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HISTORICAL FICTION
By Ted Takashima
October 2022
Tribute to the Queen
Elizabeth II: The Sovereign and the Bohemian The Secrets Behind Britain’s Royal Portraits Read More »
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Tell Me a Story, Please
The sweet magical tale from Japan highlights the power of reading aloud and the joy of creating a story. under a tall maple tree, a young Japanese girl reading stories attracts some animal companions. Though Yuka can read on her own now that she’s in first grade, she loves listening to her mother tell stories in different voices. When her ... Read More »
Hojo Tokimune
RANSHIN: Tokimune would become eighth Regent at age 18. The Hojo Regents at this time were the de facto rulers of Japan, effectively controlling the figurehead shogunate. Hojo Tokimune (1251–1284) was born an elite warrior and statesman, destined to rule his clan and country, on June 5, 1251, to the fifth Shikken (Regent) to the Shogun, Hojo Tokiyori. Tokimune would ... Read More »
Letter from Kublai Khan to the Japanese Emperor
RANSHIN: In 1266, Kublai Khan sent envoys to Japan with a letter addressed to the “King of Japan.” In 1266, Kublai Khan (1215–1294), the new Mongol emperor of China, sent envoys to Japan with a letter addressed to the “King of Japan”—a title guaranteed to offend the Japanese emperor. The letter itself was equally unpalatable. The Great Khan “invited” Japan ... Read More »
The Mongol Invasions of Japan
Ranshin: Literally meaning “divine wind,” the term kamikaze was coined in honor of the 1281 typhoon, as it was perceived to be a gift from the gods Nippon (Japan) is an island nation in East Asia. Archaeological evidence indicates that humans have lived in Japan since at least 30,000 BCE. During Japan’s long history, several communities have invaded the nation, ... Read More »
The Ninth Crusade
RANSHIN, the fictional Edward Gawain is among the 225 knights who arrived with Edward Longshanks in Akko in 1271. The Crusades—a series of religious wars carried out by Christian soldiers from Europe during the Middle Ages—are among the most significant events in the history of Europe and the Middle East. Beginning in 1095 CE, European knights and noblemen traveled to ... Read More »
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Build Your Own Collection: Cumbia Edition
In Music+Travel Worldwide, Eve Hyman introduces you to some of the hottest new cumbia artists coming out of Buenos Aires. But what can you do if you can’t make it to the record stores in BA’s cumbia hotspots — the stalls of the Constitucion train station or at Miles Discos (Honduras 4912, Buenos Aires; +51 11 4832-0466) and Zivals (Serrano ... Read More » -
OUT NOW! Music + Travel Worldwide: 12 Cities / 12 Scenes
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It’s Good to be King
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Discovering: Cumbia
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The Digital Domain: Argentina
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New Argentine Cinema: Argentina
In the past decade, Argentina has seen the explosion of a new generation of moviemakers. Andrea Chignoli is your guide to New Argentine Cinema, the naturalistic and socially conscious films that sometimes straddle the line between documentary and fiction. Visit the rugged landscapes of Patagonia and cosmopolitan Buenos Aires. Also, find out why Madonna avoided Argentina while filming Evita ... Read More »
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Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective
In the early 1960s, when the art scene was ruled by the seriousness of Abstract Expressionism, artist Roy Lichtenstein dove head first into the ubiquitous world of pop culture. He plucked images from advertisements and cartoons and rendered them with oversized Ben-Day printer’s dots, which he painstakingly rendered by hand. Since then, dozens of artists—stars like Richard Prince and Jeff ... Read More » -
Munch’s Scream Visits MoMA
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Where the Artists Lived: L.E.S. and East Village
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Focus on the Bowery at New Museum
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Andy Warhol’s New York
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99% THANK YOU: Things Even ALS Can’t Take Away
At the age of 30, Hiro’s life suddenly fell apart. Three years after the diagnosis, this strategic planner from a global advertising agency can now only move his left index finger and his face, yet he manages to express his thoughts and emotions on life before and after ALS…and about his hope. ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis also known as Lou ... Read More »
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News: Van Gogh Thieves Caught?
