Perils at 169 Bar

Perils at 169 Bar
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This past week Perils played our first show in too many months down in Chinatown. Despite being wildly different from the other bands that played that night and a little nervous, it felt great to play a show for our friends. What felt really cool was friends from Portland, Maine and OR were in attendence, making me feel like there was some kind of history and continuity to my music making. It also made me feel like the ties I have forged through creating music and art are strong and enduring and that is really rewarding. Hopefully Perils will have some more shows coming up, so check out our myspace profile to find out.

Happy new year, let's eat more!

Happy new year, let's eat more!
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What better way to bring in the lunar new year than with a trip to Vegetarian Dim Sum to stuff our faces. So, so good...

Painting and Sculpture by Kim Krans

Painting and Sculpture by Kim Krans
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Also showing was Kim Krans, with a show called "I stood in the forest and felt nothing." Similar to Noah's, this was another show that created an environment with painted branches, stumps and well, paintings. How nice to see interesting art in Chelsea!

Noah Sheldon at D'Amello Terras

Jason, Noah and Chimes by Noah Sheldon
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Last weekend Noah Sheldon had an opening at D'Amellow Terras in Chelsea. The show is entitled "Pink and Tan" and the whole thing- sculptural installations like the chimes shown here, a fountain, a wall infused with Christmas lights, a scap of a peacock feather and gorgeous black and white photographs are bathed in a peaceful, flattering pink light. Also featured is a programmed upright piano, which play sustained notes, adding to the warm environment.

Pick up sticks

Pick up sticks
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In case you are wondering what the new hip party game is, it's pick up sticks. It was intense competition between architecture nerds, linguist nerds and a 7 year-old named Dex. This was one of my favorite games as a kid, though I had completely forgotten about it. My skills have also completely deteriorated, darn adulthood...

"Scarfenhood"

"Scarfenhood"
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I made this for G. as a present. However, the winter in France is not nearly as frigid as it is here and I'm wondering if I shouldn't use my remaining grey alpaca wool to knit one of these strange things for myself. It's a scarf/hood combination with optional mittens. LJ found the pattern on the web and it was, admittedly, funky. However, I was delighted with the soft wool I chose and often found myself sitting on the subway, impatient to get home so I could curl up and knit.

Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art Blog

A great blog that all interested in feminist art should keep their eyes on lately is the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art blog (or EASCFA for short). The EASCFA will be opening on March 23rd on the Brooklyn Museum's 4th floor. There will be months of exciting programming and art, including an exhibition of contemporary feminist art called Global Feminisms. Those interested can keep themselve in the know by visiting http://eascfa.blogspot.com. There is also currently a very interesting entry about object conversation for an Egyptian statue for one of the upcoming shows, Pharaohs, Queens, and Goddesses, so if you ever wondered what bronze disease is, cruise over to their blog and find out!

Arty Coffee at Joe

Arty Coffee at Joe
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In addition to going to Museums, I also love drinking coffee (as if you didn't already know...).

Bronx Museum Tropicalia (from outside)

Bronx Museum Tropicalia (from outside)
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The last time I made the trek (which really isn't so long) to the Bronx Museum was for their hip-hop art show in 2002. Since then they've added a new building and greatly expanded their gallery space. O. and I went up for the last day of the "Tropicalia: A Revolution in Brazilian Culture" show last weekend. I had read about Tropicalia in school, count myself along the legions of Os Mutantes fans and got to see Caetano Veloso play at Carnegie Hall a few years ago. What was great to understand was the visual culture that was going on at that time. It was such a strange time- the culture so detatched from the government, but also very much rebelling against it. It's very 60's- self-absorbed and visionary, resistant and complacent at the same time. Perhaps we could say that about many cultural movements.
Another great thing about going to the Bronx Museum was when I annoucned I work at another "outer bouroughs" Museum (in order to get free admission) the staff member told me heartily "Welcome to the Bronx Museum!" Outerborough Museum Solidarity!