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PAGE THREE - MAY 7 - 13, 2001
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PEOPLE
HEALTH PROBLEMS FOR DON KING?
Colorful promoter denies rumors.
Hillary Adjusting Well to Senate
She's already got a closetful of ashtrays and spittoons.
 
TRAVEL
Soaring Gas Prices Boost Virtual
Vacations, Say Travel Agents

“Imagine the Grand Canyon” most popular; next is “Yosemite: Wish We Were Here.”
 
MISCELLANEOUS
Last Proofreader Fired
No longer needed with spell check pogroms.
 
PICTURE OF THE WEEK
Fire in the Sky Marks the Beginning of the End
CNN hopes that extended live coverage will give boost to ratings.
 
ART
REVIEW

by Mr. Art
The Allen and Rossi Collection,
Bellagio Hotel, Las Vegas
I was skeptical about going to Las Vegas to attend the opening of a major art exhibit, but in this case I was drawn by the sheer magnitude of the collection being diplayed: some 80 modern and post-modern masterpieces from the private collection of comedy duo Allen and Rossi, more specifically Marty Allen and Steve Rossi.
Picasso, Mondrian, Dali, Kandinsky — all are represented here, and with Mr. Allen as our docent, the collection comes magnificently into focus.  To quote from his walking tour: “Here's another crazy one from Picasso. I think it's a lady, but her nose is where her foot should be and one eye is here and the other one's way over there — hello dere! Who knows what Picasso was thinking — or drinking!
One shortcoming of the exhibit (it travels to the Louvre in July), besides the constant hum of slot machines in the background, is the fact that Mr. Rossi could not attend. He was opening for Johnny Mathis at the Tropicana in Atlantic City.

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