SMITHSONIAN COMES TO TOWN\Eclectic exhibit offers glimpse of museums' treasures.Byline: Marni McEntee Daily News Staff Writer As Karen Bailey took in the stunning portrait of African-American contralto contralto (kəntrăl`tō), female voice of lowest pitch. Originally, the term denoted a second voice set against (contra) a high voice (alto); thus, a second high voice. Marian Anderson, who once was banned from concert appearances because of her race, Bailey recalled seeing Anderson in a humbler setting. Bailey of Los Angeles was 7 years old and waiting for a doctor in a Harlem clinic. Her mother pointed out Anderson, who had come in with a sore throat Sore Throat Definition Sore throat, also called pharyngitis, is a painful inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the pharynx. It is a symptom of many conditions, but most often is associated with colds or influenza. that same day. "I never forgot that face. It stayed in my mind," Bailey, 47, said Friday. "There are some women that just exude ex·ude v. To ooze or pass gradually out of a body structure or tissue. that quality - 'I am a lady.' " Bailey's memory was jarred during the Friday opening of "America's Smithsonian," a special traveling exhibit of rare treasures celebrating the Washington, D.C., institution's 150th anniversary. The exhibit will be at the Los Angeles Convention Center The Los Angeles Convention Center (abbreviated LACC) is a convention center in downtown Los Angeles. The LACC hosts annual events such as the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show, and was best known to video games fans as host to E3 until its cessation in 2006. until March 7. The painting by Betsy Graves Reyneau shows Anderson as she appeared at a concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Next to it is a fur coat once worn by the singer, who helped break racial barriers and earned her place in American history. About 18,000 people a day are expected to visit the exhibition, which will bring 336 treasures to 12 U.S. cities in two years. The show continues after the Los Angeles stop in Kansas City, Mo.; Providence, R.I.; Houston and other cities to be announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. . Admission is free, but tickets are required for visitors age 4 and older. For West Coast residents, the show offers an opportunity to see such rarities as "The Vin Fiz," a Wright brothers-designed biplane biplane, aircraft, typically of early design, having two sets of wings fixed at different levels, especially in a vertical stack with the fuselage included between them. See airplane. which made the first transcontinental crossing by air in 1911; and the jacket once worn by Latino civil-rights and farm-labor activist Cesar Chavez. It offers a glimpse of America's fights for freedom, through George Washington's battle sword and scabbard. And it opens a window on the nation's peacemaking Peacemaking See also Antimilitarism. Agrippa, Menenius Coriolanus’s witty friend; reasons with rioting mob. [Br. Lit.: Coriolanus] Antenor percipiently urges peace with Greeks. [Gk. Lit. , through the Appomattox, Va., Courthouse furniture used by Gens. Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee when they signed the Confederate terms of surrender to end the Civil War. For many visitors Friday, the exhibit offered the first opportunity to see rarities kept at the 17 Smithsonian Institution museums in Washington, D.C. "It's very fascinating," said Victor Thurley, 51, of Santa Monica who joined his wife, Tippy tippy said of wool that has an open loose tip so that weather stain goes a long way down the staple. May be a natural defect or be the result of a long period of heavy rain. , to marvel at the Mercury Freedom 7 spacecraft, which carried the first American astronaut, Alan Shepard, into space. "It's nice to see that they would cut out a small section of the exhibit and bring it here," Thurley said. The exhibits have been placed into three galleries that radiate ra·di·ate v. 1. To spread out in all directions from a center. 2. To emit or be emitted as radiation. ra off a central area where a full-size merry-go-round operates. The Remembering Gallery is shared by displays such as the top hat worn by Abraham Lincoln to Ford's Theater when he was assassinated as·sas·si·nate tr.v. as·sas·si·nat·ed, as·sas·si·nat·ing, as·sas·si·nates 1. To murder (a prominent person) by surprise attack, as for political reasons. 2. by John Wilkes Booth, and elaborate Pawnee and Comanche feather-war bonnets. In the Discovering Gallery, visitors can touch a meteor fragment found in Arizona and see the compass used by William Clark to help navigate the route of the 1804 expedition through the Louisiana Purchase Louisiana Purchase, 1803, American acquisition from France of the formerly Spanish region of Louisiana. Reasons for the Purchase The revelation in 1801 of the secret agreement of 1800, whereby Spain retroceded Louisiana to France, aroused territory to the Pacific Coast. In the Imagining Gallery, fine-art connoisseurs can marvel at Pablo Picasso's 1935 portrait of his mistress, entitled "Head," and see the Star of Bombay, one of the world's great star sapphires. Exhibit information The "America's Smithsonian" exhibition is open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily through March 7 in the West Hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center, at the intersection of the Harbor and Santa Monica freeways. Admission is free but tickets are required for visitors who are 4 and older. Same-day tickets will be distributed at the Convention Center. Advance tickets are available for $3.50. Order tickets at least five days in advance by calling (800) 913-TOUR. The service fee must be charged to Discover, Visa or MasterCard. For information and directions, call (213) 741-1151. CAPTION(S): PHOTO[ordinal indicator, masculine]CHART Photo Ray Charles attended opening ceremonies for the "America's Smithsonian" exhibit Friday. Tom Mendoza/Daily News Box Exhibit information (see text) |
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