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April 24, 2024 - Pencils, dance, and Chihuly
We’re putting a fine point on the pencil. Rendered ordinary by its utility and ubiquity, it does have a romantic origin story involving a lighting strike that unearthed graphite in the north of England. Even so the pencil endures as practical, and reliable. After all, when the tip breaks, just snap your Number 2 in two, and…you have two pencils. The fascinating story of the pencil is the subject and object of a new book.
From there, so you think you can’t dance? A free Alvin Ailey workshop might move you to think otherwise. We’ll talk to Alvin Ailey’s Matthew Rushing about this and their 65th…
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