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Museumgeeks: July 2009

Sunday, July 26, 2009

On hiatus

Museum-hunting is on a bit of a hiatus. Aside from seeing the latest installation on the MET's roof and shuttling my 15-year-old nephew through the American Museum of History (primarily, I have to admit, en route to an IMAX movie there) the museum-culture cupboard is bare. But if anyone has thoughts on must-see shows in NYC or nearby, please leave a comment....And since it's summer, here's a poem from the MET's "Now at The MET" page:

Summer Stars

Bend low again, night of summer stars.
So near you are, sky of summer stars,
So near, a long-arm man can pick off stars,
Pick off what he wants in the sky bowl,
So near you are, summer stars,
So near, strumming, strumming,
So lazy and hum-strumming.

—Carl Sandburg (American, 1878–1967)


Truthfully, I don't love this poem. But I was admiring the summer stars this weekend...