Word: exhibiting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...high spot in this small but interesting exhibit is a first edition of James Boswell's "Life of Johnson." This quarto was printed in 1791 in two volumes and presented to Sir Joshua Reynolds by the author, whose autograph appears on the title page...
...coloratura voice, the small, neat form, the pretty face and the sharp French accent of Lily Pons. The operatic basis for its plot is the one which enables Miss Pons to carol Caro Nome from Rigoletto to her provincial music teacher, to make a big splash in Paris, to exhibit her navel in Hindu undress as she negotiates the spectacular Bell Song from Lakmé. Introducing a second formula, Henry Fonda, a U. S. musician who thinks he can compose opera, picks up Miss Pons, performs the impossible under France's laws by marrying her during an evening...
Mother is divided into 18 scenes, scenery for which is starkly expressionistic. Visible batteries of lights play on bare drops, while overhead a cinema screen is used to describe the locale or to exhibit significant photographs. In the wings, also visible, are two pianos. These accompany the cast as it sings revolutionary anthems at the conclusion of each episode...
...large collection of Rembrandt etchings is being shown in the Fogg Art Museum as a source of research for students of etching at Wellesley. The exhibit will last a few days longer, until the Wellesley girls have left Rembrandt behind...
...rare item in the exhibit is an early original copy of the second newspaper established in America, the Boston "News-Letter," founded by John Campbell in 1704. As postmaster, this was Campbell's idea for avoiding the trouble of writing longhand news accounts to the governors of all the colonies, and it continued for 72 years. Being afraid of censorship by the authorities, Campbell steered clear of current colonial news and gathered his material from the London "Gazette." His news was consequently about six months...