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Monthly Archives: November 2019
South Boston’s 02210 Lands on Wall Street Journal’s ‘Rich Zips’
For the past several years, the hardworking staff has been largely disoriented by Boston’s Waterfront development. Every time we venture there, it seems three new high-rises have sprung up and three dozen parking spaces have disappeared. Still, we were a … Continue reading
Rafael Nadal Makes History, Roger Federer Makes $neakers
This past weekend Rafael Nadal led Spain to its sixth Davis Cup championship, winning all eight of his matches (five singles, three doubles) without dropping a set. Nadal’s 6-3, 7-6(7) victory over Canada’s Denis Shapovalov that clinched the title on … Continue reading
Springfield Museum Ghosts Contributors of Works to Exhibits
Well the Missus and I trundled west the other day to check out the – five, count ’em five – Springfield Museums and say, the exhibits were swell. But their attribution? Not so much. First we went to The Michele and Donald D’Amour … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Kamberg, Alma Kamberg, BAUHAUS: 100 Years Later, Edward Steichen, Elliott Erwitt, Family of Man, Johannes Itten, Josef Albers, Museum of Modern Art, Oskar Schlemmer, Richard Coplan, Springfield Museums, Sweet: A Tasty Journey, The Art of Observation: The Best of Photographer Elliott Erwitt, The Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Walter Gropius, Wassily Kandinsky, Wood Museum of Springfield History
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Dead Blogging ‘Hans Hofmann’ at Peabody Essex Museum
Well the Missus and I trundled up to Salem this past weekend to take in Hans Hofmann: The Nature of Abstraction (through January 5) at the expanded Peabody Essex Museum and say, the exhibit was swell although the #newPEM part was a … Continue reading
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Tagged #newPEM, Associate Curator of Exhibitions and Research, BAMPFA, Boston Globe, Curator of Fashion and Textiles, Hans Hofmann: The Nature of Abstraction, Iris Apfel, Lance Esplund, Lydia Gordon, Mark Feeney, Nancy Putnam, Order of Imagination: The Photographs of Olivia Parker, Peabody Essex Museum, Rare Bird of Fashion, UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Wall Street Journal
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Zippy the Pinhead Misses the Boat on Boston’s Lobster Mickey
The hardworking staff yields to no man in our respect and admiration for Bill Griffith’s Zippy the Pinhead comic strip. But today’s strip in the Boston Globe is, well, kind of chuckleheaded. Notice the caption lower right: “Real Statue in … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlas Obscura, Bill Griffith, Boston Globe, Breanna Rowlette, Lobsta' Mickey, Lobster Mickey, Zippy the Pinhead
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