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Erosion is a theme of the Pines, with its wind-tortured dunes and combustible wood buildings. But Bobby Bonanno, 65, who works as a hairdresser in Bellport, N.Y., and has visited the Pines for more than four decades, was concerned about the erosion of memory. To protect the heritage of the Pines, the affluent, largely L.G.B.T.Q. hamlet near the center of Fire Island, he decided to create the Fire Island Pines Historical Preservation Society.

Its become my passion project, he said of the historical society he founded in 2010, because a lot of these young people who come here to party most taking the ferry from Sayville on the South Shore of Long Island they have no idea that gay men in the 40s or 50s were handcuffed to poles here when cops came over for night raids. The police would take the men back to Sayville and jail them, Mr. Bonanno said. And if your name was published in the paper, you were ruined.

He does not want to depress young people and tries to make even grim history palatable by collecting photographs and documents and conducting interviews, which he posts on the website that is the historical societys principal venue. He tells the story of how in the first half of the 20th century, the Pines had a Coast Guard lifesaving station and was known as Lone Hill. Those who crossed over from the mainland were not infrequently nudists.

The first iteration of the Pines was a family-oriented community planned in 1952 by the Home Guardian Company on land it had owned since the 1920s and divided into 122 relatively big lots (at least compared to the property on other parts of Fire Island). The gestalt shifted when a succession of gay business owners took over the tiny commercial area near the deepwater harbor, creating lodgings and a famed, boozy dance club called the Pavilion. They also brought over artists, writers, entertainers and fashion industry folk with them.

The Pines evolved into a gay Shangri-La that granted exuberant freedom to men and women taking a vacation from their closeted lives. When the AIDS epidemic emerged in the 1980s, it failed to destroy that spirit. Instead it spurred organizations like Gay Mens Health Crisis to action, funded by money raised at parties held at all hours of the night and day.

Recently, Mr. Bonanno developed a walking tour of the exteriors of Pines beach houses, a 90-minute stream of anecdotes about visiting celebrities like Bette Midler and the artist David Hockney; groundbreaking architects like Horace Gifford and Andrew Geller; orgies (no names provided); and conflagrations like the one that destroyed the Pavilion in 2011 (it was later rebuilt).

On a sunny day in April, he led a reporter, her husband and a photographer on his Walk Through History along undulating boardwalks lined with bamboo hedges and scrubby evergreens, pausing at 43 sites to dish.

The tour began at the eastern end of the Pines, near the intersection of Ocean Walk, which parallels the shoreline, and Sail Walk, one of the paths heading south to the Atlantic. Down the beach was where Talisman, a 12-acre resort founded by the Broadway producer Michael Butler and Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun, swung in the early 60s until the National Seashore, empowered by the Wilderness Act of 1964, seized it through eminent domain and largely returned it to nature. You can still see remnants of the Japanese-inspired buildings, Mr. Bonanno said.

At 443 Sail Walk (stop No. 5), he introduced the Pyramid House, an angular edifice with a trio of pointy-roofed guesthouses. The building was designed by an Argentine architect named Julio Kaufman (who would go on to lose an arm in a seaplane accident) for John Goodwin, a nephew of J.P. Morgan. In 2001, the writer Paul Rudnick bought it and commissioned a full-throttle reconstruction from the architect Hal Hayes.

The vintage photos in Mr. Bonannos handout show a glass curtain wall facing the ocean that is no longer visible from the repositioned entrance, but Mr. Bonanno has seen the beautiful view with his own eyes. Ive been in the house, he said. It gets hot.

As Pyramid House made clear, there was no shortage of visionary architects building in the Pines, and no compunction about messing with anyone elses work. The typical 1950s Pines house, Mr. Bonanno said, was a modest, one-story beach house, and in the absence of regulations, many have been torn down and replaced with bigger, gaudier structures.

Some properties got off lightly. Still recognizable is the Kodak House at 482 Tarpon Walk (stop No. 10), designed in the mid-1960s by Mr. Gifford for his own use. The subject of a 2013 book by Christopher Rawlins called Fire Island Modernist: Horace Gifford and the Architecture of Seduction, Mr. Gifford added theatricality to the mission of modern architecture, making inside and outside flow together. According to Mr. Rawlins, the house takes its name from its resemblance to the Kodak Instamatic cameras of the 1970s.

