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Saturday, May 17, 2008

Arts Edition Primetime

Arts Edition PrimetimeArts Edition Primetime is about the wide variety of arts & culture in south Florida. It's about the process of creating great art, whether on canvas, or paper. In clay, stone and bronze or on a stage and in a concert hall, and it's about what it means to be an artist.

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Sanibel to Siberia: The Story of a WWII Memorial

Apr. 15, 2008

Alaska artist R.T. Wallen spent two years on Sanibel Island, Florida, creating two 10-foot high bronze pilots. They commemorate the heroic Russian and American aviators who flew 8,000 warplanes from the U.S. to the Russian fronts under the Lend-Lease Program.

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Holocaust Museum

Apr. 20, 2007

Originally a one-room exhibit created by middle school students, the Holocaust Museum of Southwest Florida is now home to hundreds of artifacts, photographs, books and videos. Dedicated to promoting tolerance, the Naples museum seeks to ensure that the stories of the Holocaust and other genocides are never forgotten.

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FGCU Steinway Piano Competition

Feb. 16, 2007

Steinway Piano Competition Florida Gulf Coast University and its new music department present the finals of the 2006 Steinway Piano Society Competition. Students from Lee, Charlotte, Collier and Hendry counties perform in the final stage of the competition for the chance to win scholarship prizes. Hosted by Scott Houston, “The Piano Man” of PBS.

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Abigail Adams

Jan. 19, 2007

Naples playwright Janina Birtolo performs “Remember the Ladies,” an original one-woman show about Abigail Adams, wife of America’s second President and mother of the sixth U.S. President. The play recounts Abigail’s experience as a true partner to her husband, John Adams, and a true patriot, deeply involved in the politics of her time.

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Wildlife

Dec. 15, 2006

John Costin creates hand-tinted engravings of Florida birds and flowers. Christine Reichow uses watercolor to bring alive the wildlife that surrounds her. Ben Essenburg's ultra-realistic landscapes create an almost surreal feeling as they draw the viewer into the painting.

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Kade, Guo, Compton and Bennet

Nov. 17, 2006

Sculptor Angelika Kade is in love with the Carrera marble and other stone she works with. Her abstract shapes are sinuous and flowing. Yongun Guo's art is steeped in the tradition of Chinese brush painting. Working with colored inks on handmade rice papers, Yongun captures the villages and views of old China. Compton and Bennet's satiric and amusing songs about Florida life and politics have been entertaining audiences for years.

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Wildlife

Oct. 20, 2006

John Costin creates hand-tinted engravings of Florida birds and flowers. Christine Reichow uses watercolor to bring alive the wildlife that surrounds her. Ben Essenburg's ultra-realistic landscapes create an almost surreal feeling as they draw the viewer into the painting.

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King Tut

Aug. 18, 2006

Get an armchair tour of "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" at the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This is the first time some of the treasures from the tomb of King Tut have returned to the United States since a record-breaking tour of the 1970s. In addition to 50 of Tut's treasures, the exhibition includes more than 70 artifacts from the tombs of his relatives of his 18th Dynasty (1555 B.C. to 1305 B.C.) contemporaries.

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Murray, Smith, Quandee

May. 19, 2006

Chris Murray, artist-in-residence at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida in Naples, specializes in painstakingly detailed wildfowl sculptures. In Tampa, Fraser Smith creates realistic objects such as quilts and hats from solid wood. His quilts look so real, they fool experienced quilters. Allen Quandee is a wood turner who uses chisels, lathes and sanders to craft exquisite bowls, vases and other items.

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Gulf Coast Symphony, Faubourg School, Kat Epple

Apr. 21, 2006

Considered by many the premier community orchestra in Southwest Florida, the Gulf Coast Symphony is celebrating its 11th season. With a new Naples campus, the Illinois-based Faubourg School of Ballet is devoted to developing each student’s potential to the fullest. Kat Epple is a Fort Myers composer whose film and video soundtracks and CD’s have won eight Emmy Awards and 10 Addy Awards and a Grammy nomination.

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