Hoyt to showcase landscape paintings

Hoyt to showcaselandscape paintings
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- "American Artists in Landscape: Selections from the Butler Institute of American Art" will open Jan. 8 at Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, 124 E. Leasure Ave. The opening reception will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Jan. 13.
Regional landscape artist Tom McNickle is the curator of the show featuring paintings mainly from 1850 to the early 1940s with some works from the mid- to latter 20th century.
Better-known artists such as Joseph Henry Sharp, Wolfe Kahn and John Fabian Carlson are included in the show.
Guitarist at rock hall
CLEVELAND -- Dave Edmunds, who taught himself how to play guitar by listening to Elvis Presley records, will perform at 8 p.m. Jan. 8 -- Presley's birthday -- at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Tickets are $17. Museum members may buy them beginning Monday by calling (888) 588-ROCK, Ext. 3. Remaining tickets will go on sale Friday through Ticketmaster; call (330) 747-1212.
Edmunds has been a solo artist and a member of the 1970s band Rockpile. He has produced albums for the Everly Brothers, Stray Cats, K.D. Lang and the Fabulous Thunderbirds. He has also played in Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band.
Doors keyboardist
CLEVELAND -- More tickets will be available for "An Evening with Ray Manzarek," which the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum has moved from its fourth-floor theater to its main stage. The discussion and performance by Hall of Fame inductee Manzarek, who was keyboard player with The Doors, will be at 7 p.m. Jan. 9. Members and nonmembers may buy these tickets beginning Friday. Price is $17.
A show with heart?
Just when you thought reality TV couldn't get any weirder, ABC has ordered 13 episodes of "The Chair" (working title), a quiz show in which contestants' heart rates are monitored. Really.
Contestants answer questions while attached to a cardiac monitor. If they get a right answer without their base rate exceeding a predetermined level, they win bucks and keep playing. Really.
If their pitter-pats get too fast, their money slowly goes bye-bye.
No host yet, believe it or not.
Julia gets 'Friend'-ly
Julia Roberts will be host of "Old Friends," an A & amp;E documentary about three lifelong women friends, all over 100. It debuts in 2002.
'Buffy' creator's latest
Fox has ordered 13 episodes of "Firefly," a new sci-fi drama from Joss Whedon, creator of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." It's targeted to launch in the fall.
Set 500 years in the future, "Firefly" centers on the crew of a small transport spaceship. The project reunites Whedon with Fox Entertainment chief Gail Berman, who as an independent producer shepherded the development of "Buffy."