Redesigned San Francisco Museum, Salvador Dali Exhibit Among the 12 Most Intriguing New Things To Come in 2005"
A San Francisco museum made the list. So did a new major league baseball franchise. The world premiere of an opera featuring a book by Toni Morrison has been selected, so has a new roller coaster that will be the tallest and fastest in the world. Sixnewthings.com has selected its "12 Most Intriguing 'New Things' To Come in 2005".
Dallas, TX (PRWEB) January 12, 2005 -- A completely redesigned museum in San Francisco, a signature exhibition of 20th-century paintings and an opera penned by Pulitzer Prize-winner Toni Morrison are among the Twelve Most Intriguing Things to Come in 2005", as selected by sixnewthings.com.
The new de Young Museum in San Francisco, scheduled to open in the fall, made the 2005 list because of its innovative design. A series of exquisitely landscaped courtyards will intersect the new Indoor galleries of the museum, which is situated in Golden Gate Park.
Also making the 2005 list are a signature exhibition of Salvador Dalis paintings and a new opera about an escaped slave who sacrifices her children to prevent them from being returned to bondage. The Salvador Dali exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art opens this February and features examples of his earlier, Cubist-inspired works as well as his landmark surrealist paintings. Margaret Garner", an opera featuring a score by Grammy-winner Richard Danielpour and a libretto by Pulitzer Prize-winner Toni Morrison, is being performed in 2005 by the Michigan Opera Theatre and the Cincinnati Opera, and in 2006 by the Philadelphia Opera.
Other new things" considered among the most intriguing by the Web site are:
• The musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", which is opening on Broadway in April after a successful run in Londons West End;
• The return of major league baseball to Washington D.C. via the new Washington Nationals franchise;
• An exhibition premiering this fall at the Museum of Science in Boston entitled Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination". The exhibition includes actual props from the Star Wars" series, and draws parallels between the technologies shown in the classic films and those being rolled out in the real world today;
• The 190-acre Wynn Las Vegas megaresort, which opens in April along the world-renowned Strip; and
• The Belmont Hotel at Dilbeck Court, a 1940s-era motel in inner-city Dallas that is undergoing renovations by a developer who has recently become a convert to New Urbanism.
Rounding out the selections for the Ten Most Intriguing New Things to Come in 2005 are:
• Kingda Ka, the worlds tallest and fastest roller coaster, premiering this spring at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey;
• A new wellbeing complex" under construction in Southern California that will feature a state-of-the-art medical center, five-star hotel and spa, conference center and broadcast operation producing wellness related videos and cable television programs;
• A highly-anticipated new restaurant by Toronto chef Marc Thuet;
• The Georgia Aquarium in downtown Atlanta, and its expected rivalry with the Tennessee Aquarium in nearby Chattannooga.
Sixnewthings.com is a subscription-based Web site that premiered in September and each month identifies six new and intriguing things in 70 different locations across North America and the Caribbean. The sites editors use online blogs, message boards and an extensive network of industry insiders to identify restaurants, hotels, cultural events, day spas, new retail and other things of interest that have opened, or will be opening, within four weeks of the sites posting. A one-year subscription is $24; a two-year subscription is $45. The site also offers discounted corporate subscriptions for multiple employees.
In selecting its 12 Most Intriguing Things to Come in 2005", the editors of sixnewthings.com reviewed its extensive database of projects under development and consulted experts in the performing arts, architecture, the visual arts, the sporting industry, the restaurant industry and other key areas that it covers.
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