How did filmmakers re-create the majesty of Michelangelo’s masterpiece in the days before digital computer effects? With gigantic hand-painted scenic backdrops.
Openings and Closings: December 23 to December 29
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Openings and Closings: December 9 to December 15
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Current and Coming: What’s Up in Colonial Williamsburg
Count Colonial Williamsburg among the cultural institutions that had to settle for much more muted celebrations this year thanks to the coronavirus pandemic.
Openings and Closings: December 2 to December 8
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Openings and Closings: November 25 to December 1
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Openings and Closings: November 18 to November 24
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Editor’s Letter– November/December 2020
I wondered how cultural institutions, desperate for attendance, were handling the restrictions forced by the coronavirus pandemic, and took a stroll along New York’s “Museum Mile” on Fifth Avenue.
Simple, Pure, Elegant
On the jewelry designs of modernist master Betty Cooke.
Teaching Tolerance through the Detritus of Intolerance
Lessons from the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia in Michigan.