DYFED Shire Horse Farm has been handed official recognition by the Shire Horse Society. The family-run farm at Eglwyswrw has been named by the society as one of only seven approved visitor centres in the UK – and the only one in Wales. And to announce the accolade, the farm turned to the ‘gentle giant’ of the darts world, Bobby George. In a Facebook video, Bobby said: “The farm has been recognised by the Shire Horse Society as one of its approved visitor centres. This is proof of their commitment to supporting the shire horse rare breed. “The family looks forward to seeing you all again on the farm. Take care and stay safe.”
February 8, 2021 at 9:45am
A new bill introduced by VA Del. Ken Plum of the 36th District would repeal mandatory jail sentences for second and subsequent misdemeanor larceny convictions.
Under current Virginia law, anyone who is convicted of a second misdemeanor larceny conviction is subjected to a mandatory jail sentence of at least 30 days (but not more than 12 months). A third misdemeanor larceny conviction is a Class 6 felony, punishable with at least a year in jail.
Misdemeanor, or petit larceny, is defined as theft of items under $1,000. The law was first passed more than 50 years ago. The bill passed the Virginia House of Delegates by a 52 to 45 vote with three delegates not voting.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s revelatory “Stories from Storage’’ exhibit brings hidden gems into the light
Updated Feb 08, 2021;
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CLEVELAND, Ohio The Cleveland Museum of Art faced a curatorial nightmare last year when the coronavirus pandemic turned its precisely calibrated exhibition calendar from a Swiss watch into Swiss cheese.
Big shows on topics including 7th-century sculpture from Cambodia, and Pablo Picasso’s works on paper got postponed, punching holes in a timetable complicated further by temporary closures of the museum from March to June, and then again from November to this
January
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The museum first addressed its exhibition dilemma by extending the run of “Proof,’ a major show on contact sheets by famous modern and contemporary photographers.
Rarely seen artworks reveal untold stories in new exhibition
Two Female Heads, 16001650s. Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, 15641651). Red chalk heightened with white chalk; framing lines in brown ink; sheet: 7.8 x 12.2 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anne Elizabeth Wilson Memorial Fund, 1994.15.
CLEVELAND, OH
.- When the pandemic upended international travel in March 2020, temporarily delaying projects that had been in development for years, the Cleveland Museum of Art reimagined its schedule of exhibitions by drawing on its own resources. Stories from Storage offers a thoughtful and focused examination of multiple important themes through seldom-seen works of art carefully selected by each of the museums nearly two dozen curators. It conveys not a single, linear narrative but multiple stories that complement one another.
RICHMOND â Disappointed with a recent Virginia Supreme Court ruling about the use of license plate readers, Sen. Chap Petersen, D-Fairfax, is renewing his push to limit how long law enforcement agencies can retain data collected by the devices.
The bill he introduced in the General Assembly would limit how long agencies can retain the data the automated readers collect to no more than 30 days, unless the information is actively being used in an investigation. His bill passed the Senate on a bipartisan vote of 28-11 and heads to the House of Delegates for its consideration.
âItâs this whole idea of weâre under a microscope and thereâs a record of our movements for months,â Petersen said. âThatâs whatâs disturbing.â