Expanding the mind's canvas
By SARA AGNEW of the Tribune’s staff
Every student who puts brush to canvas is a success in art class. It doesn’t matter if one child’s sky is painted blue and another’s is red. Both skies are right.

NICHE: A WEEKLY PEEK AT AN EMERGING ARTIST
Tara Tischer
By LIZ HEITZMAN of the Tribune’s staff
Tara Tischer has been captivated with ceramics ever since she saw a demonstration of throwing a pot in elementary school.

BEHIND THE SCENES
LaZebnik brings king of fairy tales to Danish stage
By LYNN ISRAEL of the Tribune’s staff
Next year is the bicentenary of Hans Christian Andersen’s birth, and Columbia native Philip LaZebnik is helping bring the fairy tale creator’s life - with its dark and light sides - to the Danish stage and, by extension, the world.

WEB WINNERS

RHYME AND REASON

‘Bridget Jones’ to open early

Patty Duke has heart surgery

Kristofferson to gain honors

PERFORMING ARTS

Soprano Angela Brown makes promising debut
By MIKE SILVERMAN of The Associated Press
NEW YORK - Since the glory days when Leontyne Price reigned over the Metropolitan Opera, many a young singer has arrived at the house with advance billing as a "promising Verdi soprano."

LIFTING THE CURTAIN
“The Fool’s Journey”

ON STAGE

MUSIC

Disc mines Lennon’s home recordings
By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY of The Associated Press
NEW YORK - Yoko Ono knows she could probably release old recordings of John Lennon yodeling and there would be a market for them.

LIVE MUSIC

CHART TOPPERS

BOOKS

Terrorism’s scariest scenario: nuclear weapons and ‘when?’
By CARLIN ROMANO of Knight Ridder Newspapers
The two most disagreeable men in America - at least with each other - agreed on something terribly important when they met during the campaign in their first debate.

BEST SELLERS

VISUAL ARTS

Baring Picasso’s secrets
AP Weekly Features
The conservation laboratory at New York’s Museum of Modern Art is a brightly lit sanctuary where 20th century masterpieces are brought for cleaning, restoration and, in case of damage, repairs.

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