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American Dream/Cambodian Nightmare
Book review: “A Refugee’s American Dream” Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged book review, books, Cambodia, history, Joe Samuel Starnes, Killing Fields, Leth Oun, memoir, refugees, Secret Service
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Everything from Everywhere All at the Met
Exhibits from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Continue reading
Posted in Art
Tagged art, European painting, Mayan art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, museums, New York, painting, Richard Avedon, sculpture
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Sounds Like Savannah
2023 Savannah Music Festival Continue reading
Activist City
from exhibits at the Museum of the City of New York Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged activists, Black Lives Matter, discrimination, gay rights, Museum of the City of New York, museums, New York, protesters, Vietnam War, Young Lords
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Images of New York Food
from the Museum of the City of New York Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged delis, food, history, Museum of the City of New York, museums, neighborhoods, New York
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From the Junkyard to the Playground
History of the junk playground Continue reading
The Man Behind the “World’s Oldest Swing”
Charles Wicksteed, playgrournd equipment pioneer Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Charles Wicksteed, history, Kettering, playgrouinds, playground equipment, Wicksteed Park, Witch's Hat
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America’s First Public Playground: A Park for Everyone?
Golden Gate Park children’s playground, San Francisco Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Golden Gate Park, playgrounds, San Francisco, Sharon Children's Quarters, William Sharon
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Southern Man (on canvas)
Ogden Museum of Southern Art Continue reading
Posted in Art
Tagged art, museums, New Orleans, Ogden Museum, painting, University of New Orleans
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