It’s the stuff movies are made of: a young man stumbles upon his great-grandfather’s old papers and discovers a plan for the wildest and most ingenious invention of Victorian-era engineering.
It’s the Telectroscope, and it’s a “tunnel” that runs from London, England to New York City, New York. But is it for real? Could a tunnel [...]
Oh, I love fine art. I studied art and the fine arts in school. I have an eclectic taste that expands across all genres, but I especially love luminism (aka romanticism, of the Hudson Valley School of art), and photo-realism. I have a teeny-tiny collection of Hudson Valley School paintings, and various other types. When [...]
Re-enactments in Upstate New York are starting to gear up! We are looking forward to seeing some great battles and festivals. The kids absolutely LOVE to dress up, and always appreciate a good show. Besides the annual Fort Stanwix re-enactment and the one at Fort Ticonderoga that we hope to see, there’s the Civil War [...]
While we wait (and wait and wait) for spring, museums are a nice pacifier until we can start our outdoor activities again. The Brooklyn Museum has been sponsoring an interesting, continuing visit of Japanese art. Starting today is the Utagawa: Masters of the Japanese Print, 1770–1900, and the Japonisme in American Graphic Art, 1880-1920 will [...]
