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Wednesday, September 30, 2020

"A Little Off Most of Our Radars"

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The post title is how I heard a KDFC announcer describe Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw. I mean, it's amazing that one of Shaw's...
Monday, September 28, 2020

Museum Mondays

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  Musée d'Orsay interior Paris, October, 2018
Friday, September 25, 2020

Friday Photo

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Mullein flower stalk Oakland, CA September, 2020  
Thursday, September 24, 2020

Effects of the Met HD Broadcasts

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 Over on Twitter, someone has stated that the Met HD broadcasts hurt other opera companies. The person - who is anonymous - knows this becau...
Wednesday, September 23, 2020

The Shape of Things to Come: Met Cancels Balance of 2020-21 Season

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Lincoln Center Plaza Fountain Photo by Lisa Hirsch Well, this doesn't look good: the Met just canceled what was left of the 2020-21 seas...
Monday, September 21, 2020

Museum Mondays

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Drawn Stone , by Andy Goldsworthy Site-specific work for the DeYoung Museum of Art San Francisco, CA, 2006  
Friday, September 18, 2020

The 2016 Presidential Election

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 I expect that I probably don't need to tell you how many times in the last 20 years, and last 4 years, I've contemplated the awfuln...

Friday Photo

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  Former Masonic Temple; Former Marciano Foundation Museum Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA June, 2019
Wednesday, September 16, 2020

The 2000 Presidential Election

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I think a lot about the 2000 presidential election in the US, about Al Gore and how the world would be different today if it hadn't been...
Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Update on the War Memorial Opera House Seat Replacement Project

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  Opera house interior Photo by Lisa Hirsch December, 2019 Email received from a very excited Matthew Shilvock brings good news: the War Mem...
Monday, September 14, 2020

Museum Mondays

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Funerary Bust, c. 175-200 Palmyra, Syria Victoria & Albert Museum, London November, 2019  
Sunday, September 13, 2020

Don't Be This Small Non-Profit 2

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 Probably you won't remember the unbelievable hassles I had trying to renew my membership in a small nonprofit organization a couple of...
Friday, September 11, 2020

Friday Photo

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Twin Towers United Methodist Church Oak St., Alameda, CA September, 2019  
Wednesday, September 09, 2020

Hello from the Apocalypse Theme Park!

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  View from my front porch
Monday, September 07, 2020

Museum Mondays

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  St. Margaret and the Dragon, c. 1530-40 Victoria & Albert Museum London, November, 2019 Close-up of the dragon
Sunday, September 06, 2020

Sound Expertise

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 My big accomplishment for the weekend - it is like a blast furnace here in Oakland, CA - has been a partial catch-up on musicologist Will R...
Friday, September 04, 2020

Janos Gereben: SF Opera "Family" Feels Bereft

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Found on Twitter the other day Guest post by journalist Janos Gereben on what's going on at San Francisco Opera right now with regard to...
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Friday Photo

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Mosaic, Michelin Building London, November, 2019  
Wednesday, September 02, 2020

40th Anniversary Celebration?!

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  Davies Symphony Hall, SF Photo by me Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall is turning 40, and San Francisco Symphony sent out an email celebratin...
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Met Streaming This Week

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Lincoln Center Fountain Photo by me  It's 20th c. week at the Metropolitan Opera. It's not too late for you to see these HD broadcas...
Monday, August 31, 2020

Columbia Artists Management (CAMI) Goes Out of Business

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The rumor went around a couple of days ago that Columbia Artists Management, Inc. , which has managed classical musicians for 90 years, woul...

Museum Mondays

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Eleanor of Castile, c. 1300 Victoria & Albert Museum November, 2019  
Sunday, August 30, 2020

New Award and Some Books to Read

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 Received from Ben Aaronovitch via the Rivers of London  mailing list; this looks cool: We are thrilled to announce the winners of the inaug...
Friday, August 28, 2020

Friday Photo

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Bollards, Allée Verte Paris, February, 2019
Monday, August 24, 2020

Museum Mondays

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  Versailles Opera Paris, February, 2019