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...communication between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of America. In California, for the past 25 years, there has been a strong tradition of clay sculpture. In New York, by contrast, any sort of earthenware was generally felt to be inferior as sculptural material, compared with bronze, steel, stone or wood. By showing the work of six leading Californian clay sculptors. Curators Richard Marshall and Suzanne Foley hope to show once and for all that clay can take on an expressive power beyond the limits of "mere" craft...
Bass guitar. Ned Steinberger, designer; Steinberger Sound Corp., manufacturer. An award-winning industrial design. This handsome reinforced plastic instrument recognizes that there is as much difference between the classic wood guitar and the electric guitar as there is between the horse-drawn carriage and the combustion engine. Rock musicians seem to dig the Steinberger...
Ghosts are about, like that of the indomitable Abigail Adams, who was so determined to have a Christmas in the unfinished White House in 1800 that 20 cords of wood were burned in all the fireplaces to heat the bleak building. Jefferson, one legend has it, was so moved by the Christmas gaiety five years later that he got out his violin and played a few tunes...
...Natalie Wood, 43, who, in a career that began at age 4, acted in 45 films, received three Academy Award nominations. Growing into a wholesome sensuousness, she became one of the few child actresses to make the transition to adult stardom...
...different breed of cat is the star of A Dark Dark Tale (Dial; $8.95). Here the central role is taken by an unnamed black cat who once upon a time on a dark, dark moor takes a journey through a dark, dark wood to a dark, dark house, up dark, dark stairs . . . Ruth Brown's spooky read-aloud book pretends to be scarier than it is: even the youngest listener should be delighted by the punch line. The book's mysterious power is engendered by the illustrations of weed-choked gardens and abandoned, echoing halls, of mullioned windows...