Last month, ‘Poppy Flowers’ by Vincent van Gogh went missing from a Cairo Museum and this week, 11 people have been implemented in the scheme to steal the work worth over $55 million. From Bloomberg news: Egypt’s public prosecutor said 11 people will be tried in connection with the theft of a $55 million Vincent Van Gogh painting in ... Read More » -
News: Van Gogh’s Bedroom is Back
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News: Van Gogh Stolen in Egypt
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News: Van Gogh Gets an Update
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News: The “Graying” of Van Gogh
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Armchair Traveler: Rouen, France and the Impressionists
“I am exhausted, I can’t bear it any more and I had nightmares last night: the cathedral was falling down on me, it seemed to be blue, or pink or yellow.” —Claude Monet From 1892 to 1893, Monet painted the 31 works that comprise his Rouen Cathedral series. He was solitary and oblivious to the other artists working around him. ... Read More » -
Renoir: The Artist Who Loved Women
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Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity to Open at the Metropolitan Museum on February 26
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Paul Cézanne and Aix-en-Provence
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The Private Passions of Claude Monet
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99% THANK YOU: Things Even ALS Can’t Take Away
At the age of 30, Hiro’s life suddenly fell apart. Three years after the diagnosis, this strategic planner from a global advertising agency can now only move his left index finger and his face, yet he manages to express his thoughts and emotions on life before and after ALS…and about his hope. ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis also known as Lou ... Read More » -
Armchair Traveler: Phuket, Thailand
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Museyon’s Guide to…The Cairo Film Festival
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Extended Travel: Petra, Jordan
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Lost in Translation + Travel
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Museyon’s Guide To…Splendour in the Grass
Splendour in the Grass is Australia’s largest, Winter festival, taking place from July 30th to August 1st, and is so popular that in past years, tickets have sold out in a matter of hours with scalped tickets going for over $3,000 on Ebay. This year, the line-up is once again worthy of desperate measures as the festival welcomes a ... Read More » -
Spotlight On…Pony, Melbourne
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OUT NOW! Music + Travel Worldwide: 12 Cities / 12 Scenes
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The Scene in Six Sounds: Australia
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Ask The Locals: Deloris
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Mapping ‘Mad Max’
With summer road trips in mind, New York Times movie critic A. O. Scott chooses 1979’s ‘Mad Max’ as this week’s Critics’ Pick. He may love the movie for its dystopian vision, take-no-prisoners action and Mel Gibson’s blue eyes (trust us, it’s in the video), but we love the movie’s dramatic setting most of all. Scott says the film’s sweeping, dusty panoramas ... Read More » -
Where the Movies Really Are
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Sydney Screenings
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Pop Quiz
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Great Southern Filmscapes: Australia + New Zealand
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Tribute to the Queen
Elizabeth II: The Sovereign and the Bohemian The Secrets Behind Britain’s Royal Portraits Read More » -
Tell Me a Story, Please
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Hojo Tokimune
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Letter from Kublai Khan to the Japanese Emperor
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The Mongol Invasions of Japan
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Extended Travel: Niagara Falls
There is something in the name Niagara Falls that induces in the American imagination a nostalgia for things we’ve never known but feel we’ve always known; of road trips in Winnebagos, of our grandparent’s honeymoon, of holding hands in yellow rain slickers. Ingrained from an early age through black and white movies starring Marilyn Monroe and grainy photos of great ... Read More » -
Montreal Movies
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Where the Movies Really Are
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Film + Travel Sneak Peek
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Ideas of North: Canada
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Tribune reviewed Chronicles of Old Chicago
Chronicles of Old Chicago is reviewed highly by Chicago Tribune. This is a must-read book for American history buffs, Chicago residents, baseball fans, political historians, tourists, and you! “Though “newer Chicagoans” are here (the late Roger Ebert, Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama), it is the “old Chicago” of the title that is the real star, the Chicago of the popular ... Read More » -
Chronicles of Old Chicago
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Museyon’s Guide to…Pitchfork Festival
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One Week Only: Wesley Willis’ Joy Ride
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OUT NOW! Music + Travel Worldwide: 12 Cities / 12 Scenes
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Meet Museyon: Alvaro Ceppi
Each Museyon Guide is filled with insider info from experts around the world. Meet Alvaro Ceppi, your guide to film in Chile. Alvaro Ceppi is a filmmaker who has directed more than 40 music videos for various Chilean acts. In 2002, along with three partners, he formed Sólo por las Niñas Audiovisual (Only for the Girls AV), an animation and live-action ... Read More » -
Before and After Tyranny: Chile
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News: Beijing’s Midi Festival Returns Home
After a 2009 exile to the city of Zhenjiang, China’s Midi Festival is poised to make a triumphant return to Beijing this year with over 80 acts including Museyon favorites Carsick Cars and Xiao He. The Midi Festival is China’s largest rock event, held annually in May, for experimental music of all types including electronic, punk, and classical. This ... Read More » -
Beijing Travel Tip: Bring Cigs
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Museyon Live: One Night Only
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OUT NOW! Music + Travel Worldwide: 12 Cities / 12 Scenes
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Beijing Rock City
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New York City’s Grand Central celebrates centennial: Grand Central, Park Avenue and Cornelius Vanderbilt
Grand Central Terminal opened its doors to the public at midnight on February 1, 1913. The first train left at 12:20 AM. What began as the new terminal for electric trains transformed the area into prime real estate in Manhattan, called Park Avenue. There was a time when Park Avenue was known as Fourth Avenue, and it was populated mainly ... Read More » -
A Very Museyon Holiday
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Spotted: Chronicles Series
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Museyon Goes Digital!
