Reading and Roaming
RECENT READING FAMILY TIES, SISTERS, & CHINA Rabbit Moon by Jennifer Haigh American writer Jennifer Haigh’s novels often have a social issue at their heart. They run the gamut from a rare disease in The Condition, to fracking in Heat and Light, to an abortion clinic in Mercy Street, to name just a few of them. Her latest novel, Rabbit Moon, might be said to …
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If you need a distraction from the political scene this holiday weekend, here is an art exhibit to enjoy vicariously and a fun drama series to binge on. Happy Memorial Day—may the good times return! PORTRAITS AND MORE: JOHN SINGER SARGENT Sargent and Paris (Metropolitan Museum of Art) John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) was an American painter …
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AN ENDURING MAGAZINE A Century of The New Yorker (New York Public Library) Started in 1925 and still going strong after more than 5,000 pages, The New Yorker is a mainstay of the periodical world. This major exhibit in the New York Public Library’s historic building at Bryant Park is informative, fun, and rich with examples of its distinctive …
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LOOKING: MORE ANDREW WYETH At Kuerner Farm: The Eye of the Earth (Winston Salem) The Chief Penguin and I have seen many examples of Andrew Wyeth’s work over the decades, annually in Maine at the Farnsworth Museum and several visits to the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pa. Wyeth divided his time over his life between …
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