Celebrate the grand reopening of the Gallery Lounge and McCoy’s 60th birthday at the same time from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday with live music by the Daniel Pappas Jazz Trio, a cash wine and beer bar and food by Coal Haus.
Mini Gallery spotlights upcoming local artists
Nathan McCullough s works currently on display at Art Center of Burlington.
Bob Saar
for The Hawk Eye
Most people who visit the big art museums of America do so to gaze reverently upon the works of famous virtuosos, and the show is always about them.
That s not the way it is at the Art Center of Burlington, 301 Jefferson St.
The hallway leading from the front desk area back to the big gallery features people you ve likely never heard of.
It s called the Mini Gallery.
Nestled between the Artists Market out front and the Main Gallery, the Mini features news about what s coming up at the Art Center on one side; the other side spotlights emerging artists.
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Panera Wants Pagan Worker s Discrimination Suit Arbitrated
Law360 (May 25, 2021, 3:37 PM EDT) An arbitrator should hear a former Pittsburgh-area Panera Bread employee s claim that she faced discrimination from her Christian co-workers after revealing that she practiced a form of neo-paganism, attorneys for the restaurant told a Pennsylvania federal court.
Tammy McCoy had claimed in her lawsuit that she was subjected to a hostile work environment by bosses who insisted that she find God. But attorneys for PAN American Group LLC, which ran the Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania, Panera Bread where McCoy had worked, said she d signed a dispute resolution program agreement that subjected such claims to binding arbitration.
March is Women's History Month, which means all over the country museums, libraries, and art galleries are celebrating women's contributions and locally
Burlington Fine Arts League ends 50-year run of community work
After 50 years of fundraising auctions, the Burlington Fine Arts League has taken its final bow.
Bob Saar
It was a good run denied its grand finale.
The Burlington Fine Arts League, best known for its annual GALA fundraising auction, began as the Charity Ball in 1946 given by the Auxiliary of the King s Daughters Home for Old People.
Five League presidents got together this week to discuss the group s demise after 50 years of fundraising: Former presidents Becky Rump, Ann Peters and Karen Hassel joined current co-presidents Michele AbouAssaly and Jan Daft at the Art Center of Burlington to talk about the League, art and trailblazing members including Betty Cowles, Lois Rigdon, Jane Walsh and Marianna Brinck, who was honored at the final GALA in 2019.