Chagall Sees Youth, Prepares for 90th Birthday Tribute
In a Paris interview Marc Chagall, nearing his 90th year, emphasizes youth over age and discusses The Biblical Message cycle and plans for a Louvre Orangerie show. He recalls schooling, painting beginnings, and his stance on Realism while noting recent losses of Malraux, Calder, and Daley.
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Luxurious TV swashbuckler The Man in the Iron Mask
Richard Chamberlain stars in a lavish NBC TV adaptation filmed in Europe at Chateau de Vaux le Vicomte. He plays Louis XIV and his twin Philippe in Alexandre Dumas’s tale with Patrick McGoohan as Fouquet, airing January 17 from 9 to 11 p.m. Eastern.
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Williams College to screen King film on Dr King day
The Afro American Studies Program at Williams College will show the film King Montgomery to Memphis on Dr King birth day January 15 at 7 30 p m in the Bronfman Science Center. The screening is free and open to the public. The documentary explores the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr and has drawn praise from critics including the Philadelphia Bulletin and the New York Times.
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Paris Opera gains face lift and reforms
Paris officials unveil a $13 million renovation of the Comedie Francaise, part of a sweeping cultural revival. The Palis Royal venue shifts from an airless firetrap to a modern theater with 892 seats and restored Baroque style, while officials announce broader upgrades for Paris theaters and a new Paris Opera director forthcoming.
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Boston Museum Receives Picasso and Monet Masterworks
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts announced the donation of two Picasso pieces and a Monet painting. The Monet piece, Camille Monet et un enfant au jardin, 1875, expands America's largest Monet collection with 36 works in Boston. The Picasso works include a 1909 Head of a Woman sculpture and a 1910 Portrait of a Woman oil painting, gifted by Gilbert Lehrman, Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman, and Charles H. Bayley.
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Nabokov Plays a Game With a New Novel Card Shuffle
Vladimir Nabokov, 77, lives in Montreux with Vera at the Montreux Palace et Cygne and writes steadily. He describes using 3 by 54 inch cards to plot a forthcoming novel titled Tool, an anagram likely linked to a character named Laura, while avoiding direct interviews.
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New York
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Piano Four Hands Recital At Thompson Memorial Chapel
Charlotte Heggi and Jane Jenkins, local professionals, present a free piano four hands recital on Tuesday Jan 18 at 8 p.m. in Thompson Memorial Chapel Williamstown. The program features Schumann Balladen Op 109 Debussy Petite Suite Mozart Sonata in B flat K 358 and Bizet Children’s Games sponsored by Williams College Department of Music. For information call 413 597 2127.
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