History, Natural History & the Arts
A pun is a fitting way to celebrate the birth of a child to a fellow newspaper editor.
“Editor G.A. Weller of The Granville Sentinel rejoices over the addition to his family of a feminine ‘supplement’ weighing over eleven pounds,” The Morning Star of Glens Falls reported on September 22nd, 1885. [Read more…] about 19th Century Birth Announcements: Elements of Style
View, the Center for Arts and Culture in Old Forge, has announced the opening of a new solo exhibition, “Adirondack Impressions: Watercolors by Jeanne Lampson.” [Read more…] about Watercolors by Jeanne Lampson in Old Forge
The Preservation League of New York State, New York State Council on the Arts, Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation, and Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area have announced the recipients of their 2020 Technical Assistance Grants. [Read more…] about Preservation Assistance Grants Awarded, New Funding Available
Chaja Rubinstein was born in December 1872 in a Krakow ghetto, the eldest of eight girls. Having escaped from an arranged Orthodox Jewish marriage, she would become a dominant personality in business circles in London, Paris, and New York. [Read more…] about Lipstick & Lady Chatterly: Modernism, Feminism, and Cosmetics
Amanda! Ngawethu!
Like a shell of goodness surrounding our raw, fragile earth
It is built upon, added to, and altered in meaning
Every second a brave someone speaks up against the barbarity of prejudice
based on outside appearance
I ask you this
If you were looking at earth from a far distance
Would you see a shallow, insignificant nothing
No different from the trillions of tons of debris drifting in leaden blackness
Or would you find beauty within the protective shell that every life form known in
existence calls home
A shelter of color, culture, diversity, perspective, community, love.
Not a wall to hide under and to block out adventure and experience
But a filter, a reminder that the unknown is something to be welcomed,
celebrated and explored
Not to demolish and flatten
And what is the unknown
It is something different and unfamiliar
But if the world, if our world, is about perspective
Then the word ‘our’ should mean one whole
A rich unity of difference
But that unity will be ripped apart without acceptance, understanding and
equality.
Let this be a statement of power
Not over each other
Not the right to take over or criticize
But the power to fan the flame of contagion that is love
We are one, but we are different
And that difference is what should unite us
12 year-old Sophia DeMasi of Clifton Park wrote this poem after being inspired by Maya Angelou’s poem “His Day Is Done” about the passing of Nelson Mandela.
The Frick Collection announced that it will open the doors to Frick Madison, its temporary new home, on Thursday, March 18th, 2021.
Located at the Breuer-designed building at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street, former site of the Met Breuer and the Whitney Museum of American Art, Frick Madison will welcome visitors Thursday through Sunday, 10 am to 6 pm. [Read more…] about Frick Madison Set to Open In March
Lake Placid Film Festival is set to continue it’s Winter Featured Filmmaker Series with six films featuring drama, comedy, horror and animation. [Read more…] about Lake Placid Film Festival Offers Free Featured Filmmaker Series
Little Boy Lost
I asked him “What are you afraid of?”
“Dunno,” he said, “something.” So I said
“Well, you’re in the right world!” — in case
he’d reincarnated from another realm, like
old Buddhists exit meditation with strange
looks on their faces, glints in their eyes —
“because this world is so replete with some-
things, you can spend many lives and loves
ricocheting from one something to another
something, until somethings seem to have
an n minus one relation to other somethings,
implying endless fears if you’re fearful, but
if not, I suggest you downplay reincarnation.
Instead, stop and smell the flowers, maybe
start with carnations then follow your nose
— like the girl whose seasonal walks forever
returned her home, nose dusted with pollen.”
View, the Center for Arts and Culture in Old Forge, has announced three themed one-week youth art camps set for the summer of 2021. [Read more…] about Youth Art Camps Returning to Old Forge this Summer
In the coming weeks, our elected officials at both the state and federal levels will work on legislation that will directly impact our museums. In Albany, legislators are working on budget priorities. In Washington, Congress is shaping the next COVID-19 relief package and gathering support for 2022 appropriations.
We have a small window in which to effect change and I’m asking you to take action today. [Read more…] about Erika Sanger: Take Action Today in Support of NYS Museums