May 31, 2001

Exhibit of some 80 works by N C Wyeth and grandson, James Wyeth, opens on June 2 at Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pa; show, entitled One Nation: Patriots and Pirates Portrayed by N C Wyeth and James Wyeth, runs through September 3; photo; sixth annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts will be held June 1-3 at Theater for the New City; some scheduled participants noted; The Last Letter, production of Studio-Theatre of the Comedie Francaise directed by filmmaker Frederick Wiseman and starring Catherine Samie, will be performed at Gould Hall on June 1 and 2; hourlong monologue, adapted from Russian novelist Vasily Grossman's Life and Fate, earned her Parisian critics' prize as best actress; will be performed in French with English supertitles; Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture will stage exhibit, Print, Power and Persuasion: Graphic Design in Germany, 1890-1945; photo; Joel Wachs is elected president of Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, succeeding Archibald L Gillies (M)

Ron Breland, beekeeper in West Nyack, NY, makes five-sided hives that are more convenient for bees to produce honey, than for humans who tend them; photos (M)

Philadelphia Phillies defeat New York Mets, 6-3; photo (M)

Charles Atlas Ltd, now owned by Jeffrey C Hogue, is still popular among teenage boys who are fodder for bullies; Hogue, who used program when he was young to transform himself, is lawyer who bought company in 1997; program remains unchanged, but Hogue has expanded advertising base; photo (M)

Jennifer Steinhauer analysis of New York State's health insurance program for working poor; Family Health Plus will provide free health insurance for families and single adults earning too much to qualify for Medicaid; this is first time state has extended this type of program to adults without children; Tommy Thompson, secretary of health and human services, announces program with Gov George Pataki and offers lavish praise; analysis notes similarity of program to one proposed by Hillary Clinton during her senate campaign; says program is certain to be model for other states (M)