Hoffman’s Harvest Moon Walk is a masquerade picnic where revelers dress as vegetables. According to the Griswold Museum, “Hoffman’s eccentric depiction of strangely clad figures captures one of the Lyme Art Colony’s most festive rituals. On an...
Phoebe Quirke has asked St.John Strafford to a picnic. It’s not the best weather for a picnic. It’s October, the days are cool, and the sky is usually partly sunny. They have been awkward lovers; partly because Phobe is diffident and Strafford is taciturn. They have...
The Picnic: A History is published by AltaMira Press, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield (2013) Picnics are happy occasions and have always been a diversion from everyday cares. We think of the picnic as an outdoor meal, set on a blanket, usually in the middle of...