If Pines houses were not born with names, they often acquired them over time, and sometimes received more than one. The house with a very wide gable at 413 Ocean Walk (stop No. 14) was originally clad in yellow siding and called Mustard House. Then it became known as Cape Cod House and also Pizza Hut. In 1989 and 1990, it was the site of Morning Parties (continuations, really, of the previous nights revels) that benefited Gay Mens Health Crisis. When drugs appeared on the scene and the swimming pool collapsed, G.M.H.C. cut its ties and the party moved to other venues, Mr. Bonanno recounted.

At 410 Ocean Walk (stop No. 16), a two-bedroom, weathered cedar house with a wraparound balcony, the main distinction was that it was rented by the actors Montgomery Clift and Diahann Carroll, at different times. Both celebrities were supportive of the community, Mr. Bonanno said; Ms. Carroll took a particular interest in planting the dunes with beach grass.

The Pines attracted not just Hollywood A-listers but also their former spouses, and Mr. Bonanno made sure the exes received their due. Joan McCracken, the dancer and actress who was the second wife of the film director Bob Fosse and a model for Holly Golightly in Truman Capotes novella Breakfast at Tiffanys, lived at 458 Ocean Walk (stop No. 7). Mr. Capote wrote the book in the vicinity, and Ms. McCrackens first husband, the dancer and writer Jack Dunphy, was his longtime romantic partner.

And 403 Ocean Walk (stop No. 21), belonged to Susan Blanchard, the third wife of Henry Fonda (he had five, and she was also married for a time to the actor Richard Widmark). Tracking down photos of occupants of a sheltered community before the age of smartphones is devilishly hard, Mr. Bonanno said. But the historical society does have a letter that the Whirlpool Foundation sent to Mrs. Fonda when she bought a household appliance.

Apart from the hamlets many share houses, one of which, at 150 Ocean Walk, was used for Fire Island, a reality television series that aired in 2017 and still makes Mr. Bonanno wince when he recalls it (stop No. 34), the Pines has one multifamily residential complex. It is a midcentury modern development called the Coops with 100 seasonal units laid out on two acres along Fire Island Boulevard (stop No. 29). Planned as a hotel, the Coops brought electricity to the community, where there had been none before 1960.

At 142 Ocean Walk (stop No. 39), something looked amiss with the silhouette of the famous trapezoidal building known as the TV House until Mr. Bonanno pointed out that the exterior walls flanking the ocean-facing glass facade (the TVs screen) had been removed mid-renovation, leaving a lonely roof overhang. Somebody decided to give the house bangs, he said. (The original design will be restored.)

The penultimate house was 566-67 Driftwood Walk (stop No. 42), a curvaceous affair built in 1972 by a family called Sloan, sold to the fashion designer Calvin Klein in 1977 (he told Marc Jacobs it was one of the sexiest houses I think Ive ever owned) and then acquired by the music and film executive David Geffen in the 1990s. The house has changed hands several times since.

The tour ended at 557 Ocean Walk, originally the home of the Canadian architect Arthur Erickson and his partner, the interior designer Francisco Kripacz. Built in 1977, it is known as Lincoln Center because, like the Manhattan cultural complex, it is orthogonal and pale and has lots of glass. There was a retractable roof over the living area and a retractable ocean-facing wall in the back, Mr. Bonanno said.

The pop singer Roberta Flack once performed at a party at the house surrounded by hundreds of silver balloons and the smoke from dry ice. Today, it is owned by the cable star and former pornographic film actress Robin Byrd and alternatively described as the Byrd House.

Mr. Bonanno will lead A Walk Through History on Saturday, May 28, and Sunday, May 29, as a benefit for the Pines Care Center, which provides free medical services to the community. The price is $35. For information about these and other tour dates and to make reservations, go to pineshistory.org.

