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Arts Headlines
- Pullman books under review by 2 more Catholic boards
- Two other Toronto-area Catholic boards of education are studying copies of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy after the Halton District Catholic School Board removed the children's books from its library shelves.
- N.J. orchestra flips its rare strings for $20M US
- Four years after it bought a collection of rare stringed instruments, including pieces by master craftsmen Stradivari and Guarneri, a New Jersey orchestra has decided to resell them, with a catch.
- Piracy suit launched by Hollywood set to go to Chinese court
- A new lawsuit over film piracy, one of several launched in the past two years by Hollywood studios, is set to go to court in China on Nov. 29.
- Alluring Elizabeth I portrait fetches more than $5M
- An early portrait of Queen Elizabeth I that experts believe was commissioned to advertise the monarch to potential suitors sold for more than $5 million in London on Thursday.
- February trial set for 80s star Boy George
- Former Culture Club frontman Boy George drew a large crowd in London on Thursday, having to wade through a media scrum to make his court appearance on a false imprisonment charge.
- McGuinty steps up for Confederation Centre
- Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty pledged $200,000 a year for Charlottetown's Confederation Centre of the Arts on Thursday.
- CBC to amalgamate English-language operations
- The CBC announced on Thursday plans to integrate its English-language services under one executive, its current English television vice-president, Richard Stursberg.
- Dirty Dancing extends Toronto run by 12 weeks
- The Mirvish stage production of Dirty Dancing, which opened Oct. 31 in Toronto, has been extended for an additional 12 weeks.
- British Museum ponders 24-hour opening for terracotta warriors
- Massive daily queues of people seeking a peek at China's famed terracotta warriors have prompted the British Museum to considering throwing open its doors for 24 hours a day.
- Halifax gallery wins $30,000 endowment to buy art
- The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia will use a $30,000 grant from the Canada Council for the Arts to buy work by contemporary artist Iain Baxter of Windsor, Ont.