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   from the issue of October 18, 2007

     
 
'Date With a Masterpiece' is Nov. 2 at the Sheldon

The John Singleton Copley painting "Nicholas Boylston, "on extended loan to the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, will be featured in a "Friday Night Date with a Masterpiece," 5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 2.

 
DATE NIGHT -
 DATE NIGHT - "Nicholas Boylston" painted about 1769 by John Singleton Copley.

The painting - on loan from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - is part of a portrait gallery installation in the Sheldon's "American Narratives" exhibition. The installation includes works by David Bates, Marsden Hartley, Susan Hauptman, Vik Muniz, Alice Neel, Jim Nutt and Gilbert Stuart.

The Nov. 2 First Friday event is free and open to the public.

For more information, go online to www.sheldon.unl.edu.


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ARTS HEADLINES FOR OCTOBER 18

Sheldon marks 'Day of the Dead' Oct. 27
American Life in Poetry
CHINESE TREASURE
'Date With a Masterpiece' is Nov. 2 at the Sheldon
'Hairspray' blows into Lied Oct. 27-29
Moon missions documentary opens Oct. 26
Oct. 29 'Solid Blues' features Musselwhite, Staples, Korwn, North Mississippi Allstars
Pacifica String Quartet to perform Oct. 21
Shepherd signing Oct. 20
University Singers to perform Oct. 19 in Kimball Hall
Yamato drums to play Oct. 24

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