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The Elitch Gardens that visitors see in downtown Denver today is quite a bit different from the park's humble beginnings in 1890.

DENVER Denver's Elitch Garden Theme Park turns 132 years old this week.

The historic amusement park visible to commuters near Interstate 25 and Speer Boulevard in downtown Denver has evolved quite a bit from its humble beginnings.

On May 1, 1890, John and Mary Elitch opened Elitch Zoological Gardens for the public to enjoy on their farm located on the outskirts of the city or what is now 38th Avenue and Tennyson Street. At the time, Denver itself had only been a city for 30 years.

Elitch's was one of the first zoos to open west of Chicago and held the distinction as the city's first botanic garden.

When John Elitch died unexpectedly the next year, Mary Elitch took over the business, and by doing so, became the first woman in the country to own and manage a zoo, according to the park.

There's an entirepodcast dedicated to Mary Elitch and her impressive legacy (she even found time to author two children's books). Known by visitors as the Gracious Lady of the Gardens," Mary Elitch continued living on the grounds until her death in 1936.

The Elitch Theatre opened in 1892, and in its heydayhosted the likes of Sarah Bernhardt, Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., Vincent Price, Grace Kelly,Lana Turner and Mickey Rooney. It continued to operate for another 100 years, but held its last production in 1991.

The historic theatre has since fallen into disrepair, and The Historic Elitch Gardens Theatre Foundation has spearheaded efforts toraise funds to restore it.

A businessman named John Mulvihill brought the garden from Mary Elitch in 1916. And in 1928, a hand-carved carousel which took more than three years to craft arrived at the park. It's still in operation to this day.

The ferris wheel was erected at the park in 1936 and the famous "Mister Twister" roller coaster arrived in 1965.

The Trocadero Ballroom opened in 1917 and quickly became a hip spot for dancing in the city. Visitors could see classic big bands perform for as little as a nickel. The ballroom was torn down in 1975.

A $94-million financing package allowed Elitch Gardens to move to its current location in 1994.

Big changes came in 1997 when Premier Parks, Inc. acquired the park and announced the addition of a water park. It was also at this time that the park released an improvement plan that included rides like The Mind Eraser, Tower of Doom and Shipwreck Falls.

In 1998, the park became "Six Flags Elitch Gardens." That lasted until 2007, when the park changed ownership again and reverted back to its original name.

The park introduced a spring concert series highlighting local and national talent of a variety of musical genres in 2001. That concept has since evolved into a summer concert series that's free to attend with park admission or a season pass.

In the last decade, the theme park has introduced rides like the Star Flyer, an extreme swing that takes guests to the top of a 17-story tower, and the water slide Mega Wega Wedgie, described as an "extreme speed slide tower."

In 2019, Elitch Gardens opened a "innovative, alluring and sensational new ride" called Meows Wolfs Kaleidoscape.

Santa Fe-based Meow Wolf would open a 60,000-square-foot permanent art installation called Convergence Station next door to Elitch Gardens in September 2021 at Colfax Avenue and I-25.

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The area where Elitch's currently sits could look a whole lot different in a few years.

In December 2018, Denver City Council voted to move forward on the River Mile Project,which will someday include below-market rentals, schools, retail and restaurants along a stretch of the South Platte River surrounding the theme park.

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SEOUL The seven artists who will be represented by this citys Gallery Hyundai at TEFAF New York reflect the history of not only the 52-year-old gallery, but also the artistic history of South Korea in the decades after the Korean War.

While many galleries will be showcasing of-the-moment artwork, Gallery Hyundai is celebrating its roots in South Koreas now-booming arts world.

The gallerys presence is, effectively, a forerunner to two major U.S. exhibitions planned over the next year or so, one at the Guggenheim, The Avant-Garde: Experimental Art in South Korea in the 1960s and 1970s, co-organized with the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, and The Space Between: The Modern in Korean Art, opening in September at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which will trace the countrys art history in the decades leading to the Korean War.

In making its TEFAF New York debut (it has shown at TEFAF Maastricht several times) Gallery Hyundais approach is to offer a bit of a time capsule of the artistic history of the country in the difficult decades after the Korean War.

