Summertime, and the Living Is Exciting!

Here are some ways to get inspired and informed:

1. Another great sonnet by Shakespeare:

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? (Sonnet 18)
William Shakespeare, 1564 - 1616

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature’s changing course, untrimmed;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st,
Nor shall death brag thou wand’rest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to Time thou grow’st.
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

2. An article about a true, current Romeo and Juliet story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/08/world/back-in-afghanistan-modern-romeo-and-juliet-face-grave-risks.html?_r=0

3. Listen to young poet, educator, and activist Malcom London perform his poem about life in high school:https://www.ted.com/talks/malcolm_london_high_school_training_ground/transcript?language=en

4. Places to go in NYC:
Use the free passes from our trips and go to:
Brooklyn Museum - see the Basquiat exhibit and/or go to Target First Saturdays and enjoy the museum for free.http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/home.php

Metropolitan Museum - http://www.metmuseum.org/. Don't forget to check out the roof garden, and if you can, check out the Cloisters Museum in upper Manhattan for a feel of medieval times.

Museum of the City of New York - there is a new exhibit on Hip-Hop and one called Folk City. Ages 19 and under free! http://www.mcny.org/