Arts

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Basketball meets everyday life in a new installment from the Philadelphia 76ers. This free art event is called “76ers Crossover: Art Exhibition” and is open to the public. From Saturday, Nov. 16 to Tuesday, Nov. 19 at the Fitler Club located 24 S. 24th Street, visitors will be able to see over 230 76er-centric art pieces by artists from 13 countries. The show is about the history of the 76ers showcasing work of players like Wilt Chamberlain, Allen Iverson, Julius Irving, Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid. “With ‘76ers Crossover,’ we aim to celebrate the intersection of basketball throughout the city and across the globe with all of the cultural lifestyle elements that make Philadelphia spectacular – from the arts, to music and fashion, to cuisine,” Philadelphia 76ers President Chris Heck said. Fans will also be able to bid on pieces through a silent auction app with a portion proceeds going to the Sixers … [Read more...] about Basketball Meets Everyday Life As The Sixers & Reebok Team Up For ’76ers Crossover: Art Exhibition’

BOSTON (AP) — A man who was considered a suspect in the heist of about $500 million worth of artwork from a Boston museum has been released from prison. The Boston Globe reports that David Turner was freed on Wednesday after serving 21 years for his role in the 1999 planned armed robbery of an armored car. According to court records, FBI agents told Turner he was a suspect in the 1990 heist at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and could receive leniency if he returned the stolen masterpieces. Turner said he knew nothing about the theft. The art, including works by Rembrandt and Vermeer, has never been recovered. The 52-year-old Turner will remain on probation for three more years. Neither Turner nor his lawyer answered questions about the missing art outside of court. (© Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.) … [Read more...] about Gardner Art Heist Suspect David Turner Released From Prison

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — There are times when Lamar Jackson displays the style and exuberance of a youngster playing football on the street with friends. Seemingly unaffected by the responsibility of being an NFL starting quarterback, Jackson relishes the opportunity to run, pass and match wits with opposing defenses. And when he’s all done, the Baltimore Ravens star just might flip on a pair of sunglasses and pose on the sideline with his teammates. Such was the case last Sunday, when the versatile Jackson achieved a perfect quarterback rating and peeled off a can’t-top-this 47-yard touchdown run in a 49-13 rout of the Cincinnati Bengals. For a new generation of NFL quarterbacks, staying in the pocket is merely an option. “It's pretty cool,” Jackson said Wednesday. “We're just doing our thing: playing ball, having fun, doing what all of us did when we were just little kids.” With Jackson as the driving force, the Ravens (7-2) have won five … [Read more...] about Ravens’ Jackson masters art of winning while having fun

Regis College celebrated the grand opening of the university's dental center in Waltham. The center is a high-tech educational facility that serves as the new clinical home for the university's dental hygiene program that was acquired from Mount Ida College last year. "This is a proud day for Regis College, which is committed to providing innovative learning opportunities in real-world settings that serve our community," said Regis President Antoinette Hays, PhD, RN. "The center provides low-cost dental care to patients and prepares our students to enter the work force immediately after graduation." President Hays, who led efforts to take over the dental hygiene program after Mount Ida unexpectedly closed, was joined by students, staff and faculty to cut the ribbon on the new educational facility. Waltham Mayor Jeannette McCarthy presented President Hays and the "This center is a marquee facility for the university and places Regis in the top tier of dental hygiene programs across the … [Read more...] about Regis College Opens State-of-the-Art Dental Center in Waltham

Over the past 16 months, Los Angeles County Museum of Art fundraising to erect a controversial new building, replacing most of its Wilshire Boulevard campus, has virtually ground to a halt. Four-fifths of the $650 million needed had been pledged by summer 2018, but next to nothing has been raised since.It gets worse.Last spring, three people close to the project and with knowledge of the budget discussions have told me, LACMA switched gears: In-house, the museum stopped using the $650-million figure as the new building’s expected cost. For internal planning purposes, the people said, senior staff was told that the number now in play is $750 million.LACMA’s crumbling infrastructure is a genuine predicament. But weak philanthropy, a longtime but misleading L.A. stereotype, is not the reason the museum’s funding campaign has stalled. Instead, the weakness is in a poor idea that has met escalating costs. Advertisement The new plan is to convert some of the permanent … [Read more...] about Commentary: Fundraising for LACMA’s new building has stalled as costs balloon