Many of the artists represented at TEFAF helped shape the countrys art scene during the often-overlooked political turmoil in those decades, paving the way for South Koreas modernist painters and, in some peoples estimation, helping to usher in the freedoms enjoyed by South Koreans today.

These artists really wanted to make an issue of what art can be, said Do Hyung-teh, the owner and chief executive of Gallery Hyundai, whose mother, Park Myung-ja, founded the gallery in 1970 when South Korea was far from a global arts destination. Several of these artists challenged the definition of art in South Korea.

A few of those artists are among the seven in the Gallery Hyundais inaugural booth at TEFAF New York: Kim Minjung, Quac Insik, Kwak Duck-jun, Lee Seung-taek, Park Hyunki, Lee Kun-yong and Lee Kang-so (the last four are expected to participate in the Guggenheim show).

Its the artwork from those early years that will be most prominent at TEFAF.

Mr. Park, who died in 2000, is revered as a pioneer of Korean video art; Lee Kang-so, 79, came of age as an artist during the military dictatorship in South Korea in the 1970s and 80s and depicted the unrest of the era.

Mr. Quac, who died in 1988, was a major player of the Mono-ha art movement in Japan and South Korea; Lee Kun-yong, 80, is often called the father of performance art in the country; Lee Seung-taek, 89, is known for his site-specific works, among others; Ms. Kim, 60, is known for burning and layering traditional Korean hanji paper.

But perhaps no artist embodies South Korean art as much as Mr. Kwak, born in 1937 to Korean immigrant parents in Japan, where he has lived most of his life.

He contracted tuberculosis in his 20s, which led him to spend long hours of recovery painting abstract landscapes as he struggled for years with the disease.

After recovering, he shifted to photography, conceptual art, video and performance art, and was the first artist that Park Myung-ja championed when she opened Gallery Hyundai at age 27.

Kwak has been one of the leading artists and a mentor to both Japanese and Korean artists, and many Japanese artists say he was their inspiration, Mr. Do said. My mothers focus was on how to take this great Korean artist abroad. From 1987 she started with one art fair in Chicago, and it just grew from there.

We asked ourselves: What is the best way to promote them globally? The answer has always been art fairs, he said.

This, Mr. Do said, was the beginning of Gallery Hyundai making its name in the global market and being part of the wave of artistic expression that has defined South Korea as it became a world player in the visual arts, film and pop music.

We are focused on representing Korean artists abroad, and I always say that without these artists this gallery does not exist, he said.

Such global exposure, including the gallerys debut at TEFAF New York and the upcoming Los Angeles and Guggenheim exhibitions, has been crucial to understanding how South Korean art has evolved, and how each chapter of its modern history may have shaped it, even if somewhat slowly at first, compared to, say, American and European leaders of modern art.

I think Western audiences have always appreciated Korean art, but Dansaekhwa was the only style really known, said Kwon Youngsook, director of the gallery, referring to the monochromatic art movement in the 1970s that came to represent South Korean art abroad. Because of that, Korean avant-garde art had a delayed history.

But that delay only served to make it more of the moment, perhaps. And the motivation for a more modern approach was borne from the turmoil that engulfed the country decades ago as the global arts community was just becoming aware of South Koreas art all reflected in the varied artwork headed to TEFAF New York, and to the Guggenheim show next year.

Dansaekhwa came along in the 70s and 80s, but Korean artists re-evaluated another branch of minimalism or abstract painting, Ms. Kwon said. These artists really did revolutionize art and had a very different spirit and approach. They tried to find their own path.

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If historical eras were pet choices, ancient Rome would probably be a dog; nearly everyone likes it, some people are really into it, and its one of the first go-to examples whenever people talk about the subject. Ancient Rome has loomed large in factual and fictional writing pretty much since the era ended indeed, some of the most influential and best books on Roman history were written while it was still happening and the Roman world has provided the setting for everything from films and TV series to comics (vive lAsterix!)

