| Gallery showcase for students' work
WIRRAL sixth-formers have launched a high street art gallery that will showcase student talent and the work of local artists. The Black and White Community Gallery in Liscard Road, Wallasey, will be run as a money-making business by 13 sixth-formers from Calday Grange Grammar School, as part of the nationwide Young Enterprise programme. It was opened last week by Wirral Cultural Ambassador and photographer Mike McCartney at a ceremony attended by civic and business figures, teachers, parents and students. Young Enterprise is a national charity that forges links between schools and industry by inspiring and equipping young people for entrepreneurship. More than 5,000 schools take part in the annual initiative that includes a competition to identify the nation's top student business project.
Mall's window wonderland.
A window-design contest for art students will help give the Gallery at Market East its seasonal look this month. The contest, known as "Windows to a Winter Wonderland," features four seasonally themed window designs produced by students at the Art Institute of Philadelphia. Shoppers can vote on which design they think is best at the Gallery's visitor center or its Web site, www.galleryatmarketeast.com. A winner will be announced in late January. "We wanted to do something that would tie into the city's desire to make Center City a festive environment," Maureen Brady, marketing director for the Gallery, said yesterday. "Pedestrians can pass by, see this, and vote for their favorites." The four designs, which feature plenty of tinsel, mannequins and holiday ornaments, hang in the storefront windows of the former Strawbridge's on Market Street between Eighth and Ninth Streets.
Latchis party celebrates history, kicks off fundraising effort
Students from the area schools filled the River Garden with their crafts and along the streets funds were raised through the sales of brownies, latkes and quesadillas. Inside Latchis 4 the atmosphere was early 1940s Casablanca, but the view was squarely on the future of the theater and the town's ever growing presence as an arts destination. "We wanted to let people into this space. To use it, and have it, and involve people every step along the way as we create this new theater," BAI managing director Gail Nunziata said in between the performances. "The Latchis has been a hub of culture since 1938. It has been a springboard for this organization's mission." Beyond the mission of saving the Latchis, Nunziata said the group wants to use the theater to promote the arts in Brattleboro.
Development won’t spare bowling alley
Dueling proposals to build an art museum or a history museum at Presidio National Park have at least one thing in common: Both projects would demolish a 10-pin bowling center, halving the number of bowling lanes in San Francisco from 24 to 12. Presidio trustees have received two proposals to build a museum at Montgomery and Moraga streets in the Presidio. Gap founder Don Fisher wants to build a public museum for his contemporary art collection, and the Presidio Historical Association wants a local history museum. Either project would demolish the 12-lane Presidio Bowling Center. Nearly 1,000 people use the center for league events organized by the Golden Gate Sport and Social Club, according to general manager Michael Murphy. Opened in late 1988, the center uses pin-setting equipment previously used by the Army at its Presidio bowling alleys, owner Victor Meyerhoff said.
On Media
The older I get, the more I, once a rebel with much cause, appreciate the importance of family. (And the older I get, sadly, the less family I have.) I also am more appreciative of friends, old and new. In America, where families are fragmented by geography, we have learned the art of making friends into family. This is a great talent. As Andre Malraux once said, "Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold." I'm thankful - no, make that grateful - to The American Reporter for allowing me to have a voice here every Thursday. And most of all, I'm thankful for the readers of this column, especially the ones who stop me on the street or in the supermarket or email or call or write letters to say they liked - or hated - something I wrote. For a lonely writer on a hill, being allowed to carry on a conversation with the people of this country is a magnificent gift.
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