Contents
JULY/AUGUST 2011
DEPARTMENTS
ALL ABOARD
8 Full Speed Ahead
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BUSINESS CLASS
The Big Business of
Museums
A new breed of museum director is
bringing business marketing savvy
and P. T. Barnum-worthy showmanship
to the world of culture.
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FOOD & DRINK
Feeding Frenzy
Adventurous eaters will go to any
lengths to devour the strangest
dishes on earth.
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FINAL STOP
Why I Love ...
New York
Tennis star Patrick McEnroe
celebrates his hometown during his
favorite time of the year: U.S. Open
season.
Contributors, page 6
Station/Route maps, page 108
Puzzles, page 110
ARRIVEMAGAZINE.COM
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It’s not like we all aspire to extreme eating.
But in the past decade or so even some of the
most demure eaters have been desensitized.
We’re becoming a little more adventurous—
and it shows on our plates. — PAGE 52
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FIRST CLASS
Listen to the music
of the great outdoors
• A healthy day in
Providence • Sculp-
tor Jaume Plensa
unveils Echo • Tough
tech • Should you say
good day to your 401
(k)? • The rise of the
microspirit • This Bas-
tille Day, party like
it’s 1789 • Ice caves
in New York ...
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CITY GUIDE
Druid Hill Park • What
makes you smile? •
The Bard of Avon
does Boston • Sand
sculpting festival •
Harlem Week • The
Summer of Washing-
ton • Bono and the
boys in Philadelphia •
Stars over Providence
• Civil War in 3-D •
Wilmington’s August
Quarterly ...
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UP TO SPEED
Shakespeare under
the stars • Trompe
l’oeil in Delaware
• A Hitchcock
retrospective • Cuban
art and all that jazz
• Mummies of the
world • Rhode Island
meteor shower •
Vermont summer
horse show • Owney
the Dog • Catch the
Washington Ballet ...
Mosquito I, 2007. Larry Kagan. Steel with shadow, 29 x 38 x 16 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
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