargonza that she decided to get married there.
The Piazza Grande in the town of Arezzo, Tuscany
Everyone knows Tuscany's big hitters: Florence, Siena and Chianti together form a giant Tuscan sponge, soaking up tourists by the millions, and drenching them in so much art and beauty that the last thing they want is to leave that illustrious triangle.
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