Review

An exhibit of California abstract expressionist Emerson Woelffer, (1914 - 2003) begins on 11/1 thru 12/22/07 at the Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
“The Structure of Improvisation”
250 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA
(415) 362  7152
http://www.hackettfreedman.com/
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Happy Halloween

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I wanted to bring light to one of the greatest opportunities: thanks to the generosity of Agnes Varis and Karl Leichtman, New Yorkers can enjoy $20 Orchestra seats at the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center. 200 tickets are made available each day for every performance. Most people are aware of the $20 Standing Room tickets. [...]

  Centennial Exhibitions for the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)
Included will be 50 paintings from 1926 to 1954.
Her revealing and sometimes painful to look at self portraits will make up most of the exhibit, but, there will also be some of her lesser known still lifes on view.
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
October thru January, 2008

Philadelphia Museum [...]

I seem to be going thru a stage where I’m admiring “longevity”.  Artists, entertainers, anyone who just keeps going (like that obnoxious TV bunny).  I look at people of a certain age and think, “still doing good work, still chasing”. I saw a piece on Chaka Khan on CBS Sunday Morning the other day and [...]

October 20th, The Kawambe-Omowale African Drum & Dance Theatre, a Phoenix, Arizona-based performing arts company, celebrating more than 20 years in the Valley of the Sun! 

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Exhibit of desert influenced paintings, drawings and sculpture by Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993) done in Albuquerque, New Mexico from 1950 to 1952.
San Jose Museum of Art, 110 S. Market St., San Jose, CA
(408) 271-6840
( Image: Richard Diebenkorn, Albuquerque 9, 1952. Oil on canvas )
http://www.sjmusart.org/
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The Scottsdale Artists’ School announced awards for its 23rd annual The Best and the Brightest Juried Fine Art Show and Sale. An Artists’ Reception will be held on Thursday October 25 from 5 to 7PM.
The nation’s premier fine art school, Scottsdale Artists’ School’s annual show features paintings, drawings and sculpture from some of the [...]

Julie Taymor’s “Across the Universe” is a film I liked a lot, a film that I would like to see again. It’s packed with memorable events and recounts a period of unrest, hope and vindication. Ms. Taymor is not afraid to try something difficult and to have fun.

Go See and Hear

What was most remarkable are [...]

The 1st season of “Damages”, a TV show on the FX channel, starring Glenn Close, along with a group of other good actors, has been terrific.
It took me awhile to figure out whether I really liked this show or not, but, I kept returning to it every Tuesday night. I finally had to admit that I [...]