Great, great idea to promote books and reading! World Book Night, 23 april 2012, is an annual celebration designed to spread the love of reading and books. Tens of thousands of people will go out into their communities to share the joy by giving out free World Book Night paperbacks. (Yes, printed books – love [...]

What’s around town for exhibit enthusiasts? Take a look. **************** Treasures of Islamic Manuscript Painting @ The Morgan Library & Museum Through 29 january 2012 [Free Friday admission from 7pm - 9pm] In addition to its acclaimed collection of Medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts, the Morgan is also home to important Islamic manuscripts dating from [...]

Seems as though I just wished the curious g readers a Happy 2010. Did you catch up on my top 10 lists of the best films, plays and books (according to me, of course) and my yearly discoveries? As the new year approaches, a special thanks for another year of following the curious g. Here’s [...]

“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.” Albert Einstein How about that – Einstein and I have something in common. Some of the most interesting finds I made in 2011 were random – and local – discovered while walking around the city. As the world struggles through economic challenges, political uprisings and [...]

Time to throw my top 10 lists into the bottomless pit of lists (apologies). As in 2010, I’ve focused on films, plays and books. These works surprised, informed and entertained me. Most importantly, they have peaked my curiosity enough to engage with them and just maybe discover something new. Off we go, in no particular [...]

This past Saturday was a stunning December day in NYC. Temps in the mid-50s at this time of year are rare, so everyone takes their activities outside before the freezing temperatures, whipping winds and snow and ice storms create a state of near hibernation. For me anyway. I headed over the Brooklyn Bridge into DUMBO [...]

Those of you who follow the curious g know that I’m a huge fan of the New York Public Library (NYPL) – and Legos. Post-Thanksgiving Day, I usually take a walk uptown to check out the holiday decorations and store windows before the sidewalks get oh-so crowded. At the main branch of the NYPL @ [...]

One of these years I’m going to go see the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (MTDP) balloons get inflated. To those outside NYC, this event is nearly more anticipated by locals than the parade itself (note that those of us who like this are also the people who have been, or would likely go to the [...]

A friend gave me this wonderful book, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, back in the 1980s inscribed by its author, Chris Van Allsburg. Unlike Van Allsburg’s other books (Jumanji, Polar Express for example), he did not create these illustrations – or so the story goes. Where did they come from, you may wonder? The story [...]

While this artist has way too much time on his/her hands, the concept/image was my laugh of the day. It’s so ridiculous, I had to laugh. Is it a planned project, or does one get out of bed one day and think: today I’ll carve Stars Wars figures into the tips of Crayola crayons? From [...]