Books We Love: Peggy Guggenheim, The Shock of the Modern by Francine Prose
Peggy Guggenheim: The Shock of the Modern (2015) By Francine Prose, Yale University Press, 211 pp. Best-selling author Francine Prose, known for nonfiction titles like Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife, and Reading Like a Writer, wrote a heartfelt biography of Peggy Guggenheim, influential art collector, and early promoter of Modernism in America. Well-ahead of her time, Peggy developed a taste for … Continue reading Books We Love: Peggy Guggenheim, The Shock of the Modern by Francine Prose
Book Reading Event at Roxbury General
Novelist Annie DeWitt and photographer Jerome Jakubiec spoke about their widely praised books “White Nights in Split Town City” and “I Actually Wore This: Clothes We Can’t Believe We Bought” at Roxbury General on Small Business Saturday, Nov. 25 this year. The Los Angeles Review of Books depicts “White Nights in Split Town City” as “the story of what it means to feel desired and plugged … Continue reading Book Reading Event at Roxbury General
The Irish Hunger Memorial Re-Opens to the Public
The Irish Hunger Memorial, a public art project designed by sculptor Brian Tolle in Battery Park City, re-opened to the public late last summer after undergoing major renovations to address damage caused by water infiltration in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Originally built in the early 2000s, the monument opened for the first time on July 16, 2002. Roberta Smith from The New York Times … Continue reading The Irish Hunger Memorial Re-Opens to the Public
Halloween in Roxbury
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Pressing Cider at Hubbell Family Farm
Pressing cider has been a cherished tradition at Hubbell Family Farm since 1870 when the family acquired a custom-made press manufactured in Syracuse. For the first 40 years, the press was powered by a steam engine, replaced in 1917 with a gasoline engine that still runs today, a hundred years later. A popular fall activity and tourist attraction in the Catskills, the Hubbell press turns … Continue reading Pressing Cider at Hubbell Family Farm
Artists on Art Tour at Olana
Olana, home of 19th century landscape painter Frederic Edwin Church in Hudson, is hosting Artist on Art Tour, a series of guided tours through Olana under the tutelage of contemporary artists working in various disciplines. Artistic storytelling is a compelling part of Olana’s ongoing narrative. Participating artists offer a unique lens with which to “read” Olana, and experiment and invent with “poetic license” as they … Continue reading Artists on Art Tour at Olana
The Arts Converge: Photographer Rudd Hubbell in Conversation with Nature Writer Leslie T. Sharpe
Catskill Interpretive Center, Mt. Tremper, New York September 23, 2017 Continue reading The Arts Converge: Photographer Rudd Hubbell in Conversation with Nature Writer Leslie T. Sharpe
September in Roxbury
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WIM’s 25th Anniversary Gala
Writers in the Mountains’ 25th Anniversary Gala August 19, 2017 Wayside Cider, Andes, NY Learn more about Writers in the Mountains at writersinthemountains.org. Continue reading WIM’s 25th Anniversary Gala
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