Reading and Roaming
FABULOUS FRICK! Frick, The Man & The Mansion Many visitors to Manhattan are familiar with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, better known as MoMA, and also the Whitney Museum of American Art. But not everyone knows the Frick Collection. It took us longer to discover this stately mansion and its art, but …
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RECENT READING: ADVENTURE AND SUSPENSE ADRIFT IN THE PACIFIC Maurice and Maralyn: An Extraordinary True Story of Shipwreck, Survival and Love by Sophie Elmhirst Maurice Bailey was a quiet Englishman, a print setter, awkward, insecure, and uncomfortable around other people. He lived alone, wanted to escape his dowdy village, and never expected to marry. Nine years younger, Maralyn was …
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MUSICIAL INTERLUDE Chamber Music Raleigh The Chief Penguin and I are new to the Chamber Music Raleigh series. It’s held in an intimate auditorium in the North Carolina Museum of Art on Sunday afternoons. To date, the performers have included a cello quartet (yes, 4 cellos!), a trio of female string players, and most recently, the Italian …
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This week’s post includes a play about race that is compelling and uncomfortable and a beautiful memoir on delayed grief. The drama is the Pulitzer Prize winner, Fairview, and the book is Memorial Days. CHALLENGING THEATER Fairview (Justice Theater Project) The Justice Theater Project, a small drama company, presents plays about social issues at Umstead United …
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