Maine: Reading & Art

SUMMER READING How to Find Love in a Bookshop by Veronica Henry If you are a reader and a booklover, then this novel set in a small town in Cornwall should delight you.  When her father Julius, bookshop owner extraordinaire, dies, his daughter Emilia inherits Nightingale Books.  Emilia has lived in Hong Kong for some years and …

Manhattan Finale: Frick & More

FASCINATING FRICK We made two visits to the Frick Collection and highly recommend two current exhibits. Unfortunately, there was no photography allowed. On our first visit, we discovered that Wednesday afternoons beginning at 2:00 pm, it’s pay what you wish, and the museum was packed. We took a brief tour around some of the Moroni …

Manhattan Museums: Art & More

Whitney Museum of American Art An every two year occurrence, the Whitney Biennial is designed to showcase trends in art and both emerging and established artists working in a variety of genres.  Many of the artists in this year’s biennial are under 40 and their work gets at social, political and racial issues in both understated and …

Manhattan: The Jewish Museum

COHEN AND THE JEWISH MUSEUM The unseasonably cold weather and days of rain have kept us inside and a bit lazy.  More time for reading and the occasional museum.  Last week we paid a visit to the Jewish Museum especially for the Leonard Cohen exhibit,  “A Crack in Everything,” which an acquaintance recommended.  If you’re my generation, …