IN BRIEF HEDONISM REALLY IS AN ART IN SIN CITY.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services Where better than Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. to open an exhibit about pleasure? ``The Pursuit of Pleasure,'' an exhibit of 37 works exploring the images of leisure in Western art from the 16th century to the early 20th century, will show at the Guggenheim Hermitage Museum The Guggenheim Hermitage Museum is a museum in The Venetian, one of the world's largest hotels, in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was designed by Rem Koolhaas in 1980 [1] and opened in October 2001, and has added three more collections and exhibits since then. through January. Curators selected artwork that explores pleasure - from indulgence to amusement. The exhibit is organized into four thematic sections: Music and Dance, Celebration and Cafe Society, Gaming and Sport, and Flirtation and Romance, as represented by artists as diverse as Max Beckmann, Edgar Degas, Jean-Honore Fragonard, Pablo Picasso, Peter Paul Rubens, Jan Steen, Titian Titian (tĭsh`ən), c.1490–1576, Venetian painter, whose name was Tiziano Vecellio, b. Pieve di Cadore in the Dolomites. Of the very first rank among the artists of the Renaissance, Titian had an immense influence on succeeding generations and Diego Velazquez. The museum, at the Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd., is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Admission: $15 adults. Contact: (702) 414-2440; www.guggenheimlasvegas.org. HITTING THE BRAKES: Don't lay money on when the sleek new Las Vegas Monorail The Robert N. Broadbent Las Vegas Monorail is a mass transit system located in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. It is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Monorail Company. For tax purposes, the Monorail is registered as a charity, which is allowed under Nevada law since the Monorail will be up and running again. The much-touted $650 million Strip transportation system, which opened July 15, six months after the original planned starting date, closed less than two months later because of mechanical problems. Monorail monorail, railway system that uses cars that run on a single rail. Typically the rail is run overhead and the cars are either suspended from it or run above it. spokesman Todd Walker said there is no timeline for reopening, adding that safety issues must be resolved with Bombardier Transportation Inc., the operator of the system. The system was closed Sept. 8 after two incidents. Walker said a wheel fell off on Sept. 1, and on Sept. 8 a washer fell from a guideway, landing on a power rail next to the track and causing sparks. No one was injured and no property was damaged. YULE FOR YA'LL: A new Christmas musical is in the works at Branson, Mo. Neil Goldberg, known for blending acrobatics acrobatics Art of jumping, tumbling, and balancing. The art is of ancient origin; acrobats performed leaps, somersaults, and vaults at Egyptian and Greek events. Acrobatic feats were featured in the commedia dell'arte theatre in Europe and in jingxi (“Peking and cabaret into his ``Cirque'' shows, has agreed to a multiyear contract to present ``Christmas Dreams'' at the Grand Palace. The show will feature more than 30 singers, dancers, puppets and animators. It replaces ``Radio City Christmas Spectacular The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. The Radio City Christmas Spectacular is an annual show that is held at New York City's Radio City Music Hall. ,'' starring the Rockettes, which had its final season in Branson last year. Information: www.thegrandpalace.com or (800) 884-4536. BACK ON THE CIRCUIT: Before ``Lost in Space'' and R2-D2, there was Elektro, a 7-foot-tall, 300-pound mechanical man who made his debut at the 1939 World's Fair in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Built in 1938 at the Westinghouse appliance plant in Mansfield, Ohio, Elektro is back on display at a local museum through Nov. 20. The robot was able to walk, talk, raise and lower his arms, turn his head and move his mouth as he spoke with a vocabulary of more than 700 words and a repertoire of one-liners. Information: www.mansfieldtourism.com. TOMB WITH A VIEW: Visitors to Luxor, Egypt, can now see the newly restored sarcophagus sarcophagus (särkŏf`əgəs) [Gr.,=flesh-eater], name given by the Greeks to a special marble found in Asia Minor, near the territory of ancient Troy, and used in caskets. of Pharaoh Ramses VI. It was pieced together from 250 shattered fragments in the pharaoh's tomb, most likely the remnants from tomb robbers' raids, according to archaeologists. The greenish stone sarcophagus of Ramses VI, who ruled Egypt about 3,100 years ago, shows clear features of the pharaoh's face, and crossed hands holding royal scepters. An entry fee of $3 covers visits to any three tombs in the Valley of the Kings, the royal burial ground The Royal Burial Ground is a cemetery used by the British Royal Family. It surrounds the Royal Mausoleum on the Frogmore estate in the Home Park at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire. of Egypt's pharaohs on the western bank of the Nile. A WINNER ONCE AGAIN: The Casino of the Palais de la Mediterranee in Nice, France, closed for more than 30 years, has reopened on the Promenade des Anglais The Promenade des Anglais ("Walk of the English") is a celebrated promenade along the Mediterranean at Nice, France. History Before Nice was urbanized, the coast at Nice was just bordered by a deserted band of beach covered by large pebbles. with a new look and modern refinements. First opened in January 1929 by American millionaires Frank and Florence Gould, the original casino is now the facade of the adjacent Hotel Palais de la Mediterranee. Gaming rooms offer English and French roulette, stud poker, blackjack blackjack, one of the world's most widely played gambling card games; also known as twenty-one or vingt-et-un. Despite contesting claims between the French and Italians, its origins are unknown. and Punto Banco in a room overlooking the Bay of Anges. Information: (800) 223-6800; www.lhw.com or www.lepalaisdelamediterranee.com. FIT TO A TEE: For the fifth consecutive time, California posted the most courses on Golf magazine's biennial list of Top 100 Public Courses. The state landed 12 courses on the tally, with Pebble Beach holding the top spot. A panel consisting of PGA (1) (Professional Graphics Adapter) An early IBM PC display standard for 3D processing with 640x480x256 resolution. It was not widely used. (2) (Programmable Gate Array) See gate array and FPGA. sections directors, regional golf association directors, golf writers and other members of the golf community voted on the top 100 from a list of more than 400 daily-fee, resort and semi-private courses. For a complete listing of courses, visit www.golfonline.com or see the magazine's September issue. MAYAN STYLIN': Windstar Cruises will offer a new tropical itinerary in 2005, with voyages to the Mayan Riviera of Mexico, Belize and Honduras. The luxurious, five-masted motor sailing yacht Wind Surf will sail 11 excursions to the Mayan Riviera from Jan. 16 to April 3. Each voyage, with a maximum of 308 passengers, will be a seven-day, round-trip journey from Cozumel, Mexico, visiting smaller, less-visited ports. Naturalists will help guests discover the region's flora and fauna, and a range of diving excursions will be offered. Rates start at $1,811 per person, double occupancy, for bookings made by Oct. 31. Information: (800) 258-7245 or go to www.windstarcruises.com. |
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