An accomplished artist himself, he and his brother created one of the few showcases in the U.S. for an emerging generation of Black artists in the late 1960s.

Built in the mid-1940s from 20-year-old plans, the Mapes' art deco style was already becoming nostalgic. It opened as ...

Built in the mid-1940s from 20-year-old plans, the Mapes' art deco style was already becoming ... cut the teletype tape to open the joint. Sammy Davis Jr. danced. Mickey Rooney joked with the ...

dancer and producer of the annual Showgirl Art Competition and Costume Exhibition ... Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. "That was the time," she says. "Total glamour." This Australian model ...