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- On the “Other” Broadway: “A Free Man of Color”
- Don’t take the bus, take Central Park!
- New York City: 1882, 1970, 2010
- Time for “Time And Again” by Jack Finney
- Poetry Reading Atop the Arsenal at the Central Park Zoo
- NY Classical Theater: the OTHER FREE Shakespeare in the Park
- A New York Summer
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de Kooning at MOMA … and more …
Following my last post on outdoor activities for “autumn in New York,” I thought I’d take a moment to recommend the William De Kooning retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. I’m not an art critic, and there are plenty … Continue reading
“Seasons change with the scenery …”
Despite cooler weather and shorter days, there is plenty of life outdoors in New York City. Here are some of my favorites, and some new discoveries: Fall Hours Are Now in Effect at the High Line Fall hours are now … Continue reading
Planning Ahead for the 9/11 Commemoration
The 10th anniversary of 9/11 will be commemorated with special events, including the dedication of the 9/11 Memorial. With thousands of visitors expected to converge in downtown Manhattan, hospitality industry professionals are being given information to help our guests participate … Continue reading
I’ve been strolling on the railroad … The High Line
On July 4, 1976, I sat on a crumbling pier near Wall Street and watched the Tall Ships sail on the Hudson River for our American Bicentennial. Behind me stood the Twin Towers, and all around was sand and dirt … Continue reading
Posted in Between The Parks & Around New York
Tagged architecture, battery park, city, high line, meatpacking, park, railroad, tribeca
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Explore the World of Maira Kalman
Exhibit closes July 31. Don’t miss it!! I was first introduced to the art and wit of Maira Kalman when I bought the book, “Sayonara Mrs. Kackleman,” to read aloud to my children. They were enchanted, and I fell in … Continue reading
Posted in Between The Parks & Around New York
Tagged artist, gouache, Jewish Museum, Maira Kalman, New Yorker, paintings
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May at the Met, with “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty”
After two weeks of cool, rainy weather, we are finally experiencing bright sunshine and warm temperatures in New York City. And with that change in the weather comes a palpable energy. New Yorkers don sandals and sunglasses, and we get … Continue reading
On the “Other” Broadway: “A Free Man of Color”
While everyone else headed to Broadway at Times Square to snag tickets to Spiderman, I took a stroll over to “my” Broadway, the part of Broadway that houses Lincoln Center. There I saw John Guare’s new play, A Free Man … Continue reading
Posted in Between The Parks & Around New York
Tagged A Free Man of Color, Broadway, George C Wolfe, Jeffrey Wright, John Guare, Lincoln Center, Louisiana Purchase, Meriwether Lewis, Mos Def, New Orleans, Public Theater, Restoration Comedy, Six Degrees of Separation, The House of Blue Leaves, Thomas Jefferson, Toussaint L'Ouverture, Vivian Beaumont
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Don’t take the bus, take Central Park!
Are you a walker? I like to tell the story of my visit to friends in Beverly Glen near Los Angeles, about 25 years ago. After a few days of being driven around on a sightseeing tour of Southern California, … Continue reading
New York City: 1882, 1970, 2010
Ok, I’ve finished Time and Again, by Jack Finney, and I’d like to make one comment. The protagonist, Si Morley, compares the New York (and world) of 1882 to his present day, and in the end he finds 1882 a … Continue reading
Time for “Time And Again” by Jack Finney
In a “former life” I was a bookseller in Manhattan, the perfect job for a recently minted English major and enthusiastic reader. While I’m still an avid reader, I tend toward borrowing books from our wonderful New York Public Library … Continue reading
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Tagged Gilded Age, Jack Finney, science fiction, Time and Again
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Poetry Reading Atop the Arsenal at the Central Park Zoo
Well, I hadn’t, in my 50 something years living in New York City … until last night. I grew up around the corner from the grim brick building just inside Central Park at 65th Street and Fifth Avenue. As I … Continue reading
NY Classical Theater: the OTHER FREE Shakespeare in the Park
Standing on line, sometimes overnight, in order to snag free tickets for the New York Shakespeare Festival , is a New York summer ritual. But until my guest from London, Nigel, clued me in, I’d never heard of New York … Continue reading
A New York Summer
It’s been a hot and humid summer, and not the most pleasant conditions for construction and painting, in preparation for the opening of Between the Parks B & B, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, in New York City, … Continue reading
