Daniel Lawrence Whitney, better known as Larry the Cable Guy to comedy fans and Mater to children, said there were good reasons to release his latest comedy special, “It’s a Gift,” on Prime Video. “A lot of blue collar people are on Amazon because people in small towns, in the rural ...
My dad was an ad man, something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately as I’m watching “Mad Men” for the first time. I appreciate the finesse and creativity of a great sales pitch, but I’m a big believer in truth in advertising. No one can say Bruce Springsteen isn’t telling audiences exactly what they’re going to get on the tour he announced this week. It’s called the “Land of Hope and Dreams” tour after one of Springsteen’s most anthemic, aspirational songs, but the poster also says “No Kings,” a popular rallying cry against the current ...
Larry Jones has been going to the Butler Institute of American Art since he was 7 years old. One of the perks of being interim director for the Austintown native is having access to the works in storage in the basement as well as the masterworks in its galleries. “There's 23,000 pieces ...
The search committee charged with selecting Louis A. Zona’s successor as executive director of the Butler Institute of American Art will start interviewing candidates in March. Interim director Larry W. Jones said a search firm was hired about five weeks ago, and they started accepting applications about two weeks after that. “Our search firm does the preliminary conversations, and then the search committee — there’s five people on the search committee — we’re narrowing it down to the three to five people that we want to meet,” Jones said. “We’ve been getting some ...
Art ARTS & EDUCATION AT THE HOYT, 124 E. Leasure Ave., New Castle, Pa.: “My Abandoned Heart: Photography by Diane Beatty,” “Portals to the Soul: Photography by Dina Liguore” and “Felicific Calculus: Photography by Eric Kunsman,” all through March 12 with meet-the-artists event ...
The Kent State University Museum will host a program in March as part of the statewide Ohio Goes to the Movies initiative. “Breaking Fashion Barriers” will look at the lasting cultural impact of Katharine Hepburn, one of the most influential figures in American film and fashion ...
