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Show | DyeGaltLakeBribie TRAVEL MWHERE ARE YOU? H-2 NOTEBOOK Conquer Fear ofFlying ee ffTlOy, There are waysto ease thefear of flying, short of taking thetrain: Meettheflight crew - to know themisto trust them;sit as close to the frontof the aircraft as possible — it’s quieter; and look relaxed — the looser yourbody i the San Jose Mercury News less you notice turbulence. JUNE 18, 2000 mi CURRENCY CHART, H-3 Venice Gondolas Floating the Chicago River? CHICAGO — Venice-style goldolas maysoonbe plying the Chicago River, which is already known for turning bright green once a year on St. Patrick’s Day. MayorRichard M.Daley is proposing the gondolas, complete with gon- doliers singing “O Sole Mio” and “Santa Lucia.” If approved bythe City Council, the first boat could be on the river by the end of the month, with another two added during the summer. “T am positive it is going to be successful,” says Jeff Hutson, president anddirector of Old World Gondoliers, which operates similar services in California and Las Vegas and has reached a tentative agreement with Photos by Kerry Pearlman The Maryhill Museum sits on a bluff overlooking the Columbia River 100 miles eastof Portland, Ore. thecity. “It’s a really unique experience that celebrates love andthe city A Visit to Castle Nowhere itself. To be on a gondola and be sung to in Italian is a very beautiful experience.” Daley’s proposal comesat a time of growing popularity for the area along the river, which recently has seen successful riverfront cafes and a Pioneer of modern dance turns unoccupied mansioninto art museum growing numberof residences sprout up. The boats would operate from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m. daily. The cost of a 15-minute ride — which includes one song from the gondolier — would be $15 per person. A 30-minute ride with two songs would gofor $30 per person. A six-person group renting the boat for one hour would cost $400. There is even a chance that some of the gondoliers would be certified to perform weddings, Hutson says. But until that happens, there's nothing stopping couples from bringing their own clergy orjudge aboard. —The Associated Press Q Public Toilets in NYC NEW YORK — After years of debate about whether providing public toilets would be more harmful than helpful, the city is finally prepared to take the plunge by spending $5 million to install at least 50 privies around town. Thefirst toilets could be operational within 18 months. It is not yet clear where they will be placed, For years, city officials have debated whetherto install publictoilets. After concerns were raised about the cost of such an effort and the safety of those using the facilities, the issue went nowhere. But recently, City Council Speaker Peter Vallone — who was impressed by public toilets he saw during a European vacation — pushed hard for the project. “Theissueofpublictoilets has been sitting dormantforyears, the victim of bureaucracy,politics and inefficacy,” Vallone says. “Finally, I said enough is enough. New Yorkis a world-class city and our citizens and visitors deserve this very basic service.” —The Associated Press Q Wyoming Cowboy in Germany CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A Wyoming horseman is yodeling at the World's Fair in Hanover, Germany,this year. Kevin McNiven was hired bya restaurant ownerto sing at the Wyoming Bucking Horse Restaurant and Sa- loon.Thestate has given $10,000 to the restaurant in an effort to promote Wyoming tourism opportunities. Besides featuring the bucking horse trademark, the restaurant is decorated with Wyomingflags, posters and photographs. During breaks in the entertainment, a video shot by the Wyoming Business Council is being shown on six big-screen televisions, The 12minute video features Wyoming's open spaces and McNiven singing on horseback in the Cody area. Nearly 1 million visitors are expected to stop in » at the establishment. Besides singing, McNiven works as a wrangler for the motion picture industry. + ~The Associated Press BY KERRY PEARLMAN SPECIAL TO 2 TRIBUNE GOLDENDALE, Wash. — How could anyone resist a place in which a Folies Bergére dancer, a European royal, a sugar heiress and a Quaker millionaire came together to produce an art establishment in the boondocks? The chateaulike Maryhill Museum stands along the bluffs overlooking the Columbia River100 miles eastof Portland, Ore. Sam Hill becamethe “Prince ofCastle Nowhere” whenheestablished his estate along the Columbia River at the point where it is stripped of color. The blue- green forests of the western section have been erased from the landscape, leaving stark, dun-colored cliffs and mesas. Hill was a lawyer, businessman,road builder and diplomat who madea fortune in the stock market in the early years of the 20th century. He planned a Quaker farming community in the place hecalled “the Garden of Eden where the sunshine ofthe East meets the rain of the West.” His agricultural colonyfailed andHill lost interest in living at Maryhill, the house he named for his daughter. In stepped Sam's friend Loie Fuller, a pioneer of modern dance with the Folies Bergére, who persuaded him to turn his unoccupied mansioninto an art museum. She was enmeshed in the Frenchart scene and introduced Hill to the works of her friend, sculptor Auguste Rodin. Today,visitors can see the reduced-size plaster version of Rodin’s “Thinker” on whichhe penciled below theleft foot, “To Loie — Rodin.” Thankstotheeffort ofthis avant-garde dancer, the museum boasts a marvelous numberof his works. The majority are piecestheartist kept in his studiofor reference. Thecollection includes a full-sized sculpture of “Eve,”plus bronzes, terra cottas,plaster originals, watercolors and memorabilia. These treasures stand in a mansion on a 26-acre site, where wild peacocks strut around