MGP External Links Page

Here are the links to some of the other sites mentioned on MGP on the Web,
plus a few others we found to be of interest, each with a brief description.

MGP External Links
	Adams County, Wisconsin Co-sponsored by the Adams County Economic Development Commission & the Adams County Chamber of Commerce. MGP Link Lists county parks, businesses, and things to do in Adams County.
	Artists Unite Serving the Washington Heights & Inwood artistic communities. The site lists opportunities and events of interest to visual artists, musicians, sculptors, dancers, poets, actors, and their audiences.
	Arts & Letters Daily A daily updated report of news & reviews with links to a variety of journals, books, and E-zines. Topics include philosophy, culture, literature, language, criticism, art, music, trends, and gossip.
	The Artwork of Brian Skinner Manhattan Group Publishers' staff artist Brian Skinner's collection of fine art giclée prints. His online galleries include scenes of New York City, the Palisades, & the Catskills, as as well as series on landscapes, abstracts, and portraits. Visitors may order from a complete online catalog.
	Astronomy Picture of the Day Each day a different photograph or image of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a professional astronomer 's brief explanation. Site includes a calendar & glossary, and links to NASA & other institutions.
	BAM - Brooklyn Academy of Music Offers a complete performance listing of films, drama, music, dance, new media, and festivals. The BAMcafé features live music on weekends. Check their calendar and order tickets for events online.
	Big Brothers / Big Sisters of New York Stresses one-to-one mentoring in a long-lasting child-adult relationship. "If we each help one child, we can change the world." Site offers information for both volunteers and families.
	Catskill Mountain Foundation A not-for-profit organization, headquartered in the Village of Hunter, focused on arts and education. The Foundation operates a gallery, bookstore, farm market, and theater. Its website has links to area events and programs.
	Doric Wilson's Home Page Wilson is one of the first playwrights to deal openly with gay experience. The site presents the works of this "quintessentially urban dramatist" whose experiences during Stonewall were transformed via Wilson's great wit into the ever-fresh Street Theater.
	East Side Digital This associated label of edgy Nordic Rock label Northside and "rocking" world music Omnium Recordings features the work of electronic music pioneer Wendy Carlos. The site includes information on artists and offers clearance sales & rare discs.
	Friends of Fort Tryon Park This site offers information for guests and members on the many seasonal delights to be found in this treasure of northern Manhattan. A calendar of park and community events and learning programs is provided, along with a beautiful image gallery.
	Gallery of Regrettable Food One of the truly delectable sites on the Web for those who recall Mom's favorite dishes back in the 1950s. This is just one of the many over- the-top features at James Lileks' Institute of Official Cheer.
	Google Still one of the best overall search engines on the Web, named, as you may know, after a googol, a one followed by a hundred zeroes. We haven't stumped it yet. And there's a googolplex (one followed by a googol zeroes) questions to ask.
	Impassioned Writing This rewarding site provides a forum for unique, and sometimes controversial, writing of high quality, focusing on journals, diaries, and notebooks, with information about several library collections devoted to this form of writing.
	Marquis Who's Who^® in America Who's Who in America^® provides accurate, concise biographies of notable Americans. That was the mission of Albert Nelson Marquis who published the First Edition in 1899. MGP Link
	New York Hiking Club An organization of congenial people who share the pleasure of outdoor activities and special social events. The club was founded in 1922, and distributes a schedule of events and a newsletter (5 per year) to members.
	Palisades Interstate Park The park in the New Jersey Section is about 13 miles long and a half-mile wide at its widest, with about 2,500 acres of wild Hudson River shoreline, including the dramatic Palisades Cliffs, and 30 miles of hiking trails. See the following MGP Link.
	Shakespeare - Complete Works Can't quite place the Shakespearean quote running through your head? Here's the place to track it down. This site has offered Shakespeare's plays and poetry to the Internet community since 1993.
	The Cloisters Located on four acres overlooking the Hudson in northern Manhattan's Fort Tryon Park, The Cloisters incorporates elements from five medieval French cloisters, three of which feature gardens, and houses extensive collections. MGP Link
	The Dialectizer The Dialectizer takes your own text or other web pages and instantly creates parodies of them. You may choose Redneck, Jive, Cockney, Elmer Fudd, Swedish Chef, Moron, Pig Latin, or Hacker dialects.
	The Juilliard School - Calendar A detailed listing of all programs and performances, including those in the Music, Dance, and Drama Divisions. Of particular interest are the many free afternoon and evening concerts at the Lincoln Center campus.
	The LGBT Community Center The site offers listings of scheduled events, programs, performances, and community forums. Check out the books and other resources available from the Parker- Russo Center Library.
	The Official U. S. Time A joint service of the U. S. Department of Commerce, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the U. S. Naval Observatory, this online "atomic clock" offers an accurate reading of the time in all U. S. time zones to within 0.5 second.
	TOSOS II - The Other Side of Silence Founded in 1975 as the first professional theater company to speak openly to the gay experience, and revived by Doric Wilson, Mark Finley, & Barry Child as TOSOS II in 2001, it remains dedicated to promoting gay cultural heritage and expanding its diverse audience.
	Washington Heights The site outlines special events, history, and neighborhood points of interest, including Dyckman House, Morris-Jumel Mansion, and Inwood Hill Park, whose 196 acres contain the last remnant of primeval forest in Manhattan. MGP Link
	yourDictionary.com This invaluable resource provides online dictionaries in more than 260 languages, and offers online courses, translations, and a host of other references, including multilingual technical and specialty dictionaries, thesauri, and rhyming lexicons.

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