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Great museum visits
As a proud member of the
board of the unique and
iconic Queens Museum
in Flushing Park, I know that Raicovich on to new Her legacy our
fundraising programming
will be relished visitors
and this my grandchildren museum’s
Spooktacular,fundraiser best of the This year ever with saying
“Grandma,most fun.come
back next They loved puppet
show where were the puppeteers
playing to of families The staff backed
them up Addy had big
as the Unisphere the museum.
I loved dressed as and the stilt outrageously
dressed,dancing
to the encouraging children
to dance It brought to see the hall to the for puppet-where the hundreds
of school day.
On Sunday family 1:30 to 4:therapist
works special needs the month.to the opening inside the opens, the curate fiction books for sessions
made possible by a grant from
New York Community Bank. It
is money well spent! My kids
can’t wait to come again.
We also explored the unique
and awesome Panorama, walking
in from the main floor. Sixyear
old Addy was frightened by
was
airplane landing at Laguardia
Airport where the terminal is
built to scale. In fact, in the
Panorama, every building in
New York City is built to scale in
a football-field-size space.
The museum is currently featuring
an exhibit of buildings
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VISITING THE MET
I visited the majestic worldclass,
Metropolitan Museum
Manhattan to see the once-ina
lifetime largest exhibition of
works by Renaissance artist
Michelangelo, born in
1475. The exhibit was
dubbed a “tour
de
genius” by The New
York Times, and it
truly is!
Titled “Divine
Draftsman and
Designer,” the
exhibit features the
towering genius’
sketches, paintings
and sculptures. The
show is “a monument
to a monument,” the art
critic Holland Cotter wrote.
I had the privilege of being
led through the exhibit by its
curator Carmen Bambach who
admitted she has devoted her
life to studying the works of
Michelangelo since she was in
college. She devotedly traveled
the world to find in private collections
and museums the works
she lovingly put together in a
single exhibition. The enormous
exhibition includes an actual
to-scale recreation of the ceiling
of the Sistine Chapel. In addition,
an early sculpture that preceded
Michelangelo’s massive,
magnificent David is there to
see, as well as plans of his creations
including sketches preceding
the Pieta. That sculpture
was seen in its original at the
World’s Fair in 1964, and the
reproduction drew crowds to
the Queens Museum for
years.
It’s hard to comprehend
the genius of a
man often in competition
with his rival
Leonardo Di Vinci. I
was impressed with
Michelangelo’s technical
and awe-inspiring
knowledge of
human anatomy seen
in
his work .
It’s all there at the Met
- a once-in-a-lifetime limited
engagement. It’s worth
the trip. Take the audio tour
to enjoy even more the mastery
before you! You too will love it!
What a week to take in two different
experiences at great museums
– only in New York, the
greatest city in the world!
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the glass floor looking
down on
the city below.
I held her
hand as fearless
eight-yearold
Jonah ran
ahead. He was
amazed at the
proposed for the World’s Fair but
never constructed; the exhibit is
called “Never Built New York.”
Those properties were added to
the Panorama lit up in brilliant
white lights.
Put the Queens Museum on
your must-see list and stop at
the cafe Coffeed overlooking the
park and the iconic Unisphere.
Try it! You too will love the
experience.
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In last week’s column about Caryn Schwab of Mount Sinai
Queens, I mentioned the hospital’s state designation as a
Primary Stroke Center, adding that it is “the only one in
Queens.” However, NewYork-Presbyterian Queens in Flushing
is also designated as a Primary Stroke Center. I regret the error.