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Born in the Vedado neighborhood of Havana, Cuba, in the winter of 1932, Margarita Fernandez Villa Urrutia was educated at the Ruston Academy and the University of Havana.

The Apogee Foundation is presenting a series of virtuoso concert events in Odessa featuring Apogee Awards laureates from five leading music academies in Belarus, Moldova, Switzerland and Ukraine.

Boasting the only Charles Schneider gallery in South Florida, VALERIO Antiques understands how hard it can be to find and distinguish genuine art glass. An opulent selection of one of the finest glass artists of the Art Deco period, the Charles Schneider Gallery displays the glassmaker’s work from when he first began in 1913 through to the height of his career in late 1920’s. Connecting enthusiasts together with this hard to find collection, VALERIO Antiques pays homage to one of the greatest glass artists of all time.

Two Las Vegas-based women, Sharon Rose and Dorit Schwartz, recently introduced the Rose Schwartz Design Collection, giving a whole new picture to wine appreciation.

Bucks County artists open their studio doors exclusively for the first ever Elephant’s Eye Artists Studio Tour.

Prom paramour, Wilma Wheeler has joined with Neekam company to create the Prom 365 Blog. This blog will act as a source of information and networking for formal prom dresses, and the most exciting prom themes and prom related subjects. This blog's mission is to provide the best tips to make your prom memorable for a lifetime.

The FPKK Przeczek & Seredynski KG art gallery in Vienna has just recently received a logo design created by LogoBee. When one thinks about Vienna images of a rich cultural heritage, classical music and beautiful art usually come to mind. That is why Tomasz Seredynski decided to take his passion for art there and establish an art gallery. The gallery deals mostly in modern and contemporary art. When he decided to get an artistic logo design for his gallery he turned to Logobee for help.

PaintAmerica, a national, non-profit organization to support and promote the visual arts, has announced the Call to Entries for the 2008 “Paint The Parks” National Artists’ Competition. Paint The Parks will attract many of our nations’ top artists, with a $10,000 purchase award for the Grand Prize. Many other cash prizes and purchase awards will also be available, making Paint The Parks one of the country’s richest art competitions. Full details and entry forms are available at www.PaintAmerica.org

It’s a wonderful Christmas present but you can’t gift wrap it or put it under the tree. The Internet’s fastest growing comic book collecting web site is excited to announce the addition of Top Cow Productions as a partner in 2008 -- Merry Christmas!”

During the VI edition of the Florence International Biennale of Contemporary Art which took place from 1-9 December 2007, Antoine Gaber presented the latest developments in the Passion for Life programme.

Fans of the weekly online mystery serial “It Happened in Plainfield” will soon be reading the final chapter of the ongoing saga when the humorous story concludes its forty-week run later this month. There are still a few surprises left for readers, though, including a characteristically tongue-in-cheek ending that is guaranteed to both shock and amuse.

The sixth edition of the Florence Biennale of Contemporary Art will take place at the historic Fortezza da Basso from 1st - 9th December, 2007. 840 artists coming from 76 countries will be exhibiting more than 2,500 artworks and there will be an extraordinary meeting of cultures, languages and diverse artistic styles. The actress Anne Archer, Ambassador of the association Artists for Human Rights is coming to Florence to award the Biennale for its support of the United Nations program “Dialogue between civilizations”, to which the Biennale has officially adhered since 2001.

Starring is pleased to communicate the opening of http://www.photographerspro.eu, the first web site which gathers the most brilliant representatives of the European photography, accomplished professionals and young talents.

Fifth Annual Gardening Blockbuster to be held in Vermont. Last year's seminar sold out. Larger facility promises an even grander experience in 2008.

The Super Bowl is exciting to watch, debate, and bet on. The news media O.D. on it for weeks. It makes for spirited conversation at the water fountain as well as in board rooms. Some of the commercials are a hoot. But does all of that excitement translate to a cost effective investment which will pay out for guerilla marketers seeking sales and ROI? For small companies, the Super Bowl provides a template for what to watch for when considering any large marketing investment.

Bucks County potter, Lisa Naples will debut her unique large-scale garden sculptures at the exclusive Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show from November 8 – 11.

The CuteKid™ today announced that the number of registered members at TheCuteKid.com has grown to over 600,000. Greg Byrnes, VP (Marketing) mentioned “We have received more than 500% increase in the number of registered members in one year. It is our goal to register 1 million members by March ’07 and are on track to achieve this goal. This will make us the largest parent focused community revolving around child and baby photo contests.”

The Davis Jazz Artists' Festival will feature world-class jazz performance painter, Nancy E. Ostrovsky, and will include over 100 jazz musicians, 20 visual artists, and one well-known jazz poet. This unique all-day jazz festival, in collaboration with the performance painters competition, will be held on Saturday, October 6, 2007 in downtown Davis, CA.

PaintAmerica, a national, non-profit organization to support and promote the visual arts, has announced the Call to Entries for the 2007 PaintAmerica Top100 and the PaintAmerica MiniTop50 Art Competitions. In the second year of the PaintAmerica Top100, the competition is already among the richest in prize money and purchase awards. The Top 100 Grand Prize winner will earn a $7,500 purchase award. The MiniTop50 winner claims a $2,500 purchase award. Dozens of purchase awards, cash prizes and other awards are available, and more are still being secured. Full details and entry forms are available at www.PaintAmerica.org

Museum On The Go, the worldwide first portal for download of digital museum objects to mobile devices has dedicated a new section to the famous collection of the Alinari National Museum of Photography. Images from photographers like Alinari, Brogi, and Wulz are available for download to mobile phones in more than 50 countries worldwide.

The Crystal Awards Film Festival wants videos from everyone for their Darfur PeopleWithoutBorders project. They seek videos which express who you are, what values you live for, what you find beautiful, funny, profound, meaningful, silly, or uplifiting.

Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa has been a muse for artists of all flavors from around the world. In honor of her 500th birthday, the painting is now being celebrated in the first ever anthology of Mona Lisa inspired poetry; Mona Poetica.

Red Dot and Adam Leemon aka “Adam the wine guy” from The Tasting Room with Tom Leykas 97.1 FM present OENOPHILIA- The love of wine at Red Dot Gallery & Bistro on March 15 , 7 pm to 9pm. $20.