Volunteer army paves way for new Framingham museum
In Framingham Massachusetts a fine arts museum prepared to open next spring is funded and staffed by about 1100 volunteers. The effort uses a donated $7,000 cash budget with $100,000 in in kind services and a $100,000 annual operating plan. The town and Framingham State College back the project with a moved school building and salary support in exchange for courses. Admission will be free and renovations are largely donated by local merchants.
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Framingham
Mass
UPI
Boston
Framingham State College
Brattleboro
Brattleboro Museum and Art Center
New York
William Clutz
Ruth Adams
Miss Adams
Theatre season breaks records at Williamstown Festival
The Williamstown Theatre Festival set season records by reaching 87.2 percent capacity, up 14 percent from last year. The season included a rewritten version of John Guare's play Rich and Famous performing to strong attendance.
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Williamstown
Mass
Rich and Famous
John Guare
Extended Boston forecast hints fair spell with showers
The forecast through Saturday calls for chance of showers early then fair weather. Highs will be mostly in the upper 60s on Thursday and Friday and in the 70s on Saturday. Attendance figures from the arts scene show high capacity and record grosses, yet the theater faces a deficit due to air conditioning costs despite strong turnout and festival income.
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Boston
UPI
Top musicians in UMass series
The University of Massachusetts Arts Council opens the 1974 75 chamber music season with the Guarneri String Quartet in Bowker Auditorium Amherst on Oct 1. The program includes Mozart Berg Beethoven. Also on the lineup are Maurice Andre and the Wuerttemberg Chamber Orchestra Nov 11, the Empire Brass Quintet Feb 10 and Anthony Newman March 7. Season tickets are on sale at 125 Herter Hall Amherst.
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Amherst
Mass
University of Massachusetts Arts Council
Guarneri
Arnold Steinhardt
John Dalley
Michael Tree
David Soyer
Beethoven
Maurice Andre
Wuerttemberg Chamber Orchestra
Jorg Faerber
Hindemith
Vivaldi
Tartini
Stamitz
Bartoki
Albinoni
Europe
BBC
Empire Brass Quintet
Gunther Schuller
Rolf Smedvig
Charles A. Lewis Jr
Raymond Cutler
Samuel Pilafian
Did Ohanian
Ohanian
Smedvig
Boston Symphony
Boston Pops
Anthony Newman
Newman
Juilliard School of Music
Columbia Records
New York Times
Horowitz
Bowker Auditorium
Stockbridge Hall
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution by Nicholas Meyer review
A critical look at Meyer's novel reuniting Sherlock Holmes and Freud in 1891 Vienna. Holmes battles cocaine addiction while Freud guides his recovery as they chase a dangerous plot to halt Germany's war machine. Brattleboro notices follow with two art exhibits at the Brattleboro Museum.
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Nicholas Meyer
Dutton
Sherlock Holmes
London
Holmes
Dr. Watson
Watson
Vienna
Sigmund Freud
Freud
Dresden
Meyer
Germany
Andrew Marvell
Anna
At the Movies picks and previews at Harte and nearby theatres
Gene Hackman and Liv Ullman star in Zandys Bride at the Harte Theatre on Main Street. The Love Bug and Herbie Rides Again headline promotions from VW and Walt Disney Studios. That's Entertainment continues at Cinema I and II. The Sting and Charley Varrick run at the local drive-in. Bruce Lee dies after Return of the Dragon filming. Burt Reynolds stars in Shamus and Chinese Hercules. Barbra Streisand leads For Pete's Sake in Manchester. Call for showtimes.
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Zandy
Gene Hackman
Liv Ullman
Harte Theatre
Main Street
Twin Cinemas
Herbie
Walt Disney Studios
Cinema I
Cinema II
Bennington
Sting
Charley Varrick
Hathaways
Bruce Lee
Burt Reynolds
Shamus
Bomberg Benefit Concert at Saratoga Springs
David Bromberg, Weather Report, Blue Oyster Cult and Tom Rush will headline a benefit for the citizens committee on mental health at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Sept 14 at 2 PM. Tickets available via the Saratoga Festival box and agencies. for information call 587-3330.
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Saratoga Springs
N.Y
David Bromberg
Columbia Records
Citizens Committee On Mental Health
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Weather Report
Blue Oyster Cult
Tom Rush
Bromberg
Chubby Checker
Tom Paxton
Jay and the Americans
Jerry Jeff Walker
Walker
Bob Dyland
Dyland
New Morning
Isle of Wight Festival
Rosalie Sorrell
Saratoga Festival
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