Among the Hannah Arendt Papers at the Library of Congress in Washington is a small collection of coloured envelopes once addressed to Walter Benjamin. They were sent to 10 rue Dombasle, Paris. Orange, yellow, pale blue. Today they are empty, but their surfaces are covered in tiny handwriting: corrected sentences, crossings-out, additions. Benjamin had reused

Three years ago, Lauren Farkas sketched a plan to see exhibitions during the city’s monthly art walk. Now, she crafts eclectic maps for each event to make the art scene more accessible. Source: The Artist Mapping Knoxville’s Art Scene With Wood and Wire

From time to time, I do New York City things that fall outside my day job or bird blog, and I feel I would like to share them. It may be a walk, a scene in Central Park, or a museum visit. I still have this website.I often go months, if not years, upda...

Do you like taking photos of plants and bugs and stuff? Join me and Rachel Kimpton for a Bio Blitz using the iNaturalist app at Grass Lake Wetland in Minneapolis on Saturday, August 15 at 9am! https://www.kennyneighborhood.org/events/august-bio-blitz/...

Those seeking the true throbbing pulse of New York City might consider braving ticks and poison ivy to hover over Source: It’s the Summer of Soundwalking. He Is Your Sherpa. – DNYUZ

Join me! Free, all levels welcome (recommended ages 10+), no experience required. Meet at the bench on the southeastern shore of Grass Lake Wetland, Minneapolis. Session 1: Buckthorn Berry Collection & Ink-Making Instruction Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 3-4pm Session 2: Buckthorn Inkscapes  Saturday, September 19, 2026 at 10-11am Free to join for one or […]

Venice in May. Green water, muted light, the racketing of tourists’ wheeling luggage across damp stone. Now the Biennale has opened there are new sounds, sometimes protest chants, sometimes the footsteps of marchers. Or perhaps they are old sounds. Venice: a stage for spectacle and protest since the upheavals of 1968. The clamour of a

The long-distance running and ritual dance among the Ralámuli of Mexico’s Sierra Tarahumara is a practice that holds the power to heal and sustain the world. Author Sylvie Marchand has lived among them for years and reflects on this ritual through a dialogue of perspectives: that of Erasmo Palma, Ralámuli poet and cultural guide, and

Celebrate spring and Women’s History Month in Central Park with a mile long self guided tour: This self-guided walk highlights some of the women who created, inspired, and placed monuments an… Source: Women’s History Walk in Central Park « Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers!

March 2026 we are holding 3 online Map Scrambles, in which artists will be discussing when and why they use maps or mapping to document their walking art. Map Scramble 1 (Monday 23 7pm GMT)   Map Scramble 2 (Wednesday 25 7pm GMT) Map Scramble 3 (Thursday 26 7pm GMT) Each events part of the

New York isn’t the oldest city in the United States of America, and it certainly isn’t the newest. But it is, quite possibly, the American city where more layers of history coexist than any other, a quality that manifests most vividly in its built environment. Source: Take a 2-Hour Walking Tour Through New York City:

Laura Reeder walked with local youth and neighbors over two underused lawns in the City of Syracuse, NY. The walks turned undervalued public fields into living drawings, exploring how walking in public space connects ecology, safety, and community.Her work is shortlisted for the Marŝarto Awards 2025. Below, she reflects on the experience. My year as resident artist with

CHICAGO — Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look at “The Art of Ferris Bueller,” you could miss it. On Nov. 22, Kelli Marshall will take guests Source: Visit the same artwork as Ferris Bueller on his day off at ‘The Art of Ferris Bueller’ walking tour | Entertainment News | recorderonline.com

A discovery of a memorial to Jewish concentration camp prisoners yields questions of identity, memory and the purpose of art. Source: Hidden in Central Park, an anonymous Holocaust memorial – The Forward

Asad Dandia sued the NYPD after it spied on his family and community. Now he uses people’s history to reclaim the streets from the systems that surveilled him. Source: The Man Behind the Radical Walking Tours of New York City | The Nation

Almost everywhere I travel as a consultant, someone asks me whether it’s realistic to expect people to walk given the extremes of their climate. They don’t just ask me this in Edmonton and Singapore.  I’ve even been asked this about Los Angeles, where the climate is very mild by global standards.  Well-traveled elites can form

Meaningful Gestures: Book Read and Performance at City Reliquary Museum, Williamsburg, Brooklyn Saturday, November 1st, at 2pm FREE admission https://withfriends.events/event/9mVUi0qn/book-launch-learning-dance-through-meaningful-gestures/ Anabella Lenzu will be reading passages from her NEW book Teaching and Learning Dance Through Meaningful Gestures, show short dance videos from the ALDD repertory, and have a Q&A session. Teaching and Learning Dance Through […]

Continuing improving how Dérive app functions, we worked on a completely new deck for New York City. 56 fine prompts will keep you busy when exploring The Big Apple.

“The idea of finding the regulars in this chaos came up – then much later in the process, finding their behaviours and rituals in their commute from A to B.” – Peter Funch     For nine years, Peter Funch photographed the same corner of New York City – 42nd Street and Vanderbilt Avenue –

From revolution to Jesus, the evolution of 65 East 125th Street, Harlem, NYC photographed by Camilo José Vergara since 1977 Source: The Changing Face of 65 East 125th St., Harlem, 1977 – 2025 – Flashbak