NEW CANAAN, Conn. (April 29, 2016) – The Glass House is pleased to present Yayoi Kusama: Narcissus Garden, a landscape installation that will be on view throughout the 2016 tour season to celebrate the 110th anniversary of Philip Johnson’s birth and the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Glass House site to the public. […]
Commissioned Artwork Celebrates the Story of Baseball Great Kenichi Zenimura CINCINNATI, OH (April 29, 2016) — The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky Film Commission announced today that local artist Chris Felix will join the Freedom Film Series screening and panel discussion for American Pastime—a compelling drama, directed Desmond Nakano, […]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is offering a workshop to teach the basics of carving a nameboard on Saturday, July 9, with all participants taking home their individual carved pieces. Participants will work under the direction of experienced carver and model maker Ed Theiler, to learn the basic skills necessary in carving a nameboard, with […]
Rocketry workshops during Museum’s Free First Thursday Space Day events, lectures on Thursday and Saturday SEATTLE – Saturday, May 7 at 2 p.m., model rocketry pioneers Lee and Betty Piester with Bill Stine, will present a nostalgic retrospective of the golden age of model rocketry. Piester and his wife Betty started Centuri Engineering in 1961. […]
Participants in the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s August 6 & 7 stand-up paddle workshop will learn woodworking while creating their own custom cedar or Paulownia paddle. The weekend workshop takes place from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day in CBMM’s boatshop, with participation limited and early registration suggested. Participants will work under the direction […]
British aviatrix Tracey Curtis-Taylor continues global tour in 1942 biplane, media and public invited to Seattle departure ceremony with takeoff early afternoon SEATTLE – Tracey Curtis-Taylor, a pioneering adventurer who famously flew from Britain to Australia in her 1942 Boeing Stearman open cockpit biplane Spirit of Artemis in 2015, continues her global journey on May […]
Guests get unique opportunity to see curators in action CINCINNATI – As Union Terminal prepares to undergo much-needed repairs and restoration, you can see some of your favorite exhibits like never before. Go behind the scenes with Cincinnati Museum Center’s curators and exhibits team as they begin the process of carefully crating and moving artifacts […]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. is offering the opportunity to view Chesapeake Bay sailing log canoe races along the Miles River while aboard its 1920 buyboat, Winnie Estelle. The two-hour scenic cruises depart from CBMM at 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 26 and again on Saturday, July 30 […]
SEATTLE – After leaving Boeing Field as a new airplane 83 years ago, the world’s oldest flyable Boeing twin-engine airliner-the 247D-returned there today for good. The classic plane has belonged to The Museum of Flight since 1966, and is one of only four remaining in the world. It is the last one to fly. Today […]
Exhibit Features Images from World-Renown Humanitarian Photographer Lisa Kristine CINCINNATI, OH – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center announced today the opening of ENSLAVED: A Visual Story of Modern Day Slavery on Saturday, May 7, 2016. The exhibit features images by world-renown humanitarian photographer, Lisa Kristine that not only document the lives endured by slaves […]
Friday, May 13, 8-11 p.m. – Tickets: $25 $20 for BMA Members The first two Art After Hours events sold out in just days! Members now have first dibs on the next Art After Hours event. Tickets for Members go on sale on tomorrow, Tuesday, April 26 at 10 a.m., in advance of the public […]
In celebration of Independence Day, the waterfront Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels is welcoming back The Shades of Blue Orchestra for a live performance at its July 2 Big Band Night. Two vocalists will join the 18-piece Shades of Blue Orchestra as they perform from the historic Tolchester Beach Bandstand. The rain date […]
