First Exhibition to Focus on Motif of the Open Window in Romantic Art at Metropolitan Museum This Spring
April 5-July 4, 2011 Press Preview: Monday, March 28, 10 a.m.-noon New York, N.Y. – During the Romantic era, the open window appeared either as the sole subject or the main feature in many pictures of interiors that were filled with a poetic play of light and perceptible silence. Rooms with a View: The Open [...]
Symposium Honors Local Soldiers of the War of 1812
Shawn Doyle Presents Lectures on March 23 and April 2 Oswego, N.Y. – Oswego County launches its War of 1812 Commemoration activities with a day-long symposium on Saturday, April 2 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the American Foundry on West Seneca Street in Oswego. Five speakers will present talks about a variety of [...]
Oswego to Host 1812 Symposium April 2
Oswego, N.Y. – The stories of the May 1814 Battle of Oswego, when British land and naval forces conducted an amphibious assault on Fort Ontario and the Village of Oswego, will be told by several noted historians at the Oswego County War of 1812 Symposium Saturday, April 2. The event takes place at the American [...]
Dryden Theatre celebrates career of Walter Matthau
Film series in March and April includes The Odd Couple, Plaza Suite, Grumpy Old Men, The Bad News Bears, and The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 Rochester, N.Y. – The Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House will pay homage to actor Walter Matthau with a two-month film series in March and April. When Matthau strode onstage [...]
Body Worlds
The controversial, bizarre and utterly fascinating exhibition of plasticized human bodies comes to the Telus World of Science April 30th until September 6th. Not for the faint of heart, Body Worlds uses real corpses to blend art and science. Beauty, wonder and creepiness all come into play in this travelling exhibition. April 30 -… Source