The Shelburne Museum highlights the best of our past. By Sara Evans The Shelburne Museum, set on the edge of Lake Champlain, lies some five miles south of Burlington, Vermont. It is arguably one of the loveliest and most fascinating museums in the country. The lovechild of Electra Havemeyer Webb, […]
A compelling exhibition at the British Museum explores the daily life and tragic end of Herculaneum and Pompeii. By Nicky Rowe The Life and death in Pompeii and Herculaneum exhibit at London’s British Museum could easily fall into the style of school history lessons, or assume nothing and perform a […]
Maryhill Museum of Art will open the special exhibition Eanger Irving Couse on the Columbia River on June 8, 2013 through September15, 2013. Art therapy can be an effective and creative means to release, console and restore. Penned in this manner, art becomes a powerful form of self-expression that can […]
B“ased on four gentle exercises, meditation and the study of the principles truthfulness, compassion and tolerance, the ancient discipline of Falun Dafa has transformed my life in the most wonderful ways,” says the Finnish former fashion model and international cosmetics spokesperson Mrs. Pia-Maria Norris. “It’s all the wisdom of ancient […]
by Rose Lawrence On Saturday, June 30, 2012, Strawbery Banke Museum hosts the “Passion For Fashion Gala” including a Champagne Reception and Celebrity Designers Runway Show.. This event, a benefit to support the Museum’s education programs and preservation efforts, will take place under a tent on the Museum’s grounds at […]
In commemoration of the 50th anniversary in 2012 of the studio glass movement in the United States, the Norton Museum of Art is presenting three studio glass programs: an installation, a demonstration, and an exhibition, which open on Jan.18, 2012. The American Studio Glass movement began with two glass workshops […]
By Sara Evans Have you read it yet?” “You have got to read it!” Last summer, there was so much buzz about a book called “The Hare with Amber Eyes” that I bit the bullet and borrowed it from my local library. When I opened the first few pages to […]