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'Elf' works its magic -- even on Christmas cynics
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Buddy (Will Ferrell, right) plays a human who was raised by elves in the new comedy "Elf."(PHOTO) (NEW LINE PRODUCTIONS PHOTO)
ROGER EBERT(PHOTO)
If I were to tell you "Elf" stars Will Ferrell as a human named Buddy who thinks he is an elf and Ed Asner as Santa Claus, would you feel an urgent desire to see this film?
Neither did I. I thought it would be clunky, stupid and obvious, like "The Santa Clause 2" or "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." It would have grotesque special effects and lumber about in the wreckage of holiday ...
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Native American Basketry of Southern California. (book reviews)
Magazine article from: The American Indian Quarterly
; ...bibliography. $45 paper. Native American Basketry of Southern California was written to...exhibition of Southern California indigenous basketry, "A Century of Southern California...volumes to this book: Native American Basketry of Central California (1986) and American...
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Spruce-Root Basketry of the Haida and Tlingit.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Oregon Historical Quarterly
; ...for those interested in Native American basketry and, in particular, in twined spruce root basketry of the Tlingit and Haida. The more in-depth monographs on Tlingit spruce root basketry by George T. Emmons and Frances Paul...
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The Work of Tribal Hands: Southeastern Split Cane Basketry
Magazine article from: Southeastern Archaeology
; ...Tribal Hands: Southeastern Split Cane Basketry. DAYNA BOWKER LEE and HIRAM F. GREGORY...the result of the Southeastern Indian Basketry Gathering held at Northwestern State...river cane and the weaving of split cane basketry" (p. v). This fact, along with...
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Dayna Bowker Lee and Hiram F. Gregory, eds.: The Work of Tribal Hands: Southeastern Split Cane Basketry.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The American Indian Quarterly
; ...Tribal Hands: Southeastern Split Cane Basketry. Natchitoches, LA: Northwestern State...the result of the Southeastern Indian Basketry Gathering held at Northwestern State...river cane and the weaving of split cane basketry" (v). This fact, along with the...
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Revered vessels: custom and innovation in Harari basketry.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: African Arts
; ...FIGURE 1 OMITTED] Harari women weave basketry bowls and lidded vessels that serve important...and complex patterns found in Harari basketry, which are arduous to create, are locally...members. This introduction to Harari basketry offers a window into the world of the...
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 "Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)")
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Basketry's origins lost in mists of time
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)
; ...healthy through economic pressure, but Basketry and Beyond aims to increase awareness...the theme of split wood and bamboo in basketry. Work from both ends of the basket...acclaimed Porthleven Basket Fair of 2003 when Basketry and Beyond organised an event to promote...
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NEW BASKETRY CRADLES IDEAS AND NOURISHES THE SPIRIT.(What's Happening)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
; ...to hold nothing. Loosely coined "new basketry," these vessels gather and store ideas...In "Seminal Works in Contemporary Basketry" at The Fountainhead Gallery, the thoroughbreds...HIGHBIT_f8 nning, author of "The Art of Basketry" (Sterling Publishing, $24.95...
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Basketry from native materials.
Magazine article from: School Arts
; Basketry from native materials EDUCATION STUDENTS...introduction to local Native American basketry and a look at what local makers of baskets...students to follow in creating their own basketry units. Art budgets are always tight...
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Group promotes art of basketry
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; ...would find a soul mate in the National Basketry Organization, a Wisconsin-based group dedicated to promoting basketry as an art form. Incorporated in June...somebody made that by hand.'' Basketry, she said, is an ancient cultural...
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Cherokee Heritage Center to Offer Basketry Class
News Wire article from: Targeted News Service
; ...Center is offering a beginning traditional basketry class on Saturday, March 1, from 10...Craftsperson in the traditional art of basketry in 2003. The class is intended to be...traditional techniques of round reed basketry. Participants will learn the history...
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