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CULTURAL TOURS SINCE 1992 SEPTEMBER 18, 2018 |
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2018
CHAGALL, LISETSKY, MALEVICH
The RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE in VITEBSK 1918-1922
This exhibit opened at
THE JEWISH MUSEUM
www.thejewishmuseum.org this week. 2018 is the 100th Anniversary of the
PEOPLE'S ART SCHOOL, founded by Marc Chagall in
VITEBSK, far from Russia's larger cities. 120 works are on view in this exhibit which traces the fascinating post-revolutionary period in Russia.
THE JEWISH MUSEUM is open on Saturday's, but not Wednesdays (the restaurant and shop will be closed). Admission is free. Our bus will drop off at the
JEWISH MUSEUM and pick up at the
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART. Am optional lunch will be planned in
THE JEWISH MUSEUM'S 92nd Street neighborhood.
COST: $70 (BUS ONLY)
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE in HAWAII
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Return with us again to the magnificent
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
www.nygb.org Travel to the
BRONX to explore one of the world's great gardens at the height of the foliage season. A special exhibit on view is
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE :VISIONS OF HAWAII. The exhibit includes 20 rarely seen paintings from a nine- week journey the artist took in 1939 in order to create promotional images for the
HAWAIIAN PINEAPPLE COMPANY as well as a rich and brilliant tropical flower show in the
ENID HAUPT PAVILLIAN.
Here is an article about the Exhibit
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/11/arts/georgia-okeeffe-exhibitions.html The
NYBG has an extraordinary shop as well as several options for lunch on your own.
COST: $90 includes your ticket to the Garden.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24 2018
LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM
Perhaps you have visited this wonderful museum before. You listened to stories and visited the apartments of immigrants who came to American in the early part of the 20th century and settled in
NYC's LOWER EAST SIDE. Recently the museum has developed a new tour called
UNDER ONE ROOF
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/under-one-roof-at-nyc-tenement-museum/
We have purchased a limited number of tickets for this tour. An optional lunch is planned at KATZ'S DELICATESSEN and depending upon traffic, you will have some time to enjoy the shops, bakeries and street life of this fascinating NEW YORK neighborhood. COST: $95 includes the bus trip to NEW YORK and tour at the LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2018
DELACROIX at the METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
IT'S ALWAYS A SELL-OUT! Our "December Wednesday" EXCURSION is a chance to shop, celebrate, enjoy a Broadway show or the Rockettes and more. You can also visit all of the museums mentioned above if you didn't have a chance to see the season's wonderful offerings. We are planning to return again to the fabulous MANDARIN ORIENTAL for HOLIDAY TEA (Price TBA) if that is your pleasure. Our new favorite pick-up point is right outside the door adjacent to the shop-filled TIME WARNER BUILDING on COLUMBUS CIRCLE. COST: $70 (BUS ONLY)
You can always ride our comfortable and congenial coach and "do your own thing". Take advantage of our convenient pick up and drop off points and join our regular group of travelers to the
BIG APPLE. Pickup points in the Philadelphia area are near City Line Avenue and Rittenhouse Sqaure. We depart from Mid-town Manhattan, and often from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The bus cost for our New York day trips is
$70. Payment for our day trips is by check only. Please make your check payable to
EXCURSIONS FROM THE SQUARE, and mail it to
PO Box 2189, PHILADELPHIA, PA, 19103. All sales are final and dates may not be changed. Please include your land line and cell phone numbers as well as your email address with your payment. For more information, call
215 732 8487.
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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
The Blond Gascon c.1850 oil on canvas Smith College Museum of Art,orthampton, Photo by Stephen Petegorsky
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2018
COROT: WOMEN
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
It has been far too long since we have offered a trip to one of the great museum cities of the world,
WASHINGTON, DC. I hope you will join our November trip to see
COROT: WOMEN at the NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
www.nga.gov
The 18th century painter CAMILLE COROT is mostly known for his landscapes but his lesser known figure paintingwere rarely seen outsideof his studio during his lifetime but in ater years made quite an imp[act on CEZANNE, PICASSO and BRAQUE Of course you spend your entire day at the NATIONAL GALLERY or you may choose to include, the NEWSEUM across the street, the HIRSHHORN, THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, to name a few, in your day.
BUS COST: $75 Smithsonian Museums are free.
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A PEEK AHEAD AHEAD TO 2019
BALTIMORE CRAFT HSOW
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23
Join our annual trip to see the nation's highest caliber artisans displaying and selling their work in wood, glass, clay, jewelry, leather, metal and textiles. In the afternoon we will plan an optional trip to visit one of
BALTIMORE'S wonderful museums.
RESERVE YOUR SPOT BY MONDAY, DECEMBER 10 AND PAY ONLY $75 FOR THE BUS AND YOUR TICKET TO THE SHOW!!! (normal price
$90).
SATURDAY, APRIL 13
on BROADWAY
GLENDA JACKSON as KING LEAR
CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION
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