“Why are they all sad?” C asked me. I was back at the Richard Avedon exhibit, this time with my daughter. An exhibit is different every time you go, but never quite as different as when you go with a child. You follow their path and irregular pace. You crouch to their eye level to see ...

SARANAC LAKE — Hotel Saranac will host the second evening of the Saranac Lake Art & Science Series, featuring a free artwalk, a talk on monarch butterfly migration and interview with Hilary Hawke Band, followed by a performance from the band. The artwalk will kick off the event off at ...

The first thing I notice when I enter the Richard Avedon photo exhibit at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is the number of photographs. There are roughly 100 pictures, a surprisingly large amount given the topic and given the artist. - An exhibit about aging - I know Avedon for his fashion ...

I am feeling eager. The thawing does that to me. I’m excited to swim in a lake, to garden, to have a picnic. I want to jump on my beautiful old bike and go for a ride with C on the rail trail. I’m also ready to try something new. This summer, I want to get creative. - Benefits of ...

Aristotle was a walker. He liked to walk so much that he would meet his colleagues on the grounds of the Lyceum, a temple in Athens, and stroll through the covered walkways while exploring philosophical and scientific theories. Today, Aristotle’s school is commonly known as the Peripatetic ...

It’s understandable if you don’t think of philosophers as lovers. We have our long-standing obsession with reason over passion to blame. But truth be told, love is inherent in our pursuit of knowledge — the etymological definition of philosophy is, after all, the love of wisdom. We are ...