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Spotlight On: Fraunces Tavern
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The Life and Death of a Free Thinker
An uncontested election is a sign of democracy at work, but America wasn’t always the land of the free. When the first European settlers arrived in the New World, religion and superstition ruled the land, and the rights we take for granted today were a long way away. Anne Hutchinson was a Puritan settler who came to America in 1634 ... Read More » -
A Very Museyon Holiday
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Book Launch with Charles Bahne
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Museyon Goes Digital!
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100 Years of Fenway
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Tribune reviewed Chronicles of Old Chicago
Chronicles of Old Chicago is reviewed highly by Chicago Tribune. This is a must-read book for American history buffs, Chicago residents, baseball fans, political historians, tourists, and you! “Though “newer Chicagoans” are here (the late Roger Ebert, Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama), it is the “old Chicago” of the title that is the real star, the Chicago of the popular ... Read More » -
Chronicles of Old Chicago
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Museyon Goes Digital!
Museyon has jumped into the digital age with this week’s release of our Chronicles series for Kindle and iPad. The first four books in our guides to the world’s greatest cities—New York, Vegas, Paris and Boston—are now available for download. All that great content for half the price of the paperback. Even better, the eBooks include our signature maps and ... Read More » -
Live in Las Vegas: James Roman’s Chronicles of Old Las Vegas
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Spotlight On: Moulin Rouge, Las Vegas
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Spotlight On: The Springs Preserve
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Announcing Chronicles of Old Las Vegas!
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NBC’s Parks and Recreation goes to London with “Chronicles”
It was out of the blue when the producers of the Emmy-winning Parks and Recreation show on NBC wanted to use our Chronicles of Old London guide for the Season 6 premiere episode, but come to think of it – it makes total sense. Like all our guides, the London book is both intelligent and looks spectacular on screen! Most ... Read More » -
A Very Museyon Holiday
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London’s Rockin History
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Warm Up for the Olympics with Museyon Guides
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Announcing…Chronicles of Old London
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“I owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt”—Ella Fitzgerald
Glamour and gangs defined the Sunset Strip between the 1930s and the 1950s, as its renowned restaurants and nightclubs became a playground for the rich and famous. There were movie legends and power brokers, and everyone of significance danced to stardom at such legendary clubs as Ciro’s, the Mocambo and the Trocadero. Frank Sinatra made his Los Angeles debut at ... Read More »
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New York City’s Grand Central celebrates centennial: Grand Central, Park Avenue and Cornelius Vanderbilt
Grand Central Terminal opened its doors to the public at midnight on February 1, 1913. The first train left at 12:20 AM. What began as the new terminal for electric trains transformed the area into prime real estate in Manhattan, called Park Avenue. There was a time when Park Avenue was known as Fourth Avenue, and it was populated mainly ... Read More » -
Spotlight On: Fraunces Tavern
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A Very Museyon Holiday
Now that summer is (unofficially at least) over, it’s time to start thinking of fall and all that lies ahead. It might seem crazy now, but the holidays aren’t that far away—as we were recently reminded when we got this year’s Metropolitan Museum of Art holiday catalog featuring our very own Chronicles series. That’s right, this year that museum ... Read More » -
Museyon Goes Digital!
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Meet the Collectors: The Stein Family
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Spotlight On: Coco Chanel
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Spotlight On: The Galeries Lafayette
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“I’m suffering greater hardships than ever man indured”
What words come to your mind when you see the famous ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? “Divine”? “Inspirational”? “Majestic”? How about “belly out of whack” or “a thousand hazards”? How about “skull scrapes where a hunchback’s lump would be”? Or, “ill from the overwhelming labor”? It took Michelangelo over 4 years of arduous toil to single-handedly complete the famous painting ... Read More » -
The Ides of March: Where exactly was Caesar killed in Rome?
