9/11 logo snub a PA flub
How soon they forget. Thirty-seven Port Authority cops died heroically on 9/11, but the National September 11 Memorial and Museum doesn’t have any merchandise for sale at its gift shops that bear the PAPD insignia. A cornucopia of T-shirts, sweatshirts, caps and assorted tchotchkes — all emblazoned with NYPD...
Johnny Cash museum planned for downtown Nashville
A longtime friend of Johnny Cash plans to open a downtown Nashville museum dedicated to the iconic Man in Black. The museum, planned for a former warehouse on Third Avenue South, will feature parts of Cash’s former home in Hendersonville.
Oroville will honor more than 60 museum docents during dinner
OROVILLE — The City of Oroville will honor more than 60 museum docents at an appreciation dinner on Sunday at the Centennial Cultural Center.
A newsmaker you should know: He turns chairs into works of art
William R. Lightcap Jr. knew his way around flea markets and antique shops. He had collected paper items and furniture and even manned a few booths. But a visit with Paul Warhola, brother of famed artist Andy Warhol, opened a new world of possibility.
Even under construction, the new Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland packs architectural thrills in a very tight ...
For Jill Snyder, MOCA's director since 1996, the project has meant squeezing the most out of a relatively modest footprint.
First Friday - February 3
On the first Friday of each month, Juneau galleries, museums and shops open their doors for show and exhibit openings, artist meet-and-greets and more. Following is information about events available as of press time.
News in brief
Here are a selection of brief news items from this week's paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn't make it in the paper.
Concert part of gallery’s Valentine ’s Day
“Je t’aime” (French), “Te amo” (Spanish and Latin). “Jeg Elsker Deg”(Norwegian). “Iay ovlay ouyay” (Pig Latin).
Guide To The Field Museum
On your day off, do you lose hours in front of your computer, as you're doing now, refreshing Tumblr and tweeting about some idiotic thing someone said on Facebook? No? Well, good for you. You are the 1%. As for the rest of us, it might be time to go outside and get our brains moving again. If you haven't visited the Field Museum of Natural History in a few years, it's high time you returned ...