With the wealth of information out there on Roman history, its sometimes difficult to know where to begin as a new reader and researcher in the field. The Roman Empire lasted for over a millennium and spanned a huge chunk of the world; there are hundreds of different sub-fields to study, and thousands of important events and figures that had an impact on this crucial period in human history. Whether a reader wants to learn about the early days of Rome, when it was a small town in Italy instead of the massive global force it would become, or look into the final years of the Roman era as it became the Byzantine Empire, there is plenty for budding historians to grapple with. These books are just a few of the great entry points into the field of ancient Roman history.

While there are many interesting texts for scholars of ancient Rome to read and study, the field of Roman history is dominated by white authors, and there are few texts by authors of colour available. This is part of a wider issue with a general underrepresentation of historians of colour, both in academia and in historical publishing. However, new media is an area where historians of colour have been able to share their research and perspectives, and there are several excellent podcasts out there focusing on Black history and history from the perspectives of other people of colour, such as Witness Black History, The Black History Buff Podcast, Historically Black, and Asian American History 101.

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In a recent article in the Atlantic, the historian Anne Applebaum wrote that There is no natural liberal world order, and there are no rules without someone to enforce them. Her practical point was clear: Only by actively fighting back could the worlds democracies save themselves from Vladimir Putin and the worlds other newly assertive autocrats. But she was also making a deeper point: That there is no broad pattern to history or possibility of historical progress over time; outcomes are simply the result of actors duking it out over and over again. As she tweeted about the piece: There is no arc of history, nothing inevitable about either democracy or dictatorship. What happens tomorrow depends on what all of us do today. The arc of history likely refers to a favorite phrase of President Barack Obama, who often used it in adapting Martin Luther King Jr.s declaration, The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.

In a narrow sense, Ms. Applebaums argument is incontrovertible. There is no underlying historical mechanism that brings us inexorably toward a liberal world order, similar to the Marxist belief that history would culminate in Communism. Mr. Putins attack on Ukraine demonstrates that many people in the West had grown complacent about the peace and prosperity brought about by the liberal order that has prevailed in recent decades. They didnt think that anyone would challenge that order, certainly not with tanks and rockets and outright territorial aggression. And it is clearly true today that the liberal order requires believers in democracy to actively support it, in Ukraine and around the world.

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This year and beyond, April 29 is National Rugelach Day, honoring the popular Jewish confection. Originating in Poland nearly four centuries ago, rugelach are today found in most Israeli cafes and bakeries, shaped in the form of a crescent by rolling a triangle of dough around a filling. This day can be attributed to Harlem bakery Lee Lees Baked Goods, the owner of which, Alvin Lee Smalls, successfully reached out to the National Day Archives in March to secure a special day for the treat the store has baked for over 50 years.

Rugelach is something that has always been near and dear to my heart, so I thought why not recognize and celebrate such a special little confection with the whole world, Lee said. This day has been designated for everyone to celebrate and enjoy the delight of rugelach wherever you are!

Lee Lees was established in 1988 after Lee became one of the first in the neighborhood to have an expansive selection of traditional Eastern European pastries, exposing those in the community to centuries of Jewish and Eastern European history through food. Lee, originally from South Carolina, first fell in love with rugelach after moving to New York in the early 1960s. To honor the very first National Rugelach Day, Lee Lees is throwing an all-day celebration to encourage rugelach lovers and rugelach newbies to try the much-loved dessert.

Though, rugelach has been around New York for decades prior, appearing at bakeries around the Lower East Side, the Upper West Side, the Upper East Side, and parts of Brooklyn in the late 1800s and early 1900s. When particularly Ashkenazi Jews immigrated to the U.S. through Ellis Island, Jewish bakeries popped up alongside delis and appetizing stores all over the city, preparing freshly baked breads, cakes, and fruit-filled pastries.

To keep within kosher laws, most bakeries only served dairy products and could only be open at most six days a week. Jewish bakeries were staples of each community with a large Jewish population, though as with most Jewish-owned food businesses, they dwindled following World War II, and only a few remain today. Most New Yorkers have heard of Yonah Schimmel, one of the long-standing Jewish bakeries open since the 1890s on East Houston Street. Though primarily known for knishes, Yonah Schimmel has kept sweet Jewish culinary traditions alive with options like cherry cheese and apple strudel knishes, alongside egg creams.