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Girls, Get Naked and Sleep next Sunday Night!—The Eve of St. Agnes
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Sistine Chapel at 500
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The Talented Mr. Ripley in Rome
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Chronicles of Old San Francisco
San Francisco is such a modern, progressive city that it is easy to forget just what a rich history it has. The eighth title in Museyon’s Chronicles series, Chronicles of Old San Francisco explores the City by the Bay, beginning when a storm blew English buccaneer Sir Francis Drake and his ship, the Golden Hind, off course. Setting anchor at ... Read More » -
Vertigo = San Francisco
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Spotlight On: Coco Chanel
Coco Chanel. Gracefully rolling off the tongue, the name itself exudes a fierce confidence sewed together with a charming grace. Born August 18, 1983, Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel would grow up to revolutionize the fashion industry with her modernist mind, keen fashion sense, belief that women could sport the styles usually found on men, and of course, her little black ... Read More » -
Spotlight On: The Galeries Lafayette
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Spotlight On: Café de Flore
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Spotlight On: Colette, Paris
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Spotlight On…The Costume Institute
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Tea Ceremony Etiquette
Japanese-beloved historic hero, Oda Nobunaga initiated the unification of Japan under the shogunate, the militaristic dictatorship, during the late 16th century. During this time, Nobunaga’s tea master, Sen no Rikyu, established the Japanese tea ceremony, which the shoguns used to talk politics and to display their wealth and power. Today, it is most often used to show hospitality to guests, ... Read More » -
Entertaining Guide Book: COOL JAPAN
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News: Girl With a Pearl Earring is Dust
This artist find from DesignTaxi.com is bringing old masters to new mediums and breathing a life into works that may never have gotten to see the back of a Chevy. Artist Scott Wade told DesignTaxi that he describes his pieces as “dirty car art.” But his “dust paintings” are much more, created with a hand adept at shading ... Read More » -
News: The Young Vermeer
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News: A Pop Journey Through Art History
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Upper East Side Girls: Nine of Vermeer’s Maids Living In Manhattan
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Art Bounty Hunt: Find the Lost Vermeer, Win $5 Million!
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Building Fantasies: East Africa in Film
The vision of Africa as “the dark continent” was cemented in film history by films like 1951’s The African Queen, but that’s only a fraction of the role that the continent plays on film. From romanticized portrays of Africa’s natural splendor to the investigations into its recent history in Hotel Rwanda and The Last King of Scotland, the legacy of ... Read More »
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Frank Gossner Serves Up Hot Vintage Afro-Pop With “Lagos Disco Inferno”
If you’ve ever thumbed through an edition of our “Music + Travel: Worldwide” guidebook to musical scenes from around the globe, you’d know that we have a soft spot in our hearts for the bouncing Afro-Pop beats that flowed out of the Africa starting in the 1970s. Specifically, we’ve dedicated an entire chapter to “Ethiopop”, the heady mix of ... Read More » -
OUT NOW! Music + Travel Worldwide: 12 Cities / 12 Scenes
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Inside Eithiopop
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Swing Shifts: Addis Ababa
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Armchair Traveler: Sicily
Italian, yes, but also fiercely independent, the Mediterranean island of Sicily has a rich and complicated history, one that blends an international mix of influences. Its beautiful vistas, quaint towns, sultry atmosphere, and longstanding traditions have inspired countless directors to film here, on location. Discover Sicily through cinema as we tour three of its historic towns, and check out Museyon’s ... Read More » -
Tamara Drewe + Travel
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Extended Travel: Greenwich, London
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Museyon’s Guide to…San Sebastián International Film Festival
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Museyon’s Guide to…BFI London Film Festival
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HAPPY SNAPPER: The Photography of Jacques-Henri Lartigue
Author John Baxter presents another fascinating story to add to his latest Museyon title French Riviera and Its Artists: Art, Literature, Love, and Life on the Côte d’Azur. Enjoy this special promotional chapter about the photographer Jacques-Henri Lartigue! In 1962, a placid white-haired Frenchman of sixty-nine wandered into the Manhattan offices of photography agent Charles Rado. With him was a ... Read More » -
Ah, Paris of the 1920s
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Extended Travel: Rouen, France
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Extended Travel: Lourdes, France
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Spotlight on…La Boule Noire, Paris
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HAPPY SNAPPER: The Photography of Jacques-Henri Lartigue
Author John Baxter presents another fascinating story to add to his latest Museyon title French Riviera and Its Artists: Art, Literature, Love, and Life on the Côte d’Azur. Enjoy this special promotional chapter about the photographer Jacques-Henri Lartigue! In 1962, a placid white-haired Frenchman of sixty-nine wandered into the Manhattan offices of photography agent Charles Rado. With him was a ... Read More »
