This summary provides information about three separate events showcased in the document: 1) The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum in Miami is hosting an exhibition of the "First Folio" of Shakespeare's plays through February 28th to mark the 400th anniversary of his death. The exhibition includes viewing the folio, attending related events, and a movie screening of "The Tempest." 2) The annual Iron Dog cross-country snowmobile race takes place from February 20-27th across over 2,000 miles of Alaska. Spectators can watch the start in Anchorage and enjoy winter festival activities. 3) An exhibition at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville features 75 historic guitars from

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Celebrating Shakespeare
As part of a national exhibition series, the
Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida
International University, in Miami, is hosting
“First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shake-
speare,” through February 28. The “First Folio”
(printed in 1623) is the first-known published
collection of William Shakespeare’s plays.
Copies of the original edition owned by the Folger Shakespeare Library will be
displayed this year, in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto
Rico. This 2016 exhibit series marks the 400th anniversary of The Bard’s death.
In Miami, museumgoers will be able to see the folio itself, attend an open mic
event and enjoy a movie night that will turn part of the museum’s exterior into a
screen for the film The Tempest (2010). Related events held elsewhere on the FIU
campus will include a virtual-reality simulation of Shakespeare’s London and an
improv show. For details, call 305-348-2890 or visit folio.fiu.edu.
This month, a “First Folio” exhibition will also be held at the New Mexico
Museum of Art, in Santa Fe, February 6–28. To find other exhibitions in the
series, visit ala.org/programming/firstfolioitinerary. —Grace Qian
Alaska
Riders on the Snow
Playing out over 2,031 miles of tough
Alaska terrain, the Iron Dog cross-
country snowmobile race pits riders
against the elements as well as one
another, February 20–27. The race
starts in Anchorage (with a restart in
Big Lake the next day), passes through
Nome as a halfway point, and finishes
in Fairbanks.
Spectators are encouraged to watch
the start of the race in Anchorage, on
Saturday, February 20, when Pro Class
racers set off. Saturday’s events also
include winter festival activities with
giveaways, games and an “Iron Pup”
kids parade, as well as a vintage-
snowmobile demonstration and the
Flying Iron Show in which fans watch
top aerial freestyle competitors display
their snowmobile skills.
To learn more, call 907-563-4414 or
visit irondog.org. —Anna Jacobson
Nashville, TN
American Beauties in
“Music City”
The 1955 White Penguin (at left)
was one in a series of solid-bodied
electric guitars with gleaming
white finish, and golden binding
and hardware, created in the
1950s as top-of-the-line instru-
ments. This guitar is one of the 75
instruments featured in the exhibi-
tion “American Sound and Beauty:
Guitars from the Bachman-
Gretsch Collection,” on display
through July at the Country Music
Hall of Fame and Museum in
Nashville. The instruments range
in age from the 1930s through the
1980s. Many are being displayed
publicly for the first time.
Constituting the largest set of stringed instruments ever
displayed by the museum, the exhibition showcases historic
Gretsch guitars collected by guitarist-songwriter Randy
Bachman, of the classic rock bands The Guess Who and
Bachman-Turner Overdrive. Call 615-416-2001 or visit
countrymusichalloffame.org to learn more. —Anna Jacobson
A racer from a past year’s Iron
Dog speeds through terrain
near Big Lake, Alaska.
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