Friday, April 29, 2016

Museum & Gallery Listings for April 29-May 5 and other top stories.

  • Museum & Gallery Listings for April 29-May 5

    Museum of Arts and Design: ‘Studio Job: Mad House’ (through Aug. 21) Working in the overlap of fine art and design, Belgium-based Studio Job produces materially opulent tables, chairs, clocks, rugs, wallpaper, stained-glass windows, lamps, decorative objects and sculptures. While exceptionally imaginative and wide-ranging in their historical and sociopolitical references, the works in this lavish, two-floor exhibition are more kitschy than visionary. A gaudy, 12-foot tall sculpture of King Kong..
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  • The Native Plot On 'Kimmy Schmidt' Makes Us Cringe, But Is It All ...

    The Native Plot On 'Kimmy Schmidt' Makes Us Cringe, But Is It All ...
    When the Netflix comedy “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” reintroduces viewers to Jacqueline -- or Jackie Lynn -- Voorhees (Jane Krakowski) in the first episode of Season 2, the blonde Manhattan socialite appears to have embraced her Lakota identity, which was revealed at the end of Season 1. Standing regally against the vast expanse of a cloudy sky on a wide-open plain, with a braid woven into her formerly sleek bob and a worn plaid shirt knotted around her waist, she gazes proudly over her domain. ..
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  • Money, Race and Success: How Your School District Compares

    Money, Race and Success: How Your School District Compares
    Educational attainment in each school district in the U.S. Each circle represents one school district. Larger circles represent districts with more students. We’ve long known of the persistent and troublesome academic gap between white students and their black and Hispanic peers in public schools. We’ve long understood the primary reason, too: A higher proportion of black and Hispanic children come from poor families. A new analysis of reading and math test score data from acros..
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  • Silverman: Several Sure-Fire NFL Stars Were Selected In First Round

    Silverman: Several Sure-Fire NFL Stars Were Selected In First Round
    By Steve Silverman » More Columns There are a lot of myths, half-truths and flat-out lies told at the NFL Draft every single year. They are often said with the intention of confusing and misleading the competition, and, depending on the level of experience of general managers around the league, those obfuscations often work. One of the biggest falsehoods is told about the draft on an every-year basis: “We’re going to take the best athlete available, no matter what position he plays.” There are ..
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  • NHL Draft Lottery Promises a Bit More Excitement This Year

    NHL Draft Lottery Promises a Bit More Excitement This Year
    Photo The player expected to go No. 1 is Auston Matthews, an 18-year-old center from Arizona who just completed a season in the top Swiss league, where he scored 24 goals in 36 games. Credit Pascal Mora for The New York Times It will be a big night for Canadian hockey on Saturday, with seven teams competing for a huge prize.Unfortunately, it is not the Stanley Cup. For the first time since 1970, every Canadian team missed the playoffs. Instead, the seven Canadian franch..
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  • Myles Jack opts not to be unpaid prop on Friday night

    Myles Jack opts not to be unpaid prop on Friday night
    APThe ultimate reality show’s ultimate offseason reality show will be a bit less real tonight, to the likely dismay of a Commissioner who likes how the implosion of a young man’s business interests is good for the league’s. Adam Schefter of ESPN, one of the two networks that benefits directly from draft picks giving up one more night of unpaid services through their attendance at the draft, reports that former UCLA linebacker Myles Jack won’t return to the draft on Friday after plummeting thro..
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  • Report: Pens won't make Fleury (talks too much) available to media

    Report: Pens won't make Fleury (talks too much) available to media
    Brian Burke isn’t trying to pick on the Edmonton Oilers — no really, he isn’t — but Calgary’s president of hockey ops doesn’t believe any team should get to draft first overall as much as his northern rivals have done the past few years. “If you’re a team that picks first overall, you shouldn’t be allowed to pick first overall for some specified period … three years or five years, whatever … or even the top two teams, pick in the top two,” Burke told the Flames’ website. “You could still pick f..
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  • Three Reasons MerleFest 2016 Is Already The Best One Yet

    Three Reasons MerleFest 2016 Is Already The Best One Yet
    If you are a frequent reader of my posts, you may have noticed I mention MerleFest quite a bit. For the uninitiated, the Americana music festival -- the second-largest tourist draw to North Carolina, which is struggling in that area of late -- has nothing to do with Merle Haggard, although the festival was blessed to have him grace the stage two years ago for the first -- and unfortunately last -- time. Instead, 28 years ago this weekend, this now stalwart of the festival circus, I mean circu..
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  • NFL Draft: Players selected in the first round

    NFL Draft: Players selected in the first round
    The players selected in the first round of the NFL draft Thursday night in Chicago: 1, Los Angeles Rams (from Tennessee) Most popular sports stories Jared Goff, QB, 6-foot-4, 215 pounds, California Notable: Set Pac-12 records with 4,719 passing yards and 43 touchdowns last season. First Cal player to go No. 1 overall since 1975 (Steve Bartkowski). Strengths: Quick release and maintains solid accuracy whether throwing short, intermediate or deep. Will stand and deliver in the face of pressure ..
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  • Radulov is playing in the NHL next year, says Radulov

    Radulov is playing in the NHL next year, says Radulov
    Brian Burke isn’t trying to pick on the Edmonton Oilers — no really, he isn’t — but Calgary’s president of hockey ops doesn’t believe any team should get to draft first overall as much as his northern rivals have done the past few years. “If you’re a team that picks first overall, you shouldn’t be allowed to pick first overall for some specified period … three years or five years, whatever … or even the top two teams, pick in the top two,” Burke told the Flames’ website. “You could still pick f..
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