ISLAND HOPPING
Grammy winner will serenade Maui concert-goers under the stars
An outdoor concert featuring Grammy Award winner George Kahumoku Jr. and Gabe Goebbert is set at 7 p.m. Sept. 14 on the grounds of the Bailey House Museum, 2375A Main St., in Wailuku.
Concert-goers should bring a blanket or beach chairs. Coolers will be allowed; soda and water will be available for sale.
Regular admission is $25; $20 for Maui Historical Society members. Children 12 and younger will be admitted free.
Space is limited and can be reserved at www.Maui Museum.org.
For more information, contact the museum at 244-3326 or info@mauimuseum.org.
GLOBE TROTTING
Exhibit honors Grace Kelly
PHILADELPHIA » The world thinks of Grace Kelly as a fashion icon, movie star, princess, wife and mother, but in Philadelphia she’s first and foremost remembered as a hometown girl who never forgot her roots.
So it seems fitting that an exhibit on Kelly’s upbringing, Hollywood career and storybook ascent to royalty will make its only U.S. stop in the area where she spent her early years, organizers said Thursday at an unveiling of "Grace Kelly: Beyond the Icon," in the Hotel Monaco in downtown Philadelphia.
"She never lost touch with her family and the Philadelphians that she grew up with," said Kelly’s nephew, Christopher Le Vine, who recalled his aunt packing up some Philadelphia scrapple — a love-it-or-hate-it loaf of pork scraps and cornmeal — to bring back to Monaco so the palace chef could re-create the humble dish.
The exhibit opens Oct. 28 at the Michener Art Museum in suburban Doylestown. On view will be personal photos; love letters from her husband, Prince Rainier of Monaco; her 1954 best-actress Academy Award for "The Country Girl"; film clips and home movies; as well as iconic fashions from gowns and the Yves Saint Laurent "Mondrian" dress to the Hermes "Kelly" bag she made famous.
Presidential photos stop in Dallas
DALLAS » More than 70 Associated Press photographs of presidents taken over a 100-year span are part of a new exhibit at The Sixth Floor Museum.
"The American President: Photographs from the Archives of The Associated Press" opened Aug. 18 and runs through Oct. 27.
The downtown Dallas museum is dedicated to the Nov. 22, 1963, assassination of President John F. Kennedy and his legacy.
It’s located along the route traveled by JFK before he was fatally shot.
The exhibit, meant to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Kennedy’s death, has an introduction with comments by former President George H.W. Bush of Houston.
"Through their lenses, succeeding generations of AP ‘photodogs’ have captured both the ecstasy and agony of the American presidency, and contributed in important ways to the historical record of each administration," according to Bush.
The exhibit has been touring museums, universities and libraries since early 2012. Previous stops included the Federal Hall National Memorial in New York.
