By Myles Ludwig Hey, hey, Paula, I wanna marry you. Hey, hey, Paula, no one else could ever do. I've waited so long for school to be through, Paula, I can't wait no more for you. My love, my love. When Texas college students Ray Hildebrand and Jill Jackson wrote those lyrics to their 2-million selling record in 1963 — and changed their names to Paul and … [Read more...]
Edward Gorey, the gentle curmudgeon: At the Norton
The average museum visitor spends about 20 seconds looking at a work of art, but if you follow that guideline when you visit Elegant Enigmas: the Art of Edward Gorey, you’re going to miss a lot. The exhibit, which runs at the Norton Museum of Art until Sept. 2, contains more than 150 of the artist’s befuddling illustrations, sketchbooks, illustrated envelopes, book cover ideas … [Read more...]