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Museums & Attractions
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art will exhibit its entire collection of 228 Dutch masterpieces for the first time, including 20 works by Rembrandt. The Age of Rembrandt: Dutch Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, will celebrate Rembrandt’s 400th birthday. On view will be works dating mostly between 1600 and 1700. The exhibition runs from Sept. 18 through Jan. 6. For more information, call 212.535.7710 or visit www.metmuseum.org.

  • For the first time in 25 years, a comprehensive collection of Edward Hopper’s works will be on view outside New York. The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. is presenting Edward Hopper, focusing on the period of the artist’s great achievements—from about 1925 to mid-century. This exhibition, on display from Sept. 16 to Jan. 21, features some 60 oil paintings, 25 watercolors and 14 prints. For more information, call 202.737.4215 or visit www.nga.gov.

Kudos
  • The city of Cambridge recently launched its Cambridge Energy Alliance, a $100 million conservation initiative that involves massive energy efficiency implementation. The privately funded, nonprofit program is designed to cut electricity demand by 15 percent and reduce annual electricity and water consumption by 10 percent. For more information, call 617.349.4674 or visit www.cambridgeenergyalliance.org.

  • Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort, in Hancock, Mass., is making ski industry history with its $3.9 million wind turbine, activated this summer. The turbine is the first used at a North American ski area to power chairlifts, base lodges and snowmaking machinery. For more information, call 413.738.5500 or visit www.jiminypeak.com.