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Dead Blogging ‘Harlem: In Situ’ at Andover’s Addison Gallery
Well the Missus and I trundled up to Andover the other day to catch the current exhibitions at the Addison Gallery of American Art and, say, they were uniformly swell. Don’t let the “gallery” designation fool you – the Addison … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920s–1950s (Harlem), 4 x 4, Aaron Siskind, Addison Gallery of American Art, Beaumont Newhall, Carl van Vechten, Chase National Bank, Dr. Walter O. Evans, Elie Nadelman, Harlem Document (1935), Harlem Heroes, Harlem Heroes (1930–1960), Harlem: In Situ, In and Out of Place, Jacob Lawrence, John Goodman: not recent color, Kissing the Moon, László Moholy-Nagy, Lucien Aigner, Paul Robeson, Romare Bearden, Roy DeCarava., Seated Woman, Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1984), Twisted Planes, W.E.B. Du Bois, Winslow Homer
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Donald Trump Asked Campaign Outsider What He Should Do!
From our Whiskey Tango Foxtrot desk Here at the Global Worldwide Headquarters, the hardworking staff has gotten used to receiving missives from the ATM wing of the Republican Party, having once subscribed to the late, lamented Weekly Standard, which clearly … Continue reading
Campaign Outsider Presidential Bakeoff 2020™ (Part 3)
Latest in our ongoing series Itemizing this one deduction as NBC gets ready for the first Democratic debates on June 26-27 by assigning one moderator for every two candidates (that would be five – count ’em, five – moderators if you’re … Continue reading
The Arts Seen in NYC (‘Summer with the Averys’ Edition)
Well the Missus and I trundled down to the Big Town last weekend to check out this that and the other thing and, say, it was swell. After the usual funhouse ride through Six Flags Over Midtown Manhattan, we headed … Continue reading
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Tagged Almeida Theatre, Bertie Carvel, Bruce Museum, Bryant Park, Camp: Notes on Fashion, Donald Margulies, Dora Maar, Edmund de Waal, Elective Affinities: Edmund de Waal at The Frick Collection, Elie Nadelman, Fox Broadcast Network, Fox News Channel, Gagosian Gallery, Ink, James McNeill Whistler, John Richardson, Jonny Lee Miller, Larry Lamb, Lincoln Kirstein's Modern, Long Lost, Man in the Open Air, Manhattan Theatre Club, March Avery, Marie-Thérèse Walter, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Milton Avery, Minimalism/Maximalism, Pablo Picasso, Phenomenal Nature: Mrinalini Mukherjee, Philip Johnson, Picasso's Women: Fernande to Jacqueline, Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Rupert Murdoch, Sally Michel, Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Sharks! Myths and Realities, starchitect, Summer with the Averys [Milton | Sally | March], Susan Sontag, The Art Newspaper, The Frick Collection, The Met Breuer, The Mirror, The Museum at FIT, The Red Flame Diner, The Sun, Whistler as Printmaker: Highlights from the Gertrude Kosovsky Collection, Yoga Night
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Juul Labs’ Vape-and-Mirrors 21+ Advertising Campaign
Juul Labs, which owns 75% of the e-cigarette market and is valued at over $38 billion, has been running a series of full-page ads in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal that are at best misleading – and … Continue reading
Dead Blogging Sondheim’s ‘Pacific Overtures’ at Lyric Stage
Well the Missus and I trundled down to the Lyric Stage Company to catch Stephen Sondheim’s Pacific Overtures (music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by John Weidman) and say, it was . . . subarashi. This startling, entertaining, and thrilling masterpiece … Continue reading
Rest in Peace Anne Adams, Television Producer Extraordinaire
I loved working with Anne Adams at WGBH’s Greater Boston, where she was supervising producer from 1998 to around 2006. She was smart, funny, and cynical – everything you could ever ask for in a co-worker. And now she’s gone. … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Adams, Boston Globe, Bryan Marquard, Depression: Out of the Shadows, Greater Boston, Peter Masalsky, WGBH
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Campaign Outsider’s Presidential Bakeoff 2020™ (Part 1)
Itemizing a few deductions on the state of the Democratic Presidential Primary now that the number of declared candidates has hit the Big Two-Oh. From the New York Times: Then there are … Continue reading
Oh No the New York Times Di’int Print ‘Fucked’ on Page One!
Hey, the Nude York Times is one thing. But the Crude York Times is something else. From today’s front page: Of course, that should come as no surprise after the Grey Lady printed Donald Trump’s Access Hollywood grab ’em boast verbatim … Continue reading
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Tagged Access Hollywood, Crude York Times, Donald Trump, Grey Lady, The Nude York Times
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