the-grounds.Off in the distance, the snow-capped peak of Mount Hood juts into a bold blue sky devoid of clouds. Sam called the building constructed in 1914 his “ranch house.” Three-foot-thick concrete walls and bronze-finish grillwork cover the windows, giving the three-story mansionthelook ofa fortress Long ramps on eachsideof the r dence make it appear even larger. C were to drive up the ramp, unloadpassengers inside the reception hall and drive down a rampon the opposite side of the building. This feature reflects Hill's interest in road development, which he believed represented the country’s future. Heconstructed thefirst paved road in the Pacific Northwest. Queen Marie of Romaniacameto this part of the United States to dedicate the Maryhill Museum at the urging of Loie Fuller. The European royal was deeply indebted to Sam Hill for his help to her countryafter World WarI. This beautiful and popular monarch was the Princess Dianaof the early 20th century. When shearrived in NewYork, it was described as the biggest mediablitz that had everoccurred. Queen Marietraveled with her son and daughteronthe 37-day journey across the United States. She camebearinggifts for the new museumthat included furniture furnitureplaced around the room nearthe museum's entrance. The gold-lamé gown Queen Marie woreto the inaugurationof Czar NicholasII is enclosed behind glass windows. Across the room hangs aportrait of this murdered czar. The painting hung in the Russian Embassy in Belgrade, and Eastern Orthodox religious paintings. Visitors can see the gilded-wood Sec CASTLE NOWHERE. Page H-4 Travel on Foot to See the Quirky and Classic Art of Kansas City BY CRAIG HORST ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: KANSASCITY, Mo. — In bit of zaniness — critics callit a fit of bad taste the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art put giant sculptures of badminton shuttlecocks on the spacious grounds it occupies in Midtown. That's a strange move for a museum that houses classic works, but struggles to shake off the coastal bias toward a Midwestern institution. Youeitherlove the 18-foot, 5,500-pound shuttlecocks or hate them. But it doesn't stop you from taking a long walk around the museum groundsdotted with the im pressive works of English sculptor Henry Moore, There is more inside the columned, granite building that dominates the area just east of the city’s Country Club Plaza shoppingdistrict. Andthen look some more. Just behind the museumis the Kansas City ArtInsti tute, where a purple-haired student is hurryingtoaclass at a school where Tho: masHart Benton, Missouri’s best-known artist, once taught Past that is the Kemper Museumof Contemporary Art, which one monthfea tured works by Bay Area artists that par odied classic works. “Ourstrength is we're always chang ays switching,” said Margaret spokeswoman for the Kemper s 's something new » the deal for the art lover whovisits KansasCity is this: Get yourclassicat the Nelson, get your modern at the Kemper. The best part of the deal?, The two muse umsare within walkingGistanceof each other, AndthePlaza, with its wealthof res: taurants and shops, is a short walk away TheNelson is known for its Chinese and Asian collection, and someof the pieces go back to the second century a @ On Leave ‘Tom McCartheyis on leave. His column will resume whenhereturns. Quaker mlignalre SamHill coraniiied a full-scale replica of England'ss ore. hengethree miles east of the Maryhill Museum CITSehiappa/‘The Associated Press A giantshuttlecock — 18 feet and 5,500 pounds— stands on the south lawn of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Mo. The museum features classic art; within walking distance is the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. ‘Thereare bronzeandstone sculptures a giant Buddha dominates one galltry as well as ink-washscrolls Onescroll that Jen Jen-Fa painted in the 11th century is a series of scenes of men working with horses, As the accom. panying commentary notes, the paintings are so exquisitely drawn in ink that the individual personalities of both the hu mansandthehorses shine through : on is a series of small andin. timate galleries, including a limited Im: pressionist collection. That collection in a large panel from Claude Monet's and another Monet painting, the pvard des Capucines,” which was controversial at its time be causeofits style. Suropean section includes El Christ on the Cross. ery is devoted to Benton, who »ss southern Americato sketch The everyday people and document the hard lives theylived as well as what he saw as the environmental dangers of expanding industry in the middle part of the last century Benton's classic “Persephone” domi nates one wall Walk up thestreet to find the Kemper, founded by Kansas City banker R. Crosby Kemper. The museum is small just one main gallery but usually offers an al: ternative to traditional thinking. Ondis play through Sept. 3 is the sculpture of Robert Therrien A recent exhibit of the work of Bay Area artists ineluded five by Wayne Thie- baud, in which he captured the spirit. of n Francisco, Another work by William Wiley was a self-portrait in which he dressed himself as a Japanese sage look ingat an abstract object. It was titled "Man in Uniform Suspicious of Abstraction.” Enjoy lunchat Cafe Sebastienne inside the museum. Re ations are recom. mended for thedelicious meals turned out by chef Jennifer Maloney Walk off the cheesecake dessert by tak ing another turn around the sculpture gal at the Nelson perhaps pausing in front of the ‘Large Interior Form” and discovering the “Reclining? Connected Forms” aoe inside alittle hilly and quiet ares As youieee to thecar at a front of the Nelson, note George “Rush Hour" six bronze statues of anonymous people who apparently aiting for the bus. By thelooksontheir faces, their after: noon was not as pleasant as yours. “ |
