Books on Food: Science, Scams, Marketplace, Lore
In our selection of holiday books, you won’t find a lot of recipes, but you will find out what we crave (salt, sugar, fat), love, obsess, how we taste, why it’s […]
Holiday Books: Cities & Places
Pick a city — and there’s a book — history, guide, pictorial essay ! Our holiday list is certainly not encyclopedic, but there is a book for many different tastes. Here […]
Holiday Books 2013: Photography
Take your pick: stunning photography books that stretch your eyes in new ways– from the Red Planet to windscape to water, desert and oceans, photographers of landscape and environments are dishing […]
Holiday Books 2013: Plants Trees Gardens
For Christmas giving or your own library: a king’s ransom of beautifully written books and facsimile editions on trees, plants and flowers, parks, gardens and manmade landscapes for year-round reading and looking. Here […]
Exhibitions U.S.: NYC, D.C., Philadelphia, Chicago
A continuously updated calendar of museum exhibitions — New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC, and other U.S. cities. If you’re a fan of 19th and 20th century art, design and photography, […]
Hurricane Sandy Recovery: New York’s Parks & Gardens
What did Hurricane Sandy do to New York’s iconic parks and gardens? Keep in mind that New Yorkers crave these places as public “living rooms” where they can run, skate, […]
Hurricane Sandy Recovery: Parks, Gardens, Museums
Just one year ago, Hurricane Sandy’s rampage through New Jersey and New York left behind a trail of damage in some of the city’s most treasured cultural and natural assets: Central […]
Hurricane Sandy’s Aftermath: Ellis Island & Museum Reopen
October 28: There’s good news at New York’s Ellis Island and the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, which reopens today – one year after the island was completely submerged by the […]
RISING WATERS: Parts I-IV and bonus
This multi-part series on climate change and severe weather threats (especially flooding) was first posted just after Hurricane Sandy blew through the northeastern US in October 2012. In fact, many […]
Exhibitions Europe: Berlin, Paris, Milan, London
Museum exhibitions in Europe — posted as a running calendar, with items added regularly. Below are listings in art, design, architecture and photography. AMSTERDAM Begins Sept 24: Discovery! Van Gogh’s recently confirmed […]
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