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Dead Blogging the New Cy Twombly Exhibit at MFABoston
Well the Missus and I trundled over to The Fens yesterday to catch Making Past Present: Cy Twombly (through May 7) at the Museum of Fine Arts and say, it was swell except for the parts that were head-scratching. More on … Continue reading
MFABoston’s Fling With NFTs: Not Fiscally Tangible, Maybe?
The other day the hardworking staff received this email from Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. Not to get technical about it, but we don’t have a digital collection of NFTs, mostly because they’re the pet rocks of the art world. … Continue reading
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My Soirée With Napoleon, Madame Curie & Other Luminaries
So I was leafing through the New York Times Book Review the other day when I came across this piece about The Dinner Party Writers Dream Of. This year, our By the Book series of author interviews turned 10 — … Continue reading
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Tagged Amelia Earhart, Austen, Baldwin, Book Review, Harry Houdini, Jonah, Lewis & Clark, Madame Curie, Marie Antoinette, Methuselah, Morrison, Napoleon Bonaparte, New York Times, Octavia Butler, Proust, Sappho, Shakespeare, The Dinner Party Writers Dream of, Tolstoy, Twain
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Dead Blogging ‘Frank Bowling’s Americas’ at Boston’s MFA
Well the Missus and I trundled over to The Fens the other day to catch Frank Bowling’s Americas (through April 9) at the Museum of Fine Arts and say, it was swell. “Modernism belonged to me also.” So resolved British … Continue reading
Ring Lardner’s Fall Classic, ‘A World’s Serious’
Since last night’s rainout of the Astros-Phillies game left the baseball-loving universe with nothing new to chew over for most of today, the hardwaiting staff thought it might be helpful to provide you with something old to chew over. This … Continue reading
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R.I.P. Angela Lansbury: The Missus & I Loved You on Broadway
As the Missus said last week, thank God Angela Lansbury didn’t pass away during – and I’m paraphrasing here – England’s Long Goodbye to QE II. Then again, Angela Lansbury’s timing was always impeccable. It allowed, for example, Daniel Lewis’s lovely … Continue reading
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Tagged A Little Night Music, A Little Priest, Angela Lansbury, Blithe Spirit, Candice Bergen, Catherine Zeta-Jones, CUNY Theater Talk, Daniel Lewis, Ginger Rogers Century Exhibition, Gore Vidal, Helena Bonham Carter, Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, James Earl Jones, Jesse Green, John Larroquette, Len Cariou, Madame Arcati, Mame, Marian Seldes, Michael Riedel, Mrs. Lovett, New York Times, Noël Coward, Patti LuPone, Queen Elizabeth GrieveArama, Scott Tobias, Stephen Sondheim, Susan Haskins, Sweeney Todd, The Best Man
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NYT’s ‘M*A*S*H’ Retrospective Lacks 20/20 Heinz Sight
Page One of yesterday’s Arts section in the New York Times featured James Poniewozik’s big takeout on the 5oth anniversary of the seminal television dramedy, “M*A*S*H.” ‘M*A*S*H’ at 50: War Is Hell(arious) Five decades ago, “M*A*S*H” anticipated today’s TV dramedies, … Continue reading
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Dead Blogging ‘Patrick Kelly: Runway of Love’ at PEM
Well the Missus and I trundled up to Salem yesterday to catch the Patrick Kelly exhibit (through November 6) at the Peabody Essex Museum and say, it was swellegant. Patrick Kelly: Runway of Love celebrates the career and legacy of fashion … Continue reading
Dead Blogging ‘The Art of Croquet’ at the Fuller Craft Museum
Well the Missus and I trundled down to Brockton the other day to check out the Fuller Craft Museum’s current exhibits and say, they were swell. The main event is Interpreting Change: Weavers’ Guild of Boston – 1922 – 2022 (through October … Continue reading
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