Museums & Attractions
- The Chazen Museum of Art in Madison, Wis., is simultaneously presenting two circus-themed exhibitions: Ringmaster: Judy Onofrio and the Art of the Circus and Harry A. Atwell, Circus Photographer. Both exhibitions will be on view through June 29. In one exhibit, Judy Onofrio’s life-sized sculptures of performers, animals and circus acts will be exhibited alongside examples of banners, posters and carvings—drawn from the Circus World Museum collection in Baraboo, Wis.—that have inspired her work. Onofrio’s constructions are carved, molded, painted, and assembled from wood, fiberglass, beads, ceramic shards, and collected objects. For the photography exhibit, 42 black-and-white photographs by Harry A. Atwell survey his career photographing the golden age of America’s tented shows. Atwell, a prominent Chicago publicity photographer, was hired for his first circus assignment around 1910 to travel with the Ringling Bros. Circus. Over the next 40 years he amassed more than 5,000 negatives, now in the collection of Circus World Museum. Atwell’s images include roustabouts, Big Top crowds, sideshow performers, and center-ring stars. For more information, call 608.263.2246 or visit www.chazen.wisc.edu.
Kudos
- MGM Grand Detroit was awarded the title Development of the Year 2007 by the 2008 Americas Lodging Investment Summit. MGM Grand Detroit is an $800 million property and the first downtown Detroit hotel, gaming and entertainment destination built from the ground up. Comprised of a 14,000-square-foot Grand Ballroom; three 1,600-square-foot meeting rooms; and two 710-square-foot executive boardrooms, the third floor of MGM Grand Detroit features 30,000 square feet of meeting and event space. For more information, call 877.888.2121 or visit www.mgmgranddetroit.com.