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This Friday marks the closing date of artist Barbara Koenen's Muse: a 125 square-foot installation examining the relationship between hand grenades and pomegranates. Koenen's piece, nested on the fifth floor of the Fine Arts Building, wryly and elegantly hypothesizes a connection between the War on Terror and what she perceived as a "sudden and simultaneous popularity of pomegranates in the U.S." Grenade-shaped water balloons, real-life grenades tucked away in crocheted sacks, and placards of POM Juice advertisements are just some of the items juxtaposed together.
Speaking of POM Juice -- today between 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., Koenen hosts a happy hour featuring POMtinis and conviviality, so stop by and get your anti-war on.
Finestra Arts Space, 410 S. Michigan.
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huh?
Well, etymologically, pomegranates and grenades have the same root. I learned it on "Good Eats," the premier authority on etymology. :o) But, pretty much if Alton Brown says it, I'm buying it.