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Category Archives: Art
At the Edge of Infinity
On Saturday night we celebrated the birthday of our good friend Marianne by attending a Gala at the Hirshhorn Museum. It featured an amazing exhibit, called “Infinity Mirrors” by Yayoi Kusama, which is up and about to move on. These … Continue reading
Art & Jazz, Above Standard
I had the good fortune to take a quick trip to New York this weekend to join Yolanda, who was up there for business this week. We spent most of our time visiting art museums and bumping into tourists on … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Jazz Band, Museums, Travel
Tagged Jazz Standard, Jeremy Pelt, John Quincy Adams, Kerry James Marshall, Met Breuer, Power Quintet
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The Empire Strikes Back, Episode 3
The Empire Strikes Back, Episode 3 And now for the finale. We had been looking forward to Budapest all along, and it did not disappoint. Like Bratislava, it has had more than its share of nasty foreign occupation, although it … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Concerts, Museums, Music, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Brody House, Budapest, Budapest Philharmonic
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The Empire Strikes Back, Episode 2
The Empire Strikes Back, Episode 2 Episode 1 left us at the train station in Vienna, having just had my luggage stolen out from under me. The station is clean, modern and full of swanky shops, so my guard was … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Concerts, Museums, Music, Travel
Tagged Bratislavia, Eastman S school of Music Octet
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The Empire Strikes Back, Episode 1
The Hapsburg Empire, that is. We just returned from a trip to the land of Austrians, Slovaks and Hungarians, each of whom claimed the center of power at one time or another in centuries past. Each is very proud of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Concerts, Museums, Music, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Bratislava, Haus Der Musik, Leopold Museum, Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna, Vienna Philharmonic
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Body of Art
And Body Art, as it turns out. Last weekend Yo and I went to the annual fundraising gala for Washington Proejct for the Arts, a non-profit that supports artists in the DC Metro area. WPA is also the beneficiary of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Uncategorized
Tagged Art Night, DC Art, Hickok Cole Architects, Peter Nesbett, Washington Project for the Arts, WPA
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Wonder!
Yesterday we visited the newly renovated Renwick Gallery to see the first exhibit, appropriately titled, Wonder. It was all that and more. As soon as you enter, you are drawn up the red carpet staircase to something colorful and luminous … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Uncategorized
Tagged Chakaia Booker, Gabriel Dawe, Janet Echelman, Jennifer Angus, John Grade, Maya Lin, Patrick Dougherty, Renwick Gallery, Tara Donovan, Wonder
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