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An African Contemporary Journey
Le pont / Bamako / Mali / 2008 by Joel Andrianomearisoa
The Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art opening reception January 9th of “A Collective Diary:
An African Contemporary Journey”, featuring the work of 12 African contemporary artists.
Art always captures the truth, as it is witnessed...
Posted by Bob Martin in Actors, Art, Creativity, Live Performance, Movies, Theater, Writers on 12 15th, 2009 | No Comments
“If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels”
This quote, attributed to Tennessee Williams is said differently in the 2008 film Transsiberian (“Kill off my demons and My angels might die too”) can be said about all of us. The heroine Jessie, played by Emily Mortimer who’s beauty is hidden by the innocent gangling lumber of her...
Posted by Bob Martin in Art, Artist, Exhibits, Galleries, Lecture, Theater on 10 21st, 2009 | No Comments
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art-Entertaining
Artists on Artists: Thursday Oct. 22nd 6:30PM
Free “Arte Gigante Variety Hour”
Stage 2 Theater – Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
“A fantabulous cross-disciplinary event combining artist panel, game show, and reality competition. Get to know artists and their works as...
Posted by Bob Martin in Art, Art Travel, Exhibits, Galleries, Theater on 10 12th, 2009 | No Comments
Well Rounded City-Vegas
Maya Lin
Earlier this year when the Las Vegas Art Museum closed, you had to figure that the only way art could survive in this city was for it to be housed inside of someones outrageous imagination. For a city already jammed with hotels and casinos, MGM has pushed forward with the completion of City...
Posted by Sandy in Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Books, Theater, Writers on 10 10th, 2009 | No Comments
August Wilson Century Cycle
The ambitious intentions of a playwright resulted in the impressive, and enjoyable, “August Wilson Century Cycle” box set. It consists of a play for every decade of the 20th century that would chronicle some part of the black experience in America.
Now all 10 of his plays are together in one...
Posted by Sandy in Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Creativity, Film, Movies, Theater, music on 10 3rd, 2009 | No Comments
Passing Strange*Fun!
The filmed version of the play, “Passing Strange”, is clever, funny, with great music. Spike Lee documented the last 3 days of the musical’s Broadway run (it won the 2008 Tony for Best Book) and it has now come to a theater near you.
I saw the play last year and loved it. The terrific band,...
Posted by Sandy in Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Film, Theater on 08 25th, 2009 | No Comments
“Double, Double, Toil…”
Shakespeare’s Macbeth is my favorite!
“Double, double toil and trouble, fire burn, and cauldron bubble…”
I know, if I want to impress, I should say – Hamlet, King Lear, etc.They may be “deeper”, but, they’re not as much fun.
Macbeth has witches- 3. It has ghosts –...
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre – San Francisco
Saturday, November 7th, one of our most inventive artists and performers will be delighting audience at the Palace of Fine Art
The extremely talented Savion Glover will be performing at the SF Jazz Festival, turning the rhythm of his tap shoes into well appreciated music. Glover’s virtuosity...
Posted by Sandy in Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Events, Live Performance, Poem, Theater, music on 07 25th, 2009 | No Comments
“for colored girls…” * in Atlanta!
“for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf” at Southwest Arts Center until August 9.
Long title for a great play – saw it on Broadway in the late 70’s and recently saw a 1982 televised version on DVD. Perhaps not as shocking or controversial as it...
Posted by Sandy in Arts, Entertainment and Music, Creativity, Culture, Theater, Writers on 04 23rd, 2009 | No Comments
Congratulations!
Brooklyn playwright Lynn Nottage has won the 2009 Drama Pulitzer Prize for “Ruined” – a powerful play set in the African Congo at the height of its civil war. It follows the plight of a group of women amidst the brutality and the chaos – a celebration of endurance.
Ruined – Manhattan...
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