Reading and Roaming
FOR WYETH LOVERS Farnsworth Art Museum Along with the the Brandywine River Museum outside Philadelphia, the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland has one of the largest collection of works by the Wyeth family. Here are works by Andrew Wyeth of Cristina’s World fame, by his son Jamie Wyeth, by Andrew’s father, N. C. Wyeth, and some by other …
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NEW NATIONAL HOLIDAY Today, June 19, is Juneteenth. It is now a federal holiday and yesterday, government workers had the day off. It commemorates the date in 1865 when Texas got the word that American slaves were emancipated. Many states already have Juneteenth celebrations, but this bill, passed by both houses of Congress and signed into law on …
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PURE ESCAPISM Summer is often viewed as the time to indulge in lighter reading fare—mysteries, thrillers, beach reads and the like. Here are two recent notable novels (one a first novel) that are well written and meet the criterion of being thrilling or suspenseful. The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner First time novelist, Penner has penned an …
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MASTER WORK Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe For anyone who’s read Radden Keefe’s book about the Irish Troubles, Say Nothing, you know him as a nonfiction writer who draws you in with meticulous detail and creates a novel-like reading experience. His latest work, Empire of Pain, is equally meticulous and an absolutely …
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