Sentences with phrase «by barge during»

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During the past two decades, Maitland, now 71, who generally takes four or five vacations a year, has flown in a hot - air balloon over the Swiss Alps, ridden a camel by the Great Pyramid in Egypt, seen India from atop an elephant, and taken in Bangladesh while floating down the Ganges aboard a barge.

Barr said during the Village Board meeting that trains currently carrying potentially explosive materials along the edge of the village line do not come from Albany, and he disputed Pilgrim's claim about the amount of oil being carried by barges and how much petroleum traffic on the Hudson River goes to the same locations that would be served by the pipelines.

During Art Basel she was selected to curate a major work at the prestigious Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, a National Historic Landmark in Miami, and chose to bring to life the its imagery by having live mermaids swim around the barge, as women dressed as their statuary sang to them.

Standouts include Carrie Mae Weems» holographic narrative about race, sex, and politics portrayed by ghostly characters on a burlesque stage; The Propeller Group's video that draws parallels between funeral practices in Vietnam and New Orleans, along with the collective's sculptures of tricked - out musical instruments, which were also photographed with members of Louisiana marching bands; Glenn Kaino's installation of water tanks that turn military machines into coral reefs; Jean - Michel Basquiat's paintings and works on paper that reference the cultural legacy of the Mississippi Delta and the South; Camille Henrot's video exploration of the universe by way of the storage rooms of the Smithsonian Institution; Tavares Strachan's 100 - foot long neon sign declaring «You belong here» from a barge on the Mississippi River; and Andrea Fraser's monologue, in which she recreated a heated debate by New Orleans city council members during a 1991 vote to racially integrate the Mardi Gras krewes — changing her voice and expression as she dynamically alternated between speakers, both black and white.