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Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Children's Museum reopens in new Parkway building
UTICA, NY (WUTR/WFXV/WPNY) — The Utica Children's Museum cut the ribbon on its new building on the Parkway in South Utica on Tuesday. The $8 million project was part of a bigger $14 million project by Integrated Community Alternatives Network (ICAN) to create a first-of-its-kind human services non-profit and children's museum hybrid. 'Today marks an incredible milestone not just for the Utica Children's Museum, but for our entire community,' Meghan Fraser McGrogan, the museum's executive director, said in a statement. 'We are so excited to celebrate the hard work of our team and all of our partners who made this project possible. We have thoughtfully designed this museum to be an inclusive, welcoming and inspiring environment for children to learn and grow. Our new museum is truly a place where families can come together to play, learn and create lasting memories.' Thank you Governor Kathy Hochul and Commissioner Hope Knight for your unwavering support and investment in our vision.' The museum's new building features a 4,000 square-foot rotunda and a 10,000 square-foot second floor. The second floor showcases six galleries and 60 exhibits focusing on Central New York, entitled 'Love Where You Live!' The museum also features multiple play zones for children, including: The Climber, providing two stories of physical challenges, The Meeting Place, which is common space for groups and other programs, The World Market, a global gallery that allows children to experience world cultures, Build It Up, a place for children to get hands on with building structures, Let's Experiment, a zone that allows children to get creative through STEAM-based challenges, Seasons, a zone that allows children to learn about weather, The Cove, a zone that promotes the importance of pausing and calming down by providing an 'oasis of calm,' and Several other multi-purpose rooms for groups and programs to enjoy. ICAN and the Children's Museum announced the move in 2020, a week before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the museum earlier than expected. While the new museum was being built, a Mobile Museum was sent out into the community to 'take the fun out on the road.' Groundbreaking on the museum began in a ceremony in 2021, while the new Rotunda was completed in 2023. The project was funded by a $750,000 grant from the Governor's state capital funding sources, $1 million from the Market New York program from Empire State Development, and $300,000 in a capital grant from the New York State Council on the Arts. Assemblymember Marianne Buttenschon also secured another $125,000 in funding through last year's state budget. 'The Utica Children's Museum is a place where families can gather and watch their children thrive, and I am proud to celebrate this wonderful space for the Mohawk Valley,' Governor Kathy Hochul said in a statement. 'These exciting exhibits and additions to the project will become an important extension of the community — families and children from across the region will experience the new museum together and create a welcoming environment for many years ahead.' The museum will officially open on Thursday, May 1. Tickets are $15 for adults and children above the age of one. Children under one year old are admitted free. Museums for All members can get in for three dollars with an ID and EBT card. Visitors can book reservations and purchase memberships on the Children's Museum website. 'The opening of the Utica Children's Museum is a shining example of what our community can accomplish when we come together to invest in our future,' Mayor Mike Galime said in a statement. 'Whether it was through a financial contribution or the sharing of ideas, I want to sincerely thank everyone who helped make this incredible space a reality. I look forward to creating memories here with my own family and seeing generations of children and families enjoy it for years to come.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
South China Morning Post
17-02-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Who is country superstar Kane Brown's talented wife Katelyn?
Country superstar Kane Brown, 31, is no stranger to breaking records. 'Haunted', a duet with fellow country star Jelly Roll from the former's new album The High Road , took the No 4 spot on Billboard's Country Digital Songs Sales chart this week. Before that, Brown made history by topping all five of Billboard's major country charts at the same time – a feat never previously achieved – and his 2018 album Experiment hit No 1 on Billboard to make him the first country artist in 24 years to take the top spot with a sophomore album. But amid all his success, Brown says it's his love for his family and friends that keeps him grounded. While wrapping up his In The Air tour late last year, he opened up to Country Living about what life's been like juggling stardom, community service and raising three little ones with wife Katelyn Jae Brown, 32. Katelyn Brown posted this photo with Kane Brown to Instagram in August 2024. Photo: @katelynbrown/Instagram Katelyn and Kane married in 2018 and have since built a family while finding ways to collaborate on musical projects. 'I keep telling everybody she's my secret weapon,' Kane told the outlet. Want to know more about Katelyn? Here's everything we know about Kane Brown's talented wife. She has a degree in music business Katelyn Brown graduated from Berklee College of Music's Online Music Business programme. Photo: @katelynbrown/Instagram After being wait-listed by Berklee College of Music, Katelyn briefly attended Pennsylvania's West Chester University for a year before leaving to pursue music full-time. She even landed a management deal, and her musical career looked set to take off. However, after meeting Kane, she put her music career on hold to join him on tour, but stayed involved in the industry. 'I fell in love with the business side,' she shared in a 2019 interview with Berklee Online. That same year, she earned her degree from Berklee College of Music's online music business programme. She's also an entrepreneur Katelyn Brown launched a wine brand called Allen Rose in 2022. Photo: @katelynbrown/Instagram Per People, in May 2021, Katelyn teamed up with Aussie brand Amore + Sorvete to launch her swimwear collection, modelling the pieces alongside her daughter, Kingsley.
