Reading and Roaming
FABULOUS CONCERT! Philadelphia Orchestra at the Kimmel Center Thursday evening was the opening concert of the orchestra’s 2026-27 season, and it was fabulous! It’s the 25th anniversary of the Kimmel Center and the recently named Marian Anderson Hall made for a magnificent concert setting. It was Philadelphia at its finest. The concert was a benefit …
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BOOKS AND READING Navy Wife on Tiny Italian Island: The Half Life by Rachel Beanland In the early 1970s, Eileen O’Malley is still mourning the death of her brother in the Vietnam War when she marries Naval officer Paul Archer. He works in radiological control on submarines and soon, they are posted to tiny La Maddalena, off the …
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ART AT THE FARNSWORTH Rockland, an hour or so north of Southport, is a charming town with some intriguing little shops and a variety of small restaurants plus a movie theater. We usually head up here for just the art museum and lunch, but we should really return sometime and dally in the shops. Maybe next year. …
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EXTREME CLOTHING Costume Art (Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute) The Costume Institute at the Met Museum has new space on the main floor. It’s spacious and easy to locate and a real plus for visitors; the old space was so tucked away it almost required crumbs to navigate to and from. Costume Art is the inaugural exhibition and …
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