Category: New England

Bruce Museum Highlights Alfred Sisley, Impressionist in Exclusive Exhibit

.Reading time 4 minutes.

Alfred Sisley (1839-1899): Impressionist Master at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut showcases a rich array of Sisley’s works from private collections and major museums. After a recent visit to the Peabody Museum at Yale, I developed a curiosity to explore museums in Fairfield County. I’ve always seen the sign for the Bruce Museum on […]

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Christmas at The Ocean House

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A few snapshots of Christmas cheer in Watch Hill I’ve always heard that the Ocean House is beautiful year-round—especially in the summer—but it was such a surreal experience enjoying the hotel and beautiful beach views with the family for Christmas.  My cousin and her family hosted Christmas day in the Narragansett Suite. Only Taylor Swift’s […]

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Hermione-Lafayette Makes Voyage from France to U.S.

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The French tall ship Hermione-Lafayette has been making her way up the East Coast from Yorktown, PA towards Lunenburg, Nova Scotia—she will be stopping at Fort Adams in Newport, R.I. during July 8-9. The Hermione-Lafayette—an exact replica of the Marquis de Lafayette’s vessel in 1780—is the most authentically built tall ship in the past 150 […]

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Newport: Au Courant Fashion Show at Ochre Court

.Reading time 7 minutes.

Au Courant: An Evening Too Marvelous for Words was a fashion show held in Ochre Court that featured local New England designers and benefited Child and Family’s community programs. When I heard of Au Courant in the beginning of the summer, I was excited to attend, but soon found out tickets were a little outside […]

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"Beauty as Duty" Exhibit at MFA

.Reading time 7 minutes.

Last weekend, the university hosted a trip the the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. There were two exhibits I wanted to see especially–“Figure/Fabric/Fantasy”: Selections from the Jean S. Frederic A Sharf Collection of Fashion Drawing and “Beauty as Duty”: Textiles and the Home Front in WWII Britain. Other exhibits at the MFA include “Silver, […]

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