classic video: “Single Girl” by Lush
May 26, 2012
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Art in Bloom at MFA Boston
April 28, 2012
April 28- April 30, 2012
events include flower arranging, tours, lectures, demonstrations and elegant teas.
more information here.
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ART: Chihuly exhibit at MFA Boston
May 27, 2011
CHIHULY: Through the Looking Glass runs until August 7 at Museum of Fine Arts Boston
artist Dale Chihuly is a master of the art of blown glass. this exhibit is amazing, vibrant, enticing, magical. the light, colors, reflections, angles. everything must be taken in and absorbed. I’ll be going back.
Chandelier
Neodymium Reeds
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Women’s History Month: focus on Eartha Kitt
March 1, 2011
Eartha Kitt [1927-2008]—entertainer
–born impoverished in South Carolina
–abandoned by her parents, an aunt raised her in Harlem
–Kitt joined a traveling dancing troupe and moved to Europe in 1948
–she became a nightclub favorite for her singing style in Paris and London
–after returning to the United States, Kitt signed a record contract with RCA in 1952
–Kitt soon earned as much as 10,000/ week for Vegas shows
– took over the role of Catwoman for the third season of the 1960s Batman television series,
–during the sixties, Kitt became active in teaching low-income youth in Washington, D.C. to dance
–she testified before Congress in 1967 about juvenile delinquency
–President Johnson named Kitt to a Citizens Advisory Committee on Youth Opportunity
–later it was revealed that Kitt had been under CIA surveillance since 1956
–Kitt wrote two autobiographies: Thursday’s Child (1956) and Alone with Me (1976)
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December TO-DO in Boston
December 11, 2010
Liz Phair
Paradise Rock Club
December 15
Jersey Boys
Dec 16, 2010—Jan 30, 2011
Broadway Across America
Colonial Theatre
The Nutcracker
Boston Ballet
November 26- December 31
The Opera House
The Blue Flower
American Repertory Theatre
December 1- 18
Black Nativity
Blackman Auditorium at Northeastern University- Boston, MA
December 17-19
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ART: on exhibit now and in future months
October 15, 2010Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Avedon Fashion 1944–2000
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 – Monday, January 17, 2011
Millet and Rural France
Saturday, September 4, 2010 – Monday, May 30, 2011
–Jean-François Millet (1814–1875)
Artists Abroad: London, Paris, Venice, and Rome 1825-1925
Thursday, November 11, 2010 – Sunday, June 26, 2011
–includes works by Mary Cassatt, Alvin Langdon Coburn, and James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Mark Bradford
November 19, 2010 – March 13, 2011
The Concord Museum, Concord, Mass.
“A little scrap for recollection’s sake:
Quilts from the Concord Museum “
October 8, 2010 – March 27, 2011
Peabody Essex Museum, Peabody, Mass.
The Emperor’s Private Paradise: Treasures from the Forbidden City
September 14, 2010 to January 9, 2011
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POP ART: Jerod Gibson’s 37 Posters
September 17, 2010
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National Poetry Month: Maria Shriver reads from “The Journey”
April 24, 2010notice Maria’s cool blue nail polish too!
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Art in Bloom at MFA Boston April 24-26
April 19, 2010
This is an annual festival of fine art and fresh flowers.
Galleries at the MFA contain 50 floral arrangements inspired by various works of art.
Art in Bloom is free with Museum admission.
Family Day on Saturday, April 24, features tours, performances, and activities for children.
Sunday evening, April 25, there will be a special members-only viewing of the festival.
On April 26 from 5 to 9 pm= free Open House with entertainment, flowers, and art.
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ART: Nasturtiums at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Courtyard
April 3, 2010
Beginning April 3-mid-April.
–nasturtiums (Tropaeolum majus) were one of Isabella Stewart Gardner’s favorite flowers.
–grown at her greenhouses at Green Hill, the Gardner family estate in Brookline & Beverly summer home.
–Isabella hung nasturtiums from the balconies of the courtyard for a public viewing the week before Easter.
–Her birthday is April 14.
The Gardner Cafe also features an Edible Nasturtiums menu. 617.566.1088 for reservations.
painting by Arthur Pope
–In 1919, Arthur Pope painted Nasturtiums at Fenway Court.
from the Isabella Stewart Gardner website– FUN FACTS ABOUT NASTURTIUMS:
~ Nasturtiums are native to South America and were introduced to Europe by the conquistadors in the sixteenth century.
~ The word nasturtium comes from the Latin words nasus (nose) and tortus (twist), most likely a reference to the spicy scent and flavor of the leaves and blossoms.
~ The plant was given its scientific name, Tropaeolum majus–from the Latin word tropaeum or “trophy”–by Linnaeus because of the shield-like shape of its leaves.
~ Monet loved nasturtiums and planted them widely in his gardens at Giverny, including a place of honor in the border of the path to his front door.
~ In 1934, the Burpee Seed Company was about to introduce new colors of the Double Hybrid Nasturtium ‘Gleam’–the type of nasturtium that we grow today at the Gardner–when someone stole $25,000 worth of seeds from an experimental field.
~ During World War II, dried ground nasturtium seeds were used as a substitute for black pepper in Europe.
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