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SEE HOW THE MAN WHOSE ART MADE HEADLINES MADE HEADLINES INTO ART.

EVENTS 10.11 – 8pm SOUND SERIES: ZAMMUTO, with special guest, LYMBYC SYSTYM Co-presented with WYEP 91.3 Presents Tickets $15/$12 Members Free Parking in The Warhol lot

10.12 – 8pm UNSEEN TREASURES FROM GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE 2012: Stage Struck (1925) Tickets $10

10.26 – 2pm DEBORAH KASS: DISCUSSION WITH THE ARTIST Free with Museum admission

11.2 – 8pm UNSEEN TREASURES FROM GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE 2012: Beggars of Life (1928) Tickets $10

11.9 – 7pm BOOK SIGNING + RECEPTION for Lance Out Loud with author Pat Loud and editor Christopher Makos Tickets $10/$5 Members

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