Santafe Center for Photography

Exhibit explores assimilation

Every other year, the New London-based Latin Network for the Visual Arts presents a panoramic survey of contemporary art. This year, 57 artists, whose roots begin in countries where romance languages are spoken, were chosen from about 80 who answered the international call to artists.

Arts Scene published Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010

Brookings-Harbor Community Theater will hold its second day of auditions for the musical “Oklahoma” at 6:30 p.m. today (Sept. 8) at Harbor Performing Arts Center in the Brookings-Harbor Shopping Center. For information, call 541-661-2473.

Artistic Touch: Regina Vorgang blossoms as a weaver on West Coast

A move from the East Coast to the West Coast brought new opportunities for fiber artist Regina Vorgang. “I don’t know if I would have in New England the same amount of fiber groups as are here,” Vorgang said. “It’s really a great environment.”

Popkomm 2010, SCENEPR, Film Society of Lincoln Center, Pop Montreal

The 67th Venice Film Festival will premiere the anticipated new action film, Machete, conceived as an expansion of the faux Grindhouse trailer, directed by Robert Rodriguez with Ethan Maniquis. The International Jury for the Competition at the 67th Venice International Film Festival has been selected, with American director and screenwriter Quentin Tarantino as president. American Director Julie ...

One of Us: Gerry Charm is the very definition of a collage artist

Look up the word collage in “The American Heritage Student Dictionary,” published by Houghton Mifflin in 2003, and you’ll find an image of Gerry Charm’s 1997 work, “Remembrance.” The accompanying definition: “A work of art made by pasting materials … and pictures, onto a surface.” In Charm’s case, he has files full of images clipped from old magazines and books, “a huge filing cabinet stuffed ...

8 missing, 54 homes burned in Colorado fires

At least 54 homes have been destroyed by a wildfire burning west of Boulder, Colorado, and eight people are unaccounted for, officials say.

BP points fingers in rig blast

An internal investigation puts some responsibility for the Gulf oil disaster on BP but assigns much of the blame to contractors Halliburton and Transocean.

Asteroid buzzes Earth; another coming

A small asteroid passed within the moon's distance from the Earth on Wednesday morning, and another will do likewise later in the day, space watchers say.

Iran: Woman's stoning sentence on hold

Iran has put the stoning sentence of a woman convicted of adultery and murder "on hold,"Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told state-run Press TV on Wednesday.

Clinton condemns Quran-burning plan

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has condemned the planned burning of Qurans on the anniversary of the 2001 attacks on the United States as criticism mounts from Muslims around the world.