Briefs: Picasso show draws large crowds at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pablo pICASSO still can attract large CROWDS

An exhibition of 300 works by the Spanish modernist Pablo Picasso drew more than 700,000 people to the Metropolitan Museum of Art between April 19 and Aug. 15. "Picasso in the Metropolitan Museum of Art" was the seventh-most attended show in the past 50 years. It averaged 6,700 visitors per day.

Philly gets a river attraction

The newly dubbed Philadelphia Belle, a 260-foot paddlewheel riverboat replica, arrived at Penn's Landing recently amid fanfare that included a Mummers string band and a Ben Franklin impersonator.

The ship is expected to open for dinner cruises and entertainment this fall. The ship formerly was named the Mississippi Belle II. It just completed the 3,200-mile journey from its former home on the Mississippi River and will get final renovations in Philadelphia.

Associated Press