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Spotlight On…Delicious Doughnuts, Berlin
Nestled in the central Mitte district of Berlin is an establishment that we’re sure has had more than one tourist entering its doors looking for a sweet treat rather than a cold beer. Delicious Doughnuts, unfortunately, does not serve doughnuts of any variety but rather a roster of djs who nightly fill the small dance floor. The venue has ... Read More » -
Music Interview: DJ Wool + Berlin
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Extended Travel: Neuschwanstein, Germany
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We <3: The Love Parade
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Back to Berlin
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What’s New in Hong Kong? Gastropubs, Towering Views, and Lots of Smog
If you’ve ever thumbed through a copy of our “FILM + TRAVEL: Asia, Oceania, Africa” (and if you haven’t, you really should), you’d know that Hong Kong is one of our favorite towns for ear-splitting, bone-crunching cinematic action. But the backdrop for such explosive, high-kicking flicks as “Infernal Affairs”, “Chungking Express”, and thousands upon thousands of others is not ... Read More » -
Checking Out ‘Chungking Express’
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Where in the World?
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Nocturne: The City in Pictures: Hong Kong, China
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Armchair Traveler: Shah Jahan’s gift to his beloved wife, the Taj Mahal of India
On St. Valentine’s Day jewelry, flowers and gifts are exchanged between loved ones. But who can do more than Shah Jahan who built the Taj Mahal as a memorial to his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal, who died giving birth to their 14th child? Born as Prince Khurram in 1592, Shah Jahan was the fifth son of Mughal Emperor Jahangir ... Read More » -
Spotlight On…Furtado’s, Mumbai
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OUT NOW! Music + Travel Worldwide: 12 Cities / 12 Scenes
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Foxy Friday: Gary Lawyer
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Passage to Indipop
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Tehran Rock City
In Bahman Ghobadi’s film ‘No One Knows About Persian Cats‘, underground film meets underground music in Iran. The 2009 film is a docu drama about two young Persians trying to start a heavy metal band in the face of censors, after they are released from prison — a poignant protest film released shortly before this year’s disputed elections. At ... Read More » -
Inside Iran
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Meet Museyon: Mikael Awake
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Beyond the Axis of Evil: Iran
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Music Interview: Niall Byrne + Dublin
In 2005, Niall Byrne founded the music blog Nialler9 as a place for him to discuss the music he loves, from folk to hip-hop. Since then, his well-crafted site and passion for music has led Nialler9 to become Ireland’s most popular music blog and for Niall to writing gigs at newpapers and magazines as well as a position on ... Read More » -
Spotlight On…Wall of Fame, Dublin
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Hearing O’ The Green: A Sip of Irish Sounds For St. Paddy’s Day
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The Scene In Six Sounds: Ones To Watch
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OUT NOW! Music + Travel Worldwide: 12 Cities / 12 Scenes
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Armchair Traveler: Sicily
Italian, yes, but also fiercely independent, the Mediterranean island of Sicily has a rich and complicated history, one that blends an international mix of influences. Its beautiful vistas, quaint towns, sultry atmosphere, and longstanding traditions have inspired countless directors to film here, on location. Discover Sicily through cinema as we tour three of its historic towns, and check out Museyon’s ... Read More » -
Spotlight On…Cinecittà Studios
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Location Violation: Man Takes A Dangerous Dive Into The Trevi Fountain
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Disaster Movie
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‘Angels’ in Italy
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News: Goya and the Cocaine Smugglers
It is not every day that a painter who has been dead for the better of 200 years is involved in an international drug smuggling network but such was the case this weekend when Spanish police busted a crime ring that spanned two continents. 59 people were arrested and police conviscated 16.5 kilos of cocaine, EUR 1,100 in counterfeit ... Read More » -
News: Jerry Saltz Picks His Fave Paintings
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Spotlight On…San Antonio de La Florida, Madrid
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News: Save Goya’s Hill
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Goya + Rosario Weiss: All in the Family
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And ‘Y Tu Mamá Tambien,’ Too
On Avenida Culiacan in Mexico City you’ll find the offices of Canana Films, the production company run by Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal, two of Mexico’s most popular young actors. The pair became international stars after Alfonso Cuarón’s hit, ‘Y Tu Mamá Tambien,’ a film that itself begins in Mexico City. Part coming of age story and part quest ... Read More » -
Eisenstein’s Mexican Side
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Film and Reality: Mexico City, Mexico
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Where the Movies Really Are
