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(CNN) — Legs covered in skin-toned stockings, her skirt crisp to the knee, Patty Davis slips on the black heels she has shined for the day. “Got to look good …
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By Edward E. Curtis IV Like Gettysburg, the National Mall, and other historic sites, Ground Zero is a place whose symbolic importance extends well beyond local zoning disputes and real …
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Hale A. Woodruff 1900-1980 Located in the: Detroit Institute of Arts The General Motors Center for African American Art 5200 Woodward Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48202 Main Line: 313.833.7900 Date 1950/1951 …
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The painted pianos that have popped up in public places around the region as part of Cincinnati Public Radio’s Play Me, I’m Yours project have struck a chord with residents, …
Demographically, Oz was a multicultural society, with creatures of various kinds living in harmony. Like Dorothy, visitors to the exhibition “Over the Rainbow I and II,” whose title was inspired …
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They had a trolley good time. Forget the double-decker buses that wind through the crowded streets of midtown. The best way to sightsee in one of the city’s most culturally …
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Washington – Iraqi-American Anas ‘Andy’ Shallal’s inspiration for uniting communities started when he moved to Washington as an illegal immigrant at age 10. He left the Arab world during a …
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Since I first went vegan in 1995, I’ve witnessed a sea change. What once felt like fringe is now creeping into the global collective consciousness. This has not been an …
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Naomi Campbell’s testimony at the Special Court for Sierra Leone was the culmination of a decade-long exercise in vulgarity. How the British supermodel ended up in the trial of Charles …
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Having shined a White House spotlight on Broadway over the last year, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are turning their attentions to theater closer to home. Arena Stage, …
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SALEM — Doggone it! Works of art displayed at a dog-friendly park last week were vandalized or stolen. Salem State College art professor Ken Reker reported the crimes to police …
“Art on the BeltLine,” Atlanta’s largest exhibition of temporary art, christens a new public space in the best possible way: with a wide-ranging display of works by a broad swath …
SALEM, MA — Not all art is in museums. In fact, you can find art in the strangest places. Take, for example, the huge mural on the side of the …
Photographs by Wadson Labrousse Courtesy the government of the Republic of Haiti”> n January 12, 2010, Haiti was hit by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake, which turned out to be the …
FEW aesthetic labels are as linked to a neighborhood as the Harlem Renaissance, the cultural movement of the 1920s and ’30s that created some of the most significant American art …