Thursday — New in Documentary: ‘Beauty is Embarrassing’
Tennessee native Wayne White is a cartoonist, painter, animator and just about everything else. In his documentary “Beauty is Embarrassing,” White brings the viewer through the dramatic highs and the depressing lows seen in the life of an artist. White also was one of the creators of the late 1980s children’s show “Pee-wee’s Playhouse.” Admission for the event varies, with $6 for general admission, $3 for members and student non-members, and free admission for student members.
Friday — MSU American Studies Program and the Department of English Presents: Russel B. Nye Annual Lecture
Stanford Arts and Humanities professor Alexander Nemerov will be speaking at 7:30 p.m. Friday about his father, Howard Nemerov, and aunt, Diane Arbus. Both have had illustrious backgrounds in the arts, as Pulitzer Prize winner Howard Nemerov served as the poetry consultant to the Library of Congress in 1963 and 1964. Diane Arbus also made her claim to fame in New York, snapping photos of the array of the unusual happenings in the city arbus photos&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=fflb&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=KjB3UcOMCoHm2AXb-oDIBA&biw=1222&bih=834&sei=LDB3Uc7LA4ri2AW-kIDIBw. The lecture will be on how close the brother and sister’s relationship was, but how different their creative styles were. Admission is free for
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