Monday, March 29, 2010

Cool African Paintings in New Haven

My very talented artist friend David Barton is having a show at ArtSpace in New Haven. It’s of his African paintings, a compelling, unique series of wildly imaginative paintings inspired by African culture. Some reflect the motif of a Rousseau-like jungle that also runs through his architectural series,...
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Sunday, March 21, 2010

Happy Birthday, Bach baby

Church musicians the world over greeted each other today with a nod and a smile that the 5th Sunday of Lent this year shares its cosmic mojo with the 325th anniversary of the birth of J.S. Bach.Bach’s output as a composer is so extraordinary that it’s impossible to appreciate all at once. The best...
              

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig!

That's Happy St. Patrick's Day in Irish. I started the day at an Irish-language Mass at St. Agnes. The Irish priest was fluent in that startling, guttural yet musical tongue. As I quietly responded to some of the Mass parts in English, I became deeply conscious that this language--which the Irish people...
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Monday, March 15, 2010

The Craic 2010

There is a special annual festival in New York that doesn’t get as much attention as it should, The Craic, Irish for an Irish sense of the word crack meaning fun, entertainment, and good conversation. For 12 years now producers Terrence Mulligan and the Fleadh Foundation have brought Irish film (and...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

No Particular Place to Go

As a city dweller I don’t think much about cars. But I grew up on Long Island, and so it’s in my DNA to appreciate the allure of them, the romance of them, the attachment to them.Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car. E.B. WhiteI was reminded of this by a recent article in...
              

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Real and Virtual Oscar Party!

We're throwing a First Annual Interactive Academy Awards Party at the Paley Center. What does that mean? Red carpet, food, drinks, and watching the show on a big screen with a live Twitter feed. Join us from your living rooms! Use #paleyoscars.I'll also be posting over at Alan's and a list of things...
              

Thursday, March 4, 2010

The Wit of Swift Is Silenced

May you live every day of your life.Jonathan SwiftTom Watson shared the sad news today that our fellow blogger Jon Swift died of complications of suffering two sudden aortic aneurysms while on his way to his father’s funeral in Virginia. He was 46. He had indeed exercised the satirical wit, piercing...
              
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