Glory and Pageantry of Christmas review
A Time Life Books history of Christmas traces religious roots and secular evolutions across centuries. It highlights Christmas as a complex Western ritual shown through art, anecdotes, and poems, noting evolving depictions of Mary, Saint Nicholas, gifts, and festive customs while considering modern commercial influence.
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Time Life Books
Harmond, Inc
Time-Life Books
Earl Count
Raphael
Cathedral of
Chartres
Handel
Bac
Christ
Jesus
Cromwell
England
Puriains
New England
Soviet Union
Asia Minor
Nicholas
Mister Rogers Expands Neighborhood Library For PBS
Fred Rogers plans a comprehensive visual library of Mister Rogers Neighborhood. Eight seasons will be integrated into 455 color episodes totaling 91 weeks of uninterrupted PBS programming for 251 member stations. The library will be revitalized with support from Johnson and Johnson and Sears Roebuck Foundation, including early programs for children with special needs.
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Pittsburgh
Fred Rogers
Public Broadcasting Service
Mister Rogers
PBS
Family Communications
Rogers
Johnson and Johnson Baby Products
Sears- Roebuck Foundation
Bureau of Education For the Handicapped
NET
Schenectady Museum screens Clark painting film series
Schenectady Museum will host a six part film series Pioneers of Modern Painting written by Sir Kenneth Clark and distributed by the National Gallery of Art. Screenings begin January 7 at 8 PM and run weekly through February 11 featuring Manet Cezanne Monet Seurat Munch Rousseau. The program aims to study 19th and early 20th century artists with public access free of charge.
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Schenectady
N.Y
Kenneth Clark
National Gallery of Art
Schenectady Museum
Edouard Manet
Paul Cezanne
Claude Monet
Georges Seurat
Henri Rousseau
Edvard Muneh
National Gallery
Washington
Clark
Manet
Edvard Munch
Munch
London
Slade
Oxford University
Arts Council of Great Britain
Two CBS specials one good one bad
CBS airs Magazine at 2 30 p m showing mental illness menopause and sex after sixty while a later 90 minute The Whirl wind about Ben Franklin is criticized as an embar rassment. Mrs Pierre Trudeau speaks frankly about pressures of being the first lady and seeking psychiatric help last summer during her husband’s re election campaign.
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New York
UPI
CBS
Pierre Trudeau
Canada
Trudeau
Carole Taylor
CTV
U.S
Ben Franklin
Franklin
United States
Louis XVI
Lloyd Bridges
Beau Bridges
Bridges
Sheree North
A Lilliputian building boom in dolls houses
Dolls house collecting and toy making are thriving in the United States with prices from under 100 to over 1000 dollars. Antique miniatures, restored nursery scenes, and lavish period details draw buyers across ages. Museums display one inch champagne bottles and Windsor Castle shows Dolls houses. Domestic demand stems from nostalgic adults and gift purchases.
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National Geographic Society
England
Windsor Castle
Washington, D.C
Smithsonian Institution
Dolls’ House
At the Movies Harte Double Feature and Local Premieres
The Harte program offers The French Connection and The Seven Ups, plus Seduction of Mamie. Twin Cinemas presents Blazing Saddles with The Thief Who Came to Dinner. Manchester screens The Dove PG, and Nickelodeon shows Little Big Man starring Dustin Hoffman and Faye Dunaway at Williamstown. Call for times at Harte 442-8500, Cinemas 442-8179, Manchester 362-1229, Williamstown 413 458-5612.
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Twin Cinemas
Mamie
Arthur Penn
Thomas Berger
Williamstown
Dustin Hoffman
Faye Dunaway
Harte
Cinemas
Manchester
Harry Ends
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Red Sox
Mary
Joseph
Henry III
Mammoth Martin
Bennington
Extension Service
France
Norway
Frank S. Sweatlow
America
Germany
Nuremberg
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Nickelodeon
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Turkey
Salisbury
Bradford House
Talal Ak
Bennington, Vt
Judith Crist
NEW Line Cinema
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Chase
Chasel
Veta AB
Savas
Billy Jack
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