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> ART
Best of film 2016: Originality + indies rise again
Fantastic historical resources, and where to find them
Best of film 2015: My top 10, plus a few more
Best of theater 2015: My top 10, plus a few more
My quirky, surprising + maybe a little expected top 10 films of 2014 list
Light the lights: My 2014 top 10 plays list is here
Best of 2013: 10 films + 10 plays
A mashup of Wild Things, Stinky Cheese, Charlotte and Pooh too
The High and Low of an urban landscape
Now arriving: Grand Central Terminal @100
Topping out 2012: My top 10 in film + theater
My top 10 in ‘11: Films, plays + books
Are the Harris Burdick mysteries solved?
A celebration of Shakespeare: 38 plays in 38 languages
Don’t you know everyone wants to laugh?
The quizzical nature of the Brothers Quay
Good things come in threes: Favorite film trilogies
 > Culture
Happy 100th National Park Service
Forgery isn’t just about paintings: When crime invades many industries
The definition of happiness evolves over a lifetime
The essence of cool: Blue Note Records turns 75
The first flickers of television
Meet the Beatles: The US did, 50 years ago
WOTY 2013: Enjoy your “selfieâ€
Measuring the pursuit of happiness: It’s complicated
Planes, trains and automobiles a/k/a life as a super commuter
Election 2012: Red, blight, and blue
Oh, how happy you have made me
Brooklyn Bridge Park gets some spin
What stretches 88 miles with 87 branches?
35 years and 95 bits of binary code later
> Travel
Big list of travel lists: Destinations 2016
Arctic excursion: A long weekend in Iceland
2015 travel forecast: The big list of lists
The big list: Places to go galivanting in 2014
An appreciation: A colorful fall weekend in western MA
7th heaven: More unusual places to stay for adventurous travelers
The magnificent 7: Not-so-ordinary accommodations for adventurous travelers
For travelers who long for long walks
The big list of travel: Where to go in 2012
It’s all happening at the zoo
Sahara journey: 25 camels and a map
The sky is no longer the limit
It’s almost like being there
It’s almost like being there too
> Just Curious
And the 2014 Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year is…
It’s National Peanut Butter Lovers Month – Spread it on thick
We love libraries: From brick-and-mortar to digital
Sunset people: At the alignment of sunset + street grid
Get on the straight & narrow – Manhattan grid celebrates 200
For some, Scrabble gets its props
Think local, spend local – currency that is
> Something for everyone
Farewell 2016: You won’t be missed
Bundling 2013: My year-end review
Noted in 2012: My year-end wind down
Nutty, but nice, holiday greetings