...Liberace Museum
Sad news people, the Liberace Museum will be closing next month. This is odd because I was just thinking about how I wanted to go there and see his rhinestone covered Rolls Royce. The foundation that runs the museum has decided to focus more on the music scholarships it has been awarding for decades rather than the museum since their endowment shrunk from $12 million to $5 million and attendance was only 50,000 last year. They are hoping that a new movie staring Michael Douglas as Liberace and Matt Damon as his lover will possibly spark interest in the museum, but until then the doors will be closed. Liberace was awesome. He was a master of the piano and before Lady Gaga, Adam Lambert, Madonna, Elton John and even Cher he was rocking outrageous outfits and had these pianos 
to match. Rhinestones and glitter and candelabra, he was just this extremely flamboyant guy who kind of looked like the grandpa from the old show "The Monsters" but gay. I liked him, he was different and extremely unique. I do hope the museum opens up so that I could go and experience this somewhat unappreciated artist. I am giving this news a Digit Down.
Sad news people, the Liberace Museum will be closing next month. This is odd because I was just thinking about how I wanted to go there and see his rhinestone covered Rolls Royce. The foundation that runs the museum has decided to focus more on the music scholarships it has been awarding for decades rather than the museum since their endowment shrunk from $12 million to $5 million and attendance was only 50,000 last year. They are hoping that a new movie staring Michael Douglas as Liberace and Matt Damon as his lover will possibly spark interest in the museum, but until then the doors will be closed. Liberace was awesome. He was a master of the piano and before Lady Gaga, Adam Lambert, Madonna, Elton John and even Cher he was rocking outrageous outfits and had these pianos 
to match. Rhinestones and glitter and candelabra, he was just this extremely flamboyant guy who kind of looked like the grandpa from the old show "The Monsters" but gay. I liked him, he was different and extremely unique. I do hope the museum opens up so that I could go and experience this somewhat unappreciated artist. I am giving this news a Digit Down.
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