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Finding the One Whodunit at OCADU

Priceless postcards in the Whodunit? preview gallery. “Can I get eight hundred, eight hundred. Nine hundred. One thousand, thank you.” At an auction, it takes seconds for a painting to go from one artist’s personal vision to a collector’s item. “Eight hundred… Eight hundred… It feels great to bid sir, it feels great to bid. [...]

Urban Planner: November 22, 2008

ART: Pattie Boyd inspired both George Harrison and Eric Clapton to write their best-known songs while she was a part of their lives. She will be sharing a number of photographs taken during that London period at the exhibit “Through the Eye of a Muse.” The exhibit (on until December 31) includes work that Boyd—now [...]

Urban Planner: November 21, 2008

WINE: Prepare to enjoy fine wine, food, and persistent denial of the coming world economic collapse and food shortage as the Gourmet Food and Wine Expo opens today. Strap on your BlackBerry, put on your suit, and get drunk the luxurious way—by drinking tiny glasses of expensive wine as you pretend to be interested in [...]

The Public Can Play (Yes, You) in This Art Game

Shove over, Bosh. There’s a new game in town, and its million-dollar players, though rather shorter of limb, are limber enough when raising those little numbered cards (with much bigger numbers behind them, of course). Lately, though, wealthy, aging boomers are feeling a bit busted, and it’s not just the old rheumatoid arthritis; the r-word, [...]