Cosmic Collisions - Spectacular New Planetarium Show (Mon, Oct 20)
EcoTarium, 222 Harrington Way, Worcester, MA
A spectacular new space show, Cosmic Collisions, blasts into the EcoTarium on Saturday, February 16, 2008. Narrated by award-winning actor, director, and producer Robert Redford, the film will be showing in Massachusetts' only digital planetarium, the new Alden Digital Planetarium. Featuring stunning images from space and breathtaking visualizations based on cutting-edge scientific data--many seen for the first time--the dazzling new Cosmic Collisions reveals the explosive encounters that shaped our solar system. Audiences will feel the ground shake beneath them! Cost: $5 plus museum admission; $4 members Through Friday, Feb 13.

019 Impressed by Light: British Photographs from Paper Negatives, 1840–1860
Guest curator Roger Taylor traces the history and impact of the paper negative, or calotype, which was invented by Henry Talbot in 1841.

Century Later, Gold Coin Reflects Sculptor’s Vision
A century-old vision for America’s coinage was finally fully realized on Monday.

Mad magazine to auction early works
Alfred E. Neuman, the grinning face with the flapping ears, has gazed out from the covers of Mad magazine for half a century - becoming such a familiar presence that Charles, Prince of Wales, may have felt it necessary to deny that he looked like him. The...

Introduction to Beadmaking (Mon, Oct 20)
10:00 AM-1:00 PM, New Street Glass Studio, Flameworking Studio, 35B New Street, Worcester, MA
Using a torch and "soft" soda lime glass students will learn to make beautiful glass beads in this course. Shaping, surface decoration, hollow beads and other techniques will be discussed and demonstrated. This hands-on class allows time for students to make multiple beads per session. No experience necessary. Materials are not included in the price of tuition. WOO Benefits at the Craft Center! 10% off all craft classes and workshops (which you can take for credit)! 10% discount off purchases over $15 in the Gallery Store! FREE entrance to Annual Festival of Crafts, Thanksgiving weekend! FREE entrance to all major events! Cost: Tuition and Fees: Non-Member Fee $380.00 / Member Fee $342.00 Mondays, through Nov 10.

Pablo Picasso
Petit Fleurs - to review a full size graphic plus be given expanded guidance associated with this Pablo Picasso wall artwork, progress through the artists designation above the little image of this piece at your left. You can also glance at buying, conservation framing and width and height details for this gallery giclee print. Pablo Picasso has produced many other art reproductions in the same genre as "Petit Fleurs", look over the artist archives for the newest museum pictures.

Eli Broad Plans Another Art Space
Eli Broad, the philanthropist whose gift financed a new contemporary-art building this year at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, is planning to build another exhibition space for his vast collection.

004 Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh
Actor Sam Waterston narrates the story of the famous Egyptian queen Hatshepsut.

Art Adventures with Mildred!
San Francisco art blogger Matt Petty spent a day following Mildred around while he skated, made art, and gave away...

The Zula Patrol: Mission Weather Exhibit (Mon, Oct 20)
EcoTarium, 222 Harrington Way, Worcester, MA
Enter the wonderful world of Zula! Based on the popular PBS animated children's series, The Zula Patrol, this engaging exhibit explores the strange and wild world of weather. Climb into climate tents featuring temperature extremes from very cold to steaming hot, touch a real cloud and replicate the sounds made by wind and rain using classic movie sound machines. Special opening event Saturday, June 7, 12:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. with free Zula giveaways and fun activities. Come meet the character Professor Multo! Cost: Free with museum admission. Through Sunday, Nov 30.

James Castle: A Retrospective
October 14, 2008 - January 4, 2009: James Castle: A Retrospective marks the first comprehensive museum exhibition of the work of James Castle, an artist who, despite undergoing no formal or conventional training, is especially admired for the unique homemade quality combined with an acute visual sensibility that characterizes his work.