Reading and Roaming
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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THEATER: AN AMERICAN CLASSIC Death of a Salesman (Broadway, Winter Garden Theatre) Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a Salesman, was written in 1948 and has been presented in theaters and on television and as a film many times since. I vividly recall seeing Lee J. Cobb in the title role with Mildred Dunnock as his wife Linda in the …
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TRAIN TO CHARLOTTE Earlier this week, we made a short trip to Charlotte to visit some very good friends who formerly lived in Florida. The train station in Cary is bright and modern and a most pleasant place to wait. Amtrak trains to New York and Florida absorbed most of the passengers while we awaited the arrival …
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