*Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian Library,* Sept 15 2026
Karen and I saw Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library on Sept 15, 2026. The central character of the play is Hannah Arendt, a German historicist, philosopher, and political theorist. I've been fascinated with Arendt since seeing a movie about her in 2012. I urge you to see that movie (with the clever title Hannah Arendt) and also a recent PBS American Masters special about her. And if you're up for it, read her New Yorker articles about the trial of Adolf Eichmann or
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CDA: Peter Max
Peter Max died earlier this week at the age of 88. I asked my brother Howard to write about him (thank you, Howard): The 60s were colorful. They were psychedelic. They were fun and full of possibilities. Robert Indiana’s LOVE and Sister Corita Kent’s vibrant activist paintings are seared into our memory as images that represent this magical era. But perhaps more than any, Peter Max’s flat and fabulous landscapes captured the style and fervent optimism of those times. As a chi
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