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Montclair Film Festival ’18: I Laughed, I Cried, I Scratched My Head and Wondered Why

Posted on May 5, 2018 by Ken Dowell

Ian McEwan, Sammy Davis Jr., Laurel and Hardy, and the 5 Browns Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American Animals, documentaries, film, film festivals, Ian McEwan, Laurel and Hardy, Montclair Film Festival, movie reviews, movies, On Chesil Beach, Sammy Davis Jr., The 5 Browns, The Misogynists | 4 Comments

The Road to Hana…and beyond

Posted on April 28, 2018 by Ken Dowell

620 curves and 59 bridges later Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Hana, Hana Highway, Hawaii, Maui, Road to Hana, travel | 10 Comments

In the National Parks: Haleakala’s Back Door

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Ken Dowell

The Kuloa Point Trail in Kipahulu Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged 'Ohe'o Gulch, Haleakkala National Park, Hana, Hawaii, hiking trails, hiking', Kipahulu, Kuloa Point, Maui, national parks, trails, travel, waterfalls | 10 Comments

Lehigh Valley’s Historic Covered Bridges

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Ken Dowell

Bridges built between 1841 and 1858 Continue reading →

Posted in History, Uncategorized | Tagged Allentown, bridges, Covered Bridge Park, covered bridges, history, Lehigh Valley, National Register of Historic Places | 12 Comments

America’s Car Culture

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Ken Dowell

With photos from the America on Wheels Museum Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged automobiles, carriages, cars, culture, Ford, history, limousines, luxury cars | 10 Comments

The Man Who Made American Gothic

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Ken Dowell

Grant Wood exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art Continue reading →

Posted in Art | Tagged American Gothic, art, artist, Grant Wood, painting, Whitney Museum of American Art | 7 Comments

Sculpture with a View

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Ken Dowell

from the terraces of the Whitney Museum of American Art Continue reading →

Posted in Art | Tagged art, cityscape, museams, New York, sculputre, Whitney Museum of American Art | 2 Comments

The Art of Protest

Posted on March 24, 2018 by Ken Dowell

Exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Uncategorized | Tagged 60's, Anti-war movement, art, posters, protest, Whitney Museum of American Art | 2 Comments

In the National Parks: The Poetry of Yosemite

Posted on March 17, 2018 by Ken Dowell

The beauty of Yosemite in verse. Continue reading →

Posted in Travel, Uncategorized | Tagged California, national parks, poetry, travel, Vernal Falls, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Valley | 9 Comments

The Mayor of London Comes to Texas

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Ken Dowell

Sadiq Kahn on the promise and pitfalls of the “fourth industrial revolution.” Continue reading →

Posted in Technology | Tagged inclusiveness, London, nativism, populism, Sadiq Khan, social networks, SXSW, SXSW Interactive, technology | 4 Comments

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