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Traveling exhibit examines work of Russian-American immigrants

0 students on campus, so I need to adapt my program to include something that might interest all of them,” Bendure said. CONTINUING SERIESThe university’s Russian art series will continue with “Reflections: Russian Contemporary Photography,” a photography series opening Nov. 8, and the documentary “The Battle of Chernobyl,” which will screen Nov. 17. “We’re really […]

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Population, pollution, global concerns inspire large-scale university installation

style=”MARGIN: auto 0in”> 45-FOOT SCAFFOLDING University students worked with Hachiyanagi over a week in late September to construct the installation, which necessitated the use of 45-foot scaffolding to reach the highest points of the gallery.  “Fundamentally, Rie is working both with and against the architecture, working with and against our expectations experiencing the space and […]

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Campy but contrived, ‘Horror’ spared by highly competent cast

One wonders what the corporate titans and society matrons who founded Lyric Theatre would think about the company’s current production of the musical “The Rocky Horror Show,” but actually, Lyric Theatre (founded in 1963) and “Rocky Horror” (created in 1973) are of the same generation. For “Rocky Horror,” Richard O’Brien created a send-up of horror […]

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Filmmaker explores cultural identity using American imagery, iconography

quid copper texture to celebrate and lament the American dream. Optical printing and chemical techniques give the video installation the fluid, 3-D quality and produce an old photograph effect from a future era. Inspiration for “American Falls” came from Frederic Church’s 19th-century painting “Niagara” and from WPA murals of the Thirties, Solomon said. Also on […]

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