Month: June 2015
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Where Nice Evenings Are Recalled by Kurt Elling ’89
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(Written by Joanne Kaufman, The New York Times) The note-bending, soul-patch-sporting, Grammy-winning jazz singer Kurt Elling ’89 lives with his wife, Jennifer, and their daughter, Luiza, in a two-bedroom rental on the Upper West Side. The window in the eat-in kitchen offers a view of glorious sunsets (much photographed by the family); there are gracious…
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Hillstrom Museum of Art Features Summer Viewing of Two Sanzén Landscapes
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The Hillstrom Museum of Art has on view through its front window two oil paintings from its permanent collection. These are by famed Swedish-American artist Birger Sandzén (1871-1954), who came to America from his native Sweden in 1894, settling in Lindsborg, Kansas, where he spent his career associated with Bethany College. In 1901, the artist…