Reading and Roaming
WOMEN OF NOTE. By happenstance, not by planning, we’ve seen and heard about some notable women in our recent film and theater-going adventures. Founder Thomas Sung’s legacy to his children, all daughters, was his bank, Abacus Bank. Three of them work there; one, Jill, as the CEO, which is both significant and important. Jane Jacobs was …
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WHITNEY BIENNIAL. The Whitney Biennial brings together works of art by a wide variety of artists (60+ this year, I believe), many of them young. Most of the art is recent or new works and includes paintings, sculpture, and video. Overall the art is strange, provocative, disturbing, and sometimes even realistic. We did just one …
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MANHATTAN MUSINGS. It’s been a week for rainy weather, TV, a fine film, and re-visiting some favorite West Village restaurants. After what seems like months of no rain in Florida, we are getting re-acquainted with the wet. Toting umbrellas and slogging through the puddles, we endured or enjoyed, depending on your perspective, two solid …
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We attended a fun concert of Cole Porter songs, explored new dining options locally, and I’ve been sampling a number of different television series. MOTHER’S DAY FUN We four were sans our mothers, but we enjoyed very much the Hot ‘n’ Cole concert at the Sarasota Opera House that afternoon. Featuring six undergraduate musical theater …
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