PITTSBURGH (AP) - September 25, 2009
First lady Michelle Obama, the hostess for the global gathering,
was to take her counterparts on tours of the Pittsburgh Creative
and Performing Arts School and the Andy Warhol Museum on Friday.
Art and arts education in school are subjects of interest to
Mrs. Obama.
Pittsburgh CAPA, a nationally recognized magnet school similar
to the one in the movie "Fame," has more than 800 sixth- through
12th-graders majoring in dance, acting, instrumental and vocal
music and other creative arts.
Spouses will visit various classrooms to watch students rehearse
performances. They also will see a show organized by Mrs. Obama
featuring performances by students and such noted musical artists
as cellist Yo-Yo Ma, country superstar Trisha Yearwood and
singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles.
Afterward comes a tour of the Warhol museum.
The seven-story museum houses the art collection and archives of
the late 20th century pop artist and Pittsburgh native. The spouses
will get a chance to try the silk-screen printing technique Warhol
popularized and peruse items from one of more than 600 cardboard
"time-capsule" boxes Warhol used to store his keepsakes.
In one of those boxes, archivists found $17,000 in cash. The big
discovery in another box was a piece of crusty cake from Caroline
Kennedy's 1986 wedding to Edwin Schlossberg.
On Thursday, Mrs. Obama opened two days of spouse events by
sharing her passion for eating locally grown food. She treated the
group to dinner at Rosemont Farm, which is owned by Teresa Heinz
Kerry, wife of Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. She also is the widow of
Sen. John Heinz, R-Pa., of the Heinz ketchup family.
The working farm grows produce and raises livestock. Salad
greens and apples grown there were on the menu for the private
dinner on the property located in Fox Chapel, just outside
Pittsburgh.
The women ate at a long, rectangular table with Mrs. Obama
seated between the spouses from Brazil and Indonesia. The
Pittsburgh Philharmonic Orchestra's Jazz Trio played throughout the
meal. The ladies were joined by Heinz Kerry, White House social
secretary Desiree Rogers and Susan Sher, Mrs. Obama's chief of
staff.
Mrs. Obama wore a sleeveless cocktail dress by Thakoon, one of
her favorite designers, patterned in taupe, pink and green and
gathered at her right hip. She accented it with a long strand of
pearls, pearl earrings and pink patent leather heels. She pulled
her hair into a fluffy ponytail.
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