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The Museum of Neon Art to reopen on May 1st premiering an exhibition Stephen Antonakos, Untitled. GLENDALE, CA .- After over a year of closure the Museum of Neon Art will reopen on April 24th to members and May 1st to general audiences. Visitors will get the first view of MONAs new exhibition, 40 Years of Light: Works From The Collection and Collective, which showcases an impressive range of pioneering light-based artwork from the MONA permanent collection and community, as well as a selection of MONAs historic sign collection. In lieu of MONAs usual tour and long form programs, the museum will offer several bite size educational experiences during the opening weekends - from hands on glass bending, to show and tells of vintage technology, and object spotlights in the galleries. ....
Children play on ruins of al-Kfeir in Syria, March 24, 2021. So many people have fled to Syrias crowded northwest during the countrys 10-year civil war that families have settled in important archaeological sites. Ivor Prickett/The New York Times. by Ben Hubbard (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- As the sun set, children in dirty clothes and battered shoes herded sheep past the towering stone walls of a Byzantine settlement abandoned more than 1,000 years ago, leading them into a nearby ancient cave where the animals would spend the night. Laundry hung near the semicylindrical wall of a ruined, centuries-old church. Vegetables grew between the remnants of two rectangular doorways ornamented with carved leaf patterns. Scattered about were giant cut stones from what had once been an extensive town. It was here, at the vast archaeological site of al-Kfeir, Syria, where Abu Ramadan and his family sought shelter more than a year ago aft ....