Posts Tagged ‘History on Display’
History on Display: Byzantium and Islam
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new Islamic gallery has been on my to-do list for this year’s trip to New York ever since it opened last November. It has some amazing pieces. But the exhibit that blew me away was Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition. I want to make it clear right from the…
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Why I Want to Go to Omaha
Why is Omaha on my travel list? Two words, okay three: The Bodmer Collection. In 1832, German naturalist Prince Maximilian zu Weid-Neuweid led one of the earliest expeditions to the American West.* As anyone who has snapped a picture of the Grand Canyon or the Grand Bazaar knows, expeditions need to be recorded. Instead of…
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History on Display: Elizabeth Rex
If you’re in Chicago between now and January 22, or are close enough that you can get here with no difficulty, I strongly recommend you get tickets to Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of Elizabeth Rex by Canadian playwright Timothy Findley. * Findley builds his story on three historical facts: The Earl of Essex, a court…
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