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		<title>Lenoir Public Art Project Goes Live Friday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A public art project undertaken by the Caldwell Arts Council in Lenoir will soon rise, literally, from the ground up. The 26-foot diameter, 40,000-pound “earthcasting” by internationally-renowned Raleigh artist Thomas Sayre was created by pouring concrete into a mold in the earth. Entitled Across the Grain, the sculpture is situated in downtown Lenoir and will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raleigh to Host Major IBMA Awards Show and Convention</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the first time, Raleigh will host the annual International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Awards Show and Convention, starting in 2013 and continuing through 2015. “World of Bluegrass Week” events include a four-day IBMA Business Conference, the International Bluegrass Music Awards Show, and the three-day Bluegrass Fan Fest, drawing a total of more than 16,000 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ncartseveryday.org/2012/05/raleigh-to-host-major-ibma-awards-show-and-convention/</link>
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		<title>Raleigh’s Kariisa Advances in National Poetry Out Loud Finals</title>
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Jessica Kariisa, a 12th-grade Raleigh Charter High School student representing North Carolina in the national Poetry Out Loud competition is one of nine high school students who will advance to the national finals taking place Tuesday, May 15 in Washington, D.C.
Kariisa was one of three students selected during region one semifinals held this morning for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ncartseveryday.org/2012/05/raleigh%e2%80%99s-kariisa-advances-in-national-poetry-out-loud-finals/</link>
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		<title>Sampson County and the City of Clinton Slated to Unveil Public Art</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Clinton — The Sampson County Arts Council and  the City of Clinton will dedicate its first public art project, “Milling  Around” on Thursday, May 17 at 300 East Main Street at 11:30 a.m.
The work, funded with support from the N.C. Arts Council, was created by artist Heidi Lippman of Smithsburg, Maryland.
This is the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ncartseveryday.org/2012/05/sampson-county-and-the-city-of-clinton-slated-to-unveil-public-art/</link>
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		<title>Across the Grain and Into the Sky</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lenoir — If you’re in Lenoir, in Caldwell County, on Monday you have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see a 26-foot, 40,000 pound sculpture, Across the Grain, rise from the earth.
On Monday, May 14, weather permitting, the process of digging out and lifting the sculpture from the ground will begin at the corner of Harper Avenue [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ncartseveryday.org/2012/05/across-the-grain-and-into-the-sky/</link>
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		<title>Cherokee Voices Festival Celebrates Traditional Arts and Living History</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Cherokee Voices Festival will highlight traditional Cherokee dance, music, storytelling, food, arts and crafts, weapons and living history in a day-long celebration at the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Saturday, June 9, from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is North Carolina’s only federally recognized tribe.
The free festival, sponsored by the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ncartseveryday.org/2012/05/cherokee-voices-festival-celebrates-traditional-arts-and-living-history/</link>
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		<title>ADF Dedicates 79th Season to Mary Regan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The American Dance Festival (ADF) will dedicate its 79th season to former N.C. Arts Council executive director Mary Regan during a special ceremony held Thursday, June 14 at 7 p.m. at the Durham Performing Arts Center. The dedication will be followed by the season-opening performance of Doug Elkins and Friends’ Fräulein Maria.
During her 39-year tenure [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ncartseveryday.org/2012/05/adf-dedicates-79th-season-to-mary-regan/</link>
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		<title>Fellowship Recipients Highlighted on USA Projects Website</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Playwright Paul Baerman, a 2011–2012 N.C. Arts Council Fellowship recipient, has successfully completed an online fundraising effort in support of his original play, The Whistler, opening May 17 at the new Speakeasy Theater in Cincinnati, Ohio (www.brownpapertickets.com/event/247074). As a fellowship recipient, Baerman was able to promote his work through USA Projects, a national web site [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ncartseveryday.org/2012/05/fellowship-recipients-highlighted-on-usa-projects-website/</link>
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		<title>Creech Brings Poetry to Charlotte Writing Residency</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Poet Morri Creech, a 2011–2012 N.C. Arts Council Fellowship recipient, will be one of three workshop leaders at the N.C. Writers Network’s annual Squire Summer Writing Residency held Thursday, July 19 through Sunday, July 22 at Queens University of Charlotte.  A writer in residence at the university, Creech is the author of two collections of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ncartseveryday.org/2012/05/creech-brings-poetry-to-charlotte-writing-residency/</link>
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		<title>Christina Lohry Named 2012 Gerry D. Howell A+ Educator of the Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Christina G. Lohry was named the 2012 Gerry D. Howell A+ Educator of the Year on Thursday, May 3. She is a dance educator at Benton Heights  Elementary School of the Arts, an A + School, where she has taught for the last five years.
Ms. Lohry exemplifies the vision of long-time A+ Executive Director [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ncartseveryday.org/2012/05/christina-lohry-named-2012-gerry-d-howell-a-educator-of-the-year/</link>
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