Lego fans and fanatics, you have until February 20 to get over to Morristown for one of the most unusual Lego exhibits you will likely ever see. The Morris Museum has created a showing of more than 25 pieces by Nathan Sawaya, an artist who creates statues and portraits from, you guessed it, Legos....
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School is out, but there are plenty of activities around our area that are still in session, like the week of events at the Newark Museum. From Tuesday to Friday there’s a family event called Miracles Around the World. There will be live music and theater performances, gallery games and scavenger hunts and special...
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Who invented the camera? Not Jacques Daguerre or the Chevalier brothers. Their developments in photography would not have been possible without the work of Ibn Al-Haytham, an Arabic scientist who was the first to offer a scientific explanation for human vision in works published around the year 1015. Or how about the first man...
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You may not know Walter Wick by name, but if you raised children (or grandchildren) any time during the last two decades, you almost certainly spent time puzzling over his work with them. Wick is the creator of the “I Spy” photo riddle books and he is the subject of a museum show that...
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Jane Eliasof, a Verona resident who works with the Montclair Historical Society’s Nathaniel and Israel Crane houses, has let us know that there will be a meeting to introduce potential volunteers to opportunities at local history museum. The seminar will be this Sunday, September 19, from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Montclair Historical...
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Back during Verona’s winter break, we gave you ideas for a few day trips and long weekends. Some of those options, like skiing and the Titanic and Leonardo Da Vinci exhibits, are gone. But several of our earlier ideas are still viable options. Like the Liberty Science Center, Crayola Factory and New York Hall...
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The New York Hall of Science is dubbed an “interactive” science center. What that means is that NYSCI, located close to the Mets’ home field in Queens, has fabulous exhibits that completely encourage hands-on, wholehearted exploration. They range from the very small–magnified microbes in its Hidden Kingdoms exhibit–to the very tall, like the Gemini...
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I’d love to say that the most-played music in my car is some lovely bit of classical jazz. But like most parents, the tunes heard the most belong to the kids, and often include “No!“, the 2002 album by the Brooklyn indie rock group They Might Be Giants. That is due, in no small...
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