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Category Archives: USA
A little nostalgic story
Books were an extraordinarily important part of my childhood and I tend to wax nostalgic when I run across a story online about one that I actually owned and read. This week, I happened on a piece about a book … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Books, History, USA, Writing
Tagged George Washington, Hudson River, lighthouse, New Jersey, New York City
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Age is just a state of mind (or not)
Inspired by his own series of giant paste-up portraits, the French street artist known as JR started a scheme back in 2011 encouraging people around the world to participate in his Inside Out project by doing their own pastings. They … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Art, Asia, Books, Europe, Middle East, Photography, South America, USA, Writing
Tagged JR, Mural Art, Street Art
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A Strange Case
New York City’s amazing Morgan Library has scanned the entire handwritten manuscript to Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and it’s now available for paging through and reading online. The manuscript of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella “The Strange … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Film, History, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged English Literature, Morgan Library, New York City, Robert Louis Stevenson
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Hotel Book Club
Hotel lending libraries are not a novel idea, but the project from Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants in conjunction with Literary Hub puts a new spin on the concept. This month they launched the Kimpton X Literary Hub Book Club. Lit … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Hotels, Libraries, USA
Tagged Book Clubs, Kimpton Hotels, Washington D.C
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Certainement pas The New Yorker
Over the years, I’ve seen quite a few attempts to pay homage to the brilliant cover art of the iconic The New Yorker magazine. None compares to the creativity of the project called The Brusseler from Belgium’s Maison de L’Image … Continue reading
Kubrick for Kids
One of the strangest episodes of film and book crossovers that I have every run across has to be this multimedia children’s book of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 A Space Odyssey for kids that came with an accompanying record or cassette tape. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, movies, USA, Writing
Tagged 2001 A Space Odyssey, children's books, Cinema, Stanley Kubrick
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Walk This Way
Most of us have not had the option to travel during the past year, so we have to make do with any virtual alternative that comes along. Until it’s safe again, you can almost satisfy those travel urges with City … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, Canada, Europe, Film, Middle East, South America, Tourism, USA
Tagged Amsterdam, Athens, Madrid, Paris, Seville
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Will the museum deserve an Oscar
Film lovers won’t be able to visit in-person until the doors open to the public on September 30, 2021, but new the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures programming will soon be available online. The pre-opening program includes a screening of … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Architecture, Art, Film, History, Museums, Tourism, USA
Tagged California, Cinema, Los Angeles
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Rocky Mountain Highs
One of my favorite aspects of travel in mountainous regions such as the Colorado Rocky Mountains is the opportunity to see the glories of the night sky without light and air pollution. Naturally, I love the astonishing timelapse below created … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Photography, Tourism, USA
Tagged Colorado, Rocky Mountains, Timelapse
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The Libraries Are Appreciated
The Libraries Are Appreciated, Jacob Lawrence From the Harlem series, No. 28 The Harlem Branch Library of the New York Public Library at 9 West 124th Street
Posted in Art, Libraries, USA
Tagged American artists, Harlem, Jacob Lawrence, New York City
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