One in ten people in King County, Seattle’s westernmost county in Washington State, claim Nordic heritage. That means their roots come from one of the five Scandanavian countries: Sweden, Finland, Norway, Iceland and Denmark. The Seattle neighborhood of Ballard, north of downtown across Salmon Bay, was first settled largely by Scandanavians who founded the Seattle…
Not only does it have a current canine appeal, the Brooklyn Museum of Art knows how to throw a terrific party. The William Wegman Funney/Strange exhibit runs until May 28th and features photography, painting, collage and video from a world-renowned artist obsessed with his Weimaraners. Plus, on the first Saturday of every month, between 5-11…
Walking in the door to the South Florida Museum, I was met by a mastodon skeleton. Maneuvering my way to the second floor, I connected to Parker Manatee Aquarium where Snooty, a 57-year-old manatee waved from his 60,000 gallon tank. Scooting back downstairs, I discovered the door to Bishop Planetarium where my mind boggled at…
I remember watching Carmen Miranda dancing in old movies like “Copacabana” and “That Night in Rio,” wearing totally outrageous fruit headdresses. I seem to remember her singing the “Chiquita Banana” jingle, too. Or maybe not. Whatever you remember, the “Brazilian Bombshell” is now being immortalized on the 50th Anniversary of her death at Rio’s Modern…
For world-class museums, my home town of San Francisco has an embarrassment of riches. I’ve long loved the SF Museum of Modern Art and the recently rebuilt Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. Now, they’re joined by the totally revitalized, copper-clad M.H. de Young Museum, which reopened in the heart of Golden Gate Park in…
Walking into the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala., I felt like I was on the set of Star Trek, minus the aliens. Jumpsuit-clad pods of astronauts-in-training mingled with ground controllers, flight simulators dotted one area and a Space Shuttle interior mock-up stretched across another. The snatches of conversation buzzing through the decks…
The building is a neutral tone stucco and unassuming. Its impassive face gives no inkling of the magnificence that lives within. The Awakening Museum opened in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 2002 and is situated on the edge of the downtown district, tucked near the back of the Hilton Hotel.