Stained Glass, For the Law & Learning
“The atmosphere in which literature and knowledge are dispensed is part of a cultural package. Today it is the fashion to offer a kind of statistical, book-counting culture in visually […]
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The Matisse Cut-outs: Go See Them!
“Only what I created after my illness constitutes my real self: free, liberated.” —Henri Matisse (1869–1954) his assessment of his career after undergoing cancer surgery Matisse was diagnosed with cancer […]
Conservatory Garden: Awash with Autumnal Color
“A park is a work of art, designed to produce certain effects upon the mind of men. There should be nothing in it, absolutely nothing—not a foot of surface nor […]
The Gay Graves Tour: It’s in “Out”
“New Jersey is the poorest place in the world to give concerts, except Central Africa.” —Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829–1869) Just in time for All Hallows Eve, Walk About New York’s […]
Autumn comes to Green-Wood
“I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end of time.” —Robert Browning (1812–1889) Between the Gay Graves […]
Kind Words for the Gay Graves Tour
“So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, and so much retrospect, that the pith of each man’s genius contracts itsel f to a very few hours.” […]
The Gay Graves Tour, Autumn Edition
“Bores put you in a mental cemetery while you are still walking.” —Elsa Maxwell (1883–1963) There will be nothing boring about the Gay Graves Tour when it returns for its […]
Walk About New York on the Radio
“Digital television, satellite radio, videogames, iPods—so much media. Do books even matter anymore?” —Mo Rocca (1969– ) Sure books matter, especially if they are read on a tablet or a […]
A Brooklynite Praises Green-Wood Cemetery
“Green-Wood is unlike anyplace in New York City.” —John Turturro (1957– ) Brooklyn native, actor, writer, and director John Turturro sings the praises of The Green-Wood Cemetery. He hits the […]
Autumn’s First Day
“A wind has blown the rain away and blown the sky away and all the leaves away, and the trees stand. I think, I too, have known autumn too long.” […]
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