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...This life-size reconstruction, at Paris' Pompidou Center, of one of cinema's most memorable scenes is evidence that Alfred Hitchcock's art has made it into the Western canon. Part Planet Hollywood-style memorabilia collection, part film archive and very much a study of the master of suspense's influences and inspirations, "Hitchcock and Art: Fatal Coincidences" is the museum's first attempt to establish a filmmaker's oeuvre within the context of the other arts. The show is on until Sept. 24. Influential paintings, sculptures, novels, storyboards, stills, film clips and photographs play off each other to reveal...
...shortly, sentimental) judgment. The smooth columns of Widener and the short descent to the Tercentenary Theater need not universally recall the tongue-and-grooved columns at the Acropolis' entrance, a good 10 minutes' walk from level ground. Roofed Pusey's no Parthenon, and Harvard Square--for all its memorabilia--hardly Plaka; and the comparative praises of higher learning have already been sung. So I will risk the addition of hyperbole to say that the Athens of Greece and America are responsible for my working notion of history...
...Lausanne is the home to the International Olympic Committee, and a sporty walk along the waterfront in the other direction brings you to the Olympic Museum, which documents the history of the Games, displays a varied collection of Olympic memorabilia, interactive displays and video of famous moments in sporting history (closed Mondays...
...Several years ago while driving across Arkansas, I left the interstate to visit Hope, to see Bill Clinton's boyhood home. There I purchased a postcard that is my favorite item of presidential memorabilia. It shows Clinton's fifth grade class (little Billy unmistakable). The caption on the back reads as follows...
...bond between Nebraska and the Trident named after it is one of the strongest any state has with a warship. Climb down into the USS Nebraska and you find it's filled with memorabilia from the state. University of Nebraska pennants and posters are tacked up everywhere. Glass cases display footballs from championship games the school has won. In the crew's mess hangs a wooden sign with "Cornhusker Cafe" carved on it. When a young crewman earns his dolphins pin, which he gets after serving an apprenticeship on the sub, he must sing the University of Nebraska fight song...