Most places in New York City serving up rugelach today are relatively new, though one long-standing spot is Kossars Bagels & Bialys, open for over 85 years (and at the Grand Street location since 1960). Isadore Mirsky andMorris Kossar first founded Mirsky and Kossars Bakery at 22 RidgeStreet on the Lower East Side in 1936. In 1953, Morris Kossar bought out his partner,after which the store was renamed Kossars Bialys. Though bialys are their specialty, Kossars also offers assorted rugelach, including a cinnamon variety.

Russ & Daughters, the famed appetizing store, only started baking its own rugelach in 2017 after the company formerly outsourced production. Russ & Daughters serves up a traditional raspberry version with a sweet-tart jam, raisins, and currants. In 1907, Joel Russ immigrated from Strzyzow in modern-day Poland, after which he sold schmaltz herring out of a barrel on theLower East Side. It took his first seven years to transition to a pushcart operation, a horse and wagon, and ultimately a brick and mortar store on Orchard Street. In 1920, he moved the store to its current home of 179 East Houston Street. His daughters Hattie, Ida, and Anne were involved in the business from a young age, and in 1935 Russ changed the name to include & Daughters, controversially making it the first business in the country with that included.

Orwashers, known for its raspberry and apricot varieties, has also been around for over a century, founded in 1916 by a Hungarian immigrant family as a small storefront on the Upper East Side. The bakery catered to the neighborhoods Jewish population with traditional rye, black, and grain breads. Since 2018, Orwashers is run by Keith Cohen and his team with additional locations in Lincoln Square and the Upper West Side.

On the newer side is Breads Bakery, opened in 2013 with all sorts of baked goods but with a particular emphasis on old-school Jewish New York staples. Breads was among the bakeries to popularize babka with Nutella and dark chocolate, as well as many types of challah. But its chocolate rugelach with an ultra-thin pastry is also a winner.

Out in Brooklyn, Shelskys was opened in 2011 as an appetizing store and deli with a bakery as well. At its locations, Shelskys offers some hard-to-find types like chocolate lingonberry, apricot walnut, and clementine and ginger. Also in Brooklyn are a handful of kosher favorites in Orthodox neighborhoods like Midwood, whose residents frequent Isaacs Bake Shop and Kaffs Bakery, and South Williamsburg, known for Oneg Heimishe Bakery.

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Q. What is the goal of the project?

A. This project critically revisits the histories and historiographies of the Mediterranean. The long story of world civilizationfor which the Mediterranean was, and still is, a hubhas usually been woven by quasi-horizontal and parallel vectors that move alternately between East and West. Incorporating into this field the African continent, we move beyond the west-east patterns that shaped and controlled the writing of Mediterranean art history.

Thus, Black Mediterranean places again the sea as the medial space for artistic interactions, but adds to it the north-south longitudinal meridians. The project is a corrective methodological tool that aims to include forgotten narratives and to revisit historiographies of racial subordination. It provides a forum for art historians to address overlooked Afro-Mediterranean chronicles, and is a call for a new critical humanism that revisits Mediterranean histories to offer better insights into past empires and colonial affairs. By reexamining these accounts, we can reframe Western hegemonic, epistemic control of the past. Terms such as Afro-American and Afro-European could be reconsidered around histories of Eurafrica.

Moreover, with Black Mediterranean, we hope to establish cooperation with mainly young and promising scholars in Africa, especially in countries where art history is an emerging discipline. Part of our goal is to build a regional network of academics, to foster collaboration among different art historians fields and areas of expertise.

Q. What is the historical timeframe that the project encompasses?

A. The project mainly focuses on about 600 years of history, from 1500 to the present, though trajectories that stretch back from premodern and modern times to the ancient and medieval Mediterranean world are welcomed, too.

