Winnie-the-Pooh celebrated in new exhibit
BOSTON — When people care too much, Winniethe-Pooh argues it’s just love.
That bit of time-tested wisdom is as relevant today as it was nearly a century ago, when the beloved teddy bear and main character in A.A. Milne’s children’s books series first appeared in print. Now Pooh and pal Christopher Robin are starring in “Winnie-the-Pooh:
A: Somewhere I have never been. I am an adventurer at heart. I rarely go to the same place twice. That being said, I spent a couple weeks in Egypt sailing down the Nile in a felucca and couldn’t help going back for more. The travel was definitely challenging, but seeing the Valley of the Kings with my own eyes was worth it.
A: If you can handle it, go to the more popular sights during peak heat. There are far fewer tourists. Not sure if I should recommend this but a cheeky bribe to the right security guard can get you to places you aren’t allowed Exploring a Classic,” an exhibit that runs through Jan. 6 at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts.
“The exhibit addresses the fact that Winnie-thePooh is a global phenomenon,” said Meghan Melvin, who curated the show. “Surprisingly, many people are not that familiar with the origin of the story.”
While the original Winnie-the-Pooh books were published nearly a century ago, the narrative of the befuddled bear and his to see. Also, every felucca captain is named “Captain Bob Marley,” so make sure you have the right one. Finally, don’t fall for the ever-popular line, “You dropped something,” unless you are ready for a lengthy conversation or a flirty pickup line.
A: With the travel culture of the internet, I am not sure anywhere is truly untapped, but Turkey is an incredibly diverse country that I think doesn’t always get its due. You can hike ruins and caves in Goreme, find natural eternal flames burning from the rocks in Olympos, lounge on a beach or bathe in a waterfall in Butterfly Valley Fethiye and explore the famous Turkish Baths in Istanbul. While I was traveling there, I slept in treehouses, cave rooms and grand hotels. adventures with Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore and Rabbit remains popular with families and young children. This year, Disney released the movie “Christopher Robin,” in which Ewan McGregor, who plays a family man living in London, receives a surprise visit from his childhood teddy bear.
In curating the show, Melvin’s goal was to reconnect visitors with an iconic story and introduce the books’ endearing characters to a wider audience. Disneyland. My parents loved local adventures and since I grew up in California that meant camping in the redwoods and playing at beaches.
A: I did a series for Nat Geo last year called “Positive Energy.” We did episodes all over the world exploring how different countries utilize alternative energy. From tidal turbines in China, windmills in Scotland, to solar power in Brazil, I felt so lucky to get to learn about the world from people trying to make it better. I met this one samba band in the favelas of Brazil that is changing its community by making bio-digesters. Using discarded barrels and other junk they find, they build bio-digesters that ferment food scraps into both methane gas to cook and fertilizer to grow food. I watched as an old woman cried knowing she could have a gas burner instead of gathering wood.
“These are classics worthy of revisiting,” Melvin said. The MFA show is not connected with the movie, but it’s a “nice coincidence,” she added.
The exhibition is divided into five themes examining how Milne and illustrator E.H. Shepard dreamed up Winnie-the-Pooh and brought him to life. It’s composed of nearly 200 original drawings, letters, photographs and early editions on loan from London’s Victoria and Albert Museum and other lenders.
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