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Running through April 2027, “The First Salute” is part of Philadelphia’s semiquincentennial celebration and inaugurates the first phase of the Weitzman’s reinvention.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

The show inaugurates the new 12,000-square-foot Condé M. Nast Galleries.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

“Americans in Paris” inaugurates the university’s relocated and renamed art space; it has moved from Washington Square, where it was known as the Grey Art Gallery, several blocks east, to Cooper Square.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2024

Last week, Francis coughed repeatedly during Ash Wednesday services that he presided over at a Roman church, and opted not to participate in the traditional procession that inaugurates the church’s Lenten season.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2024

The middle of the 18th century inaugurates a new era in chess.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various