CNN
11-02-2025
- Business
- CNN
Yrjö Kukkapuro, designer whose iconic chairs were sat on by ‘almost every Finn,' dies age 91
Yrjö Kukkapuro, a renowned Finnish designer whose postmodern style of chairs graced waiting rooms, offices and living rooms across Finland as well as collections in the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, has died. He was 91. His death Saturday at his home outside Helsinki was confirmed by his daughter, Isa Kukkapuro-Enbom, in an email to The Associated Press on Sunday, as well as a statement from Studio Kukkapuro, where she is the curator. The cause of death was not disclosed. 'Almost every Finn has sat on a chair he designed — at a metro station, in a bank, at school, or in a library,' the studio said in a news release. 'Yrjö Kukkapuro never stopped designing and coming up with new ideas. Until the very end, he pondered a concept of his new chair, the plan of which was clear in his mind. His assistant didn't have time to make drawings of the chair.' In a career spanning more than 70 years, Kukkapuro's chairs were lauded for their comfort, functionalism and ergonomics as well as their design, and featured names like Ateljee, Karuselli-chair, Long Chair and, his most famous, the Experiment. Designed in 1982, the Experiment chair was considered avant-guarde but ultimately became commercially successful and was seen as a key turning point for the postmodern style of furniture. The Experiment includes decorative, wavy armrests in bright colors, an upholstered back and bottom, and its signature angled seat despite the frame being flat on the ground. Although initial production ceased in the 1990s, European furniture design brand Hem sought permission from Kukkapuro in 2021 to reproduce it with minor adjustments to the scale and construction. 'We are saddened by the news of Yrjö's passing, and our thoughts are with his family,' Hem founder and chief executive Petrus Palmér said in an email to AP. 'He was a furniture design trailblazer, and showed us that a non-conformist approach is the only way to achieve a lasting legacy.' The Experiment chair retailed for up to 2,399 euros ($2,479) on Hem's website Sunday, where a description called it 'timeless, bold, and as compelling today as the day it was created.' 'In the Experiment Chair, Kukkapuro sought to add art to Functionalism, to satisfy romantic tastes alongside meeting essential needs,' the description reads. 'The result is startling, authentic, a hero of twentieth-century design.' Kukkapuro designed his family's studio and home to feature a wave-shaped roof and floor-to-ceiling glass windows. Built in the late 1960s for him and his wife, artist Irmeli Kukkapuro, who died in 2022, it's scheduled to become a museum next year.
