centennial

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The budding friendship will be tested by a high-stakes heist, carried out during the city's centennial gala by a snake, a species long banned from the city.

From Barron's

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art celebrates its centennial with two weeks of special programming, including performances, film screenings and panel discussions centered on Asian arts and culture.

From New York Times

A new exhibition celebrating the centennial of the Museum of the City of New York will remind you.

From New York Times

This spring, in one of many shows nationwide honoring the centennial of Mr. Avedon’s birth, the Carter Museum mounted 13 of Mr. Avedon’s portraits once again; they will hang until Oct.

From New York Times

Pope John Paul II made a pilgrimage there in 1979 to mark the centennial of the apparition.

From BBC