Culture For The Non-Cultured

Just got back from a guided tour of the Museum of Modern Art with Culture for the Non-Cultured Meetup site). Great art to be seen and discussed; great people to meet.
Whenever I go to museums, I try to leave with at least 2 or 3 facts that I didn’t know before that [...]

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As many readers of this blog know, I organize Culture for the Non-Cultured Meetup, a large social group that attends various cultural events — theater, museums, movies, ballet, baseball games, etc. — in groups of 20-60 people.  After each event, we eat.
Below are events in our future.  (many have not been officially announced on the [...]

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Earlier this month, I went on a tour of Carnegie Hall with a group from Culture for the Non-Cultured Meetup.
‘Twas a really cool tour, where we learned stuff about Andrew Carnegie and the Hall itself– like that:

Andrew Carnegie’s mommy forbid him to marry while she was alive (hmmmm … Freud would have a [...]

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As many of you know, for the past 2 years, I have organized a large social group in New York City called Culture for the Non-Cultured Meetup. We attend cultural events around the city — theater, museums, walking tours, baseball games, and more — in groups of 20-60 people. Events are usually held 3-4 [...]

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They say truly beautiful women can look beautiful even if they are wearing a garbage bag.
Well, James Earl Jones’s voice and presence is the oral and theatrical equivalent. He is fantastic even when saying the alphabet really … really … slowly, as he does in this classic tape from Sesame Street.  
The clip is at [...]

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Hooray for the slight sexualization of important figures in our nation’s history!
Vote A, B, or C in the comments section.
Vote A in the comments section for Alexander Hamilton

A. Alexander Hamilton:
Connection to New York: He founded the New York Post! He also died in New York City after he was offed in a duel [...]

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As I explained in an earlier blog, on the weekends, I like to take staycations: to experience New York City as if I was a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed tourist on one of those ubiquitous double-decker buses. This attitude is tempered, of course, with the knowledge of one who is lucky enough to call herself [...]

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Hello there, and welcome to Culture for the Non-Cultured: The Blog.
This blog is about culture, where culture is broadly defined to include, basically, anything and everything — theater, museums, walking tours, movies, people-watching, nature-watching, philosophy, current events, celebrity gossip — with a strong emphasis on New York City.
Culture for the Non-Cultured: The Blog is a [...]

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