Museum and Gallery Listings for May 11-17

A selected guide to art exhibitions and installations in New York.

Asheville area visual arts calendar

“Perseverant Partnership” by Robbie Laird is included in the 2012 Kanuga Watermedia Workshop Exhibition. The opening reception is 2:30-5 p.m. today in the Fireside Lounge at the Kanuga Conference Center Inn in Hendersonville, and the exhibition will be open Monday-Thursday.

Community calendar: May 13, 2012

AARP driver safety program classes are scheduled from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 12, July 10, Aug. 14, Sept. 11, Oct. 9, Nov. 13 and Dec. 11 at the Terrebonne Council on Aging office, 995 Tunnel Blvd., Houma. To schedule a class, call Wade and Ruth Hebert at 876-6245.

Lyric Hughes Hale: American Gulag: A Lot More Than License Plates

Of the 2.3 million prisoners now being held, more than 100,000 work in federal and state prison industry programs. This doesn't mean the usual cooking and cleaning, but work that produces products for sale -- about $2.4 billion dollars annually.

Community Calendar

Posted: Friday, April 27, 2012 12:00 am | Updated: 11:18 pm, Thu Apr 26, 2012. >> The York College Celebration Singers will perform on Thursday, April 26 at York College’s Gurganus Hall.