WASHINGTON (AP).- Museum experts are weighing in on a censorship controversy at the Smithsonian Institution and what it means for publicly funded museums at a time when arts funding has been targeted for deep budget cuts. At a symposium Tuesday night a…
Kennedy Center in Washington Showcases India’s Arts, Precious Gems and Diverse Culture
WASHINGTON (AP).- The Kennedy Center in Washington has been converted into a palace to showcase India’s arts, precious gems and diverse culture over the next three weeks. The $7 million “Maximum India” festival opened Tuesday night and runs through M…
Al Hirschfeld’s Chair, Desk Going to Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center
NEW YORK (AP).- Show-biz caricaturist Al Hirschfeld immortalized the world of theater with his fluid ink-and-pen portraits while seated in a barbershop chair behind a worn century-old drafting desk in the fourth-floor studio of his Manhattan town hous…
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour Says It is Time to Build Civil Rights Museum
JACKSON, MISS (AP).- Possible presidential contender Gov. Haley Barbour — under fire recently for comments that critics claim minimized the problems of Mississippi’s civil rights era — said Tuesday night that his state should build a museum …
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour Says It is Time to Build Civil Rights Museum
JACKSON, MISS (AP).- Possible presidential contender Gov. Haley Barbour — under fire recently for comments that critics claim minimized the problems of Mississippi’s civil rights era — said Tuesday night that his state should build a museum …
Mystery Giver Leaves $10,000 in World Trade Center Donation Box
NEW YORK (AP).- An anonymous benefactor in New York City stuffed $10,000 in cash into a 9/11 donation box at the World Trade Center. Joe Daniels, president of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, tells the New York Post that officials found 99…
Art Detroit Now Presents Detroit Gallery Week
DETROIT, MI.- Detroit Gallery Week, Art Detroit Now’s third annual event, will run from Monday, Sept. 27 to Sunday, Oct. 3 in 16 metro Detroit cities. Thousands are expected to attend contemporary art openings, exhibitions and demonstrations at lo…
Oval Office Makeover to Debut in President Obama’s Iraq Speech
WASHINGTON (AP).- When President Barack Obama addresses the nation on Iraq Tuesday night, his Oval Office setting will be sporting a new look — and one that pays homage to Martin Luther King Jr. and four previous presidents. While the president an…