Art for All at New Jersey’s Grounds for Sculpture

Published in Side of Culture: A great day trip from NYC or Philadelphia, the beautifully landscaped 42 acres of the Grounds for Sculpture (GFS) provide an inviting setting year-round for almost 300 contemporary sculptures. The sculpture park was the vision of founder and artist Seward Johnson, who died in 2020. He wanted to present contemporary sculpture in a non-intimidating … Read more

What’s Happening in… LGBTQ Columbus, Ohio

The city of scarlet and gray, the colors of their beloved The Ohio State University, brings a pop of rainbow to the American Midwest. Columbus is a young city with an entrepreneurial spirit. According to the U.S. Census Bureau findings released in 2019, Columbus was the only Midwestern city to make the Top 15 Fastest … Read more

Art in Nature: Storm King Art Center at 60

Side of Culture: A 500-acre, open-air sculpture park in New York’s Hudson Valley, Storm King Art Center is celebrating its 60th anniversary when its vision of supporting artists, art, and nature seems more relevant and urgent than ever. It has become famous internationally as a beautiful, ever-changing natural showcase for work by distinguished contemporary artists including Mark … Read more

10 Historic Sites You Absolutely Must See in Philadelphia

Fodors.com: The City of Brotherly Love has more outstanding historic places (let alone the Rocky steps and statue, which don’t count here!) than Benjamin Franklin had aphorisms. Don’t-miss icons like Independence Hall recall the city’s role in the American Revolution. But you’ll get a fuller sense of Philly if you also see notable places that tell other … Read more