Daily Archive for June 29th, 2006

NPC unveils new ‘axe’; Totem and Woodcarving Park opened Wednesday

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From the Niagara Falls Review:

Spongebob Squarepants has moved from his pineapple under the sea in Bikini Bottom to a sunny spot in the Niagara Glen.

Among his neighbours are The Simpsons and Dora the Explorer. Gen. Isaac Brock and several members of his army are just a few steps away.

They’re among 500 wooden carvings created over the past two years by Welland resident Frank Kim, the driving force behind the Niagara Parks Commission’s latest venture, The Niagara Totem and Woodcarving Park, which opened Wednesday.

Niagara Falls prints going to NU

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From the Buffalo News:

“The Charles Rand Penney Collection of Niagara Falls Prints” - a renowned 754-piece collection covering prints of the falls from as early as the 1680s to as recently as 2000 - will soon be at home in the Castellani Art Museum on the Niagara University campus.

In a pending agreement between the Lockport collector and the Castellani, Penney will donate two-thirds of the collection to the museum, with the remainder to be acquired through purchase and a grant from a private donor. The collection is valued at approximately $300,000.

“From the very beginning of our discussions, we knew that acquiring these magnificent prints was important,” said museum director Laurene Buckley.

The collection is considered the largest and most extensive of its kind in the world. It “contains the best prints ever done of the falls, and almost all of them are historic,” Buckley said.

Falls documentary takes viewers right to the edge

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From the Toronto Star:

Our closest PBS affiliate in Buffalo had to go no farther than its own backyard for this splashy new high-definition documentary being broadcast across the entire PBS chain. We mention that because it means for sure they won’t bump it at the last minute. Narrated by actress Mariette Hartley, Niagara Falls is 60 minutes of old film footage, interviews with people who maintain the natural wonder, plus looks at the sideshow aura that has long lured daredevils. There’s loads of history, romantic photography and quirky facts about rattlesnakes, the Maid of the Mist and honeymooners.