I can deal with Mondays. Wednesdays are productive. Thursdays are fun. We all love Fridays. But, aren’t Tuesdays the worst?
I want to re-claim Tuesdays by making them my weekly free dispatch. This is where you might find a trending article, up-coming event on my mind, or some interesting piece of history that was buried in an archive.
Top 5, every week.
Here we go:
1. “How Judy Chicago Hacked the Patriarchy” (Artsy) This week’s up-coming Color & Light podcast musing is on Judy Chicago’s show at the New Museum highlighted in this Artsy article by Zoë Hopkins.
2. How to Return Stolen Art (Freakonomics) Listened to the first of this three part series on the concept of returning art from looted, stolen, or otherwise acquired art across time, cultures, and put into museum collections. It is a complex issue with lots of layers and players. I would love to know some of your thoughts. I am just starting to dig into the topic with more of an focused effort. If anyone has any more respected resources, please put them in the comments.
3. Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered. A song that lives in my brain rent-free from “The History Boys.” (And my first teenage British love, Dominic Cooper). The song has it’s origins from the 1940 Broadway musical, “Pal Joey” with a book by John O'Hara and music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. The song became an American Jazz standard, in great help by old blue eyes, Frank Sinatra (which he starred in the 1957 film). I see a revival of the show this Wednesday at NY City Center.
4. Marathon Man on my Mind. The finish line for the New York City Marathon is in the wonderful, Frederick Olmstead-designed, Central Park. The marathon is the largest in the world and my cousin Alex is running it this Sunday. I am excited to be one of the 2 million spectators along the course. The marathon has been held since 1970.
5. All Saints’ Day is tomorrow, November 1 (which started in the 4th century). One of my favorite memories of All Saints’ Day (other than dressing up as Pope Gregory the Great as a child) was my 2007 experience in Guatemala for Day of the Dead, one of the largest kite festivals in the world.
