Posted by Jessica Esch on Wednesday, February 16, 2011,
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Posted by Jessica Esch on Tuesday, January 18, 2011,
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In 2012, Dr. Albert Barnes' amazing art collection will be moved to Philadelphia from its once-permanent home in Merion. While I would love to see the art, Philadelphia will not receive any money from us. Barnes was crystal clear in his will about the future of his collection (never to be moved, loaned or sold) yet this movie documents how his wishes were not honored time and time again.
I cannot reward Philadelphia for what they have done.
Watch the movie and see if you can.
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Posted by Jessica Esch on Wednesday, January 12, 2011,
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Posted by Jessica Esch on Monday, December 13, 2010,
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We missed the documentary
Herb and Dorothy at
Space Gallery but watched it Saturday night a la Netflix. The Vogels collected over 2,000 pieces of contemporary art in more than 30 years and stored them all in their one-bedroom apartment. In 1992, they donated everything to the
National Gallery of Art.
Dorothy had my favorite line: "Anybody can have these ideas but to do it... it really is quite a miracle."
She was talking about the artwork but the same holds for what they did.
Posted by Jessica Esch on Saturday, October 23, 2010,
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I'm wondering why I was so anxious to see Waiting For Superman, a documentary about the state of education in our country. It's not pretty. In fact, it's downright disgusting. I knew it was bad in some areas. I was in denial about how bad it is all over.
It would be nice to think Waiting for Superman is a movie about someone else's children, children we would not see in our grocery store or on the playground near our home. However, chew on this:
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Posted by Jessica Esch on Saturday, April 24, 2010,
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