Abilene Reporter-News Stories: Exhibits

NCCIL to feature new exhibit

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:11:00 -0000

With a few strokes of his pen and more than a little of his comical sense of whimsy, Mo Willems creates a world populated with elephants, piggies, bunnies and a crazy pigeon that speak to children on their level.

Center for Contemporary Arts exhibits

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:41:00 -0000

The Center for Contemporary Arts is located at 220 Cypress St. in downtown Abilene.

Hagman excited about 30th 'Dallas' reunion

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:49:00 -0000

Larry Hagman was reluctant to be on a new TV show called "Dallas" when he first read the script in the late 1970s, figuring there wouldn't be any money in it.

ArtWalk filled with music

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:48:00 -0000

When: 5-8:30 p.m. today

How to ... spend the next 72 hours in ways that have nothing in common with each other

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:44:00 -0000

TODAY AND SATURDAY

Downtown Dayz features free bike helmets

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:30:00 -0000

Downtown Dayz

King Tut exhibit begins another run in the US

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:13:00 -0000

An exhibit showcasing items buried in the Egyptian tomb of King Tut is back in the United States.

NY university unveils new media and arts center

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:45:00 -0000

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is unveiling a new media and arts facility that features cutting-edge technology, a project that took $200 million and almost eight years to complete.

How to fill... the next 72 hours

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:56:00 -0000

Looking for something to do this weekend? Well, it's fall. The weather is cooler, the price of gas is lower than it was this summer, and there are festivals galore going on in and around Abilene.

Ill. foundation acquires Holocaust letter exhibit

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:22:00 -0000

The faded papers hint at stark details in the lives of Nazi concentration camp inmates.

New home of NYC's Museum of Arts and Design opens

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:20:00 -0000

For years, it was one of the more visually unusual structures in midtown Manhattan -- a mostly windowless, white marble construction by Edward Durell Stone known as "The Lollipop Building" after a disparaging comment from an architecture critic's review.

Black film history traced through poster exhibit

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:56:00 -0000

Richard Roundtree and Whoopi Goldberg. Melvin Van Peebles and Whitney Houston. Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs and Lena Horne.

Downtown Abilene to be busy Saturday

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:39:00 -0000

What's going on: Segway rides, a walking history tour, one-minute novels, artists and music will be featured during the Downtown Dayz on Saturday.

Fun festivities at the fair

murphyb@reporternews.com (Brien Murphy) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:10:00 -0000

Labor Day seemed early this year. So does the arrival of the West Texas Fair & Rodeo, which gets going tonight with the annual Sneak-a-Peek night.

Philharmonic Orchestra to play wide range of music this season

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:26:00 -0000

David Itkin prefers his music buffet-style.

While some symphony orchestra conductors need to carefully coordinate their concert seasons, Itkin tries to offer something for everybody when he sits down to schedule a new season.

A look inside the National Center for Children's Illustrated Art

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:05:00 -0000

Photojournalist Victor Cristales turns his lens on the NCCIA.

Drawn to children's literature Illustrator's exhibit coming

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:25:00 -0000

Abilenians get to be among the first to see the latest work from award-winning children's book illustrator David Macaulay with the opening of an art exhibit today at the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature.

Portraits of myth and loss

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:43:00 -0000

The Grace Museum opens two art exhibits this week, one by an American Indian artist, and the other a photography exhibit depicting the aftermath of one of the nation's worst natural disasters.

Celebrate Youth Art Month at The Grace

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:58:00 -0000

Each March, The Grace turns nearly every available vertical flat surface -- and a few horizontal surfaces -- over to the exhibit, which features work from students in Abilene and several nearby towns.

Downtown art exhibit encourages adoption

fultonl@reporternews.com (Loretta Fulton) — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:17:00 -0000

Cupid himself must have had a hand in planning Valentine's Day, ArtWalk and the opening of Heart Gallery all on the same day.