Merry Christmas and a Cultural New Year!
For me, 2018 has been a year of continued personal growth and the creation of incredible new chapters in life. My thirst for knowledge and cultural experiences continues unabated. Six months [...]
What’s the Fuss, It’s Just a Book? | My Visit to Chelsea Rare Books Fair
Rare books have an image problem. To the unfamiliar, they seem to have the epithet of ‘boring’. Musings begin with something like: “It’s a book that is, well, old. I can buy a new copy [...]
Dante Alighieri in the 21st Century | Cultural Insights with John Took
Dante Alighieri. His poetic masterpiece The Divine Comedy has enraptured scholars and the literati for centuries. His depictions of Hell (Inferno), Purgatory (Purgatorio), and Heaven [...]
Classical Music for Children | Cultural Insights with Bonnie Simon
Hans Christian Andersen once said, “Where words fail, music speaks.”. For those who have classical music fused into their everyday lives, it is hard to imagine a life without [...]