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On the Edge: the Hidden Art of Fore-Edge Book Painting highlights a special collection of more than 200 high-resolution images of fore-edge paintings housed in the Rare Books Department of the Boston Public Library. A fore-edge painting is where the ...

Scope: On March 20, 2003, the United States initiated offensive military action against Iraq for the stated purpose of deposing Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and preventing his use of suspected nuclear weapons (weapons of mass destruction.) British, Australian, Polish, and ...

A memorial celebration to honor the life and contributions of Kenneth C. Lindsay, professor emeritus of art history and founder of the University Art Museum, will be held Saturday, May 2, at the University Art Museum (FA-213). A reception will ...

Alum/donor Maria Mazziotti Gilan’s work All That Lies Between Us has been featured in the Washington Post in Grace Cavalieri’s “Short Stack. ” Grace Cavalieri is founder of the public radio series “The Poet and the Poem,” which she hosts ...

Special Collections will be open 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Monday-Friday. We are located on the second floor of the Glenn G. Bartle Library [off of the North Reading Room]. For more information, call (607) 777-4844 or email special.collections@binghamton.edu. ...

Renowned percussionist, Binghamton native and Binghamton alum, Sherrie Maricle, will join the Harpur Jazz Ensemble in a big band jazz concert conducted by Michael Carbone and accompanied by guest bassist player Jennifer Leitham at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 23, in ...

Binghamton, once known as Chenango Point, has since been affectionately called by several names: the Parlor City, one of the Square Deal Towns, Bingo-all appellations for a jewel of the southern tier of New York State. It is a city ...

From the World Pulse website: Introducing a New Frequency in Global Media World Pulse is a media enterprise covering global issues through the eyes of women. We are dedicated to listening to and broadcasting the unheard voices and innovative solutions ...

The Getty has created a video describing the making of Japanese Lacquer: “Developed over the last 7,000 years, urushi or Japanese lacquer is made with toxic sap, powdered metals, bits of shell, and months or years of patient labor. Cultivated ...