CNN
11-02-2025
- Business
- CNN
Yrjö Kukkapuro, designer whose iconic chairs were sat on by ‘almost every Finn,' dies age 91
Yrjö Kukkapuro, a renowned Finnish designer whose postmodern style of chairs graced waiting rooms, offices and living rooms across Finland as well as collections in the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, has died. He was 91. His death Saturday at his home outside Helsinki was confirmed by his daughter, Isa Kukkapuro-Enbom, in an email to The Associated Press on Sunday, as well as a statement from Studio Kukkapuro, where she is the curator. The cause of death was not disclosed. 'Almost every Finn has sat on a chair he designed — at a metro station, in a bank, at school, or in a library,' the studio said in a news release. 'Yrjö Kukkapuro never stopped designing and coming up with new ideas. Until the very end, he pondered a concept of his new chair, the plan of which was clear in his mind. His assistant didn't have time to make drawings of the chair.' In a career spanning more than 70 years, Kukkapuro's chairs were lauded for their comfort, functionalism and ergonomics as well as their design, and featured names like Ateljee, Karuselli-chair, Long Chair and, his most famous, the Experiment. Designed in 1982, the Experiment chair was considered avant-guarde but ultimately became commercially successful and was seen as a key turning point for the postmodern style of furniture. The Experiment includes decorative, wavy armrests in bright colors, an upholstered back and bottom, and its signature angled seat despite the frame being flat on the ground. Although initial production ceased in the 1990s, European furniture design brand Hem sought permission from Kukkapuro in 2021 to reproduce it with minor adjustments to the scale and construction. 'We are saddened by the news of Yrjö's passing, and our thoughts are with his family,' Hem founder and chief executive Petrus Palmér said in an email to AP. 'He was a furniture design trailblazer, and showed us that a non-conformist approach is the only way to achieve a lasting legacy.' The Experiment chair retailed for up to 2,399 euros ($2,479) on Hem's website Sunday, where a description called it 'timeless, bold, and as compelling today as the day it was created.' 'In the Experiment Chair, Kukkapuro sought to add art to Functionalism, to satisfy romantic tastes alongside meeting essential needs,' the description reads. 'The result is startling, authentic, a hero of twentieth-century design.' Kukkapuro designed his family's studio and home to feature a wave-shaped roof and floor-to-ceiling glass windows. Built in the late 1960s for him and his wife, artist Irmeli Kukkapuro, who died in 2022, it's scheduled to become a museum next year.
CNN
11-02-2025
- Business
- CNN
Yrjö Kukkapuro, designer whose iconic chairs were sat on by ‘almost every Finn,' dies age 91
Yrjö Kukkapuro, a renowned Finnish designer whose postmodern style of chairs graced waiting rooms, offices and living rooms across Finland as well as collections in the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, has died. He was 91. His death Saturday at his home outside Helsinki was confirmed by his daughter, Isa Kukkapuro-Enbom, in an email to The Associated Press on Sunday, as well as a statement from Studio Kukkapuro, where she is the curator. The cause of death was not disclosed. 'Almost every Finn has sat on a chair he designed — at a metro station, in a bank, at school, or in a library,' the studio said in a news release. 'Yrjö Kukkapuro never stopped designing and coming up with new ideas. Until the very end, he pondered a concept of his new chair, the plan of which was clear in his mind. His assistant didn't have time to make drawings of the chair.' In a career spanning more than 70 years, Kukkapuro's chairs were lauded for their comfort, functionalism and ergonomics as well as their design, and featured names like Ateljee, Karuselli-chair, Long Chair and, his most famous, the Experiment. Designed in 1982, the Experiment chair was considered avant-guarde but ultimately became commercially successful and was seen as a key turning point for the postmodern style of furniture. The Experiment includes decorative, wavy armrests in bright colors, an upholstered back and bottom, and its signature angled seat despite the frame being flat on the ground. Although initial production ceased in the 1990s, European furniture design brand Hem sought permission from Kukkapuro in 2021 to reproduce it with minor adjustments to the scale and construction. 'We are saddened by the news of Yrjö's passing, and our thoughts are with his family,' Hem founder and chief executive Petrus Palmér said in an email to AP. 'He was a furniture design trailblazer, and showed us that a non-conformist approach is the only way to achieve a lasting legacy.' The Experiment chair retailed for up to 2,399 euros ($2,479) on Hem's website Sunday, where a description called it 'timeless, bold, and as compelling today as the day it was created.' 'In the Experiment Chair, Kukkapuro sought to add art to Functionalism, to satisfy romantic tastes alongside meeting essential needs,' the description reads. 'The result is startling, authentic, a hero of twentieth-century design.' Kukkapuro designed his family's studio and home to feature a wave-shaped roof and floor-to-ceiling glass windows. Built in the late 1960s for him and his wife, artist Irmeli Kukkapuro, who died in 2022, it's scheduled to become a museum next year.