Q. What parts of Africa will the project focus on?

A. In general, three vertical routes will be the focus: the eastern African route that moved from Ethiopia to Alexandria via Cairo (with the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 as its culmination); the central sub-Saharan route that travels north to Tunis and Italy via Sicily (with the 1535 conquest of Tunis by Charles V and the 1571 Battle of Lepanto serving as anchors); and the west African route along the Atlantic coast, concentrating on the age of Portuguese expansion in Africa (circa 1415-1600).

Q. What will you specifically be teaching and/or researching as part of this project?

A. In the fall of 2022, I will teach a graduate seminar on Black Mediterranean. This course seeks to call our attention to the important artistic and cultural role played by Africa in shaping Mediterranean aesthetics and, paradoxically, the continents absence from most Mediterranean studies to date. While concentrating on the movement of artifacts, artisans, persons of power, and slaves, as well as revisiting trade routes and military conquests, the class will unveil the constant and mutual transfer of knowledge.

We will discuss various historical moments, such as the transfer of the relics of Saint Mark from Alexandria to Venice, the boom in the import of ivory from sub-Saharan Africa to Europe, the introduction of the Almohads aesthetic in Spain, as well as trading throughout the Mediterranean during the Fatimid period (around 1000 CE).

Also, moments of artistic transfer to, rather than from, Africa will be highlighted, including the introduction of the Abbasid royal aesthetics of Baghdad in North Africa, the settlements of Amalfitan traders in Fatimid Egypt, the Norman looting of Tunis around 1200, Jesuits in Ethiopia in early modern times, and, back to where the project started, the Habsburg conquest of Tunis in 1535.

Q. Will Black Mediterranean touch on current migration issues between Africa and Europe via the Mediterranean?

A. Indeed. The project already does. In February, I engaged Anthropology Professor Naor Ben-Yehoyada and Youssef Ben Ismail, a Mellon SOF/Heyman and MESAASlecturer, to interview the Algerian artist Rachid Korachiabout his project, Jardin dAfrique, in Tunis. For this work, Korachi designed and built a shrine and cemetery for the bodies of anonymous migrants who died crossing the Mediterranean from Africa to Europe.

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Denver Travel & Adventure Show

Saturday-Sunday. Travel lovers looking for inspiration and information might want to plan a road trip to the Colorado Convention Center this weekend for the fifth Denver Travel & Adventure Show.

There will be educational opportunities and interactive experiences, along with a wide variety of products and services. Experts offering their insights will include author Patricia Schultz and travel guru Peter Greenberg. Author Laurie Woolever will share her experiences accompanying the late Anthony Bourdain on his world travels while travel writer Andrew McCarthy will share highlights from his new book, The Longest Way Home.

It all happens Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets and event information: travelshows.com/shows/denver John Meyer

Saturday. Still one of the only theme parks directly inside a city, the historic Elitch Gardens (well, the names historic anyway) opens for the 2022 season on Saturday, April 30. Its back to full operations after two years of pandemic weirdness, although dont be surprised is staffing issues impact some attractions.

Colorados biggest and best-for-roller-coasters park also competes with heavies like Water World for the summer splash crowd, with its Island Kingdom water park set to open on Memorial Day. Concerts are back with Le Crea and a Hispanic festival, officials said, as well as drive-in movies at the water park.

Opening-day tickets are $45, with kids 2 and under free. Season passes start at $75. Prices for both are effective online through May 8. Parking costs $20. Located at 2000 Elitch Circle in downtown Denver. 303-595-4386 or elitchgardens.com. John Wenzel

Through June 30. With guided tours of Denver history hitting new heights of competitiveness there are currently dozens around the city History Colorado is taking advantage of renewed interest in our fast-gentrifying citys roots with exhibitions that peer past the typical mining and cowboy history.

Running through June 30, Rice and Resilience explores Colorados Asian food culture; an in-depth walking tour of Denvers Chinatown (for $35 per person) arrives on May 14 and will most definitely sell out soon. The Bold Women Change History lecture series continues with Ph.D. archeologist Bonnie Clark; and the long-overdue and vaguely Pride-timed Queer Capitol Hill exhibition begins on May 20.

