C-MONSTER.net (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The Lay of the Land, 2009, by Michael Vasquez. (Image courtesy of Fredric Snitzer.) In Miami: Michael Vasquez at Fred Snitzer, opens Nov. 14. In Miami: Raymond Pettibon, Repeater Pencil, and Silvy Flury, Girls Just Wanna…, at World Class Boxing, opens Nov. 14. In Durham, N.C.: Andy Warhol: Polaroids at the Nasher Museum at Duke Unversity, opens Thursday. In [...]
Marginal Revolution (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
I first visited Berlin in 1985, while traveling with Randall Kroszner. We drove to West Berlin by car and we were terrified for the few hours we were underway in East Germany. Randy did not drive over the speed limit...
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ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
In an open gallery at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, calligrapher Julie Seltzer uses a turkey feather quill to write out on parchment a new copy of Judaism's most sacred object, meticulously following age-old rules - despite the fact that those rules say she shouldn't be doing this at all....
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Undergraduates at the London School of Economics LSE will soon be able to get a good nights sleep in a Sir Terence Conrandesigned 10 storey glass pyramid under a scheme just given the green light by London's Southwark Council.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
A 2,000-seat theatre at Grand Canal Square is part of a dramatic new complex nearing completion in Dublin’s dockland, writes , Environment Editor
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
strong><span class="infobox-head">ART EVENTS </span></strong><br /> <strong>“CURRENT PERSPECTIVES” LECTURE: </strong>Claudia Hart. 7 p.m. Nov. 5. Kansas City Art Institute, Epperson Auditorium, Vanderslice Hall.
NewYorkology: A New York Travel Gui (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Many museums stay open late at least one night a week, often in conjunction with free admission hours , live music and cocktails. Here are the New York City museums with late-closing hours listed by day of the week: Mondays New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex at Grand Central Terminal - 8 p.m. (always free) Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame Annex - 8 p.m., with last admission at 7 p.m. ($24.50)...
Women's Lens (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- For 2010, Crystal Cruises is offering numerous optional Crystal Adventures that focus on destinations' Jewish Heritage. The excursions enable travelers to absorb a region's diverse spiritual culture, explore Judaic history and even trace their roots in the cities of Jerusalem, Berlin, Odessa, Rome, St. Petersburg, and even unexpected places like Stockholm,
Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Contemporary Jewish Museum 736 Mission Street (between Third and Fourth streets) San Francisco, CA 94103
Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Contemporary Jewish Museum 736 Mission Street (between Third and Fourth streets) San Francisco, CA 94103
Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Contemporary Jewish Museum 736 Mission Street (between Third and Fourth streets) San Francisco, CA 94103
Tracing the Tribe (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
The Jewish Genealogical Society of New York will hold its membership brunch on Sunday, November 15, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in lower Manhattan. The kosher dairy buffet at 11am will be followed by guest curator Karen Franklin speaking on "Creating the Morgenthau Exhibition: a Family Historian confronts the Twentieth Century." Karen will lead opening day tours of the exhibit after...
In this life (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Isn't it a nuisance when life gets in the way of blogging? And it does; it certainly does. This life has recently featured a bit of painting of Daughter 2's new flat, quite a lot of looking after my mother (who fell and cut her head on Sunday in church - now, that's no reward for churchgoing, is it') And work. Far too much work. Can I tell you a bit about Berlin? (The non-toothache aspect.) My generation...
Tracing the Tribe (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
On behalf of the Judah L. Magnes Museum, director and chief curator Alla Efimova informed the Magnes community of the death of Seymour Fromer, 87. Fromer died in his home in Berkeley, California, on October 25 after a long illness. The internationally known Jewish educator and founder of the Judah L. Magnes Museum was 87. Born and raised in the Bronx, New York, Fromer graduated from Stuyvesant High...
Tracing the Tribe (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
It has been 61 years since three Jewish Displaced Persons camps in Germany (Schlachtensee, Tempelhof and Wittenau) were closed, but filmmaker Gabriel Heim has produced a 52-minute documentary on those who passed through these camps. “Jewish Transit Berlin: From Hell to Hope” premiered Monday at the Berlin Jewish Museum. It relates the unusual albeit brief history of the DP camps set up...
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