peterlawlor wrote a new post, Jazz Presentation, on the site The City, the...
Jazz A History (1) Here is our lovely presentation on the history of Jazz. Open in a new tab to download the powerpoint. Enjoy!
View Articlepeterlawlor wrote a new post, How will this story end?, on the site The City,...
Seeing some of the frames on page 299 of iconic ending scenes of some of my favorite movies brought back some great memories. The scene where Darth Vader tells Luke Skywalker in The Empire Strikes Back...
View Articlepeterlawlor wrote a new post, Seeing Jazz for the First Time, on the site The...
I really enjoyed watching the Chestnut Trio perform. It was the first Jazz performance I had ever attended and it certainly will not be my last. Listening to the all the songs they performed...
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The naughty and nice list didn’t initially come into my mind when I was reading this section but now that I think about it, you’re right, we would all be on the naughty list. Coal is going to be very...
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“Is the ending already written”? and “Can we rewrite it”? are really difficult questions to consider. Earlier in the book some of the experts mentioned that even if we change our actions drastically in...
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peterlawlor wrote a new post, Ilustrations, Paintings, and Artifacts at The...
On November 7th I went to the Museum of the City of New York, located on 103rd street and fifth avenue. The museum is centered around the artwork, historical artifacts, and imagery connected to the...
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While I have agreed with Squarzoni on all the facts and the perspective he brings to the issues, I did not particularly like his dismissiveness of nuclear energy in the book. Indian Point Power Plant,...
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The dog dying was definitely symbolic. Even though it is just a dog, its death symbolizes the mortality of all things, as well as its suddenness. It certainly is a big task to ponder the mortality of...
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This was quite powerful. I think you captured well the sentiment that someone would feel about the loss of the dog and that misguided expectation for the dog to be there even though you know it is...
View Articlepeterlawlor wrote a new post, Where I'm From, on the site The City, the Arts,...
Link to the video: http://youtu.be/lW4TvMqHIGs Poem: I’m from Morningside Heights NYC Son to English Immigrants, with tales of Liverpool and Sunderland always close by. I’m from my mother’s earl […]
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This project was fun yet challenging for me to do. It was fun in that I could reflect on all the different influences and places that shaped me into the person I am today but it was also difficult to...
View Articlepeterlawlor wrote a new post, The Need for Sacrifice , on the site The City,...
This section of the book was especially deep, addressing many different concepts about climate change and society, but the idea of sacrifice was something that particularly sparked my imagination. The...
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peterlawlor wrote a new post, Lee Krasner and Norman Lewis at the Jewish...
On November 7th I went to the Jewish Museum, located on East 92nd street on Fifth Avenue. Going into the museum, I did not really know what to expect or what I was going to see. Needless to say I was...
View Articlepeterlawlor wrote a new post, The Story goes on..., on the site The City, the...
Looking back on the book, I see it as an introduction to the reality of climate change, one that Squarzoni has made accessible to the public yet rooted in science. Like many other art forms surrounding...
View Articlepeterlawlor wrote a new post, Birds in Brooklyn, on the site The City, the...
I came to the performance a little bit after it had began and the employees told me to enter quietly as it was very still and tranquil in the auditorium. When I sat and looked at the stage what...
View Articlepeterlawlor wrote a new post, Response to Ann Patchett's "Falling in Love...
I appreciated what Ann Patchett had to say in this passage. I think what she posits is absolutely true: the more expository information about an art form we acquire, the more we are able to truly...
View Articlepeterlawlor wrote a new post, Turning over a new leaf, on the site The City,...
I thought it was a pretty bold claim on Al Gore’s part to say that “we will ultimately prevail” in the struggle to solve the climate crisis but he supported his optimism very well. I think what Gore...
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Hope really is not plan. I think we should all have hope but like you said we need to take action instead of just having wishful thinking. At this point, the voice calling awareness to the reality of...
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I remember watching the television reports on Hurricane Katrina when it happened. The devastation was such that parts of New Orleans are still recovering all these years later. While we can’t always...
View Articlepeterlawlor wrote a new post, ZERO: Countdown to Tomorrow at the Guggenheim,...
On November 7th I went to the famous Guggenheim Museum on East 89th street. The building itself is so iconic and has such a presence that I really couldn’t imagine New York City without it. Despite...
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