Reading and Roaming
STUNNING ART EXHIBIT—People Come First I feel as if I should have heard about the American artist Alice Neel long before this. She lived from 1900 to 1984 and was active on the political scene in Manhattan. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a retrospective of her work on display until August 1, and it’s stunning. Her paintings are largely …
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We met friends in Savannah and enjoyed four days of exploring this very walkable city. It is one of the most pedestrian-friendly small cities I’ve ever visited. Our hotel in the historic district was centrally located between the river to the north and Forsyth Park to the south. Neither was more than a 15 to 20-minute walk and …
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A WEEK OF CULTURE General John Kelly, former chief of staff for the current president, made national as well as local news for his comments about John Bolton. Kelly was the featured speaker at Ringling College’s Town Hall series on Monday, and when asked about Mr. Bolton said, he is an “honest man” and a man …
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VISITING NORTH CAROLINA How I spent my summer vacation. Wrong season, how I spent Thanksgiving week. The Chief Penguin and I were in North Carolina to visit my sisters and their families and spent time in both Greensboro and Chapel Hill with brisk walks to Greensboro’s Bog and Centennial Gardens, excursions to Winston-Salem, to the marvelous McIntyre’s …
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