The Great Age of Fresco at the Metropolitan
New York critic John Canaday reviews the surprise Italy to New York show The Great Age of Fresco Giotto to Pontormo at the Metropolitan Museum It features rare detaches from walls saved by the 1966 flood and a 234 page catalogue with essays by Procacci Meiss Baldini Berti and dal Poggetto The exhibition runs until November 15 and is described as a major historic museum event with exceptional works by Giotto Orcagna Lorenzetti Castagno Sarto and Pontormo.
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John Canaday
New York Times
New York
Italy
Metropolitan Museum
Giotto
Pontormo
Europe
CRIA
Raphael
Piero Della Francesca
San Francesco
Arezzo
Piero
Sant’ Agostino
San Sepolcro
Orcagna
Ambrogio Lorenzeti
Castagno
Andrea del Sarto
Metropolitan
Ugo Procacci
Millard Meiss
Umberto Baldini
Luciano Berti
Paolo Dal Poggetto
Kids Turned Driveway into Art World in Larkspur
Elizabeth Chachere ten and Douglas Snyder eleven painted cartoons and slogans across the Snyder driveway in Larkspur California. What began as tick tack toe grew into a makeshift art scene as the two youngsters created a playful mini world.
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Elizabeth Chachere
Douglas Snyder
Snyder
Larkspur
Calif
New Jersey Commuters to Test Fast Electrics
New Jersey commuters will test several of the fastest electric commuter cars in October. The first two of 35 cars were accepted after a successful initial run, with evidence of a breakthrough in commuter travel. Cars reached a peak speed of 100 mph between New Brunswick and Princeton Junction. The Penn Central Railroad will operate the cars between Trenton and New York.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
David Goldberg
New Brunswick
Princeton Junction
Penn Central Railroad
Trenon
New York
UCT Recognition Dinner Scheduled
United Commercial Travelers of America will honor youth leaders and Linn County Assn for Retarded Children officials with a dinner Monday evening at Sokol hall 415 Third Street SE. A 6:30 chop suey dinner precedes recognitions with Ed Hanlon director Roy Nordstrom president and city government and United Community Service members among the guests.
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United Commercial Travelers of America
Linn County Assn
Sokol Hall
Third Street
Ed Hanlon
Roy Nordstrom
Association Board of Directors
City Government
United Community Service
Show of Antiques Planned Oct 3 6
The Cedar Rapids antique show marks its 25th anniversary from October 3 to 6 with a silver display and a national exposition. Exhibitors from 11 states expected. A unique Wedgwood porcelain vase designed by Daisy Makieg Jones featured. Over 250000 dollars worth of antiques on display.
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Cedar Rapids
Daisy Makieg- Jones
Dubcek’s Pink Hotel Home Away From Home in Prague
In Prague the seven story pink Hotel Praha serves as the party leadership’s base for Alexander Dubcek. It sits near the Powder Tower with a signless lobby and a staff wary of questions. The hotel is nicknamed the party hotel by locals. In Colorado Springs a resident lights a memorial burner reading Rest in Peace the day after a trash burning ban was announced.
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Prague
UPI
Alexander Dubcek
Old Town
Communist Party
Dubcek
Communist Party Central Committee Exchange
Praha
Colorado Springs
Colo
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