Check out the August issue of the always awesome Travel + Leisure for a guide to where your favorite movies are actually filmed. Author Darrell Hartman gives a big shout-out to Museyon Guides, with five movies filmed in surprising locations. That scene with this post … it doesn’t get more iconically Wild West than that, right? Wrong. It’s actually Almeria, Spain, cinematic backdrop ... Read More » -
An American in Morocco
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Vertigo = San Francisco
Through Alfred Hitchcock’s eyes, San Francisco seemed the perfect place to film a murder mystery. It wasn’t unusual for the director to chose locations before developing a story to be filmed there. The result? His iconic 1958 film, Vertigo, which makes the most of the city’s eerie and claustrophobic cityscapes. See which SF landmarks you can spot in the original Vertigo trailer. ... Read More » -
Bring Museyon Home for the Holidays
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Museyon Goes Digital!
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Coming Soon: Chronicles of Old Boston!
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More Museyon: Art+Travel Europe Now in Japanese
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Armchair Traveler: Munch and Oslo
Edvard Munch’s iconic Scream changed the course of art history, and has become one of the most reproduced works of art in the world. It’s become one of the most expensive, too, selling for nearly $120 million in May. The artist was born 149 years ago this week in Ådalsbruk, Norway. Soon after, his family moved to the capital ... Read More » -
Munch’s Scream Visits MoMA
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More Museyon: Art+Travel Europe Now in Japanese
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News: Rutgers Returns Art Stolen by Nazis
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News: Chuck Close Taxi Exhibition
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Vertigo = San Francisco
Through Alfred Hitchcock’s eyes, San Francisco seemed the perfect place to film a murder mystery. It wasn’t unusual for the director to chose locations before developing a story to be filmed there. The result? His iconic 1958 film, Vertigo, which makes the most of the city’s eerie and claustrophobic cityscapes. See which SF landmarks you can spot in the original Vertigo trailer. ... Read More » -
99% THANK YOU: Things Even ALS Can’t Take Away
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Armchair Traveler: Phuket, Thailand
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Armchair Traveler: Sicily
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See the Sets with On Location Tours
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HAPPY SNAPPER: The Photography of Jacques-Henri Lartigue
Author John Baxter presents another fascinating story to add to his latest Museyon title French Riviera and Its Artists: Art, Literature, Love, and Life on the Côte d’Azur. Enjoy this special promotional chapter about the photographer Jacques-Henri Lartigue! In 1962, a placid white-haired Frenchman of sixty-nine wandered into the Manhattan offices of photography agent Charles Rado. With him was a ... Read More » -
Tribune reviewed Chronicles of Old Chicago
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Chronicles of Old Chicago
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Ah, Paris of the 1920s
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Armchair Traveler: Shah Jahan’s gift to his beloved wife, the Taj Mahal of India
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News: Godfather Mansion For Sale
The house where for a year and a half, Frances Ford Coppola and co. set-up camp to film interior and exterior shots for The Godfather is now up for sale. The estate, situated on Longfellow Avenue on Staten Island in New York City, has been the home of the Norris family for 50 years. The eight bedroom house also ... Read More » -
The Inspiration of ‘Howl’
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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps + NYC
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Art Interview: Peter Eleey + Queens, NY
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Moonstruck + Travel
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Vertigo = San Francisco
Through Alfred Hitchcock’s eyes, San Francisco seemed the perfect place to film a murder mystery. It wasn’t unusual for the director to chose locations before developing a story to be filmed there. The result? His iconic 1958 film, Vertigo, which makes the most of the city’s eerie and claustrophobic cityscapes. See which SF landmarks you can spot in the original Vertigo trailer. ... Read More » -
News: Godfather Mansion For Sale
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The Social Network + Travel
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The Inspiration of ‘Howl’
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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps + NYC
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Announcing… ON LOCATION NYC
Hi There, We are pleased to announce the release of our new title, On Location NYC, by Alex Child next month. Following Chronicles of Old New York and Art+NYC, On Location NYC is our third New York title and identifies more than 100 film and TV locations through iconic moments in cinema and TV history with beautiful color photos and ... Read More » -
On Location: Rockefeller Center
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Armchair Traveler: Munch and Oslo
Edvard Munch’s iconic Scream changed the course of art history, and has become one of the most reproduced works of art in the world. It’s become one of the most expensive, too, selling for nearly $120 million in May. The artist was born 149 years ago this week in Ådalsbruk, Norway. Soon after, his family moved to the capital ... Read More » -
Munch’s Scream Visits MoMA
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News: Munch at NGA, D.C.
