Category: New York City

Libraries Round the World: Pooh-Bear’s Old Home Across from Mother’s Museum

05/25/2018

The Museum of Modern Art in NYC is known as MOMA. But when it first opened, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller’s children called it ‘mother’s museum.’ She and two girlfriends pooled their resources and determination to open their new art museum just nine days after Wall Street crashed in 1929. What timing! Fortunately, their museum is alive … More Libraries Round the World: Pooh-Bear’s Old Home Across from Mother’s Museum

Play Good with Lego

05/15/2018

New York City’s Scandinavia House is hosting an exhibit on Denmark’s world renown colorful bricks and building blocks. Lego is a combination of two Danish words – leg and godt– which means, not surprisingly, play good. The number one goal and request from any tired parent or babysitter. The Danish inventor was a carpenter, and … More Play Good with Lego

The Miraculous & Magnificent Ms. Mirren

05/09/2018

Last week, Dame Helen Mirren, the incomparably versatile actor known for playing both Queen Elizabeth I and II, received the 45thAnnual Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Chaplin Award. I was lucky enough to join the celebration with a birds-eye view from a seat in the back. Before showtime: Helen is one of those actors who … More The Miraculous & Magnificent Ms. Mirren