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New York City-based artist Alice Aycock plans to install her sculpture “Lift Off” at the new street entrance to Des Moines International Airport later this year.
A Des Moines foundation has firmed up plans for an $850,000 sculpture, roughly resembling a tornado, near a planned new entrance to the Des Moines airport.
New York City-based artist Alice Aycock will create the white sculpture, “Lift Off,” which has been commissioned by the Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation. The plan is to dedicate the piece in the fall. The work is her first permanent installation in Iowa.
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Updated January 20, 2021, 12:00 p.m.
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CELEBRATE KLEZMER AND ALL THINGS YIDDISH
You donât have to travel to Amherst to celebrate the 40th anniversaries of the Yiddish Book Center and the Klezmer Conservatory Band. Thanks to the magic of the Internet, both institutions have joined to present â40 Years in Yiddishland: The Yiddish Book Center celebrates the Klezmer Conservatory Band,â a 90-minute video broadcast that will include a historical overview of the bandâs history, along with rollicking-good concert footage from over the years. Video excerpts will include acclaimed productions such as âA Jumpinâ Night in the Garden of Edenâ (1986); âThe Fool and the Flying Shipâ with Robin Williams (1991); two PBS Great Performances specials; tribute greetings from well-known KCB collaborators, including Itzhak Perlman and
Tayloe Piggott Gallery seeks to capture nature’s quiet but mighty essence during winter in its three-artist group exhibition, “Abacus,” on display for only a few more days, through Jan. 24.