Call 303-447-8679 or visit historycolorado.org/events to make reservations and to buy tickets. History Colorado Center is located at 1200 N. Broadway. John Wenzel

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Todays Highlight in History:

On April 29, 1946, 28 former Japanese officials went on trial in Tokyo as war criminals; seven ended up being sentenced to death.

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In 1429, Joan of Arc entered the besieged city of Orleans to lead a French victory over the English.

In 1916, the Easter Rising in Dublin collapsed as Irish nationalists surrendered to British authorities.

In 1945, during World War II, American soldiers liberated the Dachau (DAH-khow) concentration camp. Adolf Hitler married Eva Braun inside his Fuhrerbunker and designated Adm. Karl Doenitz (DUHR-nihtz) president.

In 1957, the SM-1, the first military nuclear power plant, was dedicated at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

In 1967, Aretha Franklins cover of Otis Reddings Respect was released as a single by Atlantic Records.

In 1983, the film Valley Girl was released in theaters.

In 1991, a cyclone began striking the South Asian country of Bangladesh; it ended up killing more than 138,000 people, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

In 1992, a jury in Simi Valley, California, acquitted four Los Angeles police officers of almost all state charges in the videotaped beating of motorist Rodney King; the verdicts were followed by rioting in Los Angeles resulting in 55 deaths.

In 1997, a worldwide treaty to ban chemical weapons went into effect.

In 2008, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama denounced his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, for what he termed divisive and destructive remarks on race.

In 2010, the U.S. Navy officially ended a ban on women serving on submarines, saying the first women would be reporting for duty by 2012. The NCAAs Board of Directors approved a 68-team format for the mens basketball tournament beginning the next season.

In 2011, Britains Prince William and Kate Middleton were married in an opulent ceremony at Londons Westminster Abbey.

In 2020, scientists announced the first effective treatment against the coronavirus, the experimental antiviral medication remdesivir, which they said could speed the recovery of COVID-19 patients.

Ten years ago: Despite past differences, President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton began a summer fundraising blitz with an event in McLean, Virginia. An out-of-control SUV plunged more than 50 feet off the side of a New York City highway overpass and landed on the grounds of the Bronx Zoo, killing all seven people aboard, including three children.

Five years ago: President Donald Trump marked his 100th day in office with a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. A white suburban Dallas policeman fired into a moving car carrying five Black teenagers, killing 15-year-old Jordan Edwards. (Balch Springs officer Roy Oliver would be convicted of murder and sentenced to 15 years in prison.)

One year ago: Brazil became the second country to officially top 400,000 COVID-19 deaths. Police in Los Angeles said the woman who had returned Lady Gagas stolen French bulldogs was among five people arrested in connection with the theft and the shooting of the music superstars dog walker. The Jacksonville Jaguars made Clemsons Trevor Lawrence the first pick in the NFL draft; the first three selections were all quarterbacks.

Todays Birthdays: Actor Keith Baxter is 89. Conductor Zubin Mehta is 86. Pop singer Bob Miranda (The Happenings) is 80. Country singer Duane Allen (The Oak Ridge Boys) is 79.

Singer Tommy James is 75. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., is 72. Movie director Phillip Noyce is 72. Comedian Jerry Seinfeld is 68. Actor Leslie Jordan is 67. Actor Kate Mulgrew is 67. Actor Daniel Day-Lewis is 65. Actor Michelle Pfeiffer is 64. Actor Eve Plumb is 64. Rock musician Phil King is 62. Country singer Stephanie Bentley is 59. Actor Vincent Ventresca is 56. Singer Carnie Wilson (Wilson Phillips) is 54. Actor Paul Adelstein is 53. Actor Uma Thurman is 52. International Tennis Hall of Famer Andre Agassi is 52. Rapper Master P is 52. Actor Darby Stanchfield is 51. Country singer James Bonamy is 50. Gospel/R&B singer Erica Campbell (Mary Mary) is 50. Rock musician Mike Hogan (The Cranberries) is 49. Actor Tyler Labine is 44. Actor Megan Boone is 39. Actor-model Taylor Cole is 38. NHL center Jonathan Toews is 34. Pop singer Foxes is 33. Actor Grace Kaufman is 20.

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