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...work by more than 800 women artists, from Renaissance paintings to contemporary sculpture. Unlike most facilities that showcase women's art, this one doesn't dwell on a single period or collections from one artist, notes director Judy Larson. Nor does it focus solely on painting and sculpture. Special exhibits have also concentrated on women in film, literature and music. An exhibit of ancient Mexican and Peruvian art featuring women runs Mar. 3-May 28, to be followed by aboriginal painters from Australia, June 30-Sept...
...view through the end of 2006 is a special exhibit called the "Arsenal of Democracy," which honors World War II veterans with a display of firearms used in battle. "Like so many other museums in the Washington area," Wicklund sums up, "we're a hidden treasure waiting to be discovered...
...that the U.S. capital boasts a second tier of smaller, more specialized museums that are equally fascinating and often possess distinct advantages over their bigger, better-known brethren. For starters, they are less crowded, and are often inexpensive or free. In these institutions, adventurous tourists can find colorful, offbeat exhibits highlighting world-class collections, in some cases the only ones of their kind. Los Angeles resident Mimi Donaldson, 57, regards herself as something of an aficionado of museums. But when, on a recent business trip, she toured Washington's International Spy Museum, tel: (1-202) 393-7798; www.spymuseum.org...
...noticed it has only rained about three and a half inches over the last month. Thus, no flood is coming, or God just doesn’t have his A-game anymore. But if this has not convinced you that Harvard Square is falling to pieces, we give you exhibit A, the return of the talking Sovereign Bank video screen. We thought some praiseworthy Robin Hood had stuck one to corporate America, breaking the screen for good, but, unfortunately, the video screen is like a cockroach in a Dunster bathroom. It just keeps coming back. For those living under...
...passed shows why the separation of church and state is so important. Walczak pointed to stories from the plaintiffs of how they had been criticized, shunned, and mocked as ?atheists? when they complained, despite the fact that many of the plaintiffs say they are devoutly religious. ?Dover is exhibit A for what happens when the government injects itself into religious belief,? Walczak said...