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Glass Artist Dale Chihuly

The world premier showing of Dale Chihuly's translucent sculpture from his Finland Suite is currently at Jack Lenor Larsen’s Long House Foundation in East Hampton, New York. This fall, his exhibit “Chihuly Over Venice” will be featured at the international Contemporary Art Glass exhibition. Chihuly is among the best known American artists working today and is one of only four Americans to be given a one-person show at the Louvre.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, July 15, 1996: Interview with David Mixner; Review of Go to Blazes's album "Waiting Around for the Crash"; Interview with Dale Chihuly; Review of Tom De Haven's novel …
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A Gay Activist Speaks Out Against the White House

Political advisor David Mixner. His new book, Stranger Among Friends, is a memoir of the 1992 Clinton campaign and life inside the Clinton White House. Mixner was pivotal in getting then-Governor Clinton the support of gay voters and was hopeful that the Democratic victory would expand civil rights to gays and lesbians. With Clinton’s watered-down support of gays in the military and recent rejection of gay marriage, Mixner has become disillusioned with the administration, and his book reflects this.

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