JAPAN TODAY  One of the best tours in the world this spring for American people is being offered in reverse. Japan is coming to visit them. The “visit” is called JAPAN TODAY, a three-month celebration of modern Japanese arts and culture in seven major cities throughout the country. The “itinerary” consists of a sweeping program [...]

MICHELANGELO An exhibition of rare importance, MICHELANGELO AND HIS WORLD: with drawings from the British Museum, will open and the Pierpont Morgan Library, in New York, on April 26, 1979, and remain on view through July 28, 1979. Michelangelo is among the earliest of the great artists whose collected drawings enable us to retrace the [...]

REMEMBER THE LADIES Do you know why the courtship custom of bundling was practiced in rural American areas during the colonial period.  Long distances often hindered the ambitions of ardent suitors, so practical parents offered them overnight accommodations to be shared with the prospective bride.  Sometimes separated by a bundling board, the two young people [...]

ERICK HAWKINS A phenomenon called Erick Hawkins is coming your way in February, with a company of brilliant dancers, all new music commissioned from the best of living American composers… and a rollicking new dance based on tall tales about George Washington concocted by an itinerant preacher which have become unshakable American folklore. Are you [...]