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News: This Summer at the Munch Museum
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Extended Travel: Åsgårdstrand, Norway
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Frequent Flyer: James Bond
When it comes to going on location, few films do it with as much panache and style as the James Bond series. ‘GoldenEye,’ the 17th Bond installment, features an in-his-prime Pierce Brosnan, as 007 in a case that sends him around the globe. The first of the Bond films to be made after the Cold War, ‘GoldenEye’ heads back to the U.S.S.R., stopping ... Read More » -
Picture Perfect: Puerto Rico
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News: Lost Leonardo Work Discovered
Renaissance artist, inventor and all around genius Leonard da Vinci left many clues to his numerous experiments, much of which is written in a backwards handwriting he invented in order to keep his discoveries secret. Now, a fragment of his manuscript that had been forgotten for nearly 150 years has been rediscovered in the local archives in Nantes, France, uncovered ... Read More » -
News: Caravaggio in Serbia
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News: Was Caravaggio Using a Lens?
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News: Sistine Chapel Under Attack
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News: Caravaggio Returns to Ukraine
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Spotlight On: Project O.G.I., Moscow
What began in the early 90s as the meeting of a few select friends to discuss art and culture in a private apartment soon grew into an intellectualists’ paradise in the form of Project (or Proekt) O.G.I. Project O.G.I. is part publisher, part art gallery, music venue, clubhouse, restaurant and all night bookstore. Nearly every evening is something different ... Read More » -
Event Reminder: Museyon Storms Brooklyn’s WORD Tomorrow
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OUT NOW! Music + Travel Worldwide: 12 Cities / 12 Scenes
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Chanson Style
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Meet Museyon: Alina Simone
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Vertigo = San Francisco
Through Alfred Hitchcock’s eyes, San Francisco seemed the perfect place to film a murder mystery. It wasn’t unusual for the director to chose locations before developing a story to be filmed there. The result? His iconic 1958 film, Vertigo, which makes the most of the city’s eerie and claustrophobic cityscapes. See which SF landmarks you can spot in the original Vertigo trailer. ... Read More » -
The Inspiration of ‘Howl’
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What’s Wrong With This Picture?
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San Fran Hitchcock Style
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Haunting and Beautiful: San Francisco, USA
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News: An Extraordinary Ordinary Life
Shot over the course of three years, on location in Sweden, Japan, Singapore, United States, South Africa, England, Chile and Argentina, using a combination of video diary, surveillance camera, concert and tour footage as well as animations, filmmakers Mikel Cee Karlsson and Fredrik Egerstrand have committed the life and struggles of one of Swedens most interesting artists José González ... Read More » -
Extended Travel: Louisiana MoMA, Humlebæk, Denmark
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2 Days in: Skagen, Denmark
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Munch in Pop Culture
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Meet Me in Trollhattan
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Pop Quiz 2
Where can you find a recreation of two medieval villages and a palace that have been used over and over again in film? Hint: It’s not a Los Angeles back lot, but this production facility is the largest on its continent, and on par with its Hollywood counterparts. Answer after the jump. Read More » -
Inside and Beyond the Tourist Traps: Seoul, South Korea
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Nigeria says “No” to ‘District 9’
Homesick aliens aren’t the only problem brewing for the South African sci-fi flick ‘District 9.‘ The acclaimed film has been banned in Nigeria, following a private screening for government officials. The problem? Nigerians are upset to see their countrymen portrayed in the film as “criminals, cannibals and prostitutes who sleep with extra-terrestrial animals,” Dora Akunyili, the country’s information told CNN. ... Read More » -
‘District 9’ Where Space Meets Soweto
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Keeping it Real in Southern Africa
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Music Interview: Justin Gage + L.A.
For those whom have never been to L.A., imaginations often conjure scenes of red carpets, Hollywood premieres and shopping on Rodeo Drive a la Pretty Woman (or Entourage, depending on your age). But for those outside “the business” who call L.A. home, it is a very different city; a city with an active music scene and growing art world. ... Read More » -
Spotlight On…Amoeba Music, Berkeley CA
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The Scene In Six Sounds: Ones To Watch
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Punk Rock’s Desert Digs
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Cali Culture
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David Lynch’s America
This clip of David Foster Wallace on Charlie Rose inspired us to revisit David Lynch’s 1986 surrealist noir thriller ‘Blue Velvet‘. In the film a young Kyle MacLachlan finds himself in the seedy underbelly of Lumberton, his seemingly idyllic America town. Along the way he encounters a steamy chanteuse played by Isabella Rossellini, and a violent, twisted thug with a ... Read More » -
Museyon Live: Meakin Armstrong
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A Potter Paradise
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Munchin’ in Memphis at The Arcade
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‘Dirty Dancing’ in Lake Lure (and Virginia, too)
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Museyon’s Guide to…San Sebastián International Film Festival
You may recall that in our 2 Day guide to the northern Spanish city of San Sebastián, we warned against planning your trip during the yearly International Film Festival. Well, for all those looking to ingratiate themselves into the glamor of the Continental film world, here’s your guide to one of the most majestic festivals this side of the ... Read More » -
Almodovar’s ‘Broken Embraces’
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Where the Movies Really Are
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Landscapes of Imagination: Spain
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Armchair Traveler: Phuket, Thailand
The gateway to a tropical eden, Phuket is Thailand’s biggest island and is on the western coast. A steady stream of tourists looking for the idyllic beach has helped bolster Phuket’s economy; it is now one of the wealthiest provinces in all of Thailand. Even after the December 26, 2004 tsunami devastated the area, the resilience of both its people ... Read More » -
Angkor On Film
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The Every War, The Every Eden: Thailand + Cambodia
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Ah, Paris of the 1920s
John Baxter’s new book, The Golden Moments of Paris, got exciting reviews.Here’s the review by June Sawyers of the Chicago Trubune. Paris, especially the Paris between the two world wars, continues to resonate with many people around the globe. The city has had many golden ages but probably none as famous as the 1920s: the Paris of the Lost ... Read More »
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99% THANK YOU: Things Even ALS Can’t Take Away
At the age of 30, Hiro’s life suddenly fell apart. Three years after the diagnosis, this strategic planner from a global advertising agency can now only move his left index finger and his face, yet he manages to express his thoughts and emotions on life before and after ALS…and about his hope. ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis also known as Lou ... Read More » -
Lost in Translation + Travel
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Arigato, Austria!
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Shop Museyon … Worldwide
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A Cinematic City, Old and New: Tokyo, Japan
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A Roman (Polanski) Holiday
Roman Polanski may not be going anywhere for a while, now that (allegedly?) raping a 13-year-old has finally caught up with him and all. He may be holed up in a Swiss jail, but his films provide a trip around the world. Even after his exile from the United States in 1977, the director continued to shoot on location throughout Europe ... Read More » -
Pop Quiz: Outerspace Edition
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A Long Time Ago…Far, Far Away—In Film: Tunisia
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Spotlight On…Aya Irini, Istanbul
Located in the Topkapi Palace grounds, in the first courtyard behind the Hagia Sophia, the Byzantine church of Aya Irini features classical music concerts and art exhibitions year round during important festivals such as the Istanbul International Music Festival in June and July. It is said that Aya Irini has the be acoustics in the world so a concert ... Read More » -
News: Istanbulive in Central Park
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Extended Travel: Istanbul’s Princes’ Islands
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Congrats Istanbul: Culture Capital
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OUT NOW! Music + Travel Worldwide: 12 Cities / 12 Scenes
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Tamara Drewe + Travel
The subject of the new film Tamara Drewe by director Stephen Frears (The Queen, High Fidelity) might not be familiar to most people outside of the UK, but to those fans who have anxiously kept up to date with the affairs of the temptress of Dorset in the Guardian newspaper or read the graphic novels based on the comics ... Read More » -
Extended Travel: Greenwich, London
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Museyon’s Guide to…BFI London Film Festival
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Extended Travel: Rosslyn, Scotland
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Extended